3 posts by Ray Simon

Raymond Simon describes himself as a writer, editor, and denizen of Grub Street. He enjoys free jazz, hard-boiled crime fiction and intellectual history—but not necessarily in that order. You can follow Ray on Twitter at @raymondpsimon.

February 15, 2020 by Ray Simon

An artful climax, Simcoe’s ‘getting off’ at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Center

Artblog contributor, Ray Simon, pays a visit to the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA to catch their latest exhibition: getting off, which closes on Friday, February 21st.

August 28, 2019 by Ray Simon

Chulas Fronteras, Les Blank’s re-mastered 1976 documentary about Mexican American music at the Texas border

Ray Simon visits Lightbox Film Center to view a screening of “Chulas Fronteras” by Les Blank. Simon says the film is a beautiful and romantic snapshot of the lives of working-class Mexican Americans living in Texas in the mid-1970s.

June 14, 2019 by Ray Simon

‘Encounters with Whitman,’ New group exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance celebrates queerness and the arts

Ray Simon reviews “Encounters with Whitman” at Da Vinci Art Alliance, open until June 16th, 2019.

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