Several years ago, I was soundly excoriated in the pages of this newspaper by a seriously disaffected letter writer from the arts community. She was incensed about a review I wrote concerning a downtown art gallery event that I found less than, shall we say, aesthetically enriching. In fact, she stated -- and I quote -- "[t]he art criticism in this town is pathetic, boring and childish." I suspect her charge included my art criticism, since elsewhere in the letter she specifically... More >>>