Alas, this is too small a show to see the real range of Crawford's work, including that relating to jazz, New Orleans, New York and other lively matters.
Deciding whether or not to be part of a particular group, whom else to admit to your group, how to keep or share resources, and how much sexual freedom to afford oneself, one's neighbours and one's children are all, and always have been, lively matters of political debate.
As shows of antiquities go, "Coming of Age," with its firm focus, lively subject matter and searching catalog, is a rousing presentation.
Mr. Qasimov and his daughter, Ms. Qasimova, the stars of the tragic Azerbaijani opera "Layla and Majnun" on Saturday, turned their vocal artistry to livelier matters in two songs.
There will be a blog called Vayter (Further) geared to students studying Yiddish, which will offer folk tales and Yiddish phrases, intended to provide lively reading matter and allow students to connect.
The geometric background is Cubist-inspired, and the tabletop arrangement is reminiscent of Cézanne, but the dynamic circle shape makes the familiar subject matter lively.
Manic monologues in the present tense are another matter, though, and Kirsten's account of her own sexually voracious egomania is the liveliest thing in "Music & Silence".
For all but the most ardent disciples, it is the lively atmosphere that matters as much as the music - the friendly banter, wild stories and back-slapping good cheer of a pub session are like nothing else on the planet.
Her lively and whimsical subject matter, seen here in books and prints, is self-referential, but few artists have brought off such subjective issues with as much panache.
Mr. Chase even gave a 45-minute lecture Wednesday morning to a packed conference room on the history of the aluminum tubes used to package Cuban cigars — an account more lively than its subject matter would suggest.
In summers gone by, these would have been matters for lively eve-of-departure debate.
