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The process makes the collection feel a little inconsistent — particularly the pieces that are not site-specific — but also personal and quirkily surprising.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

“These people are not drunk,” a choir in quirkily customized blue robes sang on Saturday, “because it’s nine in the morning.”

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

In a way, the show is quirkily counterintuitive, turning a quintessentially British activity, such as making treacle tarts, into an excuse for Broadway-style song and dance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

The quirkily titled miniseries “The Thief, His Wife & The Canoe” is based on the real-life story of a former prison officer whose scheme went far afield of what he promised his spouse.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

I had never seen anyone so quirkily dressed in my life.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam