Arts and Entertainment

Puzzle No. 3475

Puzzle No. 3475 Puzzle No. 3475

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  Stand and kick habit, to begin with (5)  4 Arrow maker in Florida—one who leaves an impression? (8) 10 Famous…

Aug 30, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Women of Impressionism

The Women of Impressionism The Women of Impressionism

Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.

Aug 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Portrait of Shahidul Alam

Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’ Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’

The acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, activist, and mentor remains in jail after speaking out against the government.

Aug 24, 2018 / Maia Hibbett

Kondabolu Problem With Apu

‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation ‘White Voice,’ Blackface, and the Ethics of Representation

When is it fair to speak with someone else’s voice?

Aug 17, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present

BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present

And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.

Aug 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans

Ken Loach

‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’ ‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’

Filmmaker Ken Loach on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond.

Aug 16, 2018 / Q&A / Lorenzo Marsili

William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom

William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom

After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.

Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter

Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter

Angela Davis, whose bond Franklin offered to post in 1970, says that the singer’s work “helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.”

Aug 16, 2018 / Farah Jasmine Griffin

Puzzle No. 3474

Puzzle No. 3474 Puzzle No. 3474

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Gets angry when Oakland team is taken in by dubious faith (3,1,3)  5 Honest union leader encounters PR battle, avoi…

Aug 16, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Kurt Cobain at the Roxy

The Kurt Cobain Donald Trump Hoax The Kurt Cobain Donald Trump Hoax

The Nirvana front man did not predict Donald Trump—in fact, he would have hated the man.

Aug 7, 2018 / Danny Goldberg

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