Arts and Entertainment

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain Knew There Was Nothing More Political Than Food Anthony Bourdain Knew There Was Nothing More Political Than Food

The chef and author demanded that we consider the humanity of so many who were wrongly portrayed by the rest of the media.

Jun 8, 2018 / John Nichols

Kanye West

Kanye’s Discontents Kanye’s Discontents

At his best, Kanye West could be something of a Walt Whitman with Pro Tools. His new album, Ye, sadly feels like something halted in mid-sentence.

Jun 8, 2018 / David Hajdu

Puzzle No. 3469

Puzzle No. 3469 Puzzle No. 3469

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Nonetheless, bring back Congressman Hoyer to worry about large devices for capturing flashes of color? (9,4)  9 Exh…

Jun 7, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Away With Monsieur Periné

Away With Monsieur Periné Away With Monsieur Periné

The Colombian band delicately balances their idiosyncratic swing sound with elements of Latin pop music.

Jun 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Adapting Ibsen for Our Times

Adapting Ibsen for Our Times Adapting Ibsen for Our Times

Along with opportunity, recent revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play An Enemy of the People bring much risk.

May 30, 2018 / Alisa Solomon

Roseanne Barr 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

Roseanne Tried to Use ‘Roseanne’ to Prove that Trump Voters Aren’t Racist. There Was Just 1 Problem. Roseanne Tried to Use ‘Roseanne’ to Prove that Trump Voters Aren’t Racist. There Was Just 1 Problem.

The media want to depict Trump supporters sympathetically, but the actual beliefs of many of them make that impossible.

May 30, 2018 / Ed Burmila

Top 10 Memorial Day Songs

Top 10 Memorial Day Songs Top 10 Memorial Day Songs

Songs about war and attendant suffering cut across musical genres.

May 26, 2018 / Peter Rothberg

Finding a Way Back Home

Finding a Way Back Home Finding a Way Back Home

The many Philip Roths.

May 25, 2018 / David Marcus

The Presence and Absence of Basquiat

The Presence and Absence of Basquiat The Presence and Absence of Basquiat

You’d have to go back to Bloomsbury to find another set as insular, self-promoting, self-destructive, imitated, parodied, publicized, and at last mythologized as the crowd that hun…

May 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

We Learned the Mountains by Heart

We Learned the Mountains by Heart We Learned the Mountains by Heart

We went to school we ate pink beef we drank lots of water we snorted ritalin our nostrils turned red we lifted weights we killed a mama moose we sold her teeth online we poked each…

May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Holbert

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