Arts and Entertainment

Puzzle No. 3468

Puzzle No. 3468 Puzzle No. 3468

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  Composer’s pants: Sample of inseam is blue, unfortunately (4,8)  9 After onset of tragedy, regretful one is m…

May 24, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Standard of Pure Abstraction

The Standard of Pure Abstraction The Standard of Pure Abstraction

The painters Joe Overstreet and James Little subvert the demands of representation.

May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo

Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo

A certain critical consternation awaited the current productions of My Fair Lady and Carousel—and with good reason.

May 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

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The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing

A new documentary on Michael Brown comes just in time.

May 17, 2018 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The Progression of Flatbush Zombies

The Progression of Flatbush Zombies The Progression of Flatbush Zombies

On Vacation in Hell, the group is more interested in expressing their political views and touching on subjects far beyond their roots in “psychedelic hip-hop.”

May 11, 2018 / Steve Erickson

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Mary Halvorson’s Kinetic Improvisation Mary Halvorson’s Kinetic Improvisation

The guitarist’s music is exhilarating, unapologetically smart, and unspoiled by phoniness or pretense.

May 10, 2018 / David Hajdu

Puzzle No. 3467

Puzzle No. 3467 Puzzle No. 3467

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1  Darkness at Noon, e.g.: story excerpts in digital sample? (5,7)  9 Hatch a goose egg right before unfinished…

May 10, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Nazis Among Us

The Nazis Among Us The Nazis Among Us

Fatih Akin’s In the Fade.

May 10, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos

The Turmoil of Fearful Anticipation

The Turmoil of Fearful Anticipation The Turmoil of Fearful Anticipation

Many of the stories in Dino Buzzati’s Catastrophe are more concerned with paranoia and fear than with dramatic repercussions.

May 9, 2018 / Bradley Babendir

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s

They weren’t friends, and they weren’t all of the same generation, but they all shared a similar view of how we should relate to nature. 

May 9, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

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