Arts and Entertainment

Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore

Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore

Dramatizing the school-to-prison pipeline—and organizing theater audiences in the process.

Jan 29, 2016 / Jon Wiener

Donald Trump

Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump

Plus Bill McKibben on climate change, and Anna Deavere Smith on Baltimore.

Jan 28, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Puzzle No. 3388

Puzzle No. 3388 Puzzle No. 3388

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 “High and low openings on either side of zoo!” I rant in a random way (like this entry) (10)  6 At first, detective…

Jan 28, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice? A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

No Más Bebés brings dignity and a sense of power to the mothers the law ignored.

Jan 27, 2016 / Claudia Dreifus

Kevin Hart on Jimmy Fallon

Sneakers, Through the Looking Glass Sneakers, Through the Looking Glass

The comedian Kevin Hart’s new signature Nike shoes represent a complicated mixture of pride and injury.

Jan 27, 2016 / Hanif Abdurraqib

Pine

Pine Pine

Slid the video in. Lost the flagship. Poor & empty, I took to materials, not seriatim but Matryoshka nonetheless. In rained Saturday, the ersatz hull of the husk close to touc…

Jan 27, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E.G. Cunningham

David Bowie Singing

Why Donny McCaslin Was David Bowie’s David Bowie Why Donny McCaslin Was David Bowie’s David Bowie

In the making of Blackstar, David Bowie trusted that Donny McCaslin and his quartet would invoke a profoundly emotive album.

Jan 26, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Donald Trump

Trump the Improviser? Trump the Improviser?

This candidate operates in a jazz-like fashion, but all he makes is unexpected noise.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Bernie Sanders town hall in Iowa

Start Making Sense: Why We’ve Endorsed Bernie Sanders Start Making Sense: Why We’ve Endorsed Bernie Sanders

Plus Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Dave Zirin, and The Big Short.

Jan 21, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Point First, Shoot Later

Point First, Shoot Later Point First, Shoot Later

Two museum exhibitions emphasize possible approaches to how an artist can navigate the oceans of photography around us.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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