She’s Leaving Home She’s Leaving Home
In Crimson Peak and Brooklyn, women have to find the world in order to find their place in it.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3380 Puzzle No. 3380
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Endorsement of a program to introduce pests? (12) 9 Callas beginning to master a vocal solo (5) 10 Get pain from b…
Nov 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
2 New Movies About Why the Powerful Are Trying to Kill Journalism 2 New Movies About Why the Powerful Are Trying to Kill Journalism
Truth and Spotlight put media at the heart of American democracy and make you wonder about its decline.
Nov 4, 2015 / Leslie Savan
October 31, 1926: Harry Houdini Dies October 31, 1926: Harry Houdini Dies
“His complete silence since his death…furnishes perhaps the strongest argument against the spiritualists.”
Oct 31, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
A Jazz Singer A Jazz Singer
Legendary vocalist Mark Murphy exemplified the jazz values of improvisation, swing, and in-the-moment spontaneity.
Oct 30, 2015 / David Hajdu
Her Writing Knows Things About Us That Most of Us Will Never Imagine Her Writing Knows Things About Us That Most of Us Will Never Imagine
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of Jessica Hagedorn’s groundbreaking novel Dogeaters.
Oct 30, 2015 / Walter Mosley
October 30, 1885: Ezra Pound Is Born October 30, 1885: Ezra Pound Is Born
“There is no reason why poetry should not be so perplexingly simple as Mr. Pound’s, and be about nothing at all.”
Oct 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music? It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music?
A new book about the music industry misses the fact that we’ve already entered the post-industrial age.
Oct 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?
Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.
Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis
Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights
The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.
Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen