Arts
Racism as a pigment of your imagination: “Citizen: An American Lyric”
August 26, 2015The cutting-edge new play, with its ripped-from-the-headlines topicality, is, sadly, already in need of updating.
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“Fear the Walking Dead” brings zombies to the City of Angels
August 25, 2015The series premiere demonstrated the power of the franchise and will continue to prompt interest in U.S. audiences' ever growing enthusiasm for pandemics and the undead.
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Today in history: Musician/activist Leonard Bernstein is born
August 25, 2015Bernstein became the most prominent American-born conductor and a supremely talented musician, educator and composer.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” is electrifying
August 21, 2015One of the great writers of our time commits to taking ownership of his personalized narrative on race, a quest that is subject to continuing revision.
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“When Government Helped”: Comparing FDR and Obama
August 21, 2015Just reading the notes at the end of every chapter is an education. The writers' research is deep and wide.
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