Culture

‘Peace for all those alive’: Pablo Neruda on the 50th anniversary of his death

September 18, 2023 By Jenny Farrell

The inherent connection between nature, history, and working people is the paramount theme of Neruda’s poetry.

‘The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen’ in review

September 15, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

Ever hear of William Dorsey Swann? Me neither. Another of those many buried figures in the history of Black and queer liberation.

‘Freud on Cocaine’: The dramatized future of a delusion

September 14, 2023 By Ed Rampell

Although sometimes over the top, Howard Skora and his cast shed new light on one of humanity’s deepest thinkers by bringing Sigmund Freud, warts and all, back to life.

‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’: Acclaimed Indigenous film screened at Nashville’s Belcourt Theater

September 13, 2023 By Albert Bender

In the U.S. government’s long record of broken treaties, land theft, and genocide, the taking of the Black Hills ranks as perhaps as one of the most disgraceful episodes.

‘Ink’: A British play that needs a U.S. sequel

September 11, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

Play explores Rupert Murdoch and the craziness of British journalism.