Culture
Documentarian Julia Reichert, maker of ‘American Factory’ and ‘Seeing Red,’ dies at 76
December 16, 2022She was a pioneer in women's, labor, and radical history documentary filmmaking.
Read moreCampaign gains steam to save Black Broadway show ‘Ain’t No Mo’
December 15, 2022The lights may be dimming far too soon.
Read moreImmerse yourself in the Chinese Cultural Revolution at the Wende Museum
December 14, 2022The Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–76) was a period of tremendous social and economic upheaval within China itself that also had deep global reverberations.
Read moreManuel Tiago’s ‘A Line in the Sand’: How to beat back a fascist coup
December 12, 2022In many of his previous works , “Tiago” would use his own experiences to look at Communist militants emerging from a life of underground struggle in prisons, factories, shops and streets in the last days of...
Read more¡Viva Maestro!: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and his roots in Venezuela’s ‘El Sistema’
December 8, 2022The “maestro” of its title surely belongs to Dudamel, but the dynamic Venezuelan had been inspired since childhood by his own maestro, José Antonio Abreu, 1975 founder of ‘El Sistema.’
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