arts and culture
‘Pender Denton—Outlaw’: An affecting, understated Old West gay love story
April 18, 2024The love that dared not speak its name has been shouting from the rooftops for well over half-a-century now. And in Martin David’s new book, it’s making an appearance at an even earlier time.
Read moreStreaming TV biz 2024: AI, decreasing quantity, declining quality
April 16, 2024The industry way of portraying these cutbacks is that there’s now an emphasis on “quality over quantity.” But when one observes what is coming down the pike it’s hard not to see these cutbacks as simply...
Read moreAugust Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’ continues the playwright’s ‘American Century Cycle’
April 10, 2024King Hedley II is a tautly conceived, densely plotted play with six characters.
Read moreRepublican book bans aim to erase LGBTQ people, again
April 8, 2024Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir Gender Queer continues its troubled run as the country’s most “controversial” book.
Read more‘Power & Light’ shows clash of genius between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla
April 4, 2024The play tracks more than half a century of inspiration and invention as we come to understand some of the intellectual processes that eventually took the world to the technological landscape we know today.
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