arts and culture
‘The Lehman Trilogy’: Epic theater traces a finance family’s 160-year history
March 9, 2022One doesn’t have to admire these people, except for the sheer brilliance of their heartless audacity, to recognize The Lehman Trilogy as one of the most significant plays of our time.
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Expressions of African-American music on CD—and all that jazz
March 7, 2022Jazz is widely recognized as perhaps the only musical art form originating in the United States, thanks largely to its African-American inventors.
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Docudrama ‘Detained’ exposes true stories of mass immigrant deportation
February 25, 2022Immigrants across America who might years ago have had some minor brush with the law are being rounded up, torn from their families.
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‘From’ is a terrifying horror allegory of society in times of peril
February 25, 2022Hopefully From stays on its current trajectory and doesn’t stray too far from the elements, including the real-world allegory that makes it so compelling.
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‘Abortion Pills Forever’: An interview with artist and activist Jex Blackmore
February 25, 2022Blackmore is part of a guerilla abortion rights awakening happening in Detroit.
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