arts and culture

Chicago’s HotHouse presents the Havana Jazz Festival, 5 nights of sizzling music

January 14, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Their five-night online program features both Chicago legends and Cuban superstars in a two-hour presentation of all new material created for this exclusive event.

The best films of DOC NYC 2020

January 5, 2021 By Bill Meyer

You can now attend many great world festivals, and for much less the cost. Online.

A new year poem for Latin America, ‘La Paciente’

January 4, 2021 By Peter Lownds

Latin America lies on a hospital gurney after yet another amputation...

Coming undone: ‘The Undoing,’ ‘Big Sky,’ ‘The Deceived’ and the limits of MeToo

December 16, 2020 By Dennis Broe

“The rich are different,” said Fitzgerald, in a languishing dreamy tone. “Yes,” replied Hemingway brusquely, “they have more money.”

Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’: Let us now praise democracy

December 15, 2020 By Michael Berkowitz

Director Frederick Wiseman has gifted us with a movie for our times. City Hall is all about democracy—how it works, who does it, and why it is so vital.