Arts and Entertainment

Danny Bowien

‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth ‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth

Not all cookbooks would benefit from the Mission treatment, but, perhaps, quite a few memoirs would.

Feb 25, 2016 / Wei Tchou

Last Day of Freedom

This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars

Last Day of Freedom is a haunting animated film about a veteran sent to death row.

Feb 24, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

A photography class in a cabbage patch at Black Mountain College.

The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College

Can the art of teaching art be exhibited? No, but people keep trying.

Feb 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Is Samantha Bee’s Full-Frontal Feminism For or Against Hillary?

Is Samantha Bee’s Full-Frontal Feminism For or Against Hillary? Is Samantha Bee’s Full-Frontal Feminism For or Against Hillary?

At 46, Bee is right on the cusp of the feminist generational divide that is plaguing Clinton’s campaign.

Feb 19, 2016 / Leslie Savan

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali and the Black Panther Party Muhammad Ali and the Black Panther Party

A new documentary about the Panthers should serve to remind us that the greatest, most important athlete of the 20th century was no bystander to their revolution.

Feb 18, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Maidan Protesters

The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’ The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’

The Oscar-nominated documentary, like much Western coverage of Ukraine, presents the West with a mythical, whitewashed version of the Maidan “revolution.”

Feb 18, 2016 / Lev Golinkin

Hillary Clinton

Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton? Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton?

Katha Pollitt and Gary Younge have some answers. Also, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his latest on the Indonesian genocide.

Feb 18, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Puzzle No. 3391

Puzzle No. 3391 Puzzle No. 3391

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 New Testament hastened the Christian Era’s flashy arrival (5,8)  9 Flyers trumpeting less than half of a six-pack?…

Feb 18, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Silver Swan

Silver Swan Silver Swan

The streets were old, but all the people were young, Striding forward with great purpose, Girls smiling openly in the faces of boys. Not every boy noticed, but we all kept walking…

Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Robert Craft (left) with Igor Stravinsky in 1966.

The Alter Ego of Robert Craft The Alter Ego of Robert Craft

For many years, the conductor was inseparable from the music and household of Igor Stravinsky.

Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff

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