Arts and Entertainment

Living for the City Living for the City

There's more to the legend of Jane Jacobs than her showdown with Robert Moses.  

Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay

How the "Lively Arts" became "The Media."

Mar 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Lapham

Dimensions of the Abyss Dimensions of the Abyss

The visual art of the Black Atlantic explores an ambivalence that exceeds double consciousness.

Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Remember 11/4/08? Remember 11/4/08?

 A new participatory documentary captures the excitement of Obama's election.

Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

An Oscar for America’s Hubris An Oscar for America’s Hubris

What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing.

Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Noted. Noted.

Stuart Klawans on radical filmmaker Leo Hurwitz; John Nichols on the primary fight for Blanche Lincoln's Senate seat.

Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

‘Avatar’: The Prequel ‘Avatar’: The Prequel

Will earth's last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?

Feb 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

A Hard Week On the Planet A Hard Week On the Planet

Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond and the science behind global warming.

Feb 18, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland's favorite things.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman

Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning

The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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