Culture

Theater in Santiago

Chile’s Future: On the World Stage Chile’s Future: On the World Stage

What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?

Mar 25, 2016 / Alisa Solomon

David Hammons, Orange Is The New Black, 2014

David Hammons: The Private Public Artist David Hammons: The Private Public Artist

The staging of Hammons’s work at Mnuchin Gallery amounts to the punch line of a joke that has extended throughout his half-century career.

Mar 25, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent

Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender

Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender Now 17, the ‘Obamacare Kid’ Comes Out as Transgender

The courageous Marcelas Owens continues to blaze trails.

Mar 24, 2016 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End

Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End

Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.

Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Joseph Brodsky’s childhood apartment is now a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Joseph Brodsky, Darker and Brighter Joseph Brodsky, Darker and Brighter

A spellbinding new biography rescues the poet from sentimentality and kitsch.

Mar 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cynthia Haven

After the Last Astronauts Had Left Us, II (Laika)

After the Last Astronauts Had Left Us, II (Laika) After the Last Astronauts Had Left Us, II (Laika)

Yes, they had been brave in the face of it. The Geiger counter                 at navel-gazing. Down here, Earth vespers nothing but its tinfoil sermon. How to Survive These Extrao…

Mar 24, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Safiya Sinclair

Puzzle No. 3395

Puzzle No. 3395 Puzzle No. 3395

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  8 Backward cry of disdain at a longtime Cuban dance (8)  9 On the radio, happy beat from Scotland (6) 10 Vow loyalty,…

Mar 24, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism

Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism Even ‘The Guardian’ Needs Its Readers to Pay for Journalism

The best news organization in the world, backed by a billion-dollar trust, will lay off 250 workers.

Mar 22, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard

Her Name Is Lucy Barton

Her Name Is Lucy Barton Her Name Is Lucy Barton

For all the plot devices that novelist Elizabeth Strout uses, My Name Is Lucy Barton’s successes rest on the protagonist’s voice.

Mar 22, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Want Presidency Trump Want Presidency

Donald smashes the Republican Party.

Mar 22, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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