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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Suzy Hansen’s “From Life Itself” traces the human cost of modernization and authoritarianism in a changing city.
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s poetry carries historical weight, but Carlie Hoffman’s translations struggle to convey the formal poise of the originals.
Early promise, enduring vision, and a lifetime of well-timed reinvention.
On the recording “AVTT/PTTN,” mutual admiration turns into a bold experiment in form, trust, and sonic space.
Revisiting the Eameses’ modular dream at a moment when policy, economics, and architecture are under pressure to deliver.
The week’s poem: Simeon Berry’s “I was so insanely good at drinking”
Essayist and memoirist Isaac Fitzgerald follows Johnny Appleseed into a landscape shaped as much by omission and privilege as by history.
Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation — Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards?
When corporate thinking dominates cultural institutions, the art often pays the price.
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