Culture

‘The Sit-In’: The week Harry Belafonte hosted ‘The Tonight Show’
September 25, 2020 By Anthony Mangos
The camera sweeps over an applauding audience. Ed McMahon announces his familiar introduction—with a twist.
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‘Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground’ on PBS on October 6
September 24, 2020 By Michael Berkowitz
Two-time Emmy nominee writer-director Bernardo Ruiz has cobbled together an impressive, entertaining hour-long montage of the current state of the Latino electorate.
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After getting government paycheck support, Opera Australia institutes mass layoffs
September 23, 2020 By MEAA
As management slashes jobs, performers and members of the company declare: "No opera without us."
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‘The Wall of Mexico’: A new feature film about construction and deconstruction
September 22, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon
Virtually the entire action of this film takes place on the vast compound belonging to the Aristas, a Mexican-American family of unimaginable wealth and privilege.
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Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
September 21, 2020 By Jenny Farrell
All Quiet on the Western Front has lost none of its power. It is an outstandingly sensitive depiction of the effect murderous warfare has on the human psyche. We still need books like this.
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