Culture
‘The Sacred Veil’ opens hearts to the poignancy of death and loss
February 22, 2019Every culture has its ways of honoring the sacredness of life—and of death.
Read more‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ treats disability, poverty, cruelty with dark humor
February 21, 2019I found myself not understanding every word uttered, but after a while not caring, for McDonagh clearly finds joy purely in the gift of language itself.
Read moreAn ‘Othello’ for our time: Was Shakespeare a white supremacist or anti-racist?
February 20, 2019Fresh from that championship season, A Noise Within’s Spring 2019 season blasts off with a must-see modern dress Othello.
Read moreReview: ‘Birds of Passage’ not your ordinary drug war crime film
February 20, 2019At a little over two hours long, Birds of Passage is an expansive tale of a family in the midst of historic upheaval.
Read moreBuzzfeed unionizing shows digital media workers still need unions
February 13, 2019A bout of recent layoffs and fights for proper compensation by the employees of Buzzfeed has led to workers on the job there voting to unionize, showing that new school media still requires the “old school”...
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