Culture

Practice radical hospitality, radical citizenship in the arts

January 12, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

How can arts organizations change their way of thinking so that what they do matters more?

Meryl Streep challenges Donald Trump’s “instinct to humiliate”

January 10, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

The Trump Era promises to escalate the Culture War in an attempt to minimize artists who continue to stand for decent values.

Invasion of the Funny Fish: Science fiction for the Trump era

January 6, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

I am not a customary sci-fi reader; this book came to me by way of my sister, who instinctively knew I would love it. You will too.

Langston Hughes’ jazz “Ask Your Mama” launches national tour

January 5, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Jazz was a universal metaphor for Hughes, a convergence of the arts beyond the reach of words or the limits of any one language.

Paul Robeson’s role in Spain remembered

January 4, 2017 By Gabe Falsetta

The talk highlighted Robeson’s support for the Spanish Republic and the International Brigades - the volunteers who had come from around the world to fight for democracy and to resist fascism in Spain.