“Land of the home and freedom reigns! It’s as American as pie-ball and the mom and bars,” Colbert joked of Kemp’s blunder during a recent…
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Behind the Jim Crow Curtain
“Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and “Unspeakable” restore the often-elided history of a prosperous, close-knit Black community on the eve of its destruction.“Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” and “Unspeakable”…
View More Behind the Jim Crow CurtainDMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through.
The New York rapper had big plans for a comeback album before his death in April, but it was up to his longtime producer to…
View More DMX Wanted a New Beginning. Swizz Beatz Is Seeing It Through.‘Apocalypse ’45’ Review: Graphic Images of Wartime
Candid testimonies from World War II veterans accompanies vivid archival footage in this immersive documentary that showcases the myths we tell ourselves about war.Candid testimonies…
View More ‘Apocalypse ’45’ Review: Graphic Images of WartimeLeader of Americans for the Arts Retires After Workplace Complaints
Robert L. Lynch, the longtime president and chief executive who had been on paid leave since December, retired on Thursday, the organization’s board announced.Robert L.…
View More Leader of Americans for the Arts Retires After Workplace ComplaintsNFTs Linked to Nobel Prizes Are Being Auctioned by Berkeley
What would you pay for the invention disclosure forms filed by the creators of CRISPR or cancer immunotherapy?What would you pay for the invention disclosure…
View More NFTs Linked to Nobel Prizes Are Being Auctioned by BerkeleyA Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her Resurrection
By staging Kathleen Collins’s rich psychological portraits of Black women, a theatrical group aims to enlighten, heal and inspire.By staging Kathleen Collins’s rich psychological portraits…
View More A Writer’s One-Act Plays Debut, Continuing Her ResurrectionWhat’s in Our Queue? ‘Shadow and Bone’ and More
I’m the art director of Arts & Leisure. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to lately.I’m the art director of Arts…
View More What’s in Our Queue? ‘Shadow and Bone’ and More‘Her Man’: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored
Now streaming, this mildly racy romance, from 1930, arrived before the censorious Production Code. What really sets the film apart is its incredible tracking shots.Now…
View More ‘Her Man’: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now RestoredMike Faist Isn’t Sure About This Whole Acting Thing
“I can’t tell if I hate acting or if I love it too much,” he said ahead of the debut of the Amazon series “Panic.”…
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