The MacArthur Foundation

The Stage Is Set

I Think I'm Getting a Kauf

The World Is a Stage

Art imitates life imitating art in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York.

Magnetic Fields: Stephin Merritt Goes Heavy on the Deadpan

Art imitates life imitating art in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York.

Future Games

She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems

Taking Sides

Two parties, two plays

Wise Guy

Performance art aims to rattle your cage

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Performance art aims to rattle your cage

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Performance art aims to rattle your cage

Hear This

Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman's still as fresh, original, and relevant as ever.

Mind Over Clatter

A Pulitzer surprise notwithstanding, Other Minds continues its noncommercial quest to make the world safe for weird music

Hear This

School Days teaches the value of a well-rounded jazz education

M

As they explore M-theory, will Bay Area physicists earn the eternal glory sure to reward the inventors of the Theory of Everything?

Stage

As they explore M-theory, will Bay Area physicists earn the eternal glory sure to reward the inventors of the Theory of Everything?

The Mother Lode

As they explore M-theory, will Bay Area physicists earn the eternal glory sure to reward the inventors of the Theory of Everything?

The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi

As they explore M-theory, will Bay Area physicists earn the eternal glory sure to reward the inventors of the Theory of Everything?