Sometimes, says opera singer Jason Bridges, it's nice to do something a little different than the usual “boy meets girl” story. For instance, a…
Playwright, actor, and novelist Ayad Akhtar says everything he writes is an homage to a high school English teacher who changed his life. Because…
“I don't like the word 'rescue,'” Regina Evans tells me as we sip tea in her sun-drenched Oakland storefront, lined with lacy vintage dresses…
After the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Cuba, having relied heavily on Soviet imports and exports, went into an economic crisis. Though Cubans suffered from food and…
Dancer and choreographer Lenora Lee doesn't shy away from intense, controversial issues. Her multimedia pieces use text, film, music, martial arts, and dance to…
Whatever happened to predictability: the milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV? Everywhere you look, everywhere you go there's a heart — a hand to…
A three-day music festival can be a grind. There's the sun (or conspicuous lack thereof), endless treks between stages, and lots of standing behind…
