The PEN World Voices Festival, held in New York City every year, brings together writers from all over the world to converse about their own and others’ work. The acronym stands for Poets, Essayists and Novelists,...

For those of you who feel the written word is in disrepair, it was alive and well at PEN’s 8th Annual World Voices Festival held the first week of May in New York City.

Shrouds of mystery fill the screen. Murder after murder, this macabre scene feels like a poet’s dream. A girl’s life and writer’s legend at stake, the unwinding minutes of despair are almost too much to take....

Often, it’s near-impossible to believe that American women won the right to vote less than 100 years ago. When reminded, many think of the fight for enfranchisement as a relatively benign process: men were puffed...

The importance of gravity is redefined in a Toronto-based artist’s beautifully illustrated and sustainable world, explored through rich colors, patterns and incredible detail, all applied in a unique manner...

It’s no understatement to say that Marvel’s The Avengers is one of the most intricate and biggest projects any Hollywood studio has ever undertaken. Since the surprising success of Iron Man in 2008, this...

We all know how to start a fire, right? Rub two sticks together long enough and you’ll get something to ignite. Theoretically, maybe, but in the world premiere of David Rabe’s new play, An Early History of Fire...

Music has been said to change lives. Listening to the richness and diversity of the sound illuminating from Israel-born pianist Alon Yavnai’s newest album Shir Ahava, recorded in collaboration with the 17-member...

Delightfully charming and easygoing, one can’t help but smile at hearing a young voice not far from 30 that is reminiscent of times that have long passed. With long, dark hair and a spirit of light, she exudes...

Sometimes finding your ideal soul mate is like playing a game of chess; you develop the best strategy, a specific set of moves to obtain your goal. In executing it, you try to move past any defenses without putting...