A Conversation with the “Fast Speaking” Woman and Author: Anne Waldman

Earlier this year, one of the most conscientious and commanding writers today, Anne Waldman participated in PEN American’s World Voices Festival event, “Translating Poets Alive,” where her work Tell Me...

Charles Simic: A Man Who Does the Impossible

Charles Simic is undoubtedly one of the greatest poets in America today. Quite appropriately, three months ago, the man who had stated that “some people are more able to do the impossible” had participated in the...

The Caribbean: The Meeting Place of the Modern World

If finding a friend in a large crowd can be seen as daunting, then identifying international arenas of ideas and goods exchanged must be incredibly exhausting. Yet that is the grand undertaking it took to create the...

Jenine Shereos’ Leaf Project: Material Both Humble and Ephemeral

The Arte Povera (literally poor art) movement of the 1960s and 1970s was an iconic inspection of the societal implications of the meaning of art not as image, creation, or replication — but as material. There...

Molière Was Alive and Victorious at Bard Summerscape 2012 in ‘The Imaginary Invalid’

The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière, was first produced in 1673, but the production staged at Bard College in mid-July as part of Bard Summerscape’s 2012 festival was as up to date — and funny...

‘Through Her Eyes’: Voices of Ecuadorian Female Athletes

In a black and white photo, stands a tall, mahogany woman with a heavy weighted metal bar lifted above her head, in what can only be described as superhuman strength, captured in a fleeing moment.

Visions for a Better Tomorrow: When Photography Becomes Visual Peacemaking

In 2009, the French photographer JR turned the favelas of Brazil and the slums of Nairobi, Kenya into public art galleries celebrating its female residents, pasting enormous photographs of winking eyes and toothy...

Discovering the English Language in China with Adventurer Kristin Yao

A Night of Glitter: ‘Tragic Glamour’ at Pop International

Nostalgia never looked so loud. For one night only, on Wednesday, July 11, SoHo’s Pop International Galleries exhibited Tragic Glamour: A Photo Exploration of Queen of the Night.

Introducing the Smith Center: Entertainment beyond the Strip

There is a new kid on the block in Las Vegas, “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” and it has introduced an interesting cultural twist to town; one that brings in exceptional performers from around the...