Thanks to Sarah Sliwa for taking time away from her Belgian adventures to entice us with her delicious posts. Up next is Mary Cook. Mary is an artist who received her M.F.A in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY (2008), and her B.F.A in Painting and Drawing from the ...

There’s something special about seeing shows in the round, as opposed to facing performers the way you would in a regular theater or at the opera. The arrangement seems to add a 3-D effect, as if providing extra depth to our sense of vision. Suddenly we’re not mere spectators anymore, ...

The Democratic convention is off to a smooth start. I would anticipate the Republicans will put a similar gloss on their vision when their convention starts next week. What is striking to me is the disconnect between the political debate and the depth of the economic crisis that shows ...

National Public Radio (NPR) President Kevin Klose says that commercial radio lacks authenticity and has lost its local voice. "What we have seen in the mass media is a consolidation followed by reconsolidation and reconsolidation," said Klose, according to Maine's Mount Desert Islander. "You end up with these hidden conglomerates ...

NATURE's Animals Behaving Worse explores the wickedly ingenious ways our wild neighbors are staking their claim for territory in an increasingly human-controlled world. Charges of theft, property destruction, disturbing the peace, and even assault are on the rise -- against animals. It's become an all-out turf war, but just who is ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently announced the nominees for the annual 2008 Lucelia Artist Award. The nominees are: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Dion (both Season 4), Trenton Doyle Hancock (Season 2), Slater Bradley, Matthew Buckingham, Doug Aitken, Keith Edmier, Spencer Finch, Harrell Fletcher, Mark Grotjahn, Rachel Harrison, Zoe Leonard, Suzanne McClelland, ...

In today’s piece, I talk about why some experts think it is likely to remain a buyers market for real estate for quite a while. So what should you do if you are one of the frustrated sellers out there? Here are some tips from industry sources: Be the best -- ...

    photo by Kabir Bakie All great apes, including human beings, have vocal tract air sacs that they use to call out loud. Ours have evolved to be smaller than the other apes’, leaving them with louder voices. But the decrease in volume was a tradeoff for better control, a necessary precursor ...

Every Monday, independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup. Like much of the media world, I've decided to check myself out for these latter weeks of August (so much so that I missed my Doc Soup deadline — my apologies ...

Dialog:City, the exciting community-oriented, art-political showcase in Denver taking place concurrently with the Democratic National Convention, opened this past Friday at an outdoor party with Mayor John Hickenlooper in a church parking lot that featured Krzysztof Wodiczko’s (Season 3) Veteran Vehicle Project, a new media sculpture that transforms a Humvee ...

Regional reporters who cover the nation's capital for smaller daily newspapers around the country are disappearing. The Washington Post has this piece. Debuting at 9 p. m. tonight (and airing multiple times during the week), the HBO documentary The Black List showcases many African- American notables - from ...

Reviewed by Ilana Novick In Other Bodies, Terry (Vince Nappo) is an advertising executive who spends his workdays pitching tampon and underwear ads to a female audience, and his nights sleeping with as many women as possible. One morning, after nearly raping one conquest (who just happens to be his boss) ...

“London.” Pet Shop Boys/Martin Parr. Earlier posts by Marc Mayer and Ben Street have noted the relationship between pop culture, art, and music as well as recent attempts to curate this “magic.” It’s Not Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, Baby, at the Bozar Centre for the Arts in Brussels, is another ...

With the exception of one new backpack and a few neckties, I have bought virtually no back to school items for my kids so far this year. Perhaps it's because my kids wear uniforms to school (which allows me to escape the whole fashion in school nightmare). And, perhaps its ...

This Week in the SundayArts: learn about events at the Spiegeltent at South Street Seaport, the Neue Galerie presents a new exhibit, Wiener Werkstatte Jewelry, Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Art of the Royal Court, learn about the new Off-Broadway musical Fela!, and see what’s playing at the New York ...