Come Watch a Play Being Born
You might not recognize her name, Danai Gurira, but if you saw the film “The Visitor” this year, which made many critics’ top ten...
Sculpting Rocky Landscapes from Weightless Paper
The mountains have always been magical to landscape artist and collagist Anne Elliott. Geological phenomena like the Grand Canyon have fired her imagination ever...
Where They Went to See and Be Seen, Circa 1948
When a producer at ABC tossed an innocuous crossword-puzzle clue at the young documentary filmmaker Kristi Jacobson in 1996, little did Jacobson know how...
All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go
For those looking for a great excuse to get dressed up, there’s a benefit for every budget during the last weekend in January. Two...
Theater Review: ‘Becky Shaw’
Any resemblance between the title character of Gina Gionfriddo’s play and Becky Sharp, the heroine of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel “Vanity Fair” is purely...
Theater Review: ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’
For a play that is not considered to be among George Bernard Shaw’s best, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” has enjoyed considerable notoriety and popularity. Presumably...