Politics
Opinion: HBO’s Vice tries to make it sexy to visit a combat zone
Can a news outlet predicated on political incorrectness be trusted to behave responsibly in a killing field?
Candidates on a short leash at animal rights debate
Playing to a crowd of animal lovers, candidates professed their love of pets and horses and denounced the absence of Quinn.
New York City Comptroller John Liu unveils “People’s Budget”
John Liu says the city’s budgeting process has failed to address struggling schools, unaffordable rents and unfair tax system because of an annual ritual of “political theater.”
News analysis: What do Switzerland, basketball, and nuclear warheads have in common? Kim Jong Un
The optimism about the basketball-loving leader of North Korea who appeared to be distancng himself from his father's regime came crashing down just one year after his father's death.
Out in the world: García Lorca in New York
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Thanks to Lorca in New York (April 5-July 21 2013), a celebration of Lorca’s American sojourn, the Spanish poet is receiving renewed interest in the city he once described as the “vomiting multitude
The living dead are evolving: The Zombie apocalypse takes over media
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Zombie research experts – yes, they exist -- debate the validity of zombie films based on an expanding definition of the undead.
For religious actors, a clash of cultures
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Mona Shaikh must balance a dedication both to the theater and to religious observance.
Playing the fool: An interview with Broadway “Cinderella” star Greg Hildreth
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Hildreth plays the fool for a living, and wouldn’t have it any other way.
A prized Italian painting makes its American debut
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A painting by Diego Velázquez is the lone artwork in a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum.
The second coming: Christian dubstep in the digital age
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The music known as Christian dubstep is an unlikely pairing of two worlds.
