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Rewriting the History of the Black Panthers on Film
By Craig Hubert, BLOUIN ARTINFO Some documentaries simply report history. Others try to rewrite it. "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" belongs to the latter group and is better for it....
View ArticleThe Art of Practices: Brian Roettinger
The Art of Practices interview series explores the ways creatives operate and kicks off with Los Angeles-based designer Brian Roettinger. Bettina: Tell us about your new project with THE THING? Brian:...
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Joffrey Shows Range With 'Unique Voices' Program
The Joffrey Ballet in Tulle (photo by Cheryl Mann) The Joffrey Ballet displayed determination, range and energy as they tackled three disparate pieces on Wednesday night at Chicago's Auditorium...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Nick Jones' Verité, Stephen Adly Guirgis' Between Riverside...
Nick Jones could have fooled me -- and he did with Verité, his new comedy(?) at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow. But he didn't fool me for very long. When the action began with Jo Darum (Anna Camp) reading...
View ArticleSubject Matters: Portrayals of Women in Art
Reflecting cultures, times and places, artworks are often more than what meets the eye. When we are aware of their contextual significance, they become rich historical documents enmeshed with important...
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Stage Door: Kill Me Like You Mean It, Churchill
Sendups are always tricky -- but the film noir parody Kill Me Like You Mean It, now off-Broadway at the Fourth Street Theatre, riffs on the genre with existential glee. Playwright Kiran Rikhye plays...
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Five Stages of Anti-Semitism in Art -- From Medieval to Modern Times
Jesus Brought Before Caiaphas -- from Salvin Hours c 1275, British Library Renaissance art stripped Jesus, his family and close followers of their Jewish identity. That fact can be easily verified by...
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10 Iconic Movie Sets Starring ... The Antiquities Act
Written by Denise Ryan, Director of Public Lands Policy An R2-D2 figure visits Death Valley National Park (also known as the planet Tatooine in "Star Wars"). The Antiquities Act may sound like a dusty...
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Stripped Down and Spartan in Vermont
Spartan is the first word that first comes to mind here. Five cottages in Marlboro, Vermont -- a tiny town near the Green Mountains that's home to the equally tiny, 200-student Marlboro College -- take...
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35 Photos to Spike Your Adrenaline and Spark your Wanderlust
Each year, thousands of people start off the New Year determined that, this year, they'll travel. This year, they'll live life to the fullest and stop putting off creating the life they've dreamed of....
View ArticleThe 10 most creative Instagram accounts to follow
We can't tell whether they are 100% sane but what we can assert is that they either make us roar with laughter or they make us see reality from a different perspective. Every image carries a surreal...
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Keep Singing (2 videos)
It took over an hour for the sound check. Now you've got a full house enraptured by your music. You're going full throttle, the audience is totally with you, and then-- No amplification. Nada. I...
View ArticleWhy I Published Cartoons of Muhammad and Don't Regret It
Almost a decade has passed since I commissioned drawings of the Prophet Muhammad to run in Jyllands-Posten. But despite countless op-eds and even a book that laid out my motivation for publishing the...
View ArticleConfessions of a Serial Songwriter: Decisions Decisions... What Song Changed...
My daughter Layla is an academic. She has applied to and is waiting to hear from several colleges at which point she will decide where she will go in the fall. (Don't ask me how that can be. I just...
View ArticleA Salute to the African American Playwright August Wilson
Last week, we were invited to preview a new documentary about the life of Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson -- August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand, produced by the...
View ArticleArtist-Dealer Relationships Often Seem Like Marriages (for Better and Worse)
If the arts are increasingly described as a business, why do so many artists and dealers refer to their relationship as a marriage? Similar to romantic link-ups, artists and dealers often claim to have...
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The Hill Tribe People of Myanmar
There are over one hundred ethnic groups in Myanmar. Many can be found in the hills around the city of Keng Tung in the Shan State of Myanmar. The Shan State is in eastern Myanmar bordered by China to...
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Incredible Bagan, Myanmar
Myanmar is strategically placed between India and China. Its name was changed from Burma to Myanmar in 1988. Myanmar is awaking from years under an oppressive military dictatorship. The doors to...
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Photos of '80s Cultural Icons Regenerated in a Series of Graffiti Mashups
Photographer Janette Beckman's career has spanned four decades. She's shot album covers for bands from The Police to Grandmaster Flash; adverts for Vodaphone; portraits and performances for magazines,...
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