For the better part of a decade, I've been arguing that public theater is a valuable investment in developing countries. Although my own focus has been on Sierra Leone, I believe that in most contexts theater is important way of reflecting on, processing, and transforming social norms, and can be especially constructive in a society that is undergoing systemic change.
Read More'Do you like Shakespeare?'
My student's face twists into a pained question mark: What does she want me to say? (I want him to say yes, of course, but I want him to mean it.)
Read MoreFKA twigs's new EP M3LL155X is a dark, contemplative, aural/visual feast. Manipulating images of femininity, age, pregnancy, and sexual power, she's made something unlike anything you've seen or heard before. Commit to this one, she's worth it.
Read More“Bring a urine sample,” Google advises, and Luke and I wonder how exactly one collects a urine sample from a dog. Nika, our Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy, isn’t inclined to pee on command and probably won’t tolerate being besieged by a soup ladle mid-stream. Nevertheless, we set out on a June morning, armed with said ladle and a bottle of Purell.
Read MoreI was a senior when one of the college eating clubs invited a little-known band called Beirut to play at their annual post-finals lawn party. As I sat in the sun surrounded with friends, all of us a few weeks away from graduation, Beirut's sound sank deep into our bones. To me its stalwart snares and hopeful, bittersweet brass still herald a beautiful kind of promise tinged with nostalgia.
Read MorePeace is the Mission, the third album from Diplo's alter-ego dropped today and it's a polarizing one...
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