Culture Columns

New York City's new mayor is aiming his affordability arrow at the arts.

In 'Fancy Dance,' an Indigenous women (Lily Gladstone) deals with the disappearance of her sister and caring for her niece who is traumatized by her mother's disappearance. She is only comforted by the hope of seeing her mother at the state powwow where the two will be together in the mother-daughter ritual dance.

I just finished my first week on my GLP-1 weight loss journey. I'll be updating weekly on Blogcritics, so be sure to follow along!

'That's Not Tango' and the Neave Trio at Lincoln Center declare July the season for the music of the great Argentine tango nuevo composer Astor Piazzolla.

An interview with Dr. Sherry Cormier, psychologist and bereavement specialist, about her new book, 'Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief.' 

'Read and Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism' by Nadya Tolokonnikova is a wonderful and intelligent book full of joyful ideas about the possibilities for a better world.

Systemwide, DOC counted 468 K2-related incidents thus far this year, not counting the most recent five deaths and a dozen or so inmates treated for signs of reactions to the drug.

The air strike by the Saudi Arabia led coalition on a school bus carrying children in Yemen should horrify us all.

The Sentencing Project calls for states and the federal government to terminate private prison contracts, require greater disclosure of private prison records, and stop sending inmates to prisons far from their homes.

Have you heard about cinemagraphs? They are the things that look like photos – until they begin to move.