Arts & Culture

Directed by James Marsh, Project Nim is the story of Nim, a chimpanzee taken from his mother by force in 1973 and transformed into the subject of a language project headed by Prof. Herbert...

Early this fall the Exchange District BIZ (Business Improvement Zone) launched a new program, Pop-up Art, turning unoccupied store fronts into temporary art galleries. The project got off the ground during Culture Days —...

In the last Essentially A Playlist, we took a trip to the moon courtesy of Pink Floyd and the deluxe remastered editions of their complete catalog, recently released by EMI. As we concluded that...

Biophilia is the eighth full-length studio album from avant-garde darling Bjork. Ten tracks released with accompanying individual apps for each of the songs turn the music into “a visualization of songs,” Bjork said on...

Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose different artists the same series of crucial questions. In his second studio album under the Arts and Crafts banner, Oh, Fortune, Dan Mangan looks to...

Point / Counterpoint is a platform in which two parties discuss pertinent cultural issues from opposing sides. It’s a real debate, and like any honest fight, there are winners and losers. This is the...

Tis the season for tales of terror! But I have to admit that scary movies just don’t do it for me. Long before corn syrup was used as an on-screen substitute for fake blood, books...