There’s so much that’s great about this place; it doesn’t hurt to spend an evening (or three) dancing about it. Read more…
The Lasting Success of The Lion King
It is rare to see a non-Western culture so elevated and highlighted in the notoriously white, Western world of Broadway. The Lion King is an exception. Read more…
HEALING: your week 8 playlist
Songs that take you to your happy place.
In the Age of Trump, Fuck Black Girl Magic Reflections on Solange, Melissa Harris-Perry and Beyond
Do not boil me down to pixie dust Read more…
An Austrian Tragedy, an American Heartbreak
2016 America is not 1938 Austria. Read more…
The Loving and the Dead Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Perform Love Letters at Bing
Love Letters wants to maintain permanence when we, as a society, lean towards flux and fastness. Read more…
POPTIMISM: your week 7 playlist
A little bit of shameless euphoria for your week. Read more…
Scribbles: Queer Romance
I instantly felt a sense of liberation in seeing a work that captured a queer romantic experience with such intensity and truth. Read more…
Why Did People Think Democracy Was a Good Idea in the First Place? Commentary on Democratically Speaking
The critics of American democracy—may they be long-lived and listened to always—are engaged in broadening the inclusiveness of democracy, and an inevitable part of that is pointing out the fact that American democracy has excluded and does exclude people. Read more…
CHARIOTS OF FIRE: your week six playlist
How to survive midterms: StAR’s week six playlist, and maybe a little divine intervention. Read more…