Culture and Society

It seems to happen every year when Memorial Day comes around again – people do not understand why we celebrate this holiday.

In Gina Femia's new comedy, girls in a Catholic high school wrestle with the conflicting rights and wrongs of the Church, the permissive society outside, and their own developing minds.

This new, radically pruned rendition of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' seizes on the theme of the ill treatment of women to create an audacious feminist reading.

This one-act opera dramatizes the genesis and composition of 'The Tale of Genji.' With emotionally penetrating music and glorious singing, On Site Opera's production has as much to say about our modern world as about ancient Japan.

Digital textbooks or e-books are a necessary and compelling change that will benefit all students and their professors and teachers as well.

Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette have devised a superb staged production of the baroque oratorio 'La Susana,' retelling a biblical story of sexual harassment with love, humor, seductive grace, and wonderful music.

A madcap story of family secrets and thwarted love trashes the household of a popular London cooking-show doyenne.

The Amoralists' latest play tackling mass murder is an artsy study of two isolated characters in search of an elusive peace of mind.

Rarely does a documentary film not only relate past events, but along the way preserve the culture and set new standards for future filmmaking: Apollo 11, currently in theaters, does just that. At the 2019 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters industry meetup in Las Vegas, April 5-11, filmmaker …

Broken Social Scene and Steve Earle rocked out Friday's showcases at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.