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Trap Door's revival of Amiri Baraka's absudist and allegorical Dutchman from 1964 is raw, poetic, and confrontational.

The films of Paige Taul explore Black cultural identity, from style to family and from class mobility to personal mythmaking.

Lyric Opera's first-ever production of Luigi Cherubini's Medea is a resonant tale of vengeance with powerful performances.

For months, activists have been surveilling the Damen Silos demolition to ensure that environmental protection measures are ...

The energy that propelled fifth-wave emo from in-scene meme to crossover indie-rock phenomenon in 2020 evaporated over the past couple years, but scene leaders Home Is Where have forged ahead with ...

Amy Rigby sings from plenty of experience: she has been in bands since the 1970s, when she played country music in New York ...

Pachy Garcia puts a lot of work into the music he makes as Pachyman, but it feels as effortless as relaxing on the beach.