Culture

ReportOfTheWeek wins for simplicity

The entertainingly bizarre YouTube channel ReportOfTheWeek centers around reviews of the mundane. Read More

With #OscarsSoWhite, we’re having the wrong debate

It’s reductive and rather unhelpful to cry foul at the exclusion of people of color if the performances don’t really warrant that reaction. Read More

Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ is fitting punctuation for an iconic career

If “Blackstar” tells us anything, it’s that Bowie wanted to be remembered for being himself, not Ziggy Stardust or Aladdin Sane. Read More

‘Yerma’, the dark tale

UR's International Theatre Program, with their talented cast and original director Gisela Cardenas' inspired staging choices, artfully tells the unsettling story of "Yerma." Read More

Wynton Marsalis shines a light

Jazzman Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra visit the Eastman School of Music for a rousing holiday concert, and guest vocalist Audrey Shakir talks about her career and jazz inspirations. Read More

2016 Oscar Predictions

Who do you think will win? Our prediction of the 2016 Academy Award nominees. Read More

Top ten albums of 2015

Picks for the best albums of the past year, including work by artists Marilyn Manson, Sufjan Stevens, and Drake. Read More

Silent film still makes itself heard

Dziga Vertov's classic black-and-white film, "Man With a Movie Camera," hasn't lost its ability to capture audiences, 86 years after its release. Read More

‘The 39 Steps’ marks shift for TOOP

UR's TOOP excels at taking on the litany of characters in Hitchcock's hit, "The 39 Steps"—with a cast of four. Read More

Grimes continues to surprise in ‘Art Angels’

The inscrutable art-pop musician continues to surprise audiences with her newest album. Read More