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Baron Wormser: Five Easy Pieces

Bobby has the dis-ease that is bred in the easy-going yet overbearing ways of his nation.

October 29, 2023 · 8 Comments

Video: Skin & Bone

A drifter begins suffering horrifying visions after taking a job on a secluded farm.

October 28, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: A Broken House

The Syrian architect Mohamad Hafez received a one-way ticket to the United States. Missing his homeland, he decided to create a stand-in, sculpting life-like miniatures of the Damascus cityscape he had left behind.

October 21, 2023 · Leave a comment

Douglas Penick: “I am old”

As more and more of us live to advanced years, it is crucial to accept and even embrace our condition.

October 3, 2023 · 13 Comments

Video: Frimas

When getting an abortion has once again become a criminal offense, Kara is confronted by a grim and brutal reality. Even though obvious dangers are at play, she seeks out the services of an illegal mobile abortion clinic.

September 23, 2023 · 7 Comments

Katie Kapurch: Why ‘Barbie’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ made 2023 the dead girl summer

These dead girls offer insights about living. Embracing death’s inevitability brings some freedom, as well as access to truths about time and the natural world.

September 14, 2023 · 2 Comments

Video: Soft Animals by Renee Zhan

In this wildly imaginative surrealistic narrative, two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station.

September 9, 2023 · 4 Comments

Marilyn Monroe: Fragments

my beaded rays have the colors I’ve
seen in a painting—ah life they
have cheated you 

August 19, 2023 · 12 Comments

Judith Sanders: The Sabine Woman

But history leaps from the bushes, grabs your throat.
Your sisters’ screams explode in your chest.
Thatch is burning, sacks slit, lentils spilled.

July 31, 2023 · 8 Comments

Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Street Art in Pittsburgh

Although Pittsburgh is home to a number of major museums and art galleries, the region’s streets often tempt residents to create their own art.

July 30, 2023 · 3 Comments

Video: The Agent

A C-list talent agent walks through the world all but invisible… until he enters a pay-to-play audition room.

July 29, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: Wangechi Mutu | The Timeless, Ancient Language of Art

Using found materials and mesmerizing structures that unearth deep-rooted emotions, Wangechi Mutu’s visual creations celebrate our collective history and explore how art communicates into the future. From ancient rock carvings in the Sahel to her own chimeric abstractions, she shares…

July 23, 2023 · 4 Comments

Dawn Potter: A Small Celebration of Baron Wormser and Teresa Carson

Lived-Time, Art-Time, and Friendship

July 2, 2023 · 8 Comments

Video: Chinyanta Kabaso | The Dazzling Diversity of African Dance

The dazzling diversity of African dance — in 14 moves

May 20, 2023 · 6 Comments

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