Arts

In both ballads and hard-charging rock songs, Jason Isbell’s storytelling prowess has made him one of today’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters. On his new album “The Nashville Sound,” Isbell’s songs are filled with rural country characters, and offer a reflection of the nation’s political and cultural fears. Jeffrey Brown reports from the first stop of Isbell’s international tour. Continue reading →

A Canadian comic book collective is working closely with refugees like Mohammed Alsaleh, who fled from Syria, to help them tell their stories. Special correspondent Stefan Labbe and producer Lauren Kaljur report. Continue reading →

Page by page, Jenni B. Baker makes poems out of David Foster Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest” by erasing much of the text, and creating a new piece of writing from what’s left behind. Continue reading →

Endowed in honor of Beyoncé’s visual album “Lemonade,” which was released one year ago, the tuition scholarship is providing four students with $25,000. Continue reading →

From Oscar Wilde to choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones, a look at when LGBTQ trailblazers brought their stories to Brooklyn. Continue reading →

For Choreographer Alonzo King of Alonzo King Lines Ballet, discovering dance made “the outer world dim.” King explains in a conversation at the Aspen Institute’s Spotlight Health conference how dance transformed his life and how it contributes to the balancing act of health. Continue reading →

The gaming world put its best and brightest new offerings on display at E3 last week, but eleven video game publishers remain under pressure from the Screen Actors Guild. Here’s why. Continue reading →

Last week, the Library of Congress selected Tracy K. Smith as the new U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, Smith shares the poetry she recommends reading right now. Continue reading →

Chef and restaurateur Joy Crump explains how we can find greater value and health in farm-to-table food, in a conversation at the Aspen Institute’s Spotlight Health conference. Continue reading →

It’s billed as “a virtual playground of four dimensions.” Floors react to footsteps like waves, virtual letters blow off a tree, animals made of light react to sounds. We recently visited DC’s XYZT: Abstract Landscapes exhibit. Take a look inside in this video. Continue reading →