Porcelain is delicate, portable and functional. Traditionally, its value is based on the smoothness and clarity of its surface — void of scrapes or cracks. Beyond its shiny,...

In this world, it’s not always clear who’s a good guy and who’s a villain. Even when it is, sometimes being bad just feels right. This April, we’re honoring our favorite...

When critiquing a kids movie, you have to try to meet the film where it’s at. It would be strange and counterproductive to judge “A Minecraft Movie” using the same criteria...

Before “Glengarry Glen Ross” begins, director Patrick Marber chose to project a set of glistening steak knives on the scrim at the Palace Theatre. In theory, this addition...

A portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hangs on the wall of the Jasper family home. It’s the first thing you see when you walk into the Hayes Theater to watch Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’...

People are pickier with their watchlists than their dating rosters. With social media’s echo chambers and the Letterboxd-ification of film and TV, there’s few safe spaces left...

The four-piece band Laundry Day huddled in the green room of the Mercury Lounge, trying to find the band sticker it stuck to the ceiling years ago. Ahead of playing a show alongside...

Since the announcement of “Sunrise on the Reaping” in June, I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of my pre-ordered novel, ready to dive right back into the nostalgia-inducing...

If you remember the boom of overly edgy, emo-influenced, hard rock in the late 2000s and early 2010s, chances are you’re familiar with the band Sick Puppies. Despite its somewhat...

On the second floor of the Jewish Museum, dark blue walls, ornate white columns and a 6-foot-tall reproduction of Jan Lievens’ 1625 “The Feast of Esther” welcome visitors...