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We take a look at the essential records of the 1970s that paved the way for new wave, dance music, and beyond.

Our professional orchestras are one of our cultural glories, as good as any anywhere. Every single one is a miracle of stored ...

Chicago is what I am,” John Hughes once said of his hometown, the centerpiece around the late director and screenwriter’s movies and the base of his trifecta of ’80s films—Sixteen Candles, The ...

I know I was flustered at the prospect of trying to ask an old master something new about his approach. Wiseman would have been seventy-one then, long since inured to critical shibboleths around his ...

From Awa Sal Secka singing Black Broadway to Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet to Suzan-Lori Parks’ Sally & Tom, it’s a good time to go to the theater.

This season has local bands, up-and-comers, and a few big names—not to mention the return of Mosh Madness and a rave on Pennsylvania Avenue.

A long-running anime can deliver endless entertainment, but there are also plenty of equally interesting anime miniseries ...

Love stories don’t always end in happily ever after. Films like Atonement, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Amour reveal how romance on screen can become unforgettable precisely when fate refuses to ...