Growing up, East African representation in the music industry — specifically Ethiopian and Eritrean artists — was rare. Apart from Abel Tesfaye, widely known as The Weeknd, artists across the Ethiopian-Eritrean...

What if you could see all of the different ways your life could turn out, depending on how you act in a given moment? This is the premise of “Constellations,” a play written by Nick Payne and performed...

Released in 1987 at a low production number, a GNX (Grand National Experimental) is the slightly more evolved cousin of the beloved Buick Grand National. Along with its sleek — but by no means ornate...

“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”  This quote from the film “Gladiator” might be true, but what we do in the year 2000 gets good reviews and makes lots of money. So, like any uncreative...

Can you imagine going to school on Christmas day? Probably not. Well, for the past four years I have had to treat Diwali, a festival that is my biggest holiday of the year, as a regular school day....

Perfect fall weather invited crowds to the historic streets of Ardmore, a neighborhood in Winston-Salem known for its artists, for the fourth annual Art Walk on Nov. 9. Artists were spread out on Elizabeth...

Sitting in Hanes Art Gallery is a painting that will be different every time you go see it. The painting by Willa Wasserman, titled “Making the shape of the letter x or 'no' with my body reflected in...

Sally Rooney has never disappointed in making love seem entirely depressing The young Irish novelist also has yet to disappoint in sparking controversy and discourse among the reading community. Some...

About halfway through reading Benjamín Labatut’s breakout novel, “When We Cease to Understand the World,” I texted a friend of mine, “I feel like I’m reading cocaine.” The 2021 International...

The 2025 Oscar race is far more uncertain than in years past, particularly for the coveted best picture award. There isn’t a dazzling and widely admired frontrunner — like 2023’s “Oppenheimer”...

To appropriately contextualize my reaction to this movie, let me tell you how I came to see this movie in the first place. I am hardly what you would call a seasoned movie critic or a “film bro,” but...

It is a Saturday night in 2004, and a crowd of kids are gathered in Pugh Auditorium for the premiere of a student-led production. Seven club baseball players are seated in the front row, clad in their...