On this day 10 years ago, Sufjan Stevens released his lauded seventh album, Carrie & Lowell – a project shaped by his struggle with grief and depression following the death of his mother, Carrie. To ...

Are the denizens of Nige­ria’s petroleum sector continuously looking for ways to return Ni­gerians to the “Egypt” of pover­ty, much like Sisyphus of Greek mythology, who keeps returning uphill the ...

This biopic of Jack Kevorkian, the infamous "Dr. Death," may not add anything new to the physician-assisted suicide argument, but it does remind us of a time not too long ago when we were forced to ...

The guy posting lovey-dovey selfies with his girlfriend is also sliding into anyone and everyone’s DMs. Everyone copes with this lawless dating landscape in their own way. Some go full detective, ...

Colleagues and former students will gather to discuss the work of the eminent professor of French and philosophy.

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus is a figure notorious for his cruel punishment in the underworld. He is tasked with pushing a ...

Susanne K Langer understood the indispensable power of metaphors, which allow us to say new things with old words ...

Local poets Charif Shanahan and Terra Betts curated a reading event for Steven Leyva’s “The Opposite of Cruelty.” ...

The third season of the dark comedy highlights the pivotal role played by the original characters in driving its always mysterious plot ...

Plus a gay market, the Twins' season opener, and a chance to hype up your friend via a PowerPoint presentation.

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the supercomputer Deep Thought is constructed to find the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. After seven ...

Reality television helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. Now its conventions are helping him expand its powers.