With midterms looming, an interactive show urges us to hear one another

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment NEW YORK — Theater regularly brings people together, for the betterment of art. But can it do the same for democracy? Joe Salvatore and his colleagues at New York University are testing out this ambitious thesis in a black-box performance space on Washington Square in Greenwich Village. With midterm … Read more

Perspective | Hot young bodies in bed, as painted by a great neoclassicist

[ad_1] Jacques-Louis David was one of art history’s great propagandists. His lifetime (1748-1825) overlapped with the last days of France’s Ancien Régime, the Revolution and the Terror, the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte and the restoration of France’s monarchy. He was easily the most influential painter of his era. After Napoleon’s fall, David went … Read more

Review | ‘Aftersun’: A father-daughter bond, seen through the haze of memory

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment StarSolidStarSolidStarSolidStarOutline(3 stars) The fragile fabric of memory, rendered in both mist and digital media, is the subject of “Aftersun,” the assured and emotionally complex feature debut of writer-director Charlotte Wells. Wells has described her first film — a window into the loving relationship between an idealistic young father and … Read more

Review | How does it feel to be a ‘Token Black Girl’? A new memoir explains.

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Memoirs are tricky little animals. What makes them effective? What makes them useful? The justification for their existence is subjective. Whose life, or slice of life, is worthy of paper and ink, glue and thread — and a savvy marketing campaign? I tend to think a memoirist’s life should … Read more

Washington Post hardcover bestsellers

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment 1  DEMON COPPERHEAD (Harper, $32.50). By Barbara Kingsolver. A boy born in a trailer in Appalachia faces the challenges of childhood poverty with resilience. 2  OUR MISSING HEARTS (Penguin Press, $29). By Celeste Ng. A boy searches for his missing mother, a Chinese American poet who left the family years earlier. … Read more