A musical with Shakespearean verse set to bluegrass, country and gospel may seem like a battle of conflicting artistic expressions. And yet, the twangs of guitar and banjo merge seamlessly with Shakespeare's love sonnets in "Atlanta's" story of war and poetry. Read more...

I don't know if it started out because of my own A.D.D.-like childhood energy or if it was a result of having one of the most type-A mothers on the planet, but I have always been notorious for my lack of patience. Read more...

Brooklyn indie band Grizzly Bear released their landmark album "Yellow House" over a year ago, and now, with their new extended play, "Friend," the band spreads their psychedelic folk gospel even further. Read more...

With the approach of Dance marathon, LCD Soundsystem couldn't have chosen a better time to release their marathon track, "45:33." Read more...

Shakespeare at UCLA is shaking things up this fall. Instead of featuring just one Shakespearean play, as the student group customarily does, it's performing all 38 at once. Read more...

At the age of 43, former French Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby awoke hazily to a room full of doctors and was told that they had saved his life. However, though he had survived a stroke, it had left him completely paralyzed with the exception of a single eye. Read more...

Sometimes I like to think of myself as a 1950s-style hostess "“ always with a casserole in the oven on the off chance people will stop by hungry and need to eat it. Read more...