“Illinois” Asthmatic Kitty/Sounds Familyre Records Write what you know, the adage goes. Most bands stay within familiar territory, playing the same chord progressions and covering the same subject matter throughout their careers, but then again, most bands are not Sufjan Stevens. Read more...

In 1994, the Chinese government dreamed of building the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It would span nearly a mile across, tower 575 feet above the world’s third-longest river, and cost approximately $24 billion dollars. Read more...

It was about this time last year that I learned how to knit. My roommates, K. and K.T., and I had moved into our new apartment. Read more...

Having recently published her novel, “Milk,” Darcey Steinke decided to take a brief vacation with her daughter off the coast of Connecticut. “You don’t have a lot of days like this out there, do you? Read more...

Flipping through Entertainment Weekly not too long ago, I came across a profile on Richard Linklater. The piece included an overview of his work as a director, adored by hip college kids everywhere, from “Dazed and Confused” to “Waking Life” and “Before Sunrise.” Richard Linklater is a hipster’s wet dream: He’s both cool and artsy, his oeuvre covers rock music and philosophy, slackers and love in Vienna. Read more...

Every year, industry execs flood the streets of Sundance hoping to find the next great filmmaker, temporarily transforming the snow-covered mountains of Utah into the Hollywood hills. Read more...

For the first time in two decades, Outfest is returning to UCLA. The Los Angeles-based showcase for international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video has joined with the renowned UCLA Film and Television Archive to create the Outfest Legacy Project, the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT films in the world. Read more...