This was a phenomenally generous year; one of turning points for rock and so much else. I return to it with something more than nostalgia. With gratitude.

In an exclusive interview with Frontline, the poet and screenwriter reflects on his recent debate with Islamic scholar Mufti ...

If you’ve ever written a set of lyrics or a poem, you’ve probably imagined how it might sound as a song. But turning words ...

As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John ...

As we wind down another trip around the sun, dear readers, let’s take a look back at what the world of local Arts & Entertainment gave us in 2025. From cool art exhibits to a resident appearing ...

The suicide of popular Russian poet Sergei Esenin generated an outpouring of shock and grief throughout the USSR and beyond.

Bob Dylan has paid a poetic and deeply personal tribute to Willie Nelson, offering one of the most vivid portraits ever ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

The Oakland-based experimental artist Chrystia Cabral, a.k.a. SPELLLING, resists genre categorization in a way that allows ...

A child of two parents with schizophrenia, he was in the foster care system when his grandmother took him in. He remembers ...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a new arts and culture reporter starting Jan. 12. You can support this and other reporting with a year-end gift.

Ahead of a new systemwide administrative-review process, instructors are scrutinizing lessons on race, gender, and even The ...