Peter Florence, the former Director of Hay Festival, put it simply: “When politics and society pull people apart, festivals are invaluable places to bring people together.” This belief is in ...

The president — for all his bluster, baggage and baffling syntax — continues to speak to realities that polite society has decided are too ugly to discuss.

What is clearly needed in society is a precise definition of what constitutes political art so that it is not confused with cultural expression. Perhaps, too, society also needs to define the use of ...

Creative Australia has reinstated Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as the creative team for the 2026 Venice Biennale – ...

new video loaded: Can Pop Culture Be Political … and Good? transcript Can Hollywood still tell great stories? Can movies be political without being tedious? When entertainment is dominated by ...

The three public library systems will get back $58.3 million, while $53 million will be restored to cultural institutions. (Spectrum News NY1/John Davitt) ...

These institutions shrink the space between art and life by serving as places where entire communities can cohere through storytelling.

Ian Chung, a Harvard student from Broome County found spirited debates between Democrats and Republicans on campus.

He singled out the Federalist Society, which during Trump's first term advised him on judicial nominations, including eventual Supreme Court picks Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

For decades, New York politics was defined by party machines, yes, but also a hyper-engaged voting public. Now, with the end of both, a candidate’s starpower is all that counts.

Yet for all of Khanna’s surface appeal, his limitations as a political disruptor were on display last week during a Fox News exchange with Lawrence Jones. Asked whether the Democratic Party had become ...