Arts & Culture

Review of 'Savages'

Review of 'Savages'

April 1997

"The Storyteller is the Soybean...the Audience is the Sun"

They need each other to make something good happen, and when they get together at festivals and workshops across the land, it usually does

March 1, 1997

Review of 'Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking', 'Auguste Escoffier: Memories of My Life'

March 1997

A Traveling Exhibition On Women Photographers Doesn't Skirt the Issue

March 1997

Smithsonian Highlights

March 1997

For Jacques Torres, the Highest Art Is a Piece of Cake

Sugar in all forms seduces our sweet tooth from the first taste, but in the hands of a premiere pastry chef it becomes magical

February 1, 1997

"She Said Yes! She Said Yes! She Said Yes!"

How a few brave and smitten souls got up the courage to declare their love and propose in public, and then lived to tell about it

February 1, 1997

Picturing the Face of the African Diaspora

February 1997

Think of All You'd Miss If Your Reading Skills Weren't 'Enhanced' By Age

Think of all you'd miss if your reading skills weren't 'enhanced' by age

February 1997

Searching for the window into nature's soul

A new kind of poetry is created when Andy Goldsworthy works with stone, wood and water — our world never looks quite the same again

February 1997

If His Life Were a Short Story, Who'd Ever Believe It?

Being locked up for embezzlement freed him to write, launching William Sydney Porter on a brilliant but boozy career as O. Henry

January 1, 1997

Plugged In, and Playing With Power

January 1997

Review of 'Illumination in the Flatwoods'

January 1997

How I Stuck My 'Hand' In a Fire Ant Mound For Television and Glory

January 1997

From Darkness Into Light: Rediscovering Georges De La Tour

Long forgotten after his death in 1652, he is now embraced by the French as an icon; an exhibition touring this country shows why

December 1, 1996

The School Where it's OK to Major in Fun and Games

At Vancouver's DigiPen, kids who grew up playing Donkey Kong and Castlevania train to create the video adventures of tomorrow

December 1, 1996

Smithsonian Perspectives

"Red, Hot & Blue," a new exhibition saluting the American musical, is an invigorating example of the Smithsonian's mission to illuminate our past

December 1996

It's Great To See Old Classmates-If You Can Recognize Them

It's great to see old classmates-if you can recognize them

December 1996

Review of 'Arguing About Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States Congress'

December 1996

Review of ' Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books'

December 1996