Throughout history, cities have served as cultural epicenters: Athens, Alexandria, and Rome in the ancient world; Florence, Milan, and Paris in the Renaissance and early modern eras; and, of course, who could argue that Los Angeles, London, and New York hold reign in the 20th and 21st centuries. But 188 miles south of the bright lights of Broadway lies another city of culture: Baltimore. Keep Reading →
We’re all tripping now — or at least, that’s what anyone scrolling Instagram these days might think. Psychedelics are everywhere. They’re the plotline of mainstream TV shows and buzzy documentaries, the subject of countless culture articles, and the focus of award-winning books and podcasts. Keep Reading →
Shortly after seeing the musical Wicked for the first time on the invitation of Stephen Schwartz, piano pop diva Mika went out to dinner with the legendary composer. Schwartz caught him daydreaming and asked what he was thinking about, Mika says. Keep Reading →