What Is Behind Our Return To Movie Theaters?

What Is Behind Our Return To Movie Theaters?

  Cinephiles like me are giddy that more people are returning to movie theatres. Yes, we’d be even happier if more people remembered they were in public and didn’t show up in their pajamas and toting loads of blankets as they try to recreate their living rooms,...
Joy That Doesn’t Ask for Anything

Joy That Doesn’t Ask for Anything

I bought a light‑up fish tank lamp because it was cheap, quiet and uncomplicated. It simply contains plastic fish drifting in a slow loop of color.  But that’s exactly why it works. It doesn’t need anything from me, but dang it makes me happy. It doesn’t interrupt the...
Bad Bunny and the Art of Resistance

Bad Bunny and the Art of Resistance

On the Fourth of July 2026, the United States will celebrate 250 years of independence. Fireworks will fill the sky, speeches will praise liberty, and the nation will tell itself the story of its freedom. Yet on that same day, a sanctuary for the arts will shut its...
Limping Toward Christmas

Limping Toward Christmas

When the angels of the Christmas story appeared after the birth of Jesus, they announced to the shepherds, “Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the...