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Originally published June 26, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg’s series on the connections between LGBTQ2S and socialist history. The 120-part “Lavender & Red,” which appeared in Workers World from 2004 to 2008, is available for free download at workers.org/book/lavender-red. No recording device captured the roar or ferocity…

In 2009, Robbie Fulks decided to make a change. For almost 20 years, the singer/songwriter had led a series of hard-hitting country-rock bands across America and beyond, his blistering guitar chops and madcap levity (the latter frequently testing, if not violating, standards of taste) winning him a modest-sized but ardent fan base.

These top 20 songs about New Jersey are an eclectic mix of genres and themes that capture the essence of the state's culture and history. From Bruce Springsteen's anthems to Bon Jovi's arena rock hits, these songs showcase the state's diverse musical heritage and its status as a cultural hub. Some of the most iconic

On Jan. 22, with an asphalt pomp heretofore unseen on the West Coast, Joel Coen took to the stage at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) to discuss two films, the first John Huston’s 1987 "The Dead", and the second him and his brother Ethan’s 2013 “Inside Llewyn Davis.”

The electrifying guitarist and complicated founder of The Blues Project, Danny Kalb has died at the age of 80.

His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist.

Paul Nichols lives in Loudon. Since the 1960s, I’ve loved to listen to Joni Mitchell’s song, “Urge for Going.” Over the years the song has been sung by New Hampshire folksinger Tom Rush, NYC’s Dave Van Ronk and many others, all great to listen to this...

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American abstract artist Mary Weatherford dazzles with neon-bisected, shapeshifting works. Here, she talks of Titian, postmodernism and painting horizontally

When the homegrown computer services company outgrew its offices, it considered expanding...