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[applause] [cheers and applause] Sandra Cisneros. [applause] the 2015 National Medal of arts to Sandra Cisneros for enriching the american narrative. Through her novels, short stories, and poetry, she explores issues of race, class, and gender through the lives of ordinary people straddling multiple cultures. As an educator, she has deepened our understanding of american identity. [applause] accepting on behalf of the Eugene Oneill Theater Center, preston whiteway. [applause] the 2015 National Medal of arts to Eugene Oneill Theater Center for its unwavering support of american theater. For ove...

As an 22-year-old in 1967, Bob Zaugh had found a purpose in his life more important than school, career or even freedom. It was a recognition of the commonality of all humans that meant he could not support the Vietnam War or the system that sent young men to fight in it.

Looking at images of Raquel Rabinovich’s Avatars on a screen in any reproductive format is to wrestle with the impossible. Encountering this recent body of work by the ninety-five-year-old artist is deeply moving, as though I were witnessing the distilled essence and summation of a creative lifetime. Her artistic engagement in transforming earthen materials like mud, silt, and stone into unfathomable dynamic spaces reflects her mastery of touch.

Here are some tips on what to see, and even what to drink, as the art fair returns to the Shed.

Read on to learn about Claude Lawrence and his new Gershwin-inspired debut at Venus Over Manhattan, on view now.