Here are some other things I’ve written elsewhere recently:
- How American artists responded to the Vietnam war, reflected in a new exhibit I covered for Smithsonian Magazine.com.
- A preview of a big Aretha Franklin tribute concert special for TV Guide.
- A review of a Los Angeles show by Pink for Entertainment Weekly.
- A Q&A with Chaka Khan for AARP – the Magazine.
- A story of how one woman looked into her family’s past in Vietnam for an art project, for Smithsonian Mag.com
- Lakers owner Jeanie Buss talks about her love for WOW Woman of Wrestling, for TV Guide.
- A chat with Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride for Songfacts.
- An interview with Ric Ocasek of The Cars about rock and painting, for Vinyl District.
- A story about a tribe retaining a square mile in glitzy Palm Springs, for Smithsonian.
- Review of a Kennedy Center commission, adapting a children’s book about the Birmingham bombing.
- A Q&A with Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, on forging ahead, for Vinyl District.
- A report on how a Swedish circus company responded to the immigration crisis, through performance.
- Two reviews of one-person works from the Middle East, one from a woman in Lebanon and the other, from a man embodying several characters across the region.
- A preview of new music from the Southern rock band Holiday Gunfire.