Spotlight
On the Streets Where We Live
by Rick Meghiddo
Stradaccie (pronounced stra-da-che) means “ugly streets” in Italian. It is the plural of stradaccia, a pejorative of the Italian word strada, street.
The street is the primary urban space for people. It acts upon us 24/7 throughout our lives. It not only synthesizes what we are as a culture, but it also contributes in shaping what we are as More...
Trekking Home
by Pallas Hupé
Under the veneer of conviviality, and a fairly universal state of “chillax,” as they say here in New Zealand, you might be surprised to find at the core of an average Kiwi, a steely edge of what some might call insanity. Or at least a desire to test the boundaries of sanity.
This is, after all, the land of settlers from the British Isles w More...
The Mystery of Stanley Kubrick
by Joel Bellman
In 1956, Henri Georges-Clouzot – “the French Hitchcock” revered for celebrated thrillers like The Wages of Fear and Diabolique – took a break from the genre filmmaking for which he was best known to explore a different kind of psychological terrain: the origin of artistic creativity, and more specifically, The Mystery of Picasso, an extraor More...
Deadline’s May 30! Cultural Weekly Writing Contest
Charge up your laptop and sharpen your pencils. Welcome to Cultural Weekly’s first-ever writing contest.
Below, you’ll find Neil LaBute’s new, 1,000-word short story, “Across the Universe.” Your assignment? Write a new story with one or more of the characters and/or story elements from Neil’s story, no more than 1,000 words.
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Why Theatre Will Survive
by Adam Leipzig
If life’s but a walking shadow, how many shadows are cast along Hollywood’s Walk of Fame? The answer is 10 million a year; it is the city’s premiere tourist destination. A visitor recently stopped me and asked. “Are all American cemeteries are like this?” He imagined the celebrities had been interred below their bronze names.
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