Arts

New music, independent film, contemporary art, street art, crafts, art photography, plus odds and ends we dig up.


As the line between reality and performance blurs, kill increasingly means kill.

Fans of 'Twighlight' books and films are overwhelmingly teenage girls have been "marginalized and mocked," and one critic comes to their defense.

 Composer Mason Bates' "symphonic electronica" is not for the easy listener.

 A groundbreaking composer turns the Alaskan landscape into an orchestra


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Each month the Utne Reader Music Sampler highlights a cross-section of music gleaned from current releases that are catching our ear. The music is diverse and out of the ordinary, curated by us for you. The best part: All the tracks are downloadable for the month.

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Christian Bök: This experimental poet isn’t content with words on a page—he prefers to work under mind-bending constraints that truly stretch his linguistic limits.

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