Montage

On the Margins

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Dollar Dramas

The preeminence of U.S. currency at risk

Off the Shelf

The wealth gap, shamanism, the life of David Nathan, and more

Activism, Then and Now

A retrospective on resistance

Reconstructing the Berlin Wall

David Leo Rice explores the strange, unseen forces shaping our world.

by Nina Pasquini

Sister Acts and Cyanotypes

Julia Rooney’s paintings cross the analog-digital divide.

by Claire Zulkey

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Off the Shelf

Operatic counterculture, a Passover graphic novel, James Joyce’s biographer, and more

The Shape of Sound

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

by Nina Pasquini

The Sum of Our Choices

On the limitations of a prevailing worldview

A New Voice

Ann Kim Ha’s poignant children’s books

by Lydialyle Gibson