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Dollar Dramas

The preeminence of U.S. currency at risk

Seeing Spring

Artist Anna Agoston grows into her medium with her photographic studies of plants.

by Sophia Nguyen

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Hopkinson Smith, Beyond the Instrument

A lutenist pursues what he calls his “lifelong task.”

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Presidents, Congress, and Foreign Policy

Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.

"Art Is a Dark Mirror"

Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.

by Olivia Schwob

Meet Him in St. Louis

A daring musical theater company turns 25.

by Meredith Redick

The Mammalian Life Span

E.O. Wilson on why the human species ought to be a little humble

Exact Changes

The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

The Man Who Has Been King

An actor’s rule on stage and screen

by Sophia Nguyen