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Best of Fall: The Crafty Activist

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Dorothy Burge stitches historical significance into her quilts of Black veterans.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Tony Lewis connects the dots between language and art.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Back to her country roots, singer Stella Lefty is out to prove she’s no one-hit...

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Tap legends Bril Barrett and Tré Dumas reunite onstage.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Daniel Kraus adapts his monster bestseller into a claustrophobic big-screen thriller.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Mikael Burke stages an acclaimed metamusical that others wouldn’t tackle.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Alynda Segarra keeps John Prine’s legacy humming.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

More than 20 years after “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” Audrey Niffenegger conjures a sequel.

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson bring a contemporary groove to a show about escaping...

September 14, 2026 at 6:01 a.m.

Graphic novelist Kat Leyh envisions an encouraging postapocalyptic future.