Utne Arts and Culture Blog

For Green Graffiti, Moss is Boss

By Suzanne Lindgren — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:12:39 CST

With moss, graffiti artists and activists go green, literally.

Music Premiere: Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk - How It Goes

Claudia Alterman — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:48:55 CST

Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk of Calgary Canadians are set to release their Over Land and Sea pop-folk album this April.

Book Review: That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone

Sam Ross-Brown — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:33:03 CST

"War doesn't occur in a vacuum," writes J.L. Powers in her introduction to That Mad Game, a powerful collection of narratives capturing the lives of children in warzones. "It occurs because of the stories we tell ourselves about the world we live in or the world we want to live in."

Film Review: No

Anthony Kaufman — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:37:03 CST

Sharp, darkly humorous political thriller about Chile's 1989 referendum on the leadership of Augusto Pinochet, filmmaker Pablo Larrain shows how the superficial tools of popular mass media-rainbows, catchy jingles, and celebrity endorsements-upended an autocracy

Using Your Phone to Connect with Urban Nature

Utne Reader Staff — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:57:02 CST

A pair of professors at the University of Rochester aim to change our perception of urban nature and help us better understand the evolution of our cities with a new smart phone app called Indeterminate Hikes (IH+).

Film Review: Long Distance Revolutionary

Sam Ross-Brown — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:34:22 CST

�Long Distance Revolutionary chronicles the life of inmate and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal�and the "Mumia rule" which, because of him, prevents prohibits inmate from conducting recorded interviews.