The role of the critic isn’t to summarize or repackage art, but to actively participate in a conversation about it.

In "The Last Critic," we meet Christgau as an elder stateman of rock-crit (he's now 83), a downtown stalwart knocking around ...

John Powers celebrates the books, shows and performances that stayed with him, including Miranda July's novel All Fours, Interior Chinatown on Netflix and an iconic Olympic moment with Simone Biles.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly seven years ago, the Internet was on fire with people hating The Wall. "I love The Wall. I love it," said Scallion in the ...

The loudest voice in most boardrooms never touches a microphone. It lives in our heads. It second-guesses, catastrophizes, and tallies every possible failure. For years, we called that voice imposter ...

I first saw Lip Critic at Hotel Vegas in Austin. Off the bat, it gave me anxiety. And I was instantly, strangely enamored by it. The small room was packed out, the air hot, dense, salty — the ...