Justine Frangouli-Argyris

Journalist and writer

This year marked the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth, which was celebrated with great pomp and circumstance in Greece and in many Greek communities and universities abroad.

Jonathan Kim

Gentleman farmer, film critic for ReThink Reviews and the Uprising Show

It's hard to believe that David O. Russell's first feature film was an incest comedy called Spanking the Monkey. Now, with his track record of critically-acclaimed dramedies, he has his pick of Hollywood's A-list talent, some of whom reached that level because of him.

Daniel Maidman

Artist

Hicks, with her nearly lunatic manufacture of sculptures out of, in part, straw. She is not unique with regard to her materials or her general aesthetics. But she is one of the best I have seen in reconciling the furious antagonisms of the territory she inhabits.

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Writer, Holy Kitchens Films

When American Ballet Theatre soloist Isabella Boylston is taking part in the company's new Dancer Exchange Program which has her performing in Copenhagen with the Royal Danish Ballet. She kindly consented to answer a few questions about her experience there.

Maria Gabriela Brito

Contemporary art advisor, interior designer, author

For this edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, Luis decided to showcase brand new pieces that explore his deep fascination of American subcultures, Latin modernism and music and the Black Power Movement of the 1960s.

Sophia Slater

High school senior at the American School in Japan

With his red bandana, round glasses, and shoulder-length hair, activist, poet, and writer Tenzin Tsundue is often referred to as the "Tibetan Johnny Depp." He's one of the most recognizable faces in the Tibetan freedom movement, staging bold protests against the Chinese government.

David Finkle

Writer, Drama Critic

The Night Alive suspense then builds on whether Aimee will be able to extricate herself from Kenneth's sinister demands, which include stealing money Tommy has hidden beneath floorboards. Will she be able to remain with Tommy, or will she continue in Kenneth's thrall?

Michael Giltz

Freelance writer

Five final shows to see before the holidays take over. They ranged from a marvelous breathing-to-life of a poem more than 200 years old, a so-so take on the Scottish play, a one-man homage to a master via August Wilson's biographical piece and two new works from talented writers.

Robert Bullen

Self-professed Chicago theatre addict, writer, blogger, audience member

Granted, in 1946 (the year this play premiered), a more straightforward approach may have been necessary, given this play broke a lot of ground in confronting the decay of societal values. But that ground feels like well-worn territory with this viewing.

Arianna Huffington

In this week's issue, Bianca Bosker tells the story of how one man uncovered the secrets of Syria's chemical warfare against its citizens.

Sleepy & Boo

DJs

More often than not, DJing is a solitary performance -- but the four members of Visionquest challenged that paradigm in 2013, staging an ambitious worldwide event series that saw them performing together live as a foursome of DJs.

Christopher Hennessy

Poet and author, 'Our Deep Gossip: Conversations With Gay Writers on Poetry and Desire,' 'Love-in-Idleness' and 'Outside the Lines: Talking With Contemporary Gay Poets'

My interview with Koestenbaum can read, at least in some moments, like flirting, or even cruising. There's double entendre; there's performance; there's even a moment in which we cozy up over one of his books, tracing fingers over line after sexual line of poetry.

Jillian Vanstone

Principal Dancer, National Ballet of Canada

Visions of Sugar Plums are dancing in my head, but not in the way portrayed in T'was the Night Before Christmas. I'm visualizing my corrections and my goals for the solo and pas de deux I perform as The Sugar Plum Fairy in Act II of The National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker. I have just woken up and I am already in the process of preparing for my performance in the evening.

Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Arts writer and novelist

Broadway and opera composer Jeanine Tesori writes fresh, inventive scores that dazzle the ear and touch the heart. I was lucky to meet Tesori last week when she was in D.C. for rehearsals of her new opera, The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me.

Doug Argue

Jaime Rojo

Heidi Legg

Author and Journalist