Sometimes art is entertainment – an hour and a half of distraction, a brief respite from reality. Other times, art is a mirror of reality, asking us to look at hard truths about the world and ...

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In Rebecca Gilman’s 2022 play “Swing State,” a grief-stricken widow mourns the loss of the insect, plant and animal species that once thrived on her 48 acres of grassland in the American heartland.

(WGHP) — Western Carolina political scientist Chris Cooper comes to Swing State to discuss his book, Anatomy of a Purple State, which lays out the history behind why North Carolina may be the most ...

As Ryan, Mr. Weiler gives a similarly nuanced performance. The jittery young man remains traumatized from his time in prison, and is prone to panic attacks. But Mr. Weiler also underscores how deeply ...

(WGHP) — Mike Munger is a Duke University legend. He’s been voted the school’s best professor for his work he calls “collision with error,” which encourages students to challenge their own viewpoints ...

Rebecca Gilman's "Swing State" does a rare thing in American theater. It puts a respectful story about contemporary rural people on stage. A bonus for us: they're Wisconsin people, living in the ...

Prices that once felt like a temporary spike have hardened into a new reality in parts of the industrial Midwest, and in at least one pivotal swing state, some of President Donald Trump's own voters ...

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