Grace Sullivan writes about film, TV, books, music and the smaller cultural shifts that say a lot about American life. She is less interested in what trends for a day than in why something sticks around.
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The Transit Museum’s free gallery showed what artists could do with a familiar fare card. Check the Grand Central location rather than the Brooklyn museum.
The bilingual exhibition paired ancient papyri and linen fragments with resources for understanding the texts, including a free online exhibition.
The Reagan Library’s September 9 display brought National Archives records to Southern California, including material connected to the Louisiana Purchase and civil rights.
America 250 traces public-health history at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta. Free admission requires booking at least a week ahead for smaller groups.
The September 8 chart put the thriller first among English-language films. Netflix's definition of a view explains what that number can tell a viewer.
The Smithsonian civic-history exhibition ended its Washington run on September 7. Its traveling program offers another route into the subject.
The New York Botanical Garden combined botanical displays with art about flowers as cultural symbols. Leave time for both.
The free Labor Day festival’s September 5 schedule paired Ravi Coltrane with a Weather Report tribute later in the evening.
Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace's 122-minute film had a September 5 press and industry screening. Venice also listed a separate film called Oasis.
Jefferson’s rough draft gives the Library of Congress exhibition a concrete starting point for readers who want history beyond a familiar quotation.
The National Gallery exhibition brings 115 works on paper into an account of American land, community and freedom.
Thirteen photographers, a bilingual presentation and an audio guide make Instante/revelación a focused reason to visit the Getty Center.