Christian Williams

Reviewing “The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook,” Chris Kilham’s backpack guide to the healing powers of the sacred Amazonian plant brew.

There has been a lot of music inspired by or associated with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but perhaps none is as poignant or thought-provoking as William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops.

What are we missing out on when we use our smart phones to pass idle time?

Lawrence, Kansas commemorates the 100th birthday of a counterculture icon.

American independent filmmaker reconnects us with life in the moment.

Canadian photographer illustrates the impacts of urbanization through her hyper-real photographs.

The strange and beautiful music of The Handsome Family provides the perfect soundtrack for fall.

Poet B.J. Best beautifully captures the shared experience of childhood with prose poetry based on classic video games in his new book But Our Princess Is In Another Castle.

How Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop introduced avant-garde electronic music to mainstream British society in the 1960s.

While our culture still glorifies the stereotypical “tough guy,” there are indications that traditional masculinity is slowly being redefined. That’s good news for everyone, especially men.

While everyone has been distracted by mystical messages hidden in an ancient calendar, we’ve neglected a different Mayan warning that’s actually very real.

A conversation with 2012 Utne Visionary David Wish, founder and executive director of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides music education for students in disadvantaged public schools.

While the idea of squatting is nothing new, Steve DeCaprio’s approach is unique as he seeks to permanently improve and repurpose abandoned buildings for the benefit of the community at large, and within the legal parameters of adverse possession.

The story behind The Plant—John Edel’s net zero vertical farm/food business incubator, which is the first of its kind in the nation.

Since 2002, David Wish’s organization Little Kids Rock has reached more than 200,000 public school kids who otherwise would not have received music education.

While the conflict between a father’s expectations and his son’s desires is a story as old as the hills, Jennifer Fox has managed to capture a unique twist on that experience with her documentary film My Reincarnation, which kicks off the 25th season of POV on PBS.