Arts & Entertainment

Part master class, part exceptional analysis, one of the country's foremost experts on Shakespeare explores the women of his plays, illuminating the playwright's changing understanding of the feminine and revealing some of his deepest insights.

The Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his work in Two and a Half Men and the classic 80s teen comedy, Pretty in Pink describes his three-decade journey through Hollywood, discussing his friendships, mentors and insights.

Marc Bell, aka Marky Ramone, one of the last surviving members of the band, presents both a cultural history of punk and a candid picture of the dysfunction behind the group that changed a generation.

One of Sonic Youth's founding members delivers a memoir of her life as an artist, musician, wife and mother.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Saturday Night Live past and present, in honor of the show's 40th anniversary.

An acclaimed cultural historian — drawing on previously untapped archival sources and a vast array of interviews with such voices as Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Linda Ronstadt and Herb Alpert — presents a fascinating social history of the Great American Songwriting Era.