Cynthia Robinson: Dance All Night 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am

For nine years and six albums, Cynthia Robinson was the trumpeter and occasional vocalist for the legendary funk and soul group Sly and the Family Stone. The band were not only musical trailblazers, b...

Big-Top Beauty 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am

I’ve always been fascinated by circus performers. They spend weeks on the road, entertain hordes of strangers night after night with exciting and death-defying acts, all while dressed to the nines in ...

Once Upon a Summertime 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

Sunday Video: How to Make Borscht with Neko Case 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

Neko Case, singer/songwriter/musician/badass human, learned to cook in professional kitchens, which means she’s full of tips like how not to cry while chopping onions (rinse them off or put them in th...

Saturday Links: Belcher Family Values Edition 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

Gabby It’s no secret that we here at Rookie LOVE Bob’s Burgers, but you’d be surprised how often I have to defend the show to people who’ve never even watched it. “Your favorite show is a cartoon? On...

Friday Playlist: Little Shop of Horrors 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am

This week’s playlist is songs that may have been perfectly innocent but that held almost unbearable menace for us when we were children. (Though even when we listen to them now, as adults, they really...

Paper Dolls 24 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am

Collage by Sonja. The Sunday morning that Tara called, I had a dream within a dream. The kind where you dream that you wake up and open your eyes and it’s pouring rain and then you wake up to your ph...

Glitter in the Dark 24 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

I’ve been obsessed with Natasha Khan, better known as the musical act Bat for Lashes, since I was 15 years old and heard her first album, Fur and Gold. I had just finished reading Women Who Run With t...

Nailbiters 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am

Man on Wire (2008) In 1974, Phillipe Petit illegally rigged a wire between the tops of the World Trade Center towers and tightroped-danced in the clouds for nearly an hour. This gorgeous documentary ...

Literally the Best Thing Ever: Sketch Comedy 23 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am

Illustration by Kendra In seventh grade, I had an after-school ritual: I’d come home to an empty house, make a giant bowl of popcorn and a glass of chocolate milk, and watch two episodes of The Kids ...