Joshua Oppenheimer is our age’s great bard of cognitive dissonance.

Nearly a decade after the death of his 15-year-old son, the Australian post-punk bard has a new album, ‘Wild God,’ that he says finds a path to joy.

Ukrainians displaced by war find new purpose in Shakespeare’s play of love, loss and madness, bringing their blood-red version to the bard’s hometown.

Majok has staked her claim as the bard of Newark, N.J., where many of her plays are set, including “Sanctuary City.”

On Friday morning, the city will turn out to say farewell to the Kent-born, London-raised punk turned bard of the Irish immigrant experience.