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The Glass Timpani
On stage in DC: Two timpanists, seventeen timpani: “Rhythmic and melodic material is split between the two soloists — each surrounded by drums and...
The Arts Were An Economic Engine In North Carolina
Then Hurricane Helene hit - and hit hard. In Asheville’s long-gestated River Arts District, the president of the District’s art group describes “the current...
Heartstopper’s New Director Sure Wishes The Series Had Been Around When He Was A...
Andy Newbery, season three’s helmer: “Hopefully, shows like this will make it easier for the next generation coming through... to hopefully accept themselves a...
Writer, Director, And Actor Alice Lowe Calls For Indie Film To Be A Lot...
In its funding, anyway. “There are so many people who just need a first chance to make a smaller-budget film,” she says, pointing out that...
Working, Teaching, Writing, And Living In Three Languages
“My husband tells me, ‘You are a nicer person in Hindi than you are in English.’ I believe him. For everything that English has...
James Magee, Mysterious Artist, Has Died At 79
Magee was “an enigmatic and idiosyncratic artist and poet who spent four decades building a starkly beautiful monument of stone and steel in the...
Asheville’s Biggest Tourist Attraction Might Not Be Fully In Ruins, But The Town Around...
Somehow, billionaire mansions survive - the Biltmore House, hotels, and even gardens were little damaged by Hurricane Helene - but Biltmore Village? Yikes. -...
Ukrainian Ballet Dancers, Going On Despite Years Of War
“Keeping the National Ballet dancing, whether at home or abroad, is a matter of existential importance for Ukraine, Sukhorukov and his colleagues say. ‘Ballet...
We’re In A Golden Age Of Tejano Documentaries
Among others, “you can find the contemplative radicals of Hummingbirds trolling the streets of Laredo over on PBS; the determined detectives of The Chicano Squad solving...
This May Be A Long-Lost Canadian Master’s Painting
At least, that’s what the authenticators say about a painting bought for £2,000. “The artwork had been exhibited in Canada five times between 1912...
Megalopolis Is A Different Kind Of Flop
Sure, Francis Ford Coppola's 40-years-in-the-making creation is a megaflop at the box office - but it’s an auteurist megaflop. - The New York Times
The Polari Prize Releases Its Shortlist
“The chosen titles 'remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned,’ said...
The Plan To Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Is A Disaster
“The new owners have sold some one-of-a-kind furnishings that Wright designed for the building. And the building itself is up sale, listed on a...
Australia’s Small But Valiant Presses Are Being Swallowed By Larger, Even Huge, Corporations
“This is what happens when the big fish eat all the little fish: grim times for employees, writers and, ultimately, readers. Should those of...
How One Gauguin Painting Went From Real To Lost To Fake
“How did a painting that was once coveted by museum directors and collectors alike simply disappear? And how can a work of art suddenly...
The Raw, Brief Power of Dance
Emma Portner isn’t thrilled that people are still finding her choreography from a 2012 Facebook video. "The whole reason I got into performing is...
Gavin Newsom Just Vetoed An AI Safety Bill That Silicon Valley Didn’t Like
The bill "would have established requirements for developers of advanced AI models to create protocols aimed at preventing catastrophes” - and would have required...
Looking For An Artist By Examining Her Palette
Or his, of course. For instance, "Picasso’s palette from 1961 recently fetched £56,250 at auction despite being made of cardboard.” - The Guardian (UK)
How Does Lin-Manuel Miranda Decide What Projects To Pursue?
“If it’s just one idea, it will probably die in the impulse phase. If the idea opens avenues and you see many more roads,...
The Most Devoted Fans Of Sleep No More Are Mourning Its Eventual End
And they’re going to see it again - and again, and again. Not that that’s unusual. - Washington Post
The Art Dealer Who Discovered Picasso And Matisse
Berthe Weill practically created the avant-garde, or least she paid them. Why has she been written out of art history? - The New York...
The Knock-On Effects Of The Hollywood Strikes
“'The air has come out of the content bubble,’ says Matthew Belloni, the founder of Puck News, which covers the entertainment industry. ‘Crisis is...
Fiction Writers Can Learn A Thing Or Two From Dungeons And Dragons
D&D is "a folk practice for generating stories that are both visionary and ephemeral,” a practice which can help create, or sustain, novelists. -...
How Artists Can Partially Control Their Legacies
Michael Crichton was so powerful that he won a “frozen rights” contract, one that even follows him after death - and may tank a...
Kris Kristofferson, Singer, Songwriter, Actor, And Activist, 88
“Steeped in a neo-Romantic sensibility that owed as much to John Keats as to the Beat Generation and Bob Dylan, Mr. Kristofferson’s work explored...