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Kathie Coblentz, Master New York Librarian, 73
She spoke or could read 13 languages, ran the New York Marathon, and was the third-longest serving employee of the NYPL, where she catalogued...
The Best Way To Predict Our Futures
It's a kind of internal averaging of disparate opinions: "Each of us has an inner crowd, too, with a wisdom of its own." -...
Most People Are Missing The Most Revolutionary Thing About Nomadland’s Win
Yes, Nomadland is only the second movie directed by a woman to win a Best Picture Oscar, and the first Best Picture Oscar to...
The Guy Who’s Crashing Every Library’s Summer Reading Program
By 20-year-old Aaron Yang's estimate, "he's now contacted around a thousand libraries and acquired untold numbers of pencils, stickers and awards." Is ......
Activists Say They’ll Move Protests Inside MoMA
Protests have been going on outside the museum for the last three weeks. "These protests, called 'pop-up deoccupations' in the activists’ parlance — have so far...
Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, 93
Ludwig was most prominently associated with the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival, but she also sang at the Met. She "rose from...
Hollywood’s Anti-Black Bias Is Costing It Billions Of Dollars A Year
For a supposedly capitalist industry, what the heck? A study found that "America’s film industry is the country’s least diverse business sector and that...
The Oscars, Intimate And Sometimes Surprising
Here are the live updates and the winners list as it happens. - Los Angeles Times
What Math Says About Who Will Win The Oscars Tonight
A dubious proposition, but a possible one: "If numbers or data or statistics can provide any ounce of entertainment, there’s no better time than...
No, No One’s Going To Watch The Oscars
Broadcast TV ratings have been declining for years, and this ceremony will be no different - and won't mean anything about the actual movies...
The International Booker Shortlist Is Out
Ready to read? The shortlist for the international prize, which is for a book translated into English in Britain and Ireland, features a couple...
How To Enjoy Yet Another Online-Ish Awards Show
Embrace the absurdity: "Look, things are going to get weird. There was a small fire within the first 15 minutes of the Emmys. (It...
When Lesbian Writers Made Paris The Center Of Modernist Thought
A biographer says of Natalie Barney and her wealthy, artistic circle: "They were destined, if you like, to break away. I think of modernism...
Electronic Music’s Suppressed Innovators
Laurie Anderson: "It’s very interesting ... that a lot of that early work in electronics was done by women. Some of them wanted to...
The Real Nomads Of Nomadland
One says, "It's kind of simpatico with Fern's story . My husband died, and we don't have kids, so I just sold everything and...
Behind The Scenes Of The Best Picture Nominees
What the directors say, including clips about how to make a dramatic scene more dramatic with whispers - and how to cast a "good...
Shakespeare’s Birthday Just Went By, And He Barely Seems Older At All
Charles McNulty on the Bard in 2021: "Shakespeare’s characters keep drawing us back because we want to understand them more fully. They leave us...
The Two Types Of Post-Pandemic People
Who dominates in the (hoped-for, perhaps arriving) after-COVID era will affect theatre, music, dance, and other performing arts. Psychology professor Laurie Santos: "The pandemic...
Maine’s Attorney General Says Arts Robert Indiana’s Estate Overpaid Lawyers By Millions
The litigation after the artist's death in 2018 has been extensive, but perhaps the fees were quite a bit more extensive than they should...
American Ballet Theatre Dancers Spend A Month In A Bubble In Southern California
It was both arduous and oddly pleasant for the dancers, used to touring - and to playing for packed houses; only 10 percent of...
The Detroit Symphony Gets A Letter From A Non-Fan Of Black Composers’ Music
And then DSO vice-president Erik Rönmark posted the letter to social media (with the patron's, or former patron's, name redacted). Response on social media...
Eight Smithsonian Museums Are Getting Ready To Reopen
All of the eight reopened briefly in 2020, between July and October. Coronavirus surges in November closed them again. But many others in the...
When A Lot More Of Us Are Vaccinated, What Will Moviegoing Look Like?
Probably there will still be a lot of private showings, now that we're somewhat used to the idea. And then ... a return to...
Art Peaked 30,000 Years Ago
Or so some believe. "The more you look at images from the walls of Lascaux and Chauvet, the more you realise art really has...
Scott Rudin’s Decades Of Power And Damage On Broadway And In Hollywood
At the crux of the matter, there are hints at rottenness that extends far beyond Rudin and his protegés: "Many wondered how artists who...