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Why Did Melania Trump Choose Beethoven?
“Serenading an audience fresh from four days of divisive rhetoric, immigrant bashing and attacks on LGBTQ people with music from a sonic icon of Europe’s post-World War II...
Trying To Organize A Music Festival In A War Zone
When the Russians might bomb you out at any second, what’s the point, really? “People need some joy in their lives, even through these...
We Need To Talk About Egypt’s Weirdly Compelling Biennale Exhibit
“The images are indelible: groups of soldiers sway and swoon in perfect synchronicity; top-hatted ambassadors from European powers squat barefoot on a tilted table...
Cheng Pei-pei, Hong Kong’s Queen Of Swords And Star Of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,...
“In a career-spanning six decades, Cheng burst on to the scene in the 1960s, becoming a star for Shaw Brothers Studios, the Hong Kong production...
A Bookshop In New Delhi Explains Why Its Top 100 List Is, Well, Not...
"If a list so devoid of representation from small presses, working class writers, genre-fiction, and poetry is aggregated with contributions from ‘hundreds of novelists,...
London’s Institute Of Contemporary Art May Have Fired Workers Who Support Gaza
And "Berlin-based artist Rheim Alkadhi says she will pull her work out of London’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) if the center does not...
How Writers Can Deal With Online Reviews
“Part of trying to get on quietly and diplomatically in life and not clash with people is keeping up the pretence that fuckwits don’t...
This 82-Year-Old Abstract Painter Is Finally Getting Her Due After Some Rough Australian Times
Lesley Dumbrell "was shocked when the head of the painting department blithely told her that he was happy to have women in his class...
The Creators Of A New Movie Worry Clips Will Be Used To Call The...
“The movie’s writers say they hope it will reinforce the real story of the moon landing. But is that possible in a post-Covid age...
Bill Viola Was One Of Our Most Important Video Artists, But His Muse Was...
“His greatness was not necessarily the way he used sound or even the sound itself, rather why he used sound, where he used sound...
A Writer, Choosing Not To Look Away
Orlaine McDonald, author of No Small Thing: "I’m a painfully slow writer and can find it really hard to commit anything to the page...
On The Road With The State Ballet Of Georgia
Why is the State Ballet of Georgia travelling for a long residency in London? Well … “with the Bolhoi and Mariinsky - both of...
Florida Man Thinks Jane Austen Was An American
Most unfortunately for young Floridians, this particular Florida man is also the state’s Commissioner of Education. “In Diaz’s defense, ‘freedom’ does appear four times...
How Long Will Eva Hesse’s Artworks Survive?
“Given its fragility and waning life span, each successive showing of Hesse’s work is potentially the last. Time is part of the deal. Hesse...
Four Disneyland Unions Vote To Authorize A Strike
That doesn’t mean one will happen, but it might. Last week, a thousand people "protested outside Disneyland’s entrance in support of park employees advocating for changes...
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Founder Of Sweet Honey In The Rock And Legendary Activist Through...
Reagon, also a cultural historian who worked at the Smithsonian, “was an original member in 1962 of the Freedom Singers, a vocal quartet that...
Where Will Sundance End Up?
The surprising list includes six cities: “In alphabetical order: Atlanta, GA; Boulder, CO; Cincinnati, OH; Louisville, KY; Park City/Salt Lake City, UT; and Santa Fe, New...
The Value Of Putting Design First In Social Housing Projects
The 20th century’s social housing “calls to mind towering blocks of flats, poorly maintained with dark, pokey and cold units. But alongside a rise in community...
Say Goodbye To Basic Ad-Free Netflix
People who had the Basic plan, for $12 a month, will now have to dive into the depths of ads on streaming (not having...
To Make His Films, This Georgian Director Risks Everything
“Making queer-themed work in a country like Georgia is a perilous affair,” the writer-director says. “For And Then We Dance, his production had to...
The Clash’s Famously Riotous 1978 Concert In Bury St Edmunds Will Not Be Remembered
Not if the Bury historical mavens have anything to do with it. No blue plaque for the punk rock band is their unanimous decision....
A Budding Career at 94: Never Give Up On Your Dreams
After all, June Squibb not only has a new movie out, but, at 94, she’s got her first starring role. - The Guardian (UK)
Dance Neuroscience Says Your Brain Is Connected To Your Body – And Vice Versa
But seriously: “Sophisticated imaging technology has helped reveal that dance’s multifaceted demands engage the mind as intensively as the body; that dance can root...
How The Prosecution Lost That Alec Baldwin Case So Very Badly
“A high-pressure trial against a movie star turned into an interrogation of the prosecution’s conduct. And it came after a series of missteps by...
How ‘Sing Sing,’ Set In A Prison, Captures The Beauty Of Being On The...
“When practiced communally, the pastime of playing pretend can yield powerful, lasting changes.” - Los Angeles Times