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Oh, the power(lessness), the absolute power(lessness) Finally, a 'top 20' list in the arts we can all aspire to be on....
Almanac Today's entry: Edmund Burke on posterity....
Choreographer Karole Armitage uses Africans as props; Taiwanese dance and music troupe brings ancient debauchery to life...
Mr. Brendel, thank you ... an unseen hand has kept its hold over a player and his listeners alike for decades ... Through a long and magnificent career, Mr. Brendel has brought us to an understanding, and a love...
Almanac Today's entry: Arthur Schopenhauer on going to the theater....
Reform! Reform? Health care reform is everywhere. Education, finance, and immigration are coming next. Whose talking arts reform?...
Almanac Today's entry: Peter De Vries on atheism....
Musings On The "Portfolio Career" On the semantics of freelancing as an arts industry worker...
Almanac Today's entry: Peter De Vries on the allure of old-master paintings....
Thoughts on the 'portfolio career' The age-old practice of bundling lots of part-time or short-term gigs together into a professional life is suddenly an emerging trend....
Iowa was the name of the Star Musical talent is an ability to hear and coordinate, certainly. But also it is a capacity to experience ... and a means to dream, unafraid...
Almanac Today's entry: Peter De Vries on fame....
Almanac Today's entry: Preston Sturges on corruption....
Almanac Today's entry: Jeanette Winterson on art and reality....
The new rules of engagement Does the Internet make us bad readers?...
Almanac Today's entry: Eric Hoffer on the excitement of writing....
Of management metaphor and myth Are orchestra conductors the model for modern management? Anne Midgette hopes not....
Almanac Today's entry: Spike Hughes on coping with critics....
Recenter With famous music, no matter how significant we think our insights are -- we don't make much of a difference...
Almanac Today's entry: Daniel Clowes on the pretentiousness of art students....
How much is originality worth? We consider the case of Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's "Orbo Novo," at the Joyce this week....
Almanac Today's entry: James Hilton on old age....
Almanac Today's entry: Anthony Trollope on equality....
Rethinking arts economies and arts exchange Are nonprofit theaters like community farms? One New York company is hoping to find out....