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Artist’s Memorial To Victims Of Beirut Explosion Draws Controversy
The Gesture, an 82-foot sculpture by Nadim Karam, is made of steel debris from last year's catastrophe and stands at the blast site itself....
Teaching Kids To Read And Getting Them To Enjoy It — What The Data...
Emily Oster looks at the phonics vs. whole-language debate (she has one word for you: "delumpification") and what studies show about how to entice...
Could 1980s Film Noir Actually Be Better Than The Classic 1940s Stuff?
Neo-noir "could spell out what the 1940s films could only imply, with themes, violence and sexuality that could only be hinted at four decades...
In Defense Of Watching TV At High Speed
Nicholas Quah writes that the habit, reviled by creators, simply makes it easier to get through mountains of content, leaving time to try stuff...
Why Composer Jake Heggie Writes His Operas Entirely By Hand
"Making a mess is central to creativity and certainly to composition. … (With music software,) I think that sometimes young composers can be misled....
This Improv Group Wants To Be The Anti-Upright Citizens Brigade. Is That Possible?
In 2020, the worst of a series of bad years for the company, UCB withdrew entirely from New York. Now the Squirrel Comedy Theater...
The Dance Of The Discus Throw
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman, a former dancer: "I think it's a second-and-a-half dance that you do hundreds of times and it's really repetitive,...
Simone Biles Offers A Lesson For The Dance World
Bradford Chin: "I love that, although most of us dancers are not Olympic athletes, we treat every performance like the Olympics. But, like the...
The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture (Per The NYT’s Style Mag)
"Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been...
Now AI Is Creating Customized Artwork To Order (And It’s Cheap)
"Customers scroll through a selection of artwork and click the designs they like. … Then, the user clicks a button reading 'Make My Art,'...
Baltimore Symphony Fires Principal Flutist Emily Skala
CEO Peter Kjome said in a statement, "Ms. Skala has had discipline imposed upon her over these past few months; unfortunately, she has repeated...
Phillip King, Leading British Sculptor Of ’60s “New Generation”, Dead At 87
"Some critics and historians have considered King one of the most important British artists of the past half-century, although his reputation has lagged behind...
Maybe We Should Give Saint-Saëns A Little More Respect
In the face of (the) modernist revolution, Saint-Saëns (kept) churning out tasteful, perfectly formed, self-consciously harmonious music. - The Guardian
Blanka Zizka On The Biggest Challenge In American Theater
Because of the constant need to fundraise, says the outgoing director of the Wilma in Philadelphia, "the people who are actually creating the work...
To Thwart Art Thieves, Authorities And Museums Are Going High-Tech
"They're employing advances like liquid fingerprinting nanotechnology and tiny rare-earth magnets — as well as futuristic tech that's to persuade thieves and looters to...
Roberto Calasso, Giant Of Italian Literature, Dead At 80
His influence came not only through his own prolific writing — most notably in a series of books that retold ancient European, Egyptian, and...
Music Is Taking A Bigger Role At The Olympics
The games are moving beyond the John Williams fanfares and national anthems, writes Michael Andor Brodeur. "And not just as background, but as a...
London’s Science Museum Signed Non-Disparagement Clause In Sponsorship Agreement With Shell
The "gagging clause" was part of the contract for the oil giant's financial support for this summer's climate change exhibition at the museum, a...
Tavis Smiley Wants To Build Nationwide Black Talk Radio Network
The veteran broadcaster, who lost his talk shows on both public radio and PBS after revelations that he had had sexual relationships with subordinates,...
National Museum Of Dance Shuts Down
"The future of the museum" — which has had financial and administrative problems ever since it opened in 1987 — "and its affiliated school...
UK Court Slaps Down Planned Highway Tunnel Near Stonehenge
A High Court ruled that the transport ministry's project for a two-mile, £1.7 billion tunnel near the monument didn't include a mandated risk assessment...
Director Of Hay Festival Resigns After Misconduct Investigation
Peter Florence, who founded the famous literary event with his parents in 1988, stepped down after an inquiry confirmed a staffer's accusation of bullying....
What Really Made Nadia Boulanger Tick?
"It is widely assumed that Boulanger consciously renounced composition after her sister died in order to champion Lili's music and focus on teaching. But...
How Will Actors’ Equity’s New Open Access Policy Change Theatre?
Will a larger, more activist union make things fairer? Or will business remain more or less as usual? "We asked several industry sources and...
Reviving Australia’s First Major Oratorio, 85 Years After Its Last Performance
Charles Packer's The Crown of Thorns premiered in Sydney in 1863 and was considered a masterpiece, sung every year at Eastertime by Australian choral...
