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Revisiting Landmarks And Icons Of Mid-Century Modern Design
A package of articles considering some of the most important examples (including forgotten ones) of the style, from Eero Saarinen's Tulip table (the man...
CBS Morning News Spotlights Opera Philadelphia’s $11 Ticket Scheme
"In the nation's oldest opera house," begins correspondent Scott MacFarlane, "seats for this performance cost less than a movie ticket. Opera Philadelphia is launching...
Dance Company Jennifer Muller/The Works Re-Establishes Itself Following Its Founder’s Death
Fifty years after choreographer Muller created her troupe in New York City and a year-and-a-half after she passed away aged 78, Jennifer Muller/The Works...
Bojan Spassoff, Longtime Leader Of One Of America’s Most Prestigious Ballet Schools, Has Died...
After directing the Savannah Ballet and Ballet Oklahoma, Spassoff in 1984 took over what is now the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia....
Most Of New Jersey’s Daily Newspapers End Their Print Editions, And One Is Closing...
"The Star-Ledger, Times of Trenton and South Jersey Times will all move to online-only editions. … But because the Ledger will shut down its...
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony In Ontario Is Out Of Bankruptcy And Back In Business
"After declaring bankruptcy just over a year ago in September 2023, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced a resumption of operations, renewing a legacy that’s...
Staging A Musical In A Working Swimming Pool Onstage
No, this isn't a site-specific production at an outdoor pool or the Y. Flint Rep in Michigan actually installed onstage a working swimming pool...
What Is It About A Work of Art That Gives A Person Genuine Chills?...
A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the...
A Look At The New Version Of The Chicago Manual Of Style
The 18th edition of the now-118-year-old guide has expanded sections on copyright, inclusive language (yes, it endorses the singular "they"), and how to credit...
Maurizio Pollini’s Final Recording, With His Son By His Side
"Dedicated to Schubert, it marks a welcome return to a composer whose music Pollini had not taped since the 1980s. But what makes the...
There’s No Way To Reach The Top Of Hollywood’s Corporate Ladders Because The Boomers...
"Unlike their bosses, some of whom ascended to the heights of authority in their 30s …, young professionals today … see no clear path...
Some True-Crime Podcasters Are Trying Something Different: Focusing On The Victims
"In a saturated and unregulated landscape, some creators — with little to no training on how to cover crime — try to humanize the...
Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry’s Missing Panel
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as...
How Choreographers Are Experimenting With AI
"The impact of artificial intelligence ... can already be seen across film, television and music, but to some extent dance seems insulated, as a...
Odesans Fight Back As Regional Governor Tries To Erase City’s Russian-Language History
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed...
The Baltimore Sun Eliminates Its Entire Features Department, And With It Most Arts Coverage
"(This will be) the first time since at least 1888 the newspaper won’t have even one reporter dedicated to covering the city’s cultural life,"...
Actress Teri Garr Has Died At 79
She began her career as a backup dancer in Elvis Presley movies and made countless guest appearances on TV series, but she's best remembered...
Here’s Why They Have To Charge So Much For Tickets To A Good Haunted...
The owner of Blood Manor, one of New York's top Halloween attractions, explains how much he has to spend every year — not just...
A Dostoevsky Ballet?? Yep. ABT Is Dancing “Crime And Punishment”
"Acknowledging that the idea sounds inadvisable, (director James) Bonas and (choreographer Helen) Pickett explained in interviews what they saw instead as promising: Dostoyevsky’s hefty...
After 50 Years, The Hirshhorn Museum Is Dealing With Something New: Popular Success
"Could the Hirshhorn be a major institution? These days, Director Melissa Chiu says it should assume its role as 'the national museum of modern...
Packing And Moving Museum Art Is One Of The Trickiest, Most Challenging, Most High-Stakes...
"Everyone who works (in the job) has stories about the expensive, delicate, sacred and impossibly large things they’ve had to pack into a crate...
Non-EU Citizens Should Pay Higher Admission For Sites Like The Louvre, Says French Culture...
"Is it normal for a French visitor to pay the same price ... as a Brazilian or Chinese visitor?" said Rachida Dati, who wants...
Midnight Book Release Parties Aren’t Just For Young People’s Lit Anymore
The phenomenon — in which bookstores open at midnight on a title's release date, so readers can get their fix as quickly as possible...
Is The True Crime Podcast Genre Returning To Its Public Radio Roots?
Serial is, after all, a spinoff of long-running public radio hit This American Life. After Serial's massive success, countless people wanted in on true-crime...
After Violinist Lara St. John Went Public About Sexual Abuse By Her Teacher, Many...
"I definitely did not know that it was this widespread," she said. "I’ve heard from people all over the world, mostly about sexual abuse...
