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Saskia Hamilton, A Poet Who Edited The Letters Of Robert Lowell And Elizabeth Hardwich,...
Hamilton wrote four books of poetry, but "her most discussed book was The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle, which used...
The Painter Of Bicycles
An interview with Brooklyn artist Talia Lambert. "So your painting studio is a loft, and there are bikes in that loft, and so finding...
The Sailor Who’s Now Got His Fingers On The Pulse Of The UK Art...
Mark Taylor: "It can be pretty heavy stuff out at sea, so I paint every day to stay level." - The Observer (UK)
Can A New Law Pry Open The Black Boxes Of Social Media Algorithms?
"A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a new version of the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, which could force social media platforms to hand...
Caribbean Literature Is Having A Real Moment
"Kingston-based publisher Tanya Batson-Savage, founder of Blue Banyan Books, likens the region's literary support system to a three-legged stool with international media and festivals,...
The New Subway Art Of Los Angeles
"Viewing these underground art museums will cost you $1.75 (a subway ticket). The works on the subway platforms, in the station concourses and by...
A Hamlet, In New York, For The George Floyd Era
Director Kenny Leon: "Can I set this play in 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, honoring everything that Shakespeare has on the page, only using his...
The Hottest Venture Capital Money Burning Entertainment Weirdness Of The 2010s Is Back
But MoviePass is different this time. The old company was thrilling if you liked going to a film a day - and it also...
A Rare French Earthquake Has Damaged Homes And Churches
"The quake, believed to have been between magnitude 5.2 and 5.8 was felt from Rennes in the north-west to Bordeaux in the south-west. Homes,...
In The US, Orchestras Are Gradually Diversifying Their Ranks
But the progress with Black musicians is incremental at best. Why is this so difficult? Titus Underwood, the principal oboist at the Nashville Symphony,...
Remembering Revered, And Also Beloved, Composer Kaija Saariaho
Composers rarely get to be as loved as they are honored. But Saariaho's "music has informed aspects of European, American and Asian music, and...
Reading A Wrinkle In Time And Dealing With Real-World Loss Of A Parent
"I'm in Camazotz, I think as I drive to see my Dad. I identify most strongly with the book's Meg Murry, the ornery teen...
A Story Ballet For A Hoped-For New Audience
Audience numbers are down at American Ballet Theater. So: Like Water for Chocolate. "For people who might not be familiar with the great abstract...
On Strike From TV, But Staying Busy In Theatre
Tori Sampson is "one of the many, many writers who love the theater but who make a lot of their living in TV." She...
Carol Higgins Clark, Actress And Writer, 66
Clark was "a writer of popular suspense novels who infused the corpses-and-clues genre with doses of dark humor, while also teaming up with her...
Center Theatre’s Shocking Taper Announcement Reflects Wider Woes
Post COVID-19 shutdowns, theatres everywhere are "fighting to keep doors open despite dwindling ticket sales, increased production costs and hesitant, recession-wary donors. The result:...
Muti Just Can’t Quit Chicago
He's stepping down at the Chicago Symphony, but only sort of - because who is stepping up? "Since his successor has not yet been...
What It Was Like Working With Glenda Jackson When She Returned To Acting From...
"It was the greatest privilege of my career. Glenda was overly fearless as a performer, and overly fearless as a woman. To come out...
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked The Pentagon Papers, Has Died At 92
His leak of the papers "led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling on press freedoms and enraged the Nixon administration — serving as the...
Horror Gaming, Oddly Enough, Can Be A Real Haven For Minoritized Gamers
"LGBT and black streamers say audiences who feel marginalised in other communities feel safest and happiest when they're playing horror games. And they believe...
Workers At Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum (Finally) Vote To Unionize
"The bargaining unit includes curators, conservators, security guards, retail workers, marketers and members of various other departments," and the 60-5 vote comes after two...
Pina Bausch’s Dance Company Goes On, With Its Fifth Director Since Her Death
But what is Tanztheater Wuppertal without Bausch? Answers may come as the group celebrates its 50th anniversary. In addition, there's now "a shortlist of...
Grammy Awards Will Only Go To ‘Human Creators,’ Recording Academy Says
Some AI is OK, but not all AI. "'A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any category,' they said, under...
Brooklyn Museum Employees Have A Couple Of Weeks Accept Or Reject Final Contract Offer
The union is not enamored of the offer from the museum's negotiators. "It locks us into a long contract with much lower increases in...
Catalan Separatists Would Like University Classes Taught In The Actual Local Language
Spanish-speaking academics, and some international students, are not into it. An admininstrator: "We’re convinced that we can express ourselves in Catalan and become internationally...
