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Donald Newlove, 93, Author Who Explored The Depths Of Drink
Newlove wrote hundreds of articles, essays, and stories; novels; and several books of advice for writers as well. Once sober, he called his former...
Using Artists – And Art – To Revive A Town In Cornwall
There's a revival in the town of St. Austell, thanks to the history of clay. - The Guardian (UK)
The Outdoor Concerts In Ireland Where Musicians Arrive By Canal And Barge
Sounds gloriously picturesque: "There’s a tall lamp standing on the stone quayside at a lock in rural Co Carlow on a warm and clear...
Let’s Talk About Luma Arles
The art park (project? bioregion?) in France is a bit unclear right now. Luma "is a wonderland of good intentions. They certainly don’t pave...
Is Seeing Live Theatre Worth All Of The COVID Precautions And Stress?
Charles McNulty, in Los Angeles, says yes, but: "Anticipating the stress of the new COVID-19 protocols, I forgot the old stresses, the lunatic driving...
Micki Grant, Composer And Trailblazer, 92
Grant was the first in so many categories. First woman to write the book, lyrics, and music to a Broadway musical. One of the...
Good Thing It Wasn’t Banksy
Or was the graffiti artist after whom the NY Police Department sent a drone, a helicopter, and several cars actually the next potential Banksy...
The Opera Tenor Who Likes To Take His Audience To The Edge
Australian tenor Stuart Skelton on Wagner: "Singers are like athletes doing long-distance competitions. You get to the point where you’ve reached your physical limits....
When The NYT Book Review Minced Few Words
You might call the headlines "brutally honest," if you were being kind. "Novel or Nightmare?" one asks. "Two Pathetic Books," one proclaims. - The...
Artificial Intelligence Can Kind Of Produce New Yorker Cartoons, But Those Captions
"Comics artist Ilan Manouach and AI engineer Ioannis Siglidis developed the Neural Yorker, an artificial intelligence (AI) engine that posts computer-generated cartoons on Twitter." The results...
Ed Asner, Emmy Award Winning Actor And Political Activist, 91
Asner won played Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show; his career continued into the 2000s, including Up and Elf, and even the...
Sally Rooney’s Return To Writing
Rooney found immense success with her first two books - so much success that it became a challenge to writing. How did she get...
A Novelist, Keeping Grief Real At 91
Hilma Wolitzer - yes, the mother of Meg - has been publishing books for nearly 50 years. After losing her husband to COVID, she...
The Finnish Artist Inspired By Winter, Single Motherhood, And Fleabag
Anna Härmälä: "I knew I needed to tell a story about this, but also I needed to survive. So the story has been bubbling...
What Comedian Memoirs Reveal About Race
It's like a mini-sociology course, reading comedian memoirs. Take Tina Fey's Bossypants (which "has a truly jaw-dropping number of racist jokes") or books by...
Movie Theatres Are Hoping, One Might Say Desperate, For A Fall Movie Comeback
And they don't want day and date releases, either. When movies get released on streaming, the speed of piracy is, well, it's immediate. If...
Working Hard On The Brink Of Stardom
What's it like to hover in the consciousness of a nation? Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on the joys and the costs: "I’ve been learning...
Stephen B. Oates, Historian, Biographer, And Ken Burns Consultant, 85
Oates wrote highly praised biographies, especially one of Abraham Lincoln, before other scholars accused him of plagiarism, and the American Historical Association conducted a...
Broadway Wants Locals Back
But will they come in the midst of a Delta surge? - The New York Times
The Comics Industry Seems To Be Diversifying
Graphic novels by Black, Indigenous and other people of color in the 2020s are moving beyond realistic stories and memoir to fantasy and tales...
The Postal Museum Reopens Without A Quote From A Former VP, A Big Proponent...
John C. Calhoun's words about the Postal Service are, after complaints about the former VP's odious beliefs and a museum redesign, gone from the...
The Funny Thing Is
Asian American stand-ups fight back against violence and bigotry with ... comedy? - Los Angeles Times
How Safe Are Music Concerts?
Ask Sweden. But also, ask Delta. And keep up the safe behavior: "From an infection prevention standpoint, it is still the safest to gather...
Who In Their Right Minds Would Pay 8 British Pounds To Climb A Cruddy...
The Westminster City Council believes people will. Architect critic Rowan Moore begs to differ. - The Guardian (UK)
Spike Lee Revises September 11 Documentary After Fierce Blowback
The final episode of the documentary series on HBO gave airtime and credence to a widely discredited conspiracy theory group. Instead of simply removing...
