Lowe’s "passion for historic preservation — and in particular for the Beaux-Arts mansions, museums and towers of the Gilded Age — helped stem the tide of urban renewal that was leveling large swaths of American cities in the decades after World War II.” - The New York Times
“If you have companies, in this case the big corporate distribution system, that willing to let that sort of culture of fear and intimidation govern their choices, then that's a particular kind of world to live in.” - CBC
“The lights-dimming ritual, which goes back decades, has been an increasingly fraught one for the nine entities that own and operate Broadway theaters.” - The New York Times
“It feels incorrect, to have inspiration strike in the midst of grief, but what probably happened was that I was trying to get away somehow, to tell myself a distracting story. And a distracting story it was.” - The Guardian (UK)
LA Phil Dudamel in New York, offering a glimpse of what is to come. “You have the vision of a maestro who at least wants to try, who isn’t content with the base line of a symphony concert. And that is something to be excited about.” - The New York Times
No, not Manhattan. “On Governors Island, audience members gathered on the grass for Analphabetes, uncertain where to look for the performance or how to distinguish the performers from passers-by. Then four figures appeared on a hill in the distance, wearing retro windbreakers.” - The New York Times
“There is no overarching chronology or guideline of how one behaves as an Asian in this country. One can immigrate and have no knowledge of the history and burden of yellowface, the Chinese Exclusion Act or the incarceration of Japanese Americans.” - LitHub
“Paramount didn’t want me to play Michael Corleone. They wanted Jack Nicholson. They wanted Robert Redford. They wanted Warren Beatty or Ryan O’Neal.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Built in just three years and inaugurated as part of the 1900 Paris world fair, the Grand Palais, a steel-and-glass monument, has a floor space covering 775,000 square feet. ... More steel went into its construction than into that of the Eiffel Tower.” - The New York Times
Helen Castor, writer about monarchs, says it has been extraordinary “to watch what happens when a leader is so consumed with the idea of power and authority as their own right that they are willing to attack and indeed break not only rules but the rule of law.” - The Guardian (UK)
Dick was a master Chilkat weaver "(Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, Tlingit, Kootenay), whose artistry fused traditional carving, weaving, and beading practices that she learned from family members and shared with her local Haida Gwaii community.” - Hyperallergic
