Tag: 06.26.21
They’re Back To Dancing At Jacob’s Pillow, Even If It’s All Outdoors
The dance festival in the Berkshires is coming back from last summer's cancellation, the first in its 89-year history, and the destruction of its...
The Wild Box Office For An Action Movie Says Movie Theatres Are Making A...
For Universal Pictures, which raked in an oddly normal (thus deeply robust) box office total over the weekend for F9, "the opening success is...
Visiting Artist Who Was Handcuffed By Columbia Police At His Apartment Gets An Apology
Artist John Sims, who was asleep when officers entered his apartment, says, "I could have easily been shot and killed that night. ... Now...
Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, A Brazilian Brutalist With A Light Touch, 92
Da Rocha was one of Brazil's most well-known architects, despite being blacklisted by a brutal military regime for 20 years. "'Concrete acrobatics' is how...
Even In Pride Month, Hollywood Steers Away From Asian American LGBTQIA Stories
Director Quentin Lee: "Creating queer Asian content is hard because you're really hitting on two major issues of America that are challenging." But he...
The Writers Trying To Save The World Through Fiction
The novelists hope: "As long as we continue to think and to tell stories, we are not necessarily doomed." Perhaps. - The Guardian (UK)
Violinist Jeanne Lamon, Who Led Tafelmusik For 33 Years, Has Died At 71
In Canada, she brought Baroque music played on period instruments into the modern era. "Under her guidance — and with her often leading from...
The Author Who Wanted To Write A New King Lear
Anne Enright on The Green Road on having a plan for her plot, her idea to write a new King Lear: "The children had...
Gaming May Actually Benefit Your Brain
For one thing, "action games in particular—games where reflexes, reaction time, and hand-eye coordination are challenged, like in the now-retro classics Doom and Team Fortress Classic—provided tangible...