Ben : "In many of these productions, time seemed to be torn off its hinges, and the solid floor of what we think of as 'normal life' to have cracked open. Who knew how apt a preface such wor…
Karen Russell: "Today, we are witnessing the shotgun weddings of words into some strange unions, neologisms sped into existence by this virus ('quarantunes,' 'quarantini'), epidemiological v…
He first attracted notice for shooting supermodels in famous ad campaigns for the likes of Estée Lauder; his fame grew with a photo series of famous actors, each in an enormous black turtle…
"Matthew Belloni resigned as editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter due to intense conflicts with Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, the co-CEOs of the trade's owners, Valence Media, over th…
Before embarking on a conducting career in 2013, the 38-year-old American performed as a violinist in solo and chamber works as well as in the Berlin Philharmonic's Academy Orchestra and the…
"Projecting a shortfall in revenue of at least $7 million by the end of this fiscal year, New York City's Whitney Museum has laid off 76 staff members. In an email sent Thursday afternoon, m…
"He played the laconic rancher with no name on the revolutionary NBC series. Among Westerns, only Gunsmoke and Bonanza lasted longer." " The Hollywood Reporter
Just short of a month after the Salzburg Easter Festival was called off because of the pandemic, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, directed by mezzo Cecilia Bartoli and scheduled for May 20-Jun…
This is, first of all, an expression of profound gratitude for the innumerable messages of sympathy I have received. I thought you might like to read about Hilary's last good day. " Terry Te…
A few days after my beloved Hilary received her double-lung transplant, I published an open letter in The Wall Street Journal addressed to the family of the anonymous organ donor whose lungs…
These past few weeks, a whole world of arts organizations have been searching for, revisiting, or assembling-on-the-fly their emergency readiness plans as the pandemic turns that world upsid…
The Canadian drummer's new album manages to meld elements of contemporary electronica with references to developments in the six decades since John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman turned the mu…
Here's a brief history, going from a five-by-five palindrome from ancient Rome to Victorian double acrostics to four different kinds of riddle (including the anti-riddle). " The Paris Review
An April Fool's story that's actually true: back during the 1978 newspaper strike in New York City, a group of writers and editors that included some now-illustrious names " George Plimpton,…
"Alamo Drafthouse, Film Forum and the Angelika are a few of the … theaters testing out the provisional path into [online streaming]. … Patrons can purchase a digital ticket, most of whic…
"Skylight Theatre, a Los Angeles theater company that prioritizes social issues, … [has] kicked off weekly plays from its writers lab set amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the [online] serie…
Yasmeen Lari retired at 60 after making her career designing some of Pakistan's glitziest modern buildings for government and corporate clients. Then, after a severe earthquake, she went to …
"Carnegie Hall is projecting a $9 million operating deficit on its $104 million budget after canceling … all events in its auditoriums through July 25, roughly 30% of this season's schedul…
Let's hope this is the start of a trend. "Two weeks after temporarily laying off staff and musicians, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is offering them reduced hours. Everyone will be able…
"The Irish Museum of Modern Art … announced last week that it had been 'requested to facilitate the construction of a temporary mortuary' on its grounds as the 'country prepares Public Hea…
Cultural institutions and restaurants, whose revenue has been largely wiped out by the coronavirus epidemic, have been among the biggest underwriters of local public media outlets. Reporter …
Warning that there are up to five times as many jobs in the city indirectly affected by the festivals and the tourism industry as there are directly employed in them, the head of the Edinbur…
"[He] was revered for the technical aplomb that enabled him to combine intricate runs, full chordal accompaniment and even his own walking bass lines. His rock-solid rhythmic footing and bro…
'The man next to us is honking like a seal,' whispered my friend Mel at the interval of One Man, Two Guvnors at the National Theatre back in 2011. Tonight the National Theatre will stream th…
"A researcher at the University of Göttingen, Sebastian Kruss, has used [Egyptian Blue], which is also known as calcium copper silicate, to produce a new nanomaterial that improves infrared…