"The success of The Three-Body Problem" " the first translated novel to win a Hugo Award " "not only turned [author] Liu Cixin into a global literary star; it opened the floodgates for new t…
The now-veteran mezzo (age 53) has been artistic director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival since 2012, but in 2023 she will take over her first full-fledged company, the Opéra de Monte-Carl…
"The [$8.8 million operating] deficit, which followed four years of small surpluses, exceeds the previous record shortfall of $6 million in 2012, when the orchestra was mired in a contract d…
From the Booker Prize to the Bad Sex in Fiction Award, this seems to be the year of shared accolades in the UK. The judges of the Turner, Britain's leading visual art prize, split the honors…
"The Church of St Savior in Chora, which was converted into the Kariye Mosque in the early 16th century by an Ottoman vizier, was designated a museum by the Turkish government in 1945. Its 1…
"On Tuesday, the co-founders of Halcyon Theatre, Tony and Jenn Adams, said that they have stepped down [after 14 years] and have moved to Maine. Effective immediately, Arlicia McClain will b…
Like its more famous athletic counterpart, this international gathering, founded in Greece in 1994, happens (roughly) every four years in a different city. This year, for the first time, it'…
"Fontana, the first female writer on the show, … was perhaps second only to Gene Roddenberry, the series' creator, in molding the sprawling Star Trek story-telling empire. … [She] wrote …
Any burglarized homeowner knows that a five-minute response time isn't good enough when you're dealing with grab-and-go criminals. Art museums should not be lured into false complacency with…
"Performance and installation pieces are now the preferred media of just such moments at biennials and museum shows. For the second edition in a row, the top prize for a national pavilion at…
"The Neo-Renaissance structure [in Budapest] has been closed for the past 18 months due to extensive restoration and modernization works. Newly released images reveal the full extent of the …
"The British Museum and other UK institutions with Benin bronzes in their collections are facing growing pressure to return them to Africa. Now, the Guardian newspaper has increased the heat…
The site's editors wrote that the word "captures a sense of grappling with the survival " literally and figuratively " of our planet, our loved ones, our ways of life. … But, existential a…
Composer Danny Elfman, who wrote the theme music for the long-running series, told an Irish podcaster that "from what I've heard, it is coming to an end. … I don't know for a fact, but I'v…
"In monumental biographies of Peter the Great (1672-1725), Catherine the Great (1729-96) and Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra, who were assassinated with their five children and others…
"Welcome to POB's annual 'concours de promotion,' or competitive promotional exam. In a company that employs 154 dancers, it is the only way to climb the ranks. Outsiders are often baffled b…
"The play's producers, Sonia Friedman Productions, declined to comment for this article, noting that the subject of Hermione's race had been discussed at length when the play opened in Londo…
"According to witnesses, the woman, whom [playwright Jeremy O.] Harris has nicknamed 'Talkback Tammy' on Twitter, stood up from her seat and loudly interrupted the Q&A just as it was fin…
"Hong Kong police deployed tear gas during a protest yesterday that took place close to the city's Museum of Art just one day after it reopened its doors to the public. The use of tear gas a…
"Author Kristoffer Leandoer said he was leaving because he had 'neither the patience nor the time' to wait for the committee to complete its reforms" called for after the scandal that led to…
He was born and raised in Soviet-occupied Latvia and trained in what was then Leningrad; he became well-known in the West as music director of the Oslo Philharmonic and then the Pittsburgh S…
"Alec Fields, a junior at Forest Hills High School in Pennsylvania, … was one of 144 middle and high school students who were interviewed about seeing themselves reflected " or not " on th…
"Led by four jazz musicians, Tribe's members put out their own records; published a widely influential, Afrocentric magazine with a circulation reaching 25,000; organized concerts, often in …
"Five years ago, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed in a public park by a Cleveland police officer. The incident quickly became a rallying point for a growing national conversation a…
"HarperCollins Children's Books has announced the debut of Heartdrum, an imprint devoted to publishing books by Native creators that introduce young Native protagonists and showcase the pres…