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From 2005: I went to my framer yesterday afternoon and picked up the presidential commission for my appointment to the National Council on the Arts. It is a splendidly old-fashioned document…
"Lately I have had the feeling that I have my whole life to consider and enjoy, especially the periods that were especially nice and that when I was younger I might have regretted because th…
Here's an item purloined (with his permission) from bassist Bill Crow's column "The Band Room" in Allegro, the publication of New York Local 802 of the American Federation Of Musicians. " Do…
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra seeks a dynamic, data-oriented, and business-minded leader with a strong record of financial planning, analysis, and accounting to serve as CFO. This person…
New York, March 16-17; Los Angeles, April 14-15. Rocket Boost Your Marketing and Fundraising Into the Next Decade and Beyond! Sign up by Jan. 31 and bring 2 colleagues for FREE! (3-for-1). D…
"If we don't reinvent drama training to reflect the different needs of students from much more diverse backgrounds " and that includes those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds " i…
The key point: Home entertainment has evolved into a true multiplatform business. Universal found that consumers are using around three platforms on average, the most common bundle being dis…
American Historical Association meetings aren't known for rousing policy debates. At this year's gathering, however, there was a sense that historians' perspectives are sorely needed in curr…
A tour of some of the many paintings created in 1924. " Hyperallergic
Plaintiffs in copycat cases are largely targeting megahit songs because they've seen where the money is, and the increasing frequency of those court battles in headlines is causing an avalan…
The challenge of a world without work isn't just economic but political and psychological. To paraphrase the children's author Richard Scarry: what will people do all day? You can only conte…
Top-line figures obscure "hidden secrets" plaguing the film industry. Chief among these is the fact that the average occupancy rate of theaters across the country has hit a new five-year low…
Is fiction more like the covert violation of the liar, or like the overt violation of the ironical speaker? Unlike the liar, the fiction author doesn't hide her untruthful intentions: they'r…
Scruton, who died after a short battle with cancer, was a controversial figure throughout his career as a right-wing philosopher. Author of The Aesthetics of Architecture and The Classica…
Despite a plethora of diverse films competing for Oscar love this year, the Academy largely maintained its traditional point of view, handing out the most nominations to four very male, very…
The academic study of literature is no longer on the verge of field collapse. It's in the midst of it. Preliminary data suggest that hiring is at an all-time low. Entire subfields (modernism…
If there's any lesson that the decline of Christianity holds for the painful death of the English department, it's that if you aspire to keep your faith alive even in a reduced, non-hegemoni…
Streaming changed the way we listened to music, and music changed in response to the way we listened. Songs got shorter, genres bled into one another, and language barriers dissolved. " BBC
We are looking for a self-motivated, master multi-tasker - who is based in NYC - with excellent organizational skills and an upbeat attitude.
Perhaps not surprisingly, more than half are books for children or young readers. No. 1 is "The Snowy Day," Ezra Jack Keats's picture book that is one of the first to depict an African-Ameri…
"Whether Jo is tackling Amy for a most grievous sisterly infraction or the sisters are tumbling over each other to get ready for a party, Gerwig keeps the sisters in constant, surging motion…
"I imagine that Cunningham came to understand not only the value of this kind of in-depth documentation, but the independent strength of the photographs as well. The elemental vitality and s…
Ben Cadwallader has been executive director of Vermont Symphony since 2015. In 2016, he was one of nine arts administrators selected by the League of American Orchestras for its Emerging Lea…
The books have the same publisher. They credit the same authors. But they are customized for students in different states, and their contents sometimes diverge in ways that reflect the natio…
Pronouns, along with conjunctions and prepositions, are generally considered a "closed class" " a group of words whose number rarely grows and whose meanings rarely change. So when pronouns …
