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"People who lead a solitary existence always have something in their hearts which they are eager to talk about." Anton Chekhov, "About Love"
Emily Cass McDonnell, who stars as Hilda in the New York premiere of Lucas Hnath's The Thin Place, knows that it works because of magic. An important part of the experience happens near the …
Early in my career, I had two contrasting contacts with Donald Marron, the much admired art connoisseur, philanthropist and financial-markets professional, who died on Friday at age 85. Both…
A succinct statement and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to arts organizations for internal and external reasons. This post is a response to the increasing number …
The Director of Classical and New Music Programs oversees Kennedy Center Classical and New Music Programs
"This proposal would eliminate cultural diversity, which stems from freedom " which means artists are not kept on a political leash," Budapest mayor Gergely Karacsony said. The Hungarian The…
We watch the dancers from close up and on all sides, our proximity enhanced by the magic of 3-D. The elegance of the cinematography (by Mko Malkhasyan) turns these passages into the stanzas …
"The Irishman," released on Netflix on Nov. 27, is expected to be watched by about 40 million Netflix households in its first month, Sarandos said. That would be well below other Netflix hit…
More Irish singers are being heard in more varied roles than at any other stage in my professional lifetime. Irish works are being taken abroad. The company has been rewarded with internatio…
"(Literature) should not be reduced to politics, obviously, because human experience is more than politics. But also, human experience is never without politics." " Toronto Star
In the early years of the 16th century, Pope Julius II had initiated renovations when it became clear that the ancient basilica, completed around AD 360 on the site believed to be St Peter's…
"Even now, 70+ years since John Cage's seminal Suite for Toy Piano from 1948, the toy piano still feels like Duchamp's upside-down urinal (Fountain): out of place on stage, it elicits giggle…
A new class action lawsuit, filed Friday in California Superior Court and announced in a press advisory Monday, argues that the Walt Disney Company, worth approximately $130 billion as of th…
"Dance/Movement Therapy goes beyond simply dancing. DMT uses dance and movement to promote insight, integration and well-being, as well as to diminish undesirable symptoms in various clinica…
NPR has kept speaking with many voices that would sound out of place on the air anywhere else. Many, if not most, have been female. As hosts and anchors, correspondents and reporters, women …
"Dutch asylum court is not exactly a well-trodden topic within performance art, but last week in Amsterdam, a one-off staging of a refugee trial asked the public to determine the fate of an …
There is an ever-increasing fear that smaller publishing houses may be put out of business as a result of potential changes to requirements surrounding distribution of literary materials. " …
"In the '60s, estimates suggest that fewer than 2,000 people could speak Hawaiian fluently, and just a few dozen of them were children. But then something remarkable happened. An unlikely Ha…
The scene comes from Avengers: Endgame, when Thanos says "I am inevitable" and snaps his fingers in an attempt to destroy all existing life in the Universe, only to discover his gauntlet no …
"The location of Portrait of a Lady, one of the world's most sought-after missing artworks, has been a mystery since it was stolen in 1997. On Tuesday, a gardener clearing up ivy on an exter…
Yes, he looted much of the statuary at the ancient Greek monument (his booty now sits in the British Museum), but he also had Athenian craftsmen take plaster casts of much of what he left in…
"This stirring performance, titled 'Un violador en tu camino' ("A Rapist in Your Path), was first brought to life by the feminist art collective called Lastesis at a protest in the port city…
"A recent study by Northwestern University … found that 26% of independent Arab filmmakers are women … In Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon, 25% of all new directors are women. In Egypt, this…
"Protesters stormed the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City on Tuesday over a painting showing revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata striking an unconventional pose. They shouted 'burn it, burn …
"Stevens was known for her monumental paintings that dealt with social and political issues, as well as her activism, teaching, and writing. The artist used personal experiences and her resp…
