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"How is it possible that those of us raised on " or perhaps more accurately, raised by " Mister Rogers could have turned out to be so disengaged and sarcastic? Well, for starters, maybe beca…
Diep Tran: "When I was first hired at American Theatre, I thought arts journalism was two things: reviewing shows and interviewing celebrities. But as I've grown in my career, I realized tha…
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…
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 [$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…
"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…
"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…
"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 …
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'…
In today's Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway premiere of a new stage version of A Christmas Carol and an off-Broadway revival of A Bright Room Called Day. Here's an excerpt. * …
Ralph Ellison talks about his never-completed second novel in an interview originally telecast on public TV in 1966: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that …
"The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase." Vladimir Nabokov, "Problems of Translation: 'Onegin' in English"
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 mind is not physical, not extended in space. The body and everything else are made of physical substance and located in space. Substance dualism is out of fashion these days, but some p…
"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 …
One view of paradise is that it is a place with no conflict, no sharp edges. But that's not what most of us want. The peak experiences, the excellence of accomplishment isn't about frictionl…
PostClassical Ensemble, a 16-year-old "experimental" DC-based chamber orchestra, seeks a Development Director.
"When I began to explore Handel's personal accounts at the Bank of England twenty years ago, I was often asked why. For me the answer was always 'follow the money'. Handel's financial record…
"Instead of filling The Sun's pages almost exclusively with reports about crime and corruption in our city, thereby cementing its negative image locally and abroad, does The Sun not have a d…
The very traditions that appeal to longtime fans may be what holds opera back from gaining new fans. How to tell? " The Telegraph (UK)
Among the long-term goals of the agreement are the Hermitage and the National Museum of Oman working together to restore 20 Syrian antiquities, primarily from Palmyra; an international campa…
"The first thought that occurred to me when I saw the headline was the fact that collecting a piece of art doesn't automatically guarantee that the artist will find a viewing audience." " Ci…
"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…
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…
