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If you're angry and you want to know what to read, remember, books can help you channel it into something less general and more focused. " The Rumpus
Uh-oh, Ang Lee, what happened to you? "If you're wondering why a filmmaker as good as Ang Lee couldn't, in this case, see the forest for the schlock, the answer may be that Gemini Man, which…
Clive James recently filled out the Guardian's "Books That Made Me" questionnaire. I was so struck by his answers"as well as the questions themselves"that I decided to play along: 'Â The b…
The thirty-ninth episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for li…
Janet Baker sings Berlioz's "Le spectre de la rose" (from Nuits d'été) with Herbert Blomstedt and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1972: (This is the latest in a series of arts- a…
"It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly." Mary Renault, The Persian Boy
"In its 25-year history, the Foundry's productions earned the company 14 Obie Awards. It differentiated itself from other companies by also having a robust social justice and community organ…
"The Colour of Music Festival announces the Nashville, TN début of Colour of Music Festival 'Petit' November 6-9, 2019 at multiple noted venues throughout downtown Nashville, a five-day fes…
"The Foundry was never reduced to a market brand for corporate picking or seduced into the new star on the block for avant-garde propping up. Instead, it put a premium on the blue notes shot…
The Studio Acting Conservancy was just starting demolition work at a former church that will be its new home in Washington, D.C.'s Columbia Heights when the crew boss called the theatre's fo…
Of the world's 6000 languages, half are in linguistic collapse. A new film records their music. "The musical landscape is sometimes gentle, sometimes aggressive, but it always keeps our atte…
Okorafor is already a star of the science fiction novel-writing community, and she penned some episodes of Marvel's Shuri as well. But she's also about to hit screens with an HBO series base…
Joining all of us, "'Why would they do that?' Laurie Anderson, the avant-garde composer and musician who was the first artist interviewed on the show when it began back in 1982, said by tele…
Why is artist Angel "LA2" Ortiz not included when we're discussing Keith Haring's work? " Jan Herman
Brexit. Or maybe Macron? In any case, "London galleries are launching new spaces in Paris, and US dealerships, who would once have chosen London as their European base, are going to Paris in…
Part of the reason we think so is Sidney Poitier's depiction of Porgy in the Otto Preminger movie. " Joe Horowitz
Dan Kois wonders if, in the age of the internet, his daughter should have the kind of editorial control she wants. "The lesson of sharing your work with a family member is that sometimes the…
They were painters, too, not just muses for the men. Why doesn't everyone know that? Er, for instance: The classic-looking Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund is not by one of the big boys of pr…
At the Auckland Region Women's Correction Facility, the Royal New Zealand Ballet has taken on a plan to make ballet more accessible. The teacher of the women who asked to join the class says…
In this case, "That's a trash fire!" was not a metaphor: In 1969, Puerto Rican and other Latinx activists used garbage fires to get city services to finally take them seriously, and Hiram Ma…
And that's not even taking into account the genocide apologist stance of the man who won. This two-year award "decision fails to demonstrate the widened perspective that Olsson promised. Tak…
Why? "People say: history will exonerate me! But history never exonerates anyone. In fact, this makes me very wary about the role of written history " how unfair written history can be." " I…
Celdran was arrested and convicted in the Philippines for a dramatic performance protest, and he fled to Spain to escape his sentence. Celdran, who led walking tours all over Manila that he …
In the 1990s, teens were learned things that turned out not to be true. "Self-esteem would keep us from doing drugs, teachers told us; self-esteem would keep us from having premarital sex. (…
IDEK why ppl think txting & emojis aren't language. "Any concerns about what the internet is doing to our collective mental health must be set against the poetry that it has simultaneous…
