The movie (which had the worst opening weekend of any Clint Eastwood-directed film) is Eastwood in chair-ranting mode, and then there's the issue of the lie that a reporter from the Atlanta …
Organists are not happy not to have seen pipes in the renderings of the remodeled Geffen Hall. They see it "as a chance to right a historical wrong, especially at a time when many of the wor…
And literally no one who has ever bought a ticket through them is sad. But more seriously: "The impending civil action… is expected to claim that Live Nation violated terms of its 2010 …
Not nudity (though that may, of course, be involved), but naked emotional truth. "Authenticity can't exist without artistry. Truth in life doesn't automatically morph into truth on the page.…
The majority of music students in the US don't listen to classical or "Western art" music at all, except in classes. For those who teach music theory, questions emerge: "How can we justify o…
Sifton was also an author, including of a memoir that cemented her father, Reinhold Niebuhr, as the author of the Serenity Prayer. The authors she edited " burnished, as The NYT puts it " in…
It's not just a coincidence or an accident: "Sondheim references and homages are hardly new. While there happens to be a bit of a pile-up at the moment, that's because Sondheim's songs have …
Yannick Nézet-Séguin says that after many years of wanting to conduct the Mass, he decided one day when he was 10 to play-act at conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 40. That day, everything c…
There are really only two rules, says a man who knows a particularly painful story of an inscribed book that had been passed on. "'The first is, always save a receipt' " the reason being, if…
Jones, who played the Anansi-inspired character Mr. Nancy, posted the video to Twitter. He said that new showrunner Charles Eglee, who is white, "thinks that Mr. Nancy's angry get-shit-done …
Timberg was a beloved and ferocious reader, writer, and arts lover. He was a Los Angeles Times reporter for years "before writing Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class, a 2015 boo…
After WWII, "the past century was undoubtedly an American century. … America was positioned as the global emblem of progress, liberty and modernity. This chimera was largely achieved throu…
Breaking down his award-winning "A Thousand Mountains, a Million Streams" " and hearing from the composer himself: "It's a challenge to see myself as a vessel, as an imaginative and creative…
The magazine, an icon of culture, "played a critical role in forming the culture and image of lowriding, its lifestyle and aesthetics. Particularly popular among Mexican Americans, the…
The boom in streaming has led to massive content demands " and nowhere is that more obvious than "in Denmark, where thanks to years of rising demand, there are many more critically-praised s…
Sure, for those who love the Regency era, nothing has changed (though the politics certainly have). But for contemporary books, writers must figure how to navigate the ever-changing technolo…
Zola, the wedding planner site that was running the ads, was not OK with the channel's response to the anti-gay freakout from a notoriously homophobic group. "'All kisses, couples and marria…
Can the Recording Academy's new plan change that? " Los Angeles Times
Oh, well, why not dance, listen to music, and party into your 70s? After all, Mick Jagger still does it. "For those who do keep dancing, it can be much more than just a night out. What start…
In The New York Times' dance coverage, this week's Instagram video hashtagged #SpeakingAboutDance features solos, duets, trios, and ensemble work to pianist Simone Dinnerstein's performance …
Sinéad Gleeson, an Irish Book Award-winning author, says that reading offers connection and perhaps an escape " unless you're slogging through the "great American" canon. " The Guardian (UK)
Steve Lazarides also recalls the early days, including the day Banksy strapped a helium-filled sex doll to a McDonald's-branded balloon and released it into the sky. Many different police of…
Actors and audiences alike participated in protests against Viktor Orban's new law around who controls theatre funding. "The change comes as Mr. Orban's government has become increasingly…
It's a candy Venice. A Venice of candy and gingerbread, royal icing ("basically like glue") and buttercream for decoration. And when roofs collapse? The teams soldier, or solder (with butter…
And Greta Gerwig's new movie version of it makes an attempt to reflect that. "We may these days … be surrounded by books containing extraordinary girls " Lyra, Hermione, Katniss " but it i…