Uh, wow, Dresden: "The exact details of the operation, and what was taken, are not yet clear, but local news outlets report the thieves targeted the jewelry section of the historic Roy…
Wilson's "outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the cul…
Kappe founded the Cal Poly Pomona architecture program and was fired for being, as he called it, "free-swinging." But, unlike many a faculty member could or would do now, he picked up his ba…
Suburban communities lose their coverage; attitudes about national outlets taint how people feel about their hometown newspapers; reporters cover way too many beats at a time; and other very…
Guy-Blaché is well-known among film scholars, but the film world and the world at large? Not so much. Quick summary: "Starting out as a secretary at Gaumont Studios in Paris, she began dire…
Americans deride dubbing, but for much of the world, it's a lot more pleasant than subtitles. They're extra good at it in Italy, and thus there are awards: "The dozen-odd categories recogniz…
Their canvases are houses, specifically the canvases of one working-class neighborhood called the Médina. "The neighborhood has welcomed street artists from all over the world to practice t…
The deal is this: "It's picturesque. You have a very old city flooded with water. Visually, it's beautiful. For tourists, it's another attraction. Tourists don't realize what a disaster it c…
Some major organizations have been trying to figure out how to help communities use the arts and culture to create strong, shared values. " Margy Waller
She says it's with the purest of pure artists: Preschoolers. "Barry is pushing the envelope on understanding how the brain creates and responds to words and pictures " a scholarly envelope t…
Well, no, no wardrobe or fur coats, but "9,000 square feet of nooks, alcoves, labyrinths, and warrens." Its customers really love it, including the way thousands of books crammed together sm…
It's not that preservationists don't understand the need for housing " that's obvious in L.A., as in most cities and towns on the West Coast. "It seems to me that we should fight the argumen…
There are many, many tensions between the two countries, but "the orchestra's rock-star status in China offers it unique possibilities for bridge-building. Even youngsters are aware that, in…
The Broadway veteran, perhaps best known as the original Wiz in the musical, won a Tony in June for his portrayal of Mercury in Hadestown, and he gave an "instantly iconic speech in which he…
As Russia's population faces a steep decline, Moscow is growing " but there's no room in the city center. One curator: "We got used to viewing the suburbs as strange, remote areas we don't w…
Christian settlers and missionaries feared and banned throat singing, so the choice to make a Christmas album wasn't exactly obvious, they say. "At the same time, they say some of their m…
Only 16 artists still practice the art of Cheriyal " but they're working hard to expand (re-expand) their ranks. To grow the popularity, one artist says, "We began making tissue boxes, penci…
And it's bigger than mountain folds, valley folds, and damp-paper shaping: "A few years ago, NASA engineers were able to create foldable telescopes and a flower-shaped shade to block o…
Sir Stephen Cleobury conducted the King's College Choir for nearly 40 years and instituted the annual commissioning of a new Christmas carol. He retired two months ago. "He was influential i…
Lauren E. Turner, founder of the New Orleans theatre company No Dream Deferred, says that she was deeply lucky as a kid. "I was taught creating space was my duty. The idea of what was out th…
The metal detectorists found a hoard, didn't report it, and sold most of it " and now they're jailed for a very long time. "The hoard " much of which is still missing " could shed new light …
Instead, it's about the dark abyss of the adult soul. "Adulthood, for most of us, is about acquiring the skills to feel no feelings at all. Feelings are distracting, inefficient, unoptimi…
Nottage: "Yes, I have to go sometimes to where my audience is, rather than being confined by the proscenium"which forces us to have a certain level of engagement, which means I have to sit v…
And that's true in weapons and swordfighting theatre classes as well. Ask one student-turned-devotee: "In theatrical swordfighting, you're following choreography and working with your partne…
And, obviously, blockbusters are killing them. (The cheap little awards-bait movies, the under-$20-million movies, might be OK.) " The New York Times