"Aunt Nellie's Diary," a 9,000-word piece written when Alcott was in her late teens, "is narrated by the 40-year-old title character, and follows her observations as a romantic triangle appe…
New America found that 86Â percent of whites and 89Â percent of Asian Americans believe that those who pursue higher education will have more job opportunities than those who do not. But…
"There is a pervasive idea that if you are a great dancer, you are automatically qualified to teach, whether you have training or experience in education practices or not. There is also an a…
"As an artist, I try to portray strength, grace and power in everything I dance. Offstage my experiences with police have left me feeling diminished. I share these stories not for pity, but …
Last week, AMC, Regal, and Cinemark all issued elaborate safety plans for reopening " but all three said that they wouldn't require patrons to wear masks except where local governments order…
"So much of the city has been demolished before we've even discovered and documented it. It means that, despite the generations of development, Cairo is not a place where you can walk around…
Nessie may be hiding, the monster's faithful believers will think. Every time the scientists come, Nessie dives deeper and hides. She's a diva. She's the Garbo of the animal kingdom. She kno…
While some have suggested placing these statues in a museum or leaving them to deteriorate naturally, I propose another way: a statue of limitations, where towns and cities would hold a mass…
Thirty-four million Americans"over a tenth of the nation's population"have some college credits but dropped out before graduating. They are nearly twice as likely as college graduates to be …
By mid-May, 28 percent of the surveyed members of Restaurants Canada, which represents 30,000 restaurants and food-service operations across the country, either said they were never reopenin…
The band's social media accounts and website were changed Thursday to reflect the new name for the band, which is made up of Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Strayer. "We want to mee…
Two actors have publicly accused Eric Schaeffer, who has been the Northern Virginia company's artistic director since its beginnings in 1989, of repeatedly grabbing their genitals during pub…
"The [museum] is moving to cut more than 100 jobs from its staff through furloughs, voluntary departures, and possibly layoffs. The furloughs will go into effect July 6, museum officials tol…
Bahl, who succeeds Thomas Wilkins at the start of the 2021-22 season, becomes the second conductor of color in a row to hold the music director position in Omaha. An Indian-American born and…
Lee Pringle, founder of the Colour of Music Festival in Charleston: "The average white orchestra fears that Colour of Music will shine a huge light on the fact that while you can't put black…
"The U.S. internet giant has for years tried to fend off demands for payment from news publishers worldwide in return for using their content, with European media groups among their fiercest…
The program includes $90 million to underwrite bank loans to fund new productions, $35 million in additional money for organizations already funded by the federal government, $50 million to …
"To counter its elitist image, the museum will strive for a 'cultural democratisation' to make its treasures more accessible with improved presentation, labelling and curating. [Director Jea…
"As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth." Edward Abbey, A Voi…
In January I made the difficult decision to leave The New School when my current contract ends. My heart and mind have been calling me to other lands, to other ways of being and living in th…
For those who don't know, for the past three years I have been working in NYC at The New School, a progressive university with a rich history, located in the West Village of Manhattan. I was…
Given the festival's date shift from early May to late June, Cannes now looks far better than it did a few months ago at the beginning of a lockdown that stretched across the planet, shutter…
Johnny Cash performs his "Big River" on an episode of Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry originally telecast on February 12, 1962: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related video…
What the past three months of relative confinement"and the resulting shift from theatrical to online releases"have proved is that movie theatres, particularly the multiplexes, hardly matter …
The artist, who spent $350,000 to make and install the sculpture as a guerrilla artwork in 1989, had argued that moving it would transform it into an advertisement for the stock exchange,…