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"[He] added a vast repertoire to his instrument and performed to packed concerts around the world. … In between classical concerts, Mr. Morel paid his bills by performing nightly at the Ne…
Comedian Mike Ward made a bad joke about a teenager with a disability back in 2010. The victim sued and the case is now in the Supreme Court. Many comedians are supporting Ward. "The support…
Lyn Gardner: "At their best, [theatre buildings] are creative powerhouses, community hubs, a place of inspiration, succour and sanctuary. But often they come with self-perpetuating, top-down…
"If, like me, you happened to watch the documentary mere hours after hearing that statement, the Glastonbury scene took on a whole different kind of emotional meaning. All of a sudden, it wa…
"A series of frescoes showing the life and death of John the Baptist in the cathedral of the Bavarian city of Augsburg have been recently dated to the first decade of the 11th century, ranki…
According to Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, there are ten different kinds of pivots. At least six out of them are relevant to classical music. " Ludwig Van
A change of name it all started to click. After adopting the pseudonym Arthur Parker her pieces were getting the airplay she had struggled to achieve as a woman. " The Times (UK)
"The result is a worldwide swarm of approaches that have profoundly opened up the possibilities of the form, most likely for good. The word 'theatre' stands at the starting post, all but out…
Precisely the same methods, and precisely the same leaps of brilliance and faith that led in some cases to science that has withstood the test of centuries, led also to results that were rap…
In the last seven months, there has been a groundswell of support for Black-owned businesses and nonprofits that are focused on specifically and directly helping the Black community. People …
"The best way to think about magazines is as the analog Internet"they'd foster communities of people, just like on social networks," Steven Lomazow, a seventy-three-year-old New Jersey neuro…
"'We are now where you will be in a few days,' wrote novelist Francesca Melandri in a piece for the Guardian newspaper in late March 2020. Her moving 'letter from your future' coincided with…
While the UK was in the EU, a British musician could pretty much just accept a gig and go. Now she has to apply to each member country for a separate short-term work permit, with all the emb…
From 2006:
When I was young, everybody I knew watched The Andy Griffith Show. Today there are no TV shows that "everybody" watches, and no movies that everyone has seen. Indeed, the Ameri…
February makes a bridge, and
March breaks it.
George Herbert, "Jacula Prudentum"
Continue reading Almanac: George Herbert on February and March at About Last Night.
The choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker shares her creative process and the connection between movement and discord. " Aaron Dworkin
Boyer signed on with Disney as a sketch artist in 1960 " and never left. "Boyer was made a Disney Legend in 2005, the equivalent of membership in the company's Hall of Fame, with a window on…
Not for nothing " for a new museum of contemporary art. But … really? "'We invited the Department of Cultural Affairs,' Carrie Wood, a member of a campaign to save the mural called Keep…
"I almost feel like you should know the notable recordings of a work like this," Benjamin Grosvenor said of the sonata in a recent interview. "More than anything, it helps you understand wha…
"Think of it like traffic. There's the language road, there's the music road, there's the seeing road, there's the images road. Language is like a superhighway; it makes the other things wai…
"When different narrators take on chapters devoted to different characters' points of view, the listener's engagement with the book can be heightened. On the other hand, when narrators join …
The new show demonstrates just how drastically far food shows have come " but reminds us of how far that had to be, especially when we can always rewatch Nadiya Hussain's GBBO flavors making…
Artists need studios, and usually studios with light … and churches often have that. "Places of worship are typically built to outlast their parishioners. The steepled Protestant churches …
Or they might, soon. London needs "infrastructure week," but for real, and for much longer than a week. Take Hammersmith. "It's obvious whom to blame: politicians are guilty to varying degre…
Stanfield says it's not only therapy that has made the last year bearable. "The one good thing about this pandemic is being able to sit at home by yourself and deal with yourself and just yo…
