On this midsummer morning, 40 thinkers and activists have come together to challenge the core economic orthodoxy of our time: that growth is the most critical measure of human flourishing, a…
GPT-2's writing is grammatically correct. It all more or less sounds true to its source, if all you heard was the tone. But what those sequences mean, therein lies the rub. GPT-2's poetry pr…
The controversy has spurred long-standing debates about where stories come from, who is responsible for them and what it means as a writer to bear witness to truth " and also, which persons …
"While high extensions can be very exciting, it is thought that this trend has led to an increase in injuries in the lower back, hips and ankles. Adam Sklute, artistic director of Ballet Wes…
"Just because students are in an advanced technique level doesn't mean they'll feel confident moving without set steps." To get students to explore outside their comfort zones, Alisia Pobega…
When Donald Judd, the artist who came to the West Texas desert village and attracted other artists there, died in 1994, he left his foundation with $400 in the bank and Marfa faced doom. The…
Producer Greg Nobile: "Just north of 30 percent of our audience were what we call 'new to file,' which means they were actually first-time ticket buyers, which is an incredible number. Usual…
The heart of the problem is the industry " the critics, agents, publicists, book dealers who were responsible for this project. They've shown just how little they know about the immigrant ex…
"We weren't looking to create the world's blackest material, "says the founder of Surrey Nanosystems, which introduces Vantablack in 2014. "That wasn't our thing. We were trying to solve a c…
The idea is that these kinds of AI interactions scale in a way that actual humans do not, and while that may seem ominous for the future of real human connections, from the AI Foundation's p…
"230 small and medium-sized venues in England and Wales will see a 50% reduction in business rates, a fee which is charged to most non-domestic properties. It should save each venue an avera…
The largest potential casualty of the closings is the Hong Kong Arts Festival, which is scheduled to open on February 8 with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta's world premiere of Alexander Goehr's T…
The Dudamel/L.A. Phil recording of Andrew Norman's Sustain took Best Orchestral Performance, with Caroline Shaw's Orange by the Attacca Quartet winning Best Chamber/Small Ensemble Performanc…
The Newbery, for best children's book, went to Jerry Kraft's New Kid, the story of a 12-year-old who's one of the few nonwhite students at a fancy private school. Taking the Caldecott, for b…
The original plan, announced in 2015, was for a Smithsonian museum in the planned Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; by the next year, it had been reduced to a partnership with London's Victoria …
Sometime between 1985 and 1988, a thief took a five-century-old Latin copy of Christopher Columbus's first letter to King Ferdinand from Venice's Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana and replaced i…
Never seen wearing any color but blue and never drinking water when champagne was available, the impresario born Michel Catty introduced the modern drag show to France in the 1950s with the …
From 2004: On the surface, Annie Hall purports to tell the tale of how his peculiarities alienate the woman he loves, but its true subject matter is how their relationship actually mak…
"I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more"the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us o…
What if I never write another book, or direct another play? Will I die a disappointed man? " Terry Teachout
Those nostalgic for the closed Moishe's Kosher Bake Shop in the East Village may wish to read this. (I walk the other way when nostalgia comes around the corner.) " Jeff Weinstein
Drexel University seeks a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and strategic leader to serve as Dean of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design (Westphal College).
The digitized collection includes 8,288 black-and-white negatives, 2,106 color slides and transparencies, and 339 black-and-white prints depicting the repertory of Alvin Ailey, choreographer…
Some arrived in full character for the event, where attendees can meet and take photos with the stars of their favorite shows. Passes range from $80 for one day to $1,000 for a full weekend …
The Gibney Company General Manager will be responsible for the administrative direction of every aspect of the Company.