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Yelena Eckemoff, Nocturnal Animals (L&H Productions)Russian-born pianist and composer Eckemoff, long a New York resident, collaborates with a superb rhythm section of Scandinavian musici…
"In an era when many of his peers have been buffeted by economic challenges, Mr. Volpe, 62, has kept the orchestra on firm footing by capitalizing on what he has referred to as its 'multiple…
Commercial dancers " the performers who animate music videos, films and TV shows " have long needed the right look, the right connections, expertise in the most popular styles and an agency …
"While officially working on a fax machine project, Mr. Starkweather began to experiment in his spare time with copy machines and digital technology, in effect trying to merge the two. … […
Tattoos can be a barrier for people getting out of prison. They can make it hard to find jobs, to feel safe in certain neighborhoods, to reconcile with family and to leave the past behind. N…
"From an African girl who was 'gifted' to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in a British court, several little-known but remarkable chapters of black British history are being…
Sitting through a show of that length might seem manageable enough if you're young and in good health, less so if you have a medical condition like Crohn's disease or other hidden disability…
Since taking over as general director in October, Khori Dastoor, 39, has been on a tear behind the scenes " beefing up staffing levels, setting ambitious financial goals and consulting with …
Serious authors create; self-help writers multiply. But the influence of self-help on prestigious literature is much deeper and more sustained than figures such as Macdonald would have us be…
Anthony Lane: "Fellini is the great divider. "La Dolce Vita" was the film most loved by Roger Ebert, for whom it was transformed with every viewing, whereas Pauline Kael likened Fellini's ef…
The third season, which stars Olivia Colman as the Queen, was watched in 21 million homes in its first four weeks. That was 40% more than saw the second season over the same time period, Net…
On the third floor of Destination, a nightclub-turned-cultural center that's one of the few such places in the country to expressly welcome queer people, is ART.Des, a (very rare) gallery th…
We seem to project enormously intense feelings onto books, feelings that make us protective of them and furious toward those we perceive as threatening them. We think of our books as symbols…
The Speaker of the House told a town meeting last month, "I truly believe that [the arts are] something where we find our common ground." Would that it were so, writes Lucas Justinien Perez:…
"After huge success with Python in the 1970s and early '80s, including [directing and acting in] the feature films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, Jon…
The number of UK domicile first year students (first degree) selecting historical and philosophical subjects fell by 5% between 2017-18 and 2018-19, contributing to a 17.5% decline in popula…
Last week, Deborah Dugan was placed on "administrative leave" following what the Academy's board called "serious concerns" about her mistreatment of staff. Dugan responded by filing an EEOC …
The company's labor action is yet another part of the series of national protests against President Macron's planned pension reforms. The twist is that, as we know, ballet is not like other …
Pete Wells: "Restaurants are loud because we're loud. With a few exceptions, when we complain about the noise, we're complaining about ourselves. … Far from being an accidental side effect…
Reversing an earlier decision, the National Park Service has now denied an omnibus petition for 199 sites on public land near Moab, Utah to be listed in the National Register. The NPS agrees…
Arthur Brand has recovered one of the oldest surviving copies of the Divan of Hafez, one of the most important and beloved works in all of Persian literature. The volume was the only still-m…
The fired-then-reinstated New York City Ballet principal was a figure in the company's recent #MeToo scandal (and accompanying lawsuit). While City Ballet's dancers and the company of West S…
Newsreel footage of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope singing "Mairzy Doats," a chart-topping 1943 novelty song, at an outdoor show for enlisted men stationed at the air base outside Santa Ana, Calif…
"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." George Santayana, The Life of Reason
After many years, I recently re-opened The Closing of the American Mind and discovered that Allan Bloom was prophetic. In effect, he prophesied identity politics and political rectitude " an…
