Art and Culture

The Metropolitan Opera revealed its finances for 2023-24 season, including the fact that it had sold 72 percent of available tickets. The number was up from the previous season which only saw 66 percent of available…
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Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2003, genetics has become one of the key frameworks for how we all think about ourselves. From fretting about our health to debating how schools can accommodate non-neurotypical pupils, we…
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Now that the Tony Awards have been doled out for the 2023-24 Broadway season, what can we conclude about a theatrical year that alternated between drought and flood?One obvious point is that if you’re looking to develop a winner, an…
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Increasingly, customers are visiting physical banks to receive guidance on products such as mortgages, loans and financial planning, while accessing more basic services online. These trends are industrywide, and Citi isn’t the only bank…
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Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images On 10 June, a year after the death of his friend Martin Amis, Ian McEwan stood in the chancel of St…
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Handwriting is dead. At least that’s what a New York Times article announced in 2023 in its postmortem investigation “What Killed Penmanship?” But there was no doubt about the culprit: technology. You’ve probably heard something…
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I’m in Cannes this week for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. It’s a week-long celebration of excellence in branded communications and advertising. So, as you can imagine, the event is filled with people…
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The city deserves a replacement that is similarly expressive of the working harbor’s importance to the city and its location as a gateway between the port and the Chesapeake Bay. This new structure must also serve as a memorial to the…
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By John R. Killacky This is not a dry, academic look at Thom Gunn’s life: the biographer supplies a loving — though at times unflinchingly honest — view of the self-punishing poet. Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott. Farrar,…
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The Governor vetoed $32 million in grants that would have supported 663 arts and culture organizations around the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture. Less than 10 years ago, Florida ranked third in the United…
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