Art and Culture

Milo Rau, once the enfant terrible of continental European theatre, is a little less buoyant these days. The Swiss theatre-maker has done something he says he explicitly hates: he has cancelled a guest. “Yes, we hit a wall,” he says.…
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Ryan Wigglesworth cuts a confident figure striding through the Royal Academy of Music in London. He’s been a professor here since 2019 – juggling his duties with his role as chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, guest…
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Victor Wembanyama is much more than a transcendant basketball star. In the hours leading up to a decisive Game 3 victory in the 2026 NBA Finals—the first such game in New York City in 25 years—the 7-Foot-4 Frenchman spent the afternoon…
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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.Updated at 2:56 p.m. ET on June 9, 2026Zvezdelina Stankova has taught mathematics at UC Berkeley for nearly three decades. But in 2023, while…
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration last year issued a plea to visitors at U.S. national parks: Report any displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans living in the…
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“For decades, the relationship between artists and audiences was heavily mediated and nurtured by newspaper critics, classical radio hosts, record-store owners, etc. — They made the music findable and meaningful. I call that layer the…
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“The Lord of the Rings author’s translation of a medieval religious text from the early 13th century had lain forgotten in the Bodleian Libraries’ collections until now. His reworking of Sawles Warde, an early Middle English prose…
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“Aurora Theatre Company devastated generations of fans and artists when it announced last summer it was vacating its (Berkeley) space and laying off staff. Now the 34-year-old theater, beloved for its intimate, high-quality productions…
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Justin Davidson: “The latest version of this perpetual top priority just might dispel the curse of inertia — because it should dramatically alleviate crowds, delays, and misery, and because it comes with architecture we can treasure…
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There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so…
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