Art and Culture

It can feel as though the world is tilting towards chaos: political shocks, economic instability, technological upheaval and a constant stream of bad news. Faced with so much uncertainty, many of us default to a sense of impending doom.…
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James Hayward, a San Francisco-born abstract painter whose heavily textured monochrome works made him a distinctive presence in California art for decades, has died at 82.His studio announced in an Instagram post Thursday, April 16, that…
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Nearly a year and a half after its prior effort to acquire the right wing conspiracy-centric brand Infowars was nixed by a bankruptcy judge, The Onion is moving forward with a new effort to take over the company and secure justice for…
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After fifteen years, world-renowned Hungarian pianist András Schiff—who has been honored with the Kossuth Prize, among other awards—will once again give a concert in Hungary. Schiff had announced back in 2011 that he would not perform in…
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The multiple prize-winning author: “I guess it’s kind of ‘all or none.’ Either everyone is illegal except Native people, or no one is illegal. I don’t think anybody is illegal in the first place. I don’t believe in borders.” – El…
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There’s a “national wave of new children’s museums, expansions of existing institutions and a broadened lineup of programming aimed at young visitors.” – The New York Times Source link
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Small liberal arts colleges face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise. The casualties are staggering, with an estimated eighty-nine colleges closing or merging…
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LAS VEGAS — Paramount Skydance CEO and chairman David Ellison made big promises to movie theater owners at CinemaCon on Thursday in Las Vegas. Ellison said he will guarantee 30 movie releases a year between Paramount and Warner Bros.,…
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Some of our finest contemporary writers got their laurels Friday night at the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.At the awards ceremony, which opens the annual L.A. Times Festival of Books weekend,…
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The French film star Nathalie Baye, who starred in a string of highly regarded French films as well as Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, has died at the age of 77, her family said on Saturday.Baye, a stalwart of France’s domestic…
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