Art and Culture

The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2026–27 season — 17 productions, the fewest since the company moved to Lincoln Center in 1966, with more than a third of all performances drawn from just three warhorses (AP). Coincidentally(?),…
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Up-and-coming composers, looking for a break-out moment with their immense musical feel and depth, probably have their arms and tapping their feet wondering to themselves: where are our champions of new classical music? – The…
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EXCLUSIVE: It’s rare – unprecedented? – for The Onion, the satirical news site, to submit an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case, but it happened in Anthony Novak v. City of Parma, Ohio. “Americans can be put in jail for poking…
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Four young women sit together, waiting for the phone to ring. When the call finally comes, their friend’s voice is crackly and hard to make out, but they wait patiently for the signal to improve so they can start discussing their chosen…
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Robert Nichols (1919-2010) Just received in the mail: a masterly bilingual edition in English and German of Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train by Robert Nichols. (The title in German: Langsame Wochenschau Eines Bahnreisenden.) It…
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“It seems we’re in a particularly fruitful era of artistic innovation in skating. What’s driving the current wave — and how might it shape the future of the sport? – Dance Magazine Source link
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This August will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. If they hold onto their totalitarian rule for that long, they could go on to surpass their initial reign, which lasted from 1996 until the…
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A little-known American lawsuit could end up reshaping popular music. A US federal court is preparing to rule on a landmark copyright dispute. At its centre is an interesting question: can a short rhythmic pattern – one that appears…
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The same teenager who supposedly lacks attention span can maintain game focus for hours while parsing a complex narrative across multiple storylines, coordinating with teammates, adapting strategy in real time. That’s not inferior…
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