Art and Culture

Ken Woods plies his guitar at “Electric Liederland” The most profound music ever conceived by Richard Strauss may be Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings. Composed in 1945 when Strauss was 81 years old, it memorializes the cultural…
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Unheard performances by Louis Armstrong at the BBC in 1968, regarded by Armstrong aficionados as some of the jazz legend’s greatest work, are to finally be released.A compilation titled Louis in London, available in July, will feature…
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Wisconsin ranks 50th in state government support for the arts, which is one of many factors contributing to the fiscal challenges performing arts groups of all sizes face. Milwaukee’s performing…
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There’s no business like show business — but in Los Angeles, it feels like there’s no business at all.If that sounds melodramatic, consider this: The Art Directors Guild, a labor union representing about 3,000 film workers including set…
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William Ewart Gladstone was Britain’s prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894, a member of Parliament for more than sixty years, a brilliant and passionate orator, an accomplished writer, and an indefatigable social…
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True meaning reverberates in the unspoken chasm between what we can show and what we can tell about it. O.K., that’s it for this Blink. But before we let you go, we wanted to let you know that this Blink was narrated by an A.I.-generated…
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That editors edit, which would seem to go without saying, turns out to be a pretty facile summary of a role whose essential ambiguities make it best suited to confidence men or obsessives. The most we can say is that the editor assists…
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive,…
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Great Lakes Theater Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 By Dave Malloy Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Photo by Roger Mastroianni Great Lakes Theater (GLT) is seeking candidates for the role of Executive Director.…
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The British magazine Tatler revealed Wednesday the cover of its July 2024 issue on Instagram: a portrait of Her Royal Highness Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, by the British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor. The picture is the …
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