Art and Culture

Two improv comedy venues opening soon in Chicago — one new, one relocated — reflect their names quite well.The Revival,…
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If the day of Otti Berger’s death is not known, its place and cause are. In April 1944, Berger – part deaf, Jewish, a communist – was arrested in her home town of Zmajevac, in German-occupied Yugoslavia. On 29 May, she was put on a…
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The statue of George Washington that stands in University Yard at George Washington University is one of many copies of an original marble likeness made by Jean-Antoine Houdon, the leading sculptor in France at the end of the 18th…
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Join our team!The Hult Center is seeking a managing director The Hult Center is truly the artistic heart of the city, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead the team in deepening and strengthening the…
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by Mindy CleggA screenshot of the late Kurt Cobain and guitarist Pat Smear from MTV Unplugged in 1993.In retrospect, the year 1994 seems a momentous one. That year: the genocidal war in Bosnia continued. NAFTA began and Mexico saw the…
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On a panel at SXSW recently, John Dworkin, a VP at Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, told the story of how at one point last summer, a Taylor Swift song placed at No. 7 on the Billboard charts. At No. 6 was…
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Nicholson Baker is a professional writer who has become an amateur artist. It is hard to get good at one art form, harder still to make a living from it and hardest of all to get good at another. – The Wall Street Journal…
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Today is Met Gala day. So why am I not feeling particularly celebratory? Partly because it’s also the day when Columbia University felt compelled to cancel its main commencement exercises “after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests”…
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There’s a line in one of my favorite songs that’s been tripping me up recently. “We Take Care of Our Own” kicks off Bruce Springsteen’s 2012 album, “Wrecking Ball,” a late-career masterpiece that sifts through the rubble of the Great…
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Are you passionate about arts education for youth? Join the Moss Arts Center’s energetic, creative programming team! Learning, discovery, engagement, and inclusivity are at the core of our mission: visit http://www.artscenter.vt.edu …
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