Art and Culture

When the cartoonist Art Spiegelman began dating his future wife, Françoise Mouly, in the mid 70s, she would tell him not to worry about walking her home, because even the New York muggers didn’t bother venturing to where she lived in…
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Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Heated Rivalry…
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. According to Roku, the future of entertainment is nonstop A.I. slop, churned out by absolute…
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Students returning to a Kentucky middle school this year learned something surprising on their first day of class: They don’t live in Kentucky. Apparently, they live in “Venecky.” The bizarre geography lesson appeared in student agendas…
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But the so-called “Slayer Statute” prevents the youngest child of Michelle Singer Reiner and Rob Reiner from doing that. – The New York Times Source link
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“Hensley made a clear distinction between a fiddle and a violin, even though they are essentially the same instrument. ‘If you can read music, you play the violin,’ she told The Tulsa World in 1982. ‘I can’t read music, so I just play…
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Soprano Asmik Gregorian: “This feels very strange and empty. … It was planned by Markus Hinterhäuser, and we are all here because of him. It feels a bit like a boat without a captain.” – The New York Times Source link
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Since filing a New York Times piece on the perilous state of American classical music 250 years since the nation’s founding, I’ve written five follow-up blogs and participated in a podcast with the conductor Kenneth Woods. The…
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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Last year, I asked The Atlantic’s…
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You can still type a sym­bol orig­i­nal­ly invent­ed for Cicero near­ly 21 cen­turies ago — at least if you con­fig­ure your key­board prop­er­ly.  The char­ac­ter ⁊ appears in Uni­code as U+204A, but is bet­ter known as the…
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