Art and Culture

“The paintings were among many looted from Goudstikker by the Nazi Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering in 1940 and later recovered by Allied forces who returned them to Dutch officials.” – The New York Times Source link
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a measure to create a $10 million tax credit meant to stem the tide of post-production jobs to other states and overseas. The bill, AB 2319, passed the state Assembly and Senate last month by wide…
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Photo: Claire Folger/Amazon MGM Studios The Toronto Film Festival may currently lag well…
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Siegfried and the dragon, from Fritz Lang”s “Die Niebelungen” Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has provoked a range of opinion. Among the most cited reviews is a condemnation by Emily Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s epic…
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Ah, small-town charm. The local bar or the diner where everyone shares newsy gossip, the community festivals to mark the turning of the seasons, the familiar, friendly faces around every corner, and of course, the murders.…
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CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he…
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So much art was planned to be decommissioned. For instance: “The removal plan targeted 15 artworks in the African Lounge. … The lounge’s textiles, artwork and a carved wood sculpture from Ghana representing Africans’ grief over…
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When I was asked to write the first full-length Miss Marple novel since Sleeping Murder was published posthumously, 50 years ago in October, I immediately thought of my granny. My first encounter with the world of Agatha Christie was…
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What if actors and backstage workers who live in Inwood could walk home from work? That’s part of the appeal of the new, Lin-Manuel Miranda-supported, permanent buildling for the People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante on 206th…
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