Month: May 2025

Acclaimed Russian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, has died aged 98. Described as one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, he was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1964 to 1995, which he is said to have led with an iron fist. Grigorovich’s productions of the Stone Flower, Ivan the Terrible and Romeo
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Dry Cleaning have added three U.S. headline shows to their autumn slate. The new dates—in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Brooklyn—fill out a schedule that also includes shows in Detroit and Chicago supporting Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Support for the headline shows comes from Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals. Last year, Dry Cleaning reissued their early EPs
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[ Hublot’s Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic It is difficult to write about Hublot without abusing words such as innovation and innovative, which the brand’s press releases sagely suggest. Well, the world’s most difficult to pronounce two-syllable watch brand name has delivered on what might be a genuine innovation in watchmaking – multi-coloured homogenous ceramic.
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The second instalment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s lesbian genre film trilogy manages to just about snag a passing grade. Ethan Coen has earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants when it comes to making art. Whether that translates to whatever the hell WE, the audience, want is another matter entirely,
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Good luck picking up the books on anunofficial summer reading listfromthe Chicago Sun-Times. Hoping to delve into the “multigenerational saga”Tidewater Dreamsby IsabelAllende, for instance? Keep dreaming. Maybe a science-driven story like Andy Weir’s The Last Algorithm is more to your taste? The algorithm can’t help you. OK then, how about Min Jin Lee’s “riveting tale
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Unless you’re a denim nerd, selvedge denim can sound more like a style buzzword than a must-have. Since we’re bombarded with different fits, washes, brands
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Sebastián Lelio’s musical take on Chile’s MeToo movement is a misjudged gum-smacking mess. There is a delicate threshold separating self-awareness from petulance, and the directors who know how to best thread it understand that saying less often does the most. With The Wave, Sebastián Lelio offers a staunch, loud example of the opposite, crafting a
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Several dozen New York City arts and culture advocates — including unionized museum workers, public school educators, community nonprofit leaders, visual artists, theater performers, and musicians — rallied in the rain outside City Hall in Manhattan yesterday morning, May 21, to call for increased funding for the sector. Coordinated by the advocacy organization New Yorkers
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