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In 1952, when the late Gabe Pressman (dean of New York City’s local TV press corps) was a young staff writer at the New York World-Telegram & The Sun, he came across a story tipped to him by a woman from Montreal who’d taken a cab ride in midtown Manhattan. This was the human-interest feature

If you’ve ever heard Marian Anderson sing “Deep River,” you’ve heard an immortal concert spiritual by Harry Burleigh. His name won’t appear on the youtube captions – and yet Burleigh’s “Deep River” isn’t a mere arrangement.  I unpack the genesis of “Deep River” – its surprising origins as an obscure “church militant” spiritual, its indebtedness to Antonin

“What’s the best work of art you’ve ever created?” “What’s your Zodiac sign?” “What’s up with the mustache?” Visitors to the Salvador Dalí Museum can ask the famed Spanish Surrealist anything and he’ll reply using AI models trained on a dataset of writings and archival interviews that capture his ideas, imagination and humor. Not only

Previously relegated to the dustbin of media history, the vinyl LP has undergone a revival during the past decade to once again become the best selling physical format for recorded music today. Where barely one million new vinyl albums were sold in the United States in 2006, that figure has grown every year since, soaring

As the largest electorate in history goes to the polls in India from April 19 to June 1, 2024, political parties are seeking to influence voters’ decisions – through cinema. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, seeking a third term in office under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has deployed the medium

Support Independent Arts Journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism and keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider becoming a member today. When I stand in front of Caravaggio’s “Madonna di

Under the new policy, more than 60 percent of tracks will not rack up any royalties. ADVERTISEMENT Last week Spotify officially demonetised all tracks with under 1,000 streams annually – a new policy that could see nearly two-thirds of tracks fail to generate any royalties. The new policy came into force on 1 April. Its

Arena Stage is seeking qualified candidates to serve as its next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The CFO is a critical member of the Senior Management Team and important ally to Arena’s co-leaders providing operational leadership and oversight in all matters of ongoing financial management, accounting and strategic business development. As a decisive “big picture” thinker,

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has secured the colorful San Andrés Tetepilco codices. These Aztec documents from the late 16th and early 17th centuries recount the founding of San Andrés Tetepilico and chart Tenochitlan’s wider history. Though these artifacts belonged to an anonymous family for generations, INAH just announced that it were

View image in fullscreen ‘This is an art form – and we’re losing it’: is the music video dying? Music videos were once cultural events almost as important as the music they promoted. In an era of digestible bite-size content on TikTok, the art form is in danger of being lost for ever In increasingly

by Mark Harvey Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book…  —President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 Andrew Carnegie The other day I stopped in at one of those coworking spaces to see

Reading is sexy, as Rory Gilmore and a million tee shirt designs will attest. Celebrities regularly have photo shoots that “catch” them reading a classic novel to make them look even more attractive. A couple of years ago, “hot girl books” was trending on BookTok and beyond. Pop culture can’t seem to decide if the

Justin Peck knows the campfire at the center of his Broadway dance-led show Illinoise (St. James Theatre, April 24 to Aug. 10) very well indeed. It doesn’t just warm the hands of the characters, and encourage the telling of stories, including the tale of love and tragedy related by lead character Henry (Ricky Ubeda)—it also

Glendale, California CNN  —  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the “wildest ride in the wilderness,” sits at one edge of Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park, the most visited theme park in the world. But park visitors can one day expect to see much more beyond that wilderness at the iconic park in Central Florida – something

Ally Bonino, Phillipa Soo, Shaina Taub, Hannah Cruz and Nadia Dandashi in Suffs at the Public Theater, New York. Photo: Joan Marcus Will having Hillary Clinton as a lead producer help or hinder the new Broadway show Suffs? Support The Stage by registering or subscribing To continue reading this article you must be logged in.

In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are traditionally studies in technique, and here they’re an ever-pragmatic composer’s exercises to improve his own playing. Davies gave the premiere in Bonn, Germany,

A comprehensive study spearheaded by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics provides evidence that people tend to show a predisposition towards rhythms formed by simple integer ratios regardless of cultural background. Despite these universal tendencies, the study revealed significant variations in rhythm preferences across different societies,

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The end of the world is in the air. Should we be surprised? The climate emergency claws at every aspect of our lives, from holidays to the cost of food. We’ve just lived through a global pandemic. War in Europe continues, while the UN describes a genocide emerging in Gaza. The news is not good.

by Martin Butler Recently I read an article which included the idea that nature can have rights, something I have to admit I had not come across before, despite a keen awareness that nature needs protecting. I discovered that this is a well-established point of view – there is a lengthy Wikipedia page on the