A conversation about some of the country’s stars, the musical traditions they work within and how they have grappled with the war.A conversation about some…
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Maureen Howard, Novelist Who Traced Women’s Challenges, Dies at 91
In well-reviewed works like “Natural History” and “A Lover’s Almanac,” she was intent, a fellow writer said, on “making the novel do and hold more.”In…
View More Maureen Howard, Novelist Who Traced Women’s Challenges, Dies at 91Mandy Patinkin Finds Healing in Refugee Work and Praying With His Dog
Right when the actor thought he’d done almost everything, Ken Burns offered him the role of Benjamin Franklin, and, just maybe, held off an early…
View More Mandy Patinkin Finds Healing in Refugee Work and Praying With His DogTimmy Thomas, Singer Whose Biggest Hit Was an Antiwar Anthem, Dies at 77
His “Why Can’t We Live Together” rose to the top of the Billboard charts in 1973. He could never match its success.His “Why Can’t We…
View More Timmy Thomas, Singer Whose Biggest Hit Was an Antiwar Anthem, Dies at 77Ukraine’s National Anthem Reverberates Around the World
“Ukraine’s glory hasn’t perished,” begins the anthem, which is being played by orchestras worldwide as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.“Ukraine’s glory hasn’t perished,” begins…
View More Ukraine’s National Anthem Reverberates Around the WorldRussian Artists Lose the Tools of Their Trades as Companies Pull Out
Creative professionals have been cut off from Western clients and from the products and services they use to make, market and get paid for their…
View More Russian Artists Lose the Tools of Their Trades as Companies Pull OutReview: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine
A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.A concert to…
View More Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine50 Years Ago, James Brown Took an Unlikely Stage: Rikers Island
The story of how the Godfather of Soul ended up performing at the New York jail involves a dogged Board of Correction employee who knitted…
View More 50 Years Ago, James Brown Took an Unlikely Stage: Rikers Island‘Josep’ Review: Escaping a Civil War
The French cartoonist known as Aurel animates the life of the Catalan illustrator Josep Bartolí, who lived in French internment camps and loved Frida Kahlo.The…
View More ‘Josep’ Review: Escaping a Civil WarOlivia Rodrigo, BTS and Billie Eilish to Perform at Grammys
The 64th annual awards ceremony, the second in a row to be delayed by the pandemic, will be held in Las Vegas on April 3.The…
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