Amar Ramasar, a principal dancer who was denounced by colleagues for sharing vulgar texts, will leave the company in May.Amar Ramasar, a principal dancer who…
View More Amar Ramasar, City Ballet Dancer, To Retire After Texting ScandalCategory: Culture & Traditions
Music, but Make It Outdoors
Even as concerts return to indoor venues, there’s still something spectacular about a show out in the warm summer air.Even as concerts return to indoor…
View More Music, but Make It OutdoorsThe Joyce Returns, With a Typically Eclectic Dance Menu
The season features 18 companies, including some, like Malpaso from Cuba, whose shows were canceled last year.The season features 18 companies, including some, like Malpaso…
View More The Joyce Returns, With a Typically Eclectic Dance MenuFrance Gave Teenagers $350 for Culture. They’re Buying Comic Books.
Young people can buy books, tickets and classes via a government smartphone app. But rather than discovering highbrow arts, many are choosing mass media they…
View More France Gave Teenagers $350 for Culture. They’re Buying Comic Books.11 New Books Coming in August
Buzzy new novels from Alexandra Kleeman, Leila Slimani and Stephen King, Billie Jean King’s memoir and plenty more.Buzzy new novels from Alexandra Kleeman, Leila Slimani…
View More 11 New Books Coming in AugustBritney Spears Files to Remove Father Jamie Spears From Conservatorship
More than 13 years after a strict legal arrangement gave James P. Spears control of the singer’s affairs, a new lawyer for Ms. Spears asked…
View More Britney Spears Files to Remove Father Jamie Spears From ConservatorshipWilliamstown Theater Festival Tries to Weather the Storms
The annual summer festival in Massachusetts has tried to adapt amid the pandemic and calls for more diversity onstage.The annual summer festival in Massachusetts has…
View More Williamstown Theater Festival Tries to Weather the StormsBook Review: ‘Afterparties,’ by Anthony Veasna So
In “Afterparties,” Anthony Veasna So, who died at 28 last year, reimagines California’s Central Valley through the lives of its Cambodian immigrants.In “Afterparties,” Anthony Veasna…
View More Book Review: ‘Afterparties,’ by Anthony Veasna SoFinding the ‘Believers’ Who Will Remake a Damaged Earth
In a travelogue, Lisa Wells searches for communities and individuals committed to healing the damage of climate change.In a travelogue, Lisa Wells searches for communities…
View More Finding the ‘Believers’ Who Will Remake a Damaged EarthReview: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’
Superb singers and a clear production make a strong case for Ernest Chausson’s seldom heard “Le Roi Arthus.”Superb singers and a clear production make a…
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