Peacock, the streaming platform, relies on must-see reminiscing in two shows that are also warnings about living in the past.Peacock, the streaming platform, relies on…
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Only Connect: Yearning for the Intimacy of a Danced, Onstage World
Russell Janzen of City Ballet misses the physical and emotional closeness forged onstage, which are lost on Zoom and in socially distanced dancing.Russell Janzen of…
View More Only Connect: Yearning for the Intimacy of a Danced, Onstage WorldDavid Oyelowo Fights for Representation in Family Films
The actor turned to directing after an eye-opening discussion with his son. He realized he couldn’t rely on Hollywood to find stories he wanted to…
View More David Oyelowo Fights for Representation in Family FilmsFor Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’
Mom’s the word — the only word — in the titles of these films to stream that celebrate the darker side of motherhood.Mom’s the word…
View More For Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests from North and South
A rare exhibition, at a museum in Switzerland, brings together works that, despite sharing a common cultural tradition, come from different worlds.A rare exhibition, at…
View More Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests from North and South5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Choral Music
Listen to the gorgeous sound of a mass of voices: ancient, contemporary, gospel, opera, sacred, romantic.Listen to the gorgeous sound of a mass of voices:…
View More 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Choral MusicHow One Graphic Novel Looks at Anti-Asian Hate
In “Cyclopedia Exotica,” the artist and writer Aminder Dhaliwal created a fictitious community facing xenophobia, fetishization and media misrepresentation. It’s resonating with her thousands of…
View More How One Graphic Novel Looks at Anti-Asian HateThe Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy
Deana Lawson’s regal, loving, unburdened photographs imagine a world in which Black people are free from the distortions of history.Deana Lawson’s regal, loving, unburdened photographs…
View More The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial LegacyThese Four Stage Directors Know Just What Needs to Change
The pandemic pause has prompted a prizewinning cohort to ask hard questions about salaries, working in other media and choosing collaboration over “scarcity.”The pandemic pause…
View More These Four Stage Directors Know Just What Needs to ChangeLate Night Has a New Contender for Weirdest Presidential Photo Ever
The Bidens visited the Carters the other day, and Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah are still trying to get their minds around the…
View More Late Night Has a New Contender for Weirdest Presidential Photo Ever