The author of two young adult novels learned the language of computing when her father bribed her with a pink laptop.The author of two young…
View More For Hafsah Faizal, Coding Was a Gateway to WritingCategory: Culture & Traditions
With French Theaters Closed, Puppetry Takes Center Stage
The art form, usually on the fringes of French theatrical culture, finds itself at a sudden advantage: Puppet shows’ young audiences are still allowed to…
View More With French Theaters Closed, Puppetry Takes Center StageHitchens Biography Proceeds, Against His Widow’s Wishes
Carol Blue-Hitchens and her late husband’s literary agent are discouraging friends from participating in a book tentatively titled “Pamphleteer: The Life and Times of Christopher…
View More Hitchens Biography Proceeds, Against His Widow’s WishesTrevor Noah Loves Seeing Newsmax Shook
The “Daily Show” host said the threat of a defamation lawsuit forced anchors at the right-wing news site into “behaving like actual journalists.”The “Daily Show”…
View More Trevor Noah Loves Seeing Newsmax ShookTexas Department Apologizes for ‘Chucky’ Amber Alert
The alert, which said that the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” horror films was a suspect in a kidnapping, was sent as a “result…
View More Texas Department Apologizes for ‘Chucky’ Amber AlertRichard Feigen, Gallerist and Champion of Art, Dies at 90
He brought a hard-driving style to the showing and selling of art in New York and beyond. He died of Covid-19.He brought a hard-driving style…
View More Richard Feigen, Gallerist and Champion of Art, Dies at 90Parrish Art Museum Announces New Director
Kelly Taxter, a curator at the Jewish Museum, will lead the Parrish beginning in March.Kelly Taxter, a curator at the Jewish Museum, will lead the…
View More Parrish Art Museum Announces New DirectorA Breakout Portrait Artist Invested in Asian Representation
Entirely self-taught, Jiab Prachakul has spent over a decade honing her practice and its purpose. Now, she’s gotten her first big show.Entirely self-taught, Jiab Prachakul…
View More A Breakout Portrait Artist Invested in Asian RepresentationAllan Burns, a Creator of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ Dies at 85
He won Emmys for his work on that show and helped create the spinoffs “Rhoda” and “Lou Grant.” Among his other creations was the cereal…
View More Allan Burns, a Creator of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ Dies at 85Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader?
Three new revues offer war horses, showstoppers and standards — but, even better, rarities.Three new revues offer war horses, showstoppers and standards — but, even…
View More Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader?