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In Detroit, an Opera Leader Finishes With One Last Triumph
3 January 2024
In Detroit, an Opera Leader Finishes With One Last Triumph
After Yuval Sharon became the artistic director of Michigan Opera Theater in 2020, the company renamed itself the Detroit Opera…
Read Your Way Through Utah
3 January 2024
Read Your Way Through Utah
Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books…
The Word That Undid Claudine Gay
3 January 2024
The Word That Undid Claudine Gay
The fate of Harvard’s president is the latest evidence of a deep crisis in American academia.
An Easy, Quick, One-Pot Meatless Pasta, Because January
3 January 2024
An Easy, Quick, One-Pot Meatless Pasta, Because January
Hetty Lui McKinnon’s creamy one-pot mushroom and leek pasta comes with a reader warning: “You can’t stop eating this!”
Frick Leader to Step Down After a 14-Year Run
3 January 2024
Frick Leader to Step Down After a 14-Year Run
Having seen the museum’s controversial renovation through to completion, Ian Wardropper plans to retire in 2025.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Strata-East Records
3 January 2024
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Strata-East Records
This label founded in 1971 gave Afrocentric and psychedelic jazz a home, and found a breakout hit with Gil Scott-Heron…
They Can’t All Be Nominated for Best Picture, Can They?
3 January 2024
They Can’t All Be Nominated for Best Picture, Can They?
It’s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here’s what…
‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
3 January 2024
‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be…
Tales of the Black Underworld Fuel Hip-Hop. His Feed Recounts Them.
3 January 2024
Tales of the Black Underworld Fuel Hip-Hop. His Feed Recounts Them.
ValTown, an account on X and other social media platforms, spotlights gangs and drug kingpins of the 1980s and 1990s…
Restaurant Review: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Dinner
3 January 2024
Restaurant Review: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Dinner
When I read about the opening of Port Sa’id on Hudson Street, I saw the words “D.J.” and “4,000 square…