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In Detroit, an Opera Leader Finishes With One Last Triumph

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

‘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.

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

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…
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