A Bleak Winter for Hourlong Series
It’s been a long, cold winter for the broadcast television networks, for which almost every new series has been met with an equally chilly reception in the ratings. Start with NBC. Its Jekyll and Hyde...
View ArticleManhattan School of Music Names New President
The Manhattan School of Music has appointed James Gandre president, effective May 6. He succeeds the composer Robert Sirota, who stepped down last fall. Mr. Gandre is currently the provost and...
View ArticleHistorical Society Exhibit to Explore The Early Days of AIDS
The New York Historical Society will revisit the early years of the AIDS epidemic in a new exhibition scheduled to open this summer. Mixing diaries, clinicians’ notes, photographs, audio and video...
View ArticleColumbia Acquires Dawn Powell Archives
Columbia University has negotiated to permanently retain the archives of the author Dawn Powell, the novelist who cast a gimlet eye on life in Manhattan, died in 1965 and has enjoyed an unlikely...
View ArticleMuseum of the City of New York Opens Renovated Floor
The Museum of the City of New York on Wednesday opened the third floor of its South Wing, part of a $93 million renovation. The wing was inaugurated with “Making Room: New Models for Housing New...
View Article‘Smash’ Getting Only a Little Help From DVR Numbers
Sure, the ratings for the second season of NBC’s “Smash” have been low. The most recent episode fell to 3.3 million total viewers and it barely cleared the 1 million threshold in viewers between the...
View ArticleThe Ratings Behind the Renewals
Amid what has been a dire winter for many broadcast programs, Fox renewed four shows this week: “The Following,” “New Girl,” “The Mindy Project” and “Raising Hope.” The first was a no-brainer, as “The...
View ArticleAsk Ben Brantley About London Theater
This week Ben Brantley, chief theater critic for The New York Times, will be reporting on the London theater scene. Among the shows he’ll be writing about are Ian Rickson’s West End production of...
View ArticleGerman Museum Returns Painting to Jewish Estate
A German museum has returned a 15th century Renaissance painting to the estate of a Jewish art dealer who was forced to sell it under duress in 1935. The painting, “Virgin and Child,” is the tenth...
View ArticleThe Sweet Spot: Let’s Go to the Movies
The Sweet Spot David Carr and A. O. Scott discuss cultural topics. In this week’s episode, A. O. Scott and David Carr talk about the ups and downs of experiencing films inside a theater … enjoy the...
View ArticleSXSW Music: Scenes From Day Two
South by Southwest Reports from the South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin. A slide show of images from the music festival, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to the Coo Coo Birds. Music, South by...
View ArticleThe Sweet Spot: Streaming Along
The Sweet Spot David Carr and A. O. Scott discuss cultural topics. In this week’s episode, A. O. Scott and David Carr talk about Netflix’s “House of Cards” and other shows for “binge-viewing.” How do...
View ArticleOooohs Turn to Boos as Bieber Shows Up Late for Concert
Justin Bieber, who usually enjoys an adulation bordering on worship among his fans, was forced to apologize on Tuesday to concertgoers and their angry parents after he took the stage almost two hours...
View ArticleEmmys Watch: Damian Lewis on ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Forsyte...
We have been talking to Emmy nominees leading up to the awards show on Sunday night. Previous entries in this series include Don Roy King, the director of “Saturday Night Live,” Abi Morgan, nominated...
View ArticleThe Sweet Spot: ‘Cinematic Kryptonite’
The Sweet Spot David Carr and A. O. Scott discuss cultural topics. In this week’s episode, A. O. Scott and David Carr talk about the sour experience of seeing a movie that’s “not very super.” Movies,...
View ArticleAccused Picasso Vandal Surrenders at U.S.-Mexico Border
A Houston man accused of vandalizing a Picasso painting has surrendered to federal marshals after having fled to Mexico for several months, The Associated Press reported. The man, Uriel Landros, 22,...
View ArticleFestival to Celebrate Lorca’s New York Years
The Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, who wrote one book of poems inspired by his time living in New York, will be the subject of a citywide festival anchored by an exhibition this...
View ArticleNorton To Publish Philip Roth Biography
W.W. Norton & Company will publish the previously announced authorized biography of Philip Roth, the press announced on Thursday. The press won the rights to the book, to be written by Blake...
View ArticleThe Week in Culture Pictures, March 8
More photographs. A slide show of photographs of cultural highlights from this week. arts general Previous Post Pace to Recognize the Legacy of Jule Styne Search This Blog Search Previous Post Pace to...
View ArticleWinners of Hefty New Literary Prizes Announced
Yale University announced on Monday the inaugural winners of the Windham Campbell Prizes, which are given to writers for outstanding achievement in fiction, nonfiction and drama. Nine prizes of...
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