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Misty Copeland promoted to highest rank at American Ballet Theatre
It has a musical ring to it: Misty makes history. Indeed, with bad news pressing in on so many fronts, the just-announced promotion of Misty Copeland to principal status at American Ballet Theatre is...
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What do museum audiences need most? More time for play.
When Elizabeth Merritt, head of the Center for the Future of Museums, writes her annual “TrendsWatch” report, technology is usually front and center. Previous issues of the report, which highlights...
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Can an art critic fairly review an artist friend’s work?
There’s no upside for an artist to be friends with an art critic. The personal connection means the critic must pass on reviewing the artist’s work, and while the loss of critical wisdom may be...
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We caused the Metro shutdown when we decided to let our cities decay
It isn’t, of course, just the Metro system. As you walk the city today, take note of the urban landscape — the broken benches, crumbling curbs, rusting light posts. If you drive, suffer the pot holes...
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The National Gallery’s Free Mellon Lectures off to promising start
The scholarly lecture is a vanishing art form. Precious few academics were ever good at it, and as students turn to online learning, and class room notes delivered electronically, the lecture hall...
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He lost the Masters, but Jordan Spieth’s athletic grace can inspire us all
We usually think of athletic grace as a physical quality — Roger Federer’s light-footed dance across the tennis court, say, or Steph Curry’s supple ball control and airy leaps to the rim. But as he...
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Harriet Tubman is perfect for the $20 bill, but which Tubman?
So now that it’s confirmed that Harriet Tubman will grace the front of the $20 bill, the next question is: Which Tubman? The antebellum abolitionist who supported John Brown and criticized Lincoln for...
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Imagine being Lin-Manuel Miranda right now
It seems safe to say that no one in Broadway history has had quite the kind of year that Lin-Manuel Miranda is experiencing. To begin with, consider that, thanks to the hip-hop-infused American...
View ArticleObama Foundation chooses architects to design the presidential library in...
The Obama Foundation, which is overseeing the design and construction of the library and presidential center that will hold the records of the 44th president, has announced that Tod Williams Billie...
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The genius — and flaw — of Greenpeace’s ‘RESIST’ protest at the White House
If these were ordinary times, and if the man in the White House were an ordinary politician, then the banner hung by Greenpeace activists on a downtown construction crane in Washington on Wednesday...
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