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Category: Culture (Arts)
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At Prototype Festival, Opera With Lynchian Strangeness
This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human voice in all its weirdness.
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Fun Things to Do in NYC in January 2025
Looking for something to do in New York? Groove to the textured folktronica of Pahua, or make the rounds during the Winter Jazzfest marathon.
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The 10 Architectural Sites You Should See in São Paulo
These buildings and places capture the city’s playful approach to concrete-and-asphalt Modernism.
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21 Movies, Books and Albums With a Theater Focus to Consume During the Holidays
Make it through the holidays with these movies, books and music from the past year that are adapted from stage productions or evoke a theatrical spirit.
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The TV Shows, Movies and Music That Readers Loved in 2024
Critical favorites like “Anora,” “Cowboy Carter” and “The Bear” still left room for more recent arrivals like “Wicked” and Broadway’s “Maybe Happy Ending.”
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At Opening Night at La Scala, Opera Is the Center of the Universe
There is nothing quite like opening night of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, a temple of opera, for pomp, pageantry and politics.
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36 Things That Stuck With Us in 2024
The movie scenes, TV episodes, song lyrics and other moments that reporters, critics, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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The Kennedy Center’s Chairman Won’t Depart After All
As the nation’s capital prepares for a second Trump administration, the performing arts center announced that its chairman would not step down in January as planned.
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Without Drama or Banana, Art Auctions Struggle
Beyond the headline-grabbing sales of the fall auction season, the market tries to soar beyond its two-year slump.
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Getting to Know ‘Black London’
Nigerian cuisine with a twist, live reggae and a bustling market: Here’s where — and how — to experience the British capital’s vibrant and multifaceted Black communities.