Kent State, by Brian VanDeMark (Norton). On May 4, 1970, the National Guard fired into a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, in Ohio. When the dust settled, nine students were injured and four dead. This vivid, comprehensive account explores the circumstances around the shootings. Beginning with a tortured recollection … Read more
Hilton AlsStaff writer It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost twenty years since I first saw the great director David Cromer’s work. You don’t notice time passing when you’re in the presence of a bona-fide theatrical genius: you long for what’s next while pondering what you’ve just seen. “Orson’s Shadow” was the first piece … Read more
MILAN — In the span of a little more than two years, D, the weekly supplement of Italy’s progressive newspaper La Repubblica, has gained a strong international reputation. A successful combination of written articles and fashion-forward editorials by high-profile photographers including Mert and Marcus, Glen Luchford, Willy Vanderperre, Paolo Roversi, Mario Sorrenti, Alasdair McLellan, Carljin … Read more
In 1921, Charles E. Ives, a wealthy co-proprietor of the New York life-insurance firm Ives & Myrick, launched a bid to rebrand himself as an American Beethoven. He sent copies of his Second Piano Sonata, titled “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860,” to hundreds of musicians, critics, and patrons across the United States. The first movement, “Emerson,” begins … Read more
Imprisoned former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is reportedly being treated for chronic myeloid leukemia at Rikers Island. Weinstein has faced multiple sexual misconduct charges over the past seven years. After several women including celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rose McGowan accused Weinstein of sexual harassment and mistreatment, their public outcry sparked the #MeToo … Read more
Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold On to Me Darling,” a discursive, queasily romantic comedy about the emptiness of American celebrity, is back for another stint Off Broadway. At the Lucille Lortel, the director Neil Pepe is largely reprising his Atlantic Theatre production from eight years ago; the “Hold On” cast features three of the same actors, and … Read more
Chop down a poplar tree. Other kinds of wood could work, too, but poplar is an especially soft one, and your task is to trim it into thin planes. These you’ll need to coat in a barrier of plaster and animal glue—naked wood is highly absorbent, and you can’t have it drinking down everything you … Read more
The Burning Earth, by Sunil Amrith (Norton). In this expansive book, a historian places the earth’s ecological plight in the context of human exploitation. Amrith’s inventory of crucial events begins with the Charter of the Forest of 1217, which granted common people rights to England’s forests. Surveying gold-mining operations in South Africa and oil extraction … Read more
In the early weeks of 2008, as Barack Obama was fighting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nomination, many Party members felt obliged to pick a side, and to lend their voices to the side they picked. Few of these voices were as powerful as that of John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia and a … Read more
“Clean,” “Scaffolding,” “Homeland,” and “Do Something.” Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content … Read more
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