Art

Feb 07, 2012 03:53AM

Music Review: Jay-Z Performs Charity Concert at Carnegie Hall

Fans of disposable income had much to cheer about on Monday night, as Jay-Z ran through his capitalist-themed catalog at the highest-profile hip-hop show ever at Carnegie Hall.

Feb 06, 2012 08:03PM

New Music: Paul McCartney?s ?Kisses on the Bottom,? Featuring Standards

?Kisses on the Bottom,? an album of standards by Paul McCartney, is a jaunty tip of the hat to the pop music of his parents? generation.

Feb 07, 2012 02:47AM

Eisenhower Family Raises Objections to Planned Memorial

A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.

Feb 06, 2012 08:40PM

Dance Review: Ratmansky?s ?Don Quixote? Has Premiere in Seattle

Carla Körbes, a principal dancer in the Pacific Northwest Ballet, as Kitri, who longs for a love match, in Alexei Ratmansky?s ballet at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle.Alexei Ratmansky brings his interpretation of ?Don Quixote,? first performed in the Netherlands, to Seattle.

Feb 07, 2012 01:06AM

Theater Review : Pascale Armand in ?The Convert,? by Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira?s ambitious new play, ?The Convert,? about the arrival of colonialism in 1895 southern Africa, is having its premiere at the McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, N.J.

Feb 06, 2012 08:15PM

Art Review: VIP Art Fair 2.0 Is Virtual, Modeled on the Traditional

?O Cowboy? (2010), by Beatriz Milhazes is among the works showing at this virtual exposition.Art Fair 2.0 takes a second stab at the virtual exhibition (and the Web site runs more smoothly this year).

Feb 06, 2012 08:00PM

High Ambitions for My Image Studios in Harlem

Developers are proceeding with plans for My Image Studios, a ?living room? of black and Latino-flavored arts and culture in Harlem.

Feb 06, 2012 07:57PM

Oscar Nominee Luncheon Attracts Big Names

The annual Oscar nominees? luncheon, where everyone roots for one another, was attended by 150 of the 188 in the running for awards, including 20 in the acting category.

Feb 07, 2012 07:00AM

The Carpetbagger: 'Harry Potter' and the Continuity Question

"Harry Potter's" production designer talks about the challenges of art direction over all eight films. (Hint: Hogwarts isn't exactly the same in every feature.)

Feb 06, 2012 06:30PM

The Carpetbagger: A Harbinger of a Longish Awards Show

The academy's president opened the annual nominees luncheon with an admonition that the Oscar show should last only three hours. But even the nominees luncheon stretched toward that mark.

Feb 06, 2012 11:55AM

The Carpetbagger: May the Best Actor Get the Most Attention

The contenders in the best-actor Oscar race aren't campaigning, unless you count all those television and press appearances this week.

Feb 06, 2012 07:49PM

In an ?NCIS? Milestone, Mark Harmon?s Agent Gibbs Looks Back

?NCIS? celebrates its success as No. 1 and its unusual longevity with a special episode on Tuesday night.

Feb 06, 2012 10:17PM

Television Review | 'The River': ?The River? on ABC - Review

has its premiere on ABC on Tuesday night at 9, Eastern and Pacific times; 8, Central time. In foreground, from left, Paul Blackthorne, Joe Anderson and Eloise Mumford portray rescuers on a mission that encounters paranormal entities in the Amazon basin.?The River,? a new series on ABC, is about a rescue expedition in the Amazon basin.

Feb 07, 2012 07:46AM

ArtsBeat: Intiman Theater in Seattle Will Stay Alive

The Intiman Theater, which has been under financial duress for a year, said that it had raised over $1 million in pledges and would present a four-play season in the summer.

Feb 06, 2012 03:51PM

ArtsBeat: Wendell Berry to Give 2012 Jefferson Lecture

The farmer-writer Wendell Berry is chosen to give the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, considered the federal government's most prestigious honor for intellectual achievement in the humanities.

Feb 07, 2012 07:17AM

ArtsBeat: 'Book of Mormon' Tops Broadway Box Office For First Time

"The Book of Mormon" topped the Broadway box office last week, thanks to premium ticket pricing and the fact that it remains in a relatively small theater.

Feb 07, 2012 01:06AM

Books of The Times: ?Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom? by Stephen R. Platt

In his new book, Stephen R. Platt recounts the 19th-century Taiping conflict in China, perhaps the bloodiest civil war of all time.

Feb 06, 2012 08:23PM

Music Review: Carmina Burana Choral Project at Carnegie Hall

The premieres of works by three student composers was followed by an impressively prepared chorus drawn from high schools in the New York region in a performance of Carl Orff?s ?Carmina Burana.?

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