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It’s bad enough what they’ve done to arts coverage — but what they’re not doing to ensure a future for humanity is a bit more concerning. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes at Common Dreams: ‘In 2003, when environmental leader Laurie … Continue reading →

One reason he’s getting out of the House may be to attempt to forestall legal jeopardy–because he can’t stop himself from endorsing and supporting criminal conspiracy. Witness his robo comments today parroting the “Freedom” Caucus’s plot to obstruct justice in … Continue reading →

Mariinskiy intendant Ivan Vsevolozhsky turns out to have moonlighted as one of the great costume designer in balletic history. That was clear in Sergei Vikharev’s 1999 restoration of The Sleeping Beauty. It’s also clear in Alexei Ratmansky’s delightful restoration of … Continue reading →

We thought that the Dem leadership couldn’t get more stupid and craven. We were wrong. It seems that the superannuated Dems at the top are going to embrace “pay as you go” as one one of their platform planks, which … Continue reading →

It was mid-April and the rites of early spring were in full riot. And I was in the throes of them. First, I went to hear Timothy Young give the final talk of this season’s Wave Hill lecture series. Wave … Continue reading →

After what came out of Trump and Giuliani’s spoutholes this weekend, and the minimal pushback given it by the GOP, this is what the Democrats must use as ONE of their campaign platforms in the midterms.

“I’ll never forget it, because he was like an insane man. He was like a panther out of a cage. I had never seen Scheherazade like that.”

Why does it continue to claim that nuclear-generated energy is “carbon-free”? Why? In the Los Angeles Times, Ron Rodarte penned a letter rebutting this pernicious myth, which the LA Times editorial board also tried to perpetuate. “How does one cheer … Continue reading →

and so beautiful: Farrell, Morris, and Paul bourreeing around each other in the dream scene of Balanchine’s Don Quixote, recorded for posterity by Bert Stern at the ballet’s preview premiere night in May 1965.

who shoots herself in the foot on a regular basis. “WHY WAS SHE GIVEN A SHOW IN THE FIRST PLACE?” Kelly Macias at Daily Kos wants to know.