Oh yes, they do happen – as recently as last year in India, and in 2007 in the U.S. (in Omaha). One major problem, though, is serving the defendant with papers. Seriously.
Author: Matthew Westphal
David Wulstan, 80, Pioneer In Revival Of Tudor-Era Music
As a scholar, he reconstructed Thomas Tallis’s great Mass setting for Christmas, Missa Puer natus est, and much of the surviving music by John Sheppard, whome he saved from oblivion. As a musician, he founded the hugely influential choir The Clerkes of Oxenford, whose distinctive sound and performing style paved the way for world-famous ensembles The Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen.
Gerard Manley Hopkins’s Poetry Deserves To Be Included In The Gay Canon
Hopkins? Arguably the most fervently Catholic poet in the English language? Oh yes. “The more one reads Hopkins, the more one becomes convinced that his particular torture was to have realised the intensely carnal nature of his own spirituality.”
A ‘Requiem’ For The Martyrs Of Emanuel AME Church
Peter Dobrin talks to composer Hannibal Lokumbe (currently composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra) about his new oratorio, Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a Traveling, which premieres on the second anniversary of the massacre in the historic Charleston church.
You’re A Dancer And You’re Abroad – How Do You Take Class In A Language You Don’t Speak?
“Dancers are used to communicating with their bodies. But they can forget how much they rely on verbal cues until the directions are spoken in a different language.” Nevertheless, it can be done; Garnet Henderson offers four hints for how to manage it.
How Howard Shalwitz Led DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre From Madcap Hole-In-The-Wall To New Play Powerhouse
“Washington theater is a city of niches, and few brands are as indelible as Woolly Mammoth’s. A ‘Woolly play’ is new, big, wild. The acting is hyper-real. The design might blow up. The whole thing can soar or splat. Howard Shalwitz laid down those markers when he [co-]created Woolly in 1980 … For 37 years, Shalwitz – who announced his retirement Tuesday as of the end of the 2017-2018 season – has stuck to those guns.”
The 25 Best Films Of The 21st Century – So Far (Per The New York Times)
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott: “We are now approximately one-sixth of the way through the 21st century, and thousands of movies have already been released. Which means that it’s high time for the sorting – and the fighting – to start. … While we’re sure almost everyone will agree with our choices, we’re equally sure that those of you who don’t will let us know.”
If Strads Lose In Blind Tests With New Violins, That’s Good News For Musicians
With Stradivarius instruments being found to sound no better than top-quality new violins in test after test, Hazel Rowland argues that violinists can be free of the tyranny of limited Strad supply and seven-figure prices. (Even so, as Rowland acknowledges, the power of the myth will persist.)
Lost Caravaggio Portrait Of Leonardo Da Vinci Turns Up In Vegas, Says Report (Or Is It Fake News?)
“News of the painting arrives exclusively from a press release issued by an organization called News Press International (NPI), which also shared a video recap of the gallery event. … The only expert involved in this case who is identified is Curtis Dowling, an art forgery investigator. Perhaps you know him as host of CNBC’s reality TV series Treasure Detectives.”
Getty Museum Gets $31M Italian Old Master Because No UK Museum Tried To Match Price
“The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has successfully acquired Parmigianino’s £24.5m painting of The Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalen and the Infant St John the Baptist. … The painting was sold by the Dent-Brocklehurst family of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, and has been in the UK for nearly 250 years.”