“But the original tapestry ends before the coronation of William in London on Christmas Day in 1066. The last of the three new panels now depict William arriving in London to be crowned.”
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James DePreist, 76, Beloved And Pioneering Conductor
“Though he was reluctant to be seen as a role model on the basis of his race, rather than purely for his musical accomplishments, he still understood, he said, that young black musicians regarded him as a role model, much as they had revered his aunt, the great contralto Marian Anderson.”
The Duke’s Swinging Girls, Or, How To Deal With Opera Librettos
“The subtitles also use words and phrases like ‘yikes,’ ‘get a load of the new dupe,’ ‘jackpot,’ ‘pack of lousy, rotten rats,’ ‘home run’ and ‘dreamboat,’ none of which, it is safe to say, would have been uttered by Verdi or Piave.”
When Critics Went Mad With Disgust: The ‘Tate War’ And Its Deadly Fallout
“The real casualty of this battle, in Kitaj’s eyes, was his beloved wife and muse, Sandra Fisher, who died of a brain aneurysm aged 47, two weeks after his Tate show opened, and whose death the painter blamed directly on the shock of his very public critical humiliation.”
Stop Blaming Liberal Arts Majors For The Economy
“If liberal arts majors ‘didn’t learn much in school,’ as Jane Shaw put it in the Wall Street Journal, why haven’t they always had trouble finding work? Are there just more of them now, or is this lack of learning just a recent phenomenon?”
Your Acting Career Is More Important Than Plastic Surgery (Says Kathy Baker)
“It’s the thing of continuing to play your age and accepting it when you’re younger and you suddenly realize, oh, now I’m playing the mom, oh, I’m playing the grandma. Some parts are smaller.”
Buy A 3D Printer, And Move To The Moon?
“The architects have focused on a weight-bearing ‘catenary’ dome design using a cellular wall to help shield future moon astronauts from micrometeorites and provide some protection against space radiation — two of the prime dangers of living and working on the lunar surface.”
The NEA’s Chief of Staff – And Where He Thinks The Arts Are Going
Jamie Bennett: “I have a lonely, little liberal arts BA and absolutely no training in measurement, statistics, or research methods, so any opinion I offer may be the result of too little formal education. But that said, I feel that all too often people can get bollixed up in a lot of jargon and fancy flow charts.”
Court Ruling May Signal The End Of Anonymous Auctions
“Anonymity is often prized because it protects personal privacy and allows institutions quietly to sell items from their collections that they no longer need. In some cases it can also cloak the embarrassment of debt or help sellers avoid setting off family conflicts.”
No, This Ballet Doesn’t Feature A Singing Crab
John Neumeier’s 2005 Little Mermaid “features a mermaid who gets her tail violently torn off by an evil Sea Witch. Consequently, she spends some of her time onstage in a wheelchair, doesn’t get to live happily ever after with her prince and… often looks deliberately uncoordinated and tortured.”