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WWhy write lyrics about music, Hans Keller once asked, when you can write lyrics about music instead? His mid-century sound works were not much more than an experimental curiosity, but one that reveals the processes of translation, mediation and re-creation…

This futuristic fantasy by a Japanese director Hideki Noda higher goals. It begins with no one but God looking at the Tower of Babel, which rises up like a high ceiling. Check out this irreverent drama about the age of…

AAmerica’s 250th anniversary celebrations are not planned. Wealth of Actions are out of semiquincentennial concerts. The humor of Donald Trump’s preparations for the Triumphal Arch at the Great American State Fair is evident. Some of Disney’s celebrated Americana costumes were…

DDid you know your name when you were five years old? The more you think about it, the harder it is to answer. Most of us would be lucky enough to not have this problem – parents or guardians are…

In a plot fit only for ancient bards, this summer’s hottest movie isn’t a classic, or a weird yarn, or a crinolines-and-bonnets period drama. Instead, it’s based on a nearly 3,000-year-old poem, which filmmaker Christopher Nolan is releasing as a…

The Russian army wants to capture the remaining 20 percent of the eastern region of Donetsk in Ukraine by the end of the year, since – according to Kyiv – they have failed to achieve the previous 14 days. According…

TThe project: Five composers create new dances in response to Siobhan Davies’ 1977 solo Sphinx. What could happen: they have never seen the Sphinx. The start of this year-long project (there will be 20 choreographers by the end) is not…

Tthis place was once filled with conversation, the smell of cooking, laughter, comfort. Now I’m looking into a quiet, trash-strewn abyss. The eyewitness accounts that accompany photographer Alan Gignoux’s black and white photographs of Palestinian refugees and the homes they…

Anastasiia Berezovska was identified as the main suspect who injured the Ukrainian architect Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and his son. Published on 3 Jul 20263 July 2026 Interpol has identified a Ukrainian woman as the suspected mastermind of a bomb…