When the superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel took the podium at Usher Hall in Edinburgh on Saturday night to lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, there were the usual cheers from...
Read moreOn a Friday night, at the center of the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet, a large stage at this open-air California market stood in front of an expanse of picnic tables and...
Read moreOn YouTube, fans have posted multiple compilations of contestants summoned to come on down to the podiums of “The Price Is Right.” They are screaming, they are hyperventilating, they are fully freaking...
Read moreThe unspoken keyword was “networking.” Hired and eventually promoted to correspondent and commentator, Weidenfeld lunched with his colleague George Orwell, roomed with Diana Athill and started a New Yorkerish magazine called Contact...
Read moreIn a world where Hollywood often paints hackers as enigmatic figures equipped with sophisticated technology, the reality can sometimes be startlingly different. Instead of high-tech gadgets and fancy setups, a simple Amazon...
Read morePokémon Go made billions of dollars getting people to roam the great outdoors. Now, the company behind the global game phenomenon is trying to get people to go to bed.Pokémon Sleep records...
Read moreBob Barker, whose warmth and wit as the host of “The Price Is Right” for nearly four decades beckoned legions of giddy Americans to a stage promising luxury vacations and brand-new cars,...
Read moreDavid LaFlamme, who infused the psychedelic rock of the 1960s with the plaintive sounds of an electric violin as a founder of It’s a Beautiful Day, the ethereal San Francisco band whose...
Read moreThe Creative Administration Research program pairs choreographers with what it calls thought partners, collaborators who might be business-minded arts administrators, funders or presenters, but who are also often working artists. The composer...
Read moreKab, a 2-year-old Doberman wearing a blue bandanna, is noticeably anxious.Sometimes called “cupcake,” he is roughly the size and weight of a teenage boy and has the energy to match. At the...
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