• Meet Musician and Composer Terence Blanchard


    We celebrating Jazz Appreciation month with an in-depth conversation with composer and jazz musician Terence Blanchard.  Terence Blanchard has a long list of exceptional jazz credentials, but he’s most recently found acclaim as the first Black composer to compose an opera presented by the Metropolitan Opera. In this podcast, he discusses how he came to write the opera (which was funded in part by the Arts Endowment), the significance of its playing on the stage of  the Metropoli
  • TIME TRAVELS: When a Poet Clocks More Than the Hours

    If you think the cover design of A. Robert Lee’s TIME TRAVELS recalls the design of City Lights Books’ Pocket Poets Series, you are not wrong. According to its editor, the Cast Iron Poetry Series is intended to emulate that classic line of poetry chapbooks. Lee’s is the 18th title released to date.Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of the section of the book, called “Self-time.”Click to purchase.Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
    —Natha
  • American dream: Los Angeles as it really isn’t – in pictures

    American dream: Los Angeles as it really isn’t – in pictures
    “I found it beautiful and hideous and mysterious all at once,” says George Byrne of Los Angeles, which sparked a creative epiphany in the Sydney-born photographer when he moved there in 2011. Drawn to LA’s “99c stores and gas stations”, Byrne began to shoot in colour and experiment with digital manipulation and collage. The fruits of his explorations are gathered in Post Truth (Hatje Cantz, €54), whose oddly seductive vistas of parking lots and municipal spaces
  • When ewe were young: what can cute baby animals teach us about ageing?

    When ewe were young: what can cute baby animals teach us about ageing?
    From a teacup piglet to a hoary pig, from a menacing owlet to a magnificent bird – Gerrard Gethings’ animal portraits show there’s grace at every ageThey say not to work with babies or animals, but the photographer Gerrard Gethings chose to combine the two for his latest project, a series of portraits of young animals alongside their adult counterparts.Baby Animal Match was conceived as a memory card game, in which players are asked to pair duckling with duck, owlet with owl, h
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  • ‘When I arrived in my clothes, I felt all eyes on me’: Stefano Morelli’s best phone picture

    ‘When I arrived in my clothes, I felt all eyes on me’: Stefano Morelli’s best phone picture
    The Italian photographer on an inspiring trip to a nudist resortThe young Italian man was playing on a basketball court with two friends when professional photographer Stefano Morelli approached him and asked to take his photograph. All four were entirely naked, aside from Giacomo, who had thrown on his orange shirt to play. It was 2014, and all were holidaying in Cap d’Agde in the south of France, within the resort’s naturist village, considered the largest in Europe.“Inside t
  • Nigeria meets Willy Wonka: inside designer Yinka Ilori’s new studio

    Nigeria meets Willy Wonka: inside designer Yinka Ilori’s new studio
    The rule-breaking artist gives us a tour of his joyful spaceThe clashing, freshly painted surfaces of Yinka Ilori’s new studio in west London serve as a colour palette for his design team. “I’ll sometimes find them looking around to find tones to apply to projects,” says the British-Nigerian artist and designer. As you step into the space, there’s a strong powder blue on the wall to your left, a just-paler-than-bubblegum pink on the right, verdant green curtains han
  • From The Northman to Russian Doll: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

    From The Northman to Russian Doll: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
    Whether you want to go on an epic Viking rampage or lose yourself in a mind-bending time-loop drama (or two), our critics have your plans for the next seven daysThe Northman
    Out now
    Robert Eggers’ latest is a violent, striking, epic Viking saga that takes a top drawer cast– including Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Björk and Willem Dafoe – and lets them run absolutely riot in a wild tale of revenge and blood lust in the frozen north.
  • DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES — MCC THEATER, New York, NY

    Following a phase of rapid growth in recent years, MCC Theater seeks a dynamic and experienced Director of Marketing & Audience Services to lead organizational initiatives that will ensure audience engagement while maximizing earned revenue. The ideal candidate will bring the ambition and proven track-record to strategically promote a season of exciting new work, while always strengthening the connection between a diverse audience and the MCC Theater mission. This role requires a savvy and c
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  • DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT – MCC THEATER, New York, NY

    MCC THEATER seeks an innovative, data-driven, and highly collaborative Director of Development to lead their fundraising team. Reporting to the Executive Director and serving as a critical member of the senior leadership team, this individual will drive institutional fundraising strategy and be responsible for cultivation and stewardship of the organization’s principal individual and institutional funders, as well as comprehensive oversight of MCC’s Institutional Giving, Individual G
  • So Globalism Is Dead You Say? Think Again

    So Globalism Is Dead You Say? Think Again
    International data flows surged as the pandemic sent in-person interactions online. The annual growth rate of international internet traffic roughly doubled in 2020. But that was just a one-time spike. – Harvard Business Review

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