Jason Renaud The past few weeks, Labrinth has been riding a high. Last month, the artist, producer and Emmy-winning “ Euphoria ” composer delivered the biggest performances of his career at Coachella. One of the most talked about sets of the festival, Labrinth surprised fans with special guests both weekends: Billie Eilish came out during […]
Playwright Arthur Miller (pictured here in 1963) wrote some of his most iconic works in this small shed. Efforts are underway to restore and preserve the shack, which fell into disrepair after Miller’s death. In the waning days of his life, Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, insisted on being at his Roxbury home as […]
Since artificial intelligence-powered text-generation tools were made widely available to the public in the past few months, they’ve been heralded by some as the future of email, internet search, and content generation. But these AI-powered tools also have some clear shortcomings: They tend to be incorrect , and often generate answers that reinforce racial biases, […]
HBO / ABC / Hulu Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys , Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in […]
Faust and Mephistopheles. Painting by Anton Kaulbach, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. I first discovered opera in 1991, when my tenth-grade English teacher killed a couple of class periods by showing the movie Amadeus . The bits it contained of The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni were seductive enough to send me to the nearest outpost […]
UM-Flint Marian E. Wright Writing Center staff members prepare for upcoming Dungeons & Dragons summer camp. Normally, the University of Michigan-Flint’s Marian E. Wright Writing Center acts as a haven for students, faculty and staff when it comes to formatting, writing and revising a paper or speech. But recently, the center’s staff found themselves encouraging […]
Marvel Comics has always had a tighter grip on its continuity than its competitor. While DC only figured out they wanted a connected universe gradually, everyone at Marvel knew from the beginning their world was connected. This led to stronger stories for a long period of time, and Marvel’s more relatable characters were easy to […]
The author R.F. Kuang at the Boston Public Library this month. She knows “Yellowface” might make some readers uneasy: That’s the point. “Reading about racism should not be a feel-good experience.”Credit…Sophie Park for The New York Times Everything about R.F. Kuang’s novel “Yellowface” feels engineered to make readers uncomfortable. There’s the title, which is awkward […]
