A credit line printed on the back cover of Nourished by Time’s strangely sublime debut — “written, mixed, produced & recorded by Marcus Brown in his parents basement in Baltimore, MD” — tells us so much about how inventive music gets invented, or, more specifically, how visionary artists are capable of making highly original, artfully … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save By the time Lauren Marte and her 9-year-old daughter, Lyla Quinones Marte, walked into the Regal movie theater in Charlotte, they had already made a day of cosplaying Beyoncé. They began their Sunday with a mani-pedi at the nail salon then rolled up to the … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save More choruses should make an entrance like the Washington Douglass Chorale. As evening settled in on Sunday, the 47 choristers filed two-by-two down the center aisle of National United Methodist Church reverently toting little battery-powered candles and singing the plainsong hymn “Of the Father’s Love … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save StarSolidStarSolidStarHalfStarOutline(2.5 stars) Of Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, “Eileen” — the 1964-set story of a mousy prison secretary outside Boston who discovers her darker self — reviewer Patrick Anderson wrote in The Washington Post that the 2015 book “may bore some readers and repulse others, but … Read more
There are many ways to hear “Padam Padam.” First, as Edith Piaf dancing to Kraftwerk in a loud nightclub. Then, as a virality that swiftly thumped across the wilds of TikTok. By summertime, it had become the unofficial theme song of Pride Month. Now, in hindsight, it’s a hit that makes Minogue appear as durable … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save StarSolidStarSolidStarSolidStarSolid(4 stars) In a sea of exemplar video games released in 2023, “Alan Wake 2” is the work most interested in pushing the boundaries of its franchise, its genre and even its medium. More than any recent year, 2023’s guntlet of critically acclaimed games made … Read more
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Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save NEW YORK and PARIS — Support for the arts is usually built on the assumption that art is good for you, and good for society. This tends to translate to bankrolling art that is public-spirited, self-improving and uplifting. But at a certain point early in … Read more
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Highlights of a busy art year included a blockbuster Vermeer show, Manet and Degas side-by-side, and a hip-hop celebration. Source link