Arts RSS : Gourt http://arts.gourt.com/xml en-us Copyright 2007, Gourt.com 2009-11-07T04:58+04:00 rtruog@gourt.com rtruog@gourt.com Arts RSS : Gourt hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120176695&ft=1&f=1008 When Life Is This Hard, Stubbornness Is A Virtue http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120058151&ft=1&f=1008 Portraits Of A Blended Nation http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114388257&ft=1&f=1008 Come And Play: 'Sesame Street' Celebrates 40 Years http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120137875&ft=1&f=1008 The Man Behind Miss Piggy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120167748&ft=1&f=1008 A Stroll Among The Memories On 'Sesame Street' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120165667&ft=1&f=1008 Nat Geo Photo Contest Comes To A Close http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114385317&ft=1&f=1008 Excerpt: 'Invisible' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120161868&ft=1&f=1008 A Great Chef Fires Up The Heat, 'Ad Hoc' Style http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120133084&ft=1&f=1008 Recipe: Iceberg Lettuce Slices http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120069454&ft=1&f=1008 'Fourth Kind': She Can See Aliens From Her House http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120053750&ft=1&f=1008 'Turning Green,' Longing For Red, White And Blue http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120053854&ft=1&f=1008 Disney Kicks The Dickens Out Of 'Christmas Carol' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120063981&ft=1&f=1008 Michael Ruppert, Explaining The Coming 'Collapse' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120064790&ft=1&f=1008 Excerpt: 'Denialism' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120140281&ft=1&f=1008 Video Game Review | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: A Game That Takes Aim at Bigger Screens http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f3753f4dbfab08d6d73e3cf890a6f931 Music Review | New York City Opera: City Opera Returns in Its Newly Inviting Home http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e06326e168ad05edd20fc0bf1c56475a Long-Delayed Opening for History of, and by, Joseph Papp http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d214a8b51ff6b22e66e992e05033654b Exhibition Review | 'A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy': At the Morgan, the Jane Austen Her Family Knew http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2eba0a1fed0880e559f5266ad528a4be Wanda Sykes Has a Show (or So They Tell Her) http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=de9744db292864a0c479b036130af8e7 Dance Review | Cave New York Butoh Festival: From Tokyo, a Stripped-Down Movement Style http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=32ff0b3ee0f72202d9e01bf3b152bb8b Theater Review | 'The Lily’s Revenge': The Bridegroom Wore Eye Shadow, Petals and Lime Fishnet http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3879b35253769baedb651a0981192676 ‘Spider-Man’ Is Given a New Lead Producer http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=315708ac3e7159a09c29e4d33fab5eb9 Television: Same Street, Different World: ‘Sesame’ Turns 40 http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e4e2565fab592e84250b7d7a174f22bc Dance Review | Nancy Garcia and Chase Granoff: Looking Back, and Taking It Forward http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ed91e2e020702ca04dca5b2aa5d10a52 Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Swirling Sonorities, With Asian Poems Translated Into German http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e0705b8b26d5d7e8c06ab74b65af5a60 Dance Review | 92nd Street Y: Following Many Famous Footsteps Through the 92nd Street Y http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=30ec195344a9825d5750ae8807f9cc23 Stacy Rowles, Jazz Musician, Is Dead at 54 http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=413a6ec066f5cdac8968366da26e6f2a Nien Cheng, Memoirist, Is Dead at 94 http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=06a7ae14119720fa088687833fb3a9f4 Bridge: Wondering What to Lead? Listen Closely to the Bidding http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=edb2f2a03de984d1d449c19b92ac6af2 A Rally Marked by Bold Strokes http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a8780ba9a6737629a7ed22aeef41681b Reassessing Artworks of Ancient Rome http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e05c3b2c6e9f9504ae460c81a5ce5252 With Top Quality Offerings, Sotheby's Nets $181 Million http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c90fe226105f728fef5fd0d9eacb0dc2 Christie's Amasses $65.67 Million in a Sparse Impressionist Sale http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5104976b7162765807cc3e12bb3c1391 On the London Stage: Bedroom Distress, and Tragedy in Art and Life http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=32ba0de0c2ec9132be7b1b458282f680 Opera Review: Domingo Excels as Boccanegra http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=66d9b770d3278b2fabc9f8fe15668248 Peter Schjeldahl: French Connection http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/09/091109gonb_GOAT_notebook_schjeldahl Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous? http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/11/09/091109crat_atlarge_lepore Hilton Als: Matinée Idol http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/09/091109gonb_GOAT_notebook_als Goings on About Town: The View from Abroad http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2009/11/09/091109gomo_GOAT_movies_brody Hollywood has always been a haven for immigrants with talent. One of the greatest, Ernst Lubitsch, arrived there from Germany in the early nineteen-twenties, not pushed by political turmoil but pulled by money. American wealth is at the heart of his 1938 comedy, “Bluebeard’ . . .]]> Goings on About Town: The Theatre http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/theatre/2009/11/09/091109goth_GOAT_theatre OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. THE AGE OF IRON To kick off the Classic Stage Company season, Brian Kulick adapts and directs a mashup of Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida” and Thomas Heywood’ . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/readings/2009/11/09/091109goab_GOAT_above1 Goings on About Town: On the Horizon http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/horizon/2009/11/09/091109gohz_GOAT_horizon Goings on About Town: Night Life http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2009/11/09/091109goni_GOAT_nightlife ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. BARBÈS 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn (347-422-0248)—Nov. 6: The folk-inspired Wingdale Community Singers are the novelist Rick Moody and the musicians Hannah . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Movies http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2009/11/09/091109gomo_GOAT_movies OPENING ACT OF GOD This documentary, by Jennifer Baichwal, explores the effects of being hit by lightning. Opening Nov. 4. (IFC Center.) THE BOX A science-fiction fantasy, directed by Richard Kelly, about a box that makes its bearers instantly rich but kills someone they know. Starring Cameron Diaz . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Dance http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/dance/2009/11/09/091109goda_GOAT_dance Goings on About Town: Classical Music http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/classical/2009/11/09/091109gocl_GOAT_classical OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” offered with an able cast that includes Joyce DiDonato (as Rosina), Barry Banks, Franco Vassallo, John Del Carlo, and Roberto Scandiuzzi; Maurizio Benini conducts. (Nov. 4 at 8 and Nov. 7 at 8:30.) | Robert Lepage’s interactive production of . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Art http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/art/2009/11/09/091109goar_GOAT_art MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Vermeer’s Masterpiece ‘The Milkmaid.’ ” Through Nov. 29. | “Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868.” Through Jan. 10. | “Looking In: Robert Frank’s ‘The Americans . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/above/2009/11/09/091109goab_GOAT_above Elizabeth Kolbert: Should you eat meat? http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/09/091109crbo_books_kolbert Books: "Too Big to Fail" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/09/091109crbn_brieflynoted4 Books: "The Locust and the Bird" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/09/091109crbn_brieflynoted3 Books: "Hell" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/09/091109crbn_brieflynoted2 Anthony Lane: Rambling Man http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/09/091109gonb_GOAT_notebook_lane Vince Aletti: MOMA’s annual “New Photography” exhibition. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/02/091102gonb_GOAT_notebook_aletti Sasha Frere-Jones: Beating The Sistema http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/02/091102gonb_GOAT_notebook_frerejones John Lahr: Patrick Marber updates Strindberg. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/theatre/2009/11/02/091102crth_theatre_lahr Goings on About Town: The Theatre http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/theatre/2009/11/02/091102goth_GOAT_theatre Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/readings/2009/11/02/091102goab_GOAT_above1 Goings on About Town: On the Horizon http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/horizon/2009/11/02/091102gohz_GOAT_horizon Goings on About Town: Night Life http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2009/11/02/091102goni_GOAT_nightlife Goings on About Town: Movies http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2009/11/02/091102gomo_GOAT_movies Goings on About Town: Isaac Mizrahi http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/2009/11/02/091102goav_GOAT_avenue_marx Isaac Mizrahi’s brand-new shop on the Upper East Side is long and slender, like a fashion model—except, of course, not as slender. It is the designer’s first boutique. “I never was someone who thought it was my job to . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Dance http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/dance/2009/11/02/091102goda_GOAT_dance Goings on About Town: Classical Music http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/classical/2009/11/02/091102gocl_GOAT_classical Goings on About Town: Art http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/art/2009/11/02/091102goar_GOAT_art MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Vermeer’s Masterpiece ‘The Milkmaid’ ” sets an example for recession-era museum practice. The single guest diva, from the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, heads a cast of local talent: the Met’s . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/above/2009/11/02/091102goab_GOAT_above Elizabeth Kolbert: Rumors in an age of unreason. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/02/091102crbo_books_kolbert David Denby: Tales of Amelia Earhart, Valery Gergiev, and the Paris Opera Ballet. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/11/02/091102crci_cinema_denby David Denby: “Ride the High Country,” at BAM. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/02/091102gonb_GOAT_notebook_denby Books: "The Man in the Wooden Hat" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/02/091102crbn_brieflynoted2 Books: "The Humbling" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/02/091102crbn_brieflynoted1 Books: "The American Leonardo" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/02/091102crbn_brieflynoted3 Books: "Eating" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/11/02/091102crbn_brieflynoted4 Ben Greenman: New releases from Harper Simon and Richmond Fontaine. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/recordings/2009/11/02/091102gore_GOAT_recordings_greenman Harper Simon may be his father’s child, but he’s no child. Simon, the oldest son of Paul Simon, was the subject of songs like “St. Judy’s Comet” (“Little sleepy boy / Do you know what time it is? / Well . . .]]> Alex Ross: Suzanne Fiol’s legacy. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2009/11/02/091102gonb_GOAT_notebook_ross Goings on About Town: The Theatre http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/theatre/2009/10/26/091026goth_GOAT_theatre OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. AFTER MISS JULIE Sienna Miller stars in Patrick Marber’s adaptation of Strindberg’s play from 1888, about an upper-class girl who preys on a servant at her father . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/readings/2009/10/26/091026goab_GOAT_above1 Goings on About Town: On the Horizon http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/horizon/2009/10/26/091026gohz_GOAT_horizon Goings on About Town: Night Life http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2009/10/26/091026goni_GOAT_nightlife ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL 237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—Oct. 23: Bobby Brown. Not to be outdone by the comeback of his more famous . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Movies http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2009/10/26/091026gomo_GOAT_movies OPENING AMELIA A bio-pic about Amelia Earhart. Directed by Mira Nair; starring Hilary Swank and Ewan McGregor. Opening Oct. 23. (In wide release.) ANTICHRIST Reviewed this week in The Current Cinema. Opening Oct. 23. (In limited release.) ASTRO BOY An animated adaptation of the Japanese comic-book series . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Dance http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/dance/2009/10/26/091026goda_GOAT_dance Goings on About Town: Classical Music http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/classical/2009/10/26/091026gocl_GOAT_classical OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA “Aida,” featuring Violeta Urmana, Dolora Zajick, Johan Botha, and Carlo Guelfi in the leading roles; The estimable Daniele Gatti conducts. (Oct. 21 at 8 and Oct. 24 at 1.) | The beautiful Marschallin—Renée Fleming, completely in her element—in “ . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Art http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/art/2009/10/26/091026goar_GOAT_art MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Vermeer’s Masterpiece ‘The Milkmaid.’” Through Nov. 29. | “Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868.” Opens Oct. 21. | “Looking In: Robert Frank’s ‘ . . .]]> Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/above/2009/10/26/091026goab_GOAT_above Books: "Cockroach" http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/10/26/091026crbn_brieflynoted4 Dudamel unleashes Verdi's Requiem http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1107/p17s13-algn.html Review: 'The Maid' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1107/p17s02-almo.html Review: 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1107/p17s03-almo.html Review: 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1107/p17s04-almo.html Review: 'Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1107/p17s01-almo.html Horton Foote: The playwright's 'Odyssey' for modern times http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1104/p17s01-almp.html With ratings fall, Jay Leno show is 'everybody's favorite pinata' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1105/p02s13-usgn.html Yankees win World Series 2009 on the back of Matsui http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1105/p02s10-usgn.html Monsters of Folk: Making hits without the hype http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1102/p17s02-almp.html Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1102/p17s01-algn.html In Yankees-Phillies Game 5, Utley a home-run machine http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1103/p02s15-usgn.html Alex Rodriguez earns his keep in Game 4 of World Series http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1102/p02s01-usgn.html Calling Rocky Balboa! After Game 3 Phillies need a comeback. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1101/p02s01-usgn.html Why can't Green Bay get over Brett Favre? http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1101/p02s04-usgn.html Movie review: 'Skin' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1030/p17s01-almo.html Movie review: 'The Yes Men Fix the World' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1030/p12s01-almo.html Movie review: 'Visual Acoustics' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1030/p17s02-almo.html For Pedro Martinez, déjà vu in loss to the Yankees http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1030/p02s19-usgn.html Review: 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1028/p17s04-almo.html Cliff Lee beats Yankees with one hand behind his back http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1029/p02s16-usgn.html Ski jumping on plastic? How Olympians train before the snow flies. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1029/p06s16-woam.html 'This Is It': Michael Jackson's earnings boom http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1029/p02s22-usgn.html Sophisticated puppetry draws young and old in month-long Chinese festival http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1026/p17s01-algn.html Six Picks: Recommendations from theater critic Christopher Wallenberg http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1026/p17s02-almp.html Who owns an artist's legacy? http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1026/p27s01-algn.html