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Too many people in the world isn’t the problem—people are the problem
By Arthur Krystal Sunday, September 15, 2024
The Sound of the Picturesque
Charles Ives and the Visual
By Tim Barringer Friday, September 13, 2024
Battle Hymns
Charles Ives and the Civil War
By Allen C. Guelzo Thursday, September 12, 2024
“The Bird of Night” by Randall Jarrell
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Anchoring Shards of Memory
We don’t often associate Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler, but both
composers mined the past to root themselves in an unstable present
By Joseph Horowitz Monday, September 9, 2024
The Power of the Common Soul
Ives, music-making, and hope
By J. Peter Burkholder Monday, September 9, 2024
A Toothsome Tale
Bill Schutt chomps through millennia to share the story of our pearly whites
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 6, 2024
An American in Berlin
Aaron Copland’s 1970 visit to Germany
By Sudip Bose Thursday, May 3, 2018
Time Well Spent
The life-affirming pleasure of childcare
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 2, 2018
The Year That Spring Did Not Come
Looking back on the turmoil of 1968
By Walter Nicklin Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Literary Life on the Rocks
A writer’s own ordeal highlights the banal sameness of addiction
By Domenica Ruta Monday, March 5, 2018
Galleries of the World
An interview with the Met’s Daniel H. Weiss
By Robert J. Bliwise Monday, March 5, 2018
What Is a Dog?
Friendship, faith, and love, for starters—yet our relationships with our canine companions contain many more unfathomable mysteries
By Chloe Shaw Monday, March 5, 2018
Going Dutch
In these relentlessly disruptive times, 17th-century canvases from the Netherlands can provide moments of solace and hope
By Jason Wilson Monday, March 5, 2018
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Plus: Augustine Sedgewick makes a new discovery about Thoreau, Joseph Horowitz brings Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler together, and Debra Spark cries foul … ball
Plus: Augustine Sedgewick makes a new discovery about Thoreau, Joseph Horowitz brings Charles Ives and Gustav Mahler together, and Debra Spark cries foul … ball
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Tuesday, September 3, 2024
We Are the Borg
Is the convergence of human and machine really upon us?
By Sam Kean Friday, August 16, 2024
Femmes Fantastiques
Mickalene Thomas and the art of remixing
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, July 25, 2024
The Rescuer
In search of the Underground Railroad’s legendary conductor
By Danielle Amir Jackson Monday, June 3, 2024
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Tuesday, September 3, 2024
We Are the Borg
Is the convergence of human and machine really upon us?
By Sam Kean Friday, August 16, 2024
Femmes Fantastiques
Mickalene Thomas and the art of remixing
By Stephanie Bastek Thursday, July 25, 2024
The Rescuer
In search of the Underground Railroad’s legendary conductor