Why Is There No Oscar for Best Choreography?
Imaginative dance abounds in Hollywood, but its creators remain unheralded at awards time.Imaginative dance abounds in Hollywood, but its creators remain unheralded […]
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Playing Infinite Craft Is Like Peering Into an A.I.’s Brain
A large language model generates answers as gamers combine blocks of text. It can get as weird as “Farming Simulator 2013: Furry […]
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Wanted: Writers for Awards Show Jokes. Must Be Skilled at Diplomacy
Hosts who have to entertain insiders at the ceremony and outsiders watching at home. Presenters who change their minds. No wonder the […]
Read moreReview: Jews Flee to China in New York Philharmonic’s ‘Émigré’
“Émigré,” a bland oratorio about brothers who flee to China to escape Nazi persecution, was given its American premiere by the New […]
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On Mexico’s Border, an Architect Takes Small Steps to the Future
With her library, senior center, markets and sports complexes, Fernanda Canales is bringing a sense of community, beauty and safety to underserved […]
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Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks
Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of […]
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This Couple Won the N.Y.C. Housing Lottery and Their Dream Apartment
During the quarantine, a couple worked hard on an application for the city’s housing lottery, and their efforts paid off: a two-bedroom […]
Read more$2.5 Million Homes in California
A midcentury-modern retreat in Palm Springs, a hillside house in wine country and a three-bedroom home with a guesthouse and recording studio […]
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When a Math Museum Moves, Geometry Helps
The National Museum of Mathematics is shifting to temporary space in a former gym on Fifth Avenue. The National Museum of Mathematics […]
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North Carolina’s Race for Governor: Expensive, Closely Watched and Probably Tight
The leading candidates — Josh Stein, the Democratic attorney general, and Mark Robinson, the Republican lieutenant governor — could not be more […]
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