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Museums RSS FeedsA rising profile for Miami's indie music scene - Thanks to Miami talents like Rachel Goodrich, the indie rock queen of a town more known for machined bass and beats than for handcrafted songs, the city's reputation as a dead zone for live music may be changing....Feed Source: www.iht.com Sundance tilts to heart-tuggers - If things turn out as expected, festivalgoers will have more to cry about than the room prices at Sundance next year.... The 10 best books of 2008 - The editors of The New York Times Book Review pick the best works from the last year.... 100 notable books of 2008 - The Book Review picks outstanding works from the last year.... Notable children's books of 2008 - Eight exceptional books published in the last year.... A multicultural swirl of Africa, the Americas and even outer space - A decade ago exhibitions linking Africa and the Americas were not uncommon. They are now, though, which may be one reason that "S & M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times" looks so fresh.... The comic writer Robert Siegel visits his darker side - Robert Siegel, the former editor of the fake comic newspaper The Onion is the somewhat surprising screenwriter of "The Wrestler," an austere character study about a professional grappler whose glory days have long since passed him by.... Polanski asks court to dismiss child-sex charge - Lawyers for Roman Polanski made the request based on claims of judicial wrong-doing revealed in a documentary film.... Odetta, voice of American civil rights movement, dies at 77 - The singer, whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 77.... Book review: A Financial History of the World - In this book the author Niall Ferguson looks at the roots of the current economic meltdown.... Barenboim debuts at the Met, at his harmonic best - Daniel Barenboim's long awaited debut at the Met - to conduct Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" - was rhapsodic, impassioned, keenly sensitive to the score's harmonic shifts and architectonic structure.... Naomi Campbell, Britney Spears, Anne Hathaway - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... London theater: An exhilarating 'August: Osage County' and an excellent 'The Pride' - The British premiere of "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts reminds a British public that the American theater can do heavy lifting, too. Alexi Kaye Campbell's "The Pride" marks the debut of a fledgling writer whose voice on this evidence is fully formed.... Maverick animators draw for the adults - An insurgent element of artists in the United States continues to make animation for adults, often with traditional methods of pencil and film.... White Russians arise, this time at a bowling alley - The White Russian, a sweet cocktail made with vodka, Kahlúa and cream or milk, is seeing a renaissance thanks in large part to the cult following of "The Big Lebowski."... Elvis Costello, the TV host of a music talk show - Elvis Costello is the host and the musical director of a music-oriented talk show debuting Dec. 3 on the Sundance Channel.... Van Hove's 'Opening Night': Breaking down walls - The Belgian director Ivo Van Hove is known for his bold, actor-centered stagings of classic dramas. His "Opening Night," based on John Cassavetes's 1977 original screenplay, is making its U.S. premiere this week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.... Britney Spears, Mark Leckey, Travis Barker - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Forget Citigroup, a California puppet show needs a bailout - California's economy has taken a toll on a marionette puppet theater that has enchanted children over nearly five decades.... A concession wrapped in an acceptance - For some viewers, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech was the moment when she finally conceded the election for real.... An ownership battle for a cache of Mexican art - Somewhere a great collection of 20th-century Mexican art has been hidden as a legal battle unfolds over the collection's rightful ownership.... Can Liza Minnelli pull off another comeback? - Her new show, called "Liza's at the Palace ," opens Wednesday in New York and Minnelli says she's "calmer and more focused" these days.... A less friendly Hollywood club - Under a new admissions policy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, once the chummiest club in show business, is becoming more artsy and indie-minded.... The Oscar silly season kicks into gear - In the past two weeks the producers, actors and directors of this season's contenders have been traveling between Los Angeles and New York, holding star-studded screenings, indulging in lavish parties and all but licking the faces of media types and Academy voters in hopes of gaining that ineffable edge.... Book review: 'Alex & Me' - Irene M. Pepperberg writes about her three-decade-long relationship with Alex, the parrot who could identify objects by their color, size and material, and do basic addition.... Design: Limited-edition furniture is feeling the crunch - As the economic crisis has deepened, the once buoyant "design-art" market has floundered. It likely to be especially vulnerable as a young sector where many galleries have never experienced a downturn before.... Winona Ryder, Madonna, Danny Boyle - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Report: China blocks Japan-flavored Taiwan film - China has reversed its decision to import a hit Taiwanese film that highlights Japan's 50-year colonial rule over the island because it may be offensive to nationalist sentiment on the Chinese mainland, news reports said.... In search of the real 'Billy the Kid' - in 'Lucky Billy,' John Vernon has taken what is known about the life of Billy the Kid and filled the wide gaps with fiction.... Kirsten Menger-Anderson's 'Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain' - An overweening confidence in doctors, despite medicine's many missteps and harrowing history, pulses through Kirsten Menger-Anderson's first story collection.... A rising profile for Miami's indie music scene - Thanks to Miami talents like Rachel Goodrich, the indie rock queen of a town more known for machined bass and beats than for handcrafted songs, the city's reputation as a dead zone for live music may be changing.... Sundance tilts to heart-tuggers - If things turn out as expected, festivalgoers will have more to cry about than the room prices at Sundance next year.... The 10 best books of 2008 - The editors of The New York Times Book Review pick the best works from the last year.... 100 notable books of 2008 - The Book Review picks outstanding works from the last year.... Notable children's books of 2008 - Eight exceptional books published in the last year.... A multicultural swirl of Africa, the Americas and even outer space - A decade ago exhibitions linking Africa and the Americas were not uncommon. They are now, though, which may be one reason that "S & M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times" looks so fresh.... The comic writer Robert Siegel visits his darker side - Robert Siegel, the former editor of the fake comic newspaper The Onion is the somewhat surprising screenwriter of "The Wrestler," an austere character study about a professional grappler whose glory days have long since passed him by.... Polanski asks court to dismiss child-sex charge - Lawyers for Roman Polanski made the request based on claims of judicial wrong-doing revealed in a documentary film.... Odetta, voice of American civil rights movement, dies at 77 - The singer, whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 77.... Book review: A Financial History of the World - In this book the author Niall Ferguson looks at the roots of the current economic meltdown.... Barenboim debuts at the Met, at his harmonic best - Daniel Barenboim's long awaited debut at the Met - to conduct Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" - was rhapsodic, impassioned, keenly sensitive to the score's harmonic shifts and architectonic structure.... Naomi Campbell, Britney Spears, Anne Hathaway - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... London theater: An exhilarating 'August: Osage County' and an excellent 'The Pride' - The British premiere of "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts reminds a British public that the American theater can do heavy lifting, too. Alexi Kaye Campbell's "The Pride" marks the debut of a fledgling writer whose voice on this evidence is fully formed.... Maverick animators draw for the adults - An insurgent element of artists in the United States continues to make animation for adults, often with traditional methods of pencil and film.... White Russians arise, this time at a bowling alley - The White Russian, a sweet cocktail made with vodka, Kahlúa and cream or milk, is seeing a renaissance thanks in large part to the cult following of "The Big Lebowski."... Elvis Costello, the TV host of a music talk show - Elvis Costello is the host and the musical director of a music-oriented talk show debuting Dec. 3 on the Sundance Channel.... Van Hove's 'Opening Night': Breaking down walls - The Belgian director Ivo Van Hove is known for his bold, actor-centered stagings of classic dramas. His "Opening Night," based on John Cassavetes's 1977 original screenplay, is making its U.S. premiere this week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.... Britney Spears, Mark Leckey, Travis Barker - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Forget Citigroup, a California puppet show needs a bailout - California's economy has taken a toll on a marionette puppet theater that has enchanted children over nearly five decades.... A concession wrapped in an acceptance - For some viewers, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech was the moment when she finally conceded the election for real.... An ownership battle for a cache of Mexican art - Somewhere a great collection of 20th-century Mexican art has been hidden as a legal battle unfolds over the collection's rightful ownership.... Can Liza Minnelli pull off another comeback? - Her new show, called "Liza's at the Palace ," opens Wednesday in New York and Minnelli says she's "calmer and more focused" these days.... A less friendly Hollywood club - Under a new admissions policy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, once the chummiest club in show business, is becoming more artsy and indie-minded.... The Oscar silly season kicks into gear - In the past two weeks the producers, actors and directors of this season's contenders have been traveling between Los Angeles and New York, holding star-studded screenings, indulging in lavish parties and all but licking the faces of media types and Academy voters in hopes of gaining that ineffable edge.... Book review: 'Alex & Me' - Irene M. Pepperberg writes about her three-decade-long relationship with Alex, the parrot who could identify objects by their color, size and material, and do basic addition.... Design: Limited-edition furniture is feeling the crunch - As the economic crisis has deepened, the once buoyant "design-art" market has floundered. It likely to be especially vulnerable as a young sector where many galleries have never experienced a downturn before.... Winona Ryder, Madonna, Danny Boyle - A roundup of the day's celebrity news.... Report: China blocks Japan-flavored Taiwan film - China has reversed its decision to import a hit Taiwanese film that highlights Japan's 50-year colonial rule over the island because it may be offensive to nationalist sentiment on the Chinese mainland, news reports said.... In search of the real 'Billy the Kid' - in 'Lucky Billy,' John Vernon has taken what is known about the life of Billy the Kid and filled the wide gaps with fiction.... Kirsten Menger-Anderson's 'Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain' - An overweening confidence in doctors, despite medicine's many missteps and harrowing history, pulses through Kirsten Menger-Anderson's first story collection.... Events at the Old Operating Theatre Museum - The latest events held by the Museum... Grants received by the Old Operating Theatre Museum - Details of grants and projects undertaken by the Museum ... Development Plan for the Old Operating Theatre Museum - Opportunity to look at the plans to improve the Museum - could we purchase the Church below the herb Garret?... News from the Old Operating Theatre Museum - News from our Home Page... History of Medicine Pages - Major rewrite of the History of Medicine Page ... Latest Press Releases from the Museum - The latest press releases from the Old Operating Theatre Museum ... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |