It was from a dark old depot, long since forgotten, underneath the terminal that hundreds of Jews were stuffed into cattle cars and shipped to Auschwitz in 1944. After a long and slow start, Milan is now converting the depot into a memorial and library, complete with wooden train cars.
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Mikko Nissinen’s Ten Years At Boston Ballet
“In the past decade, Nissinen has transformed Boston Ballet from a largely conservative classical company” – one saddled with years of debt – “to one known for a distinctive mix of classical story ballets, neoclassical gems by the likes of Balanchine and Robbins, and contemporary fare.”
The Long-Lost Book That Launched The Renaissance
Thanks to a Florentine bookseller in 1417, the seminal ancient Latin text on Epicureanism – a philosophy that surprisingly resembles modern secular humanism – was rediscovered and circulated among the Italian intelligentsia. This text’s ideas arguably made the entire scientific revolution conceivable.
After The Revolution – What Do Egypt’s Writers Do Now?
“Under Mubarak, the Egyptian literary scene, long the center of the Arab cultural universe, floundered.” Now Cairo’s literary éminences grises find themselves in a new world, pleasantly shocked by the younger generations’ courage and creativity.
Where Did Mark Morris Get The Urge To Conduct?
“From getting what I want.”
The Richard Florida Theory Of Reality TV
“What he’s seen has led him to develop a working theory about the genre. It’s not just that a lot of the shows are set in suburbia – suburban life actually creates the appetite for them.”
New Arts Centers Don’t Always Work Out As Planned
As Kansas City prepares to open the new Kauffman Center, Scott Cantrell looks at some of the new centers that did – and that didn’t – live up to their hometowns’ hopes.
Norman Foster’s Planned Apple Headquarters A Retrograde ‘Cocoon,’ Says Critic
Christopher Hawthorne: “Though the planned building has a futuristic gleam … in many ways it is a doggedly old-fashioned proposal, recalling the 1943 Pentagon building as well as much of the suburban corporate architecture of the 1960s and ’70s.”
Dumbing Down The Booker Prize
“Man Booker’s excellent circus would not be the same without the spectacle of breathtaking snubs and horrifying errors of judgment, but this year’s most flagrantly sidelined titles amount, you might think, to a more enticing selection than the actual shortlist.”
Rodin’s “Thinker” Vandalized In Buenos Aires
The bronze work, which is the third of 22 sculptures from the original mould, was spray-painted pink and given green hair and a shoulder tattoo.