It’s more than 100 years since the birth of Greek-American soprano Maria Callas, and still no one in the opera world has rivalled her. Equally resilient is her reputation as a prima... Read more »
The spectacle of Donald Trump selling $60 Bibles is “a spit in the face of people that really believe”, the Rev Al Sharpton said, amid widespread backlash over the presumptive Republican presidential... Read more »
A city landmark prepares for the end of the month. Source link Read more »
In early 2021, the writer Lucy Sante sent an e-mail to her closest friends. Its subject was “A Bombshell,” which Sante later joked was an unintentional pun. In the text she attached,... Read more »
Date and Time April 4, 20248:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ETApril 5, 20248:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. ET Location Virtual and in person at the Neuroscience Center Building (6001 Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD) Overview The Eunice Kennedy Shriver... Read more »
China’s rise and its importance to international relations as a discipline-defining phenomenon is well recognized. Yet when scholars analyze China’s foreign relations, they typically focus on Beijing’s military power, economic might, or... Read more »
Helen Garner was born in Geelong, Australia, in 1942. She worked as a teacher and as a journalist before her first novel, Monkey Grip, came out in 1977. Garner has since published... Read more »
On 8 August 1944, an Amsterdam tram took Anne Frank from Weteringschans prison, past the “secret annexe” where she had hidden from the Nazis, on the start of a journey to her... Read more »
“I don’t mind them making effigies of us in chocolate, but biting off the ears is too much.” Source link Read more »