viernes, 29 de abril de 2011

Arts


Daniel Barry for The New York Times
The first family of Afro-Cuban jazz, the O’Farrill clan, helped invent the genre and have worked to reinvigorate it; members will play in the coming ¡Si Cuba! festival.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS'
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Herzog Finds His Inner Cave Man

From Werner Herzog, an inside 3-D look at the astonishing Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc.
ART REVIEW
“Breaking Ground: The Whitney's Founding Collection” is the first of six back-to-back exhibitions from the museum's permanent collection, this one featuring work made between 1900 and 1935.

Mrs. Whitney’s All-American Salon

The Whitney Museum of American Art is showing the first of a series of six permanent-collection exhibitions.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES

‘33 Revolutions Per Minute’

“33 Revolutions Per Minute” by Dorian Lynskey is a history of protest songs as vehicles for propaganda or broad social change.
Hans-Peter Feldmann in 2010.

Artist’s Guggenheim Show: 100,000 $1 Bills on the Wall

“I would like to show the quantity of it,” explains Hans-Peter Feldmann, the German artist who won the $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize.
ARTSBEAT
Get Your Royal Wedding Fix on TV

Get Your Royal Wedding Fix on TV

The pandemonium will begin in the wee hours of the morning in the United States, but the TV networks will converge on Westminster Abbey for live coverage, and no shortage of commentary.

Donation for a Lucerne Opera House Is in Dispute

A foundation says $137 million was promised, but with the benefactor now dead, the money has not come through.

Lincoln Center to Venture Into China as Adviser for a Performing Arts Project

Lincoln Center officials were expected to sign a three-year agreement to advise a Chinese state-owned company on cultural programming for its proposed arts center.

Back-to-Basics Bowling (No Fancy-Pants Stuff)

Though bowling in Manhattan has become complicated by dress codes and expensive food, there are places a subway ride away where nostalgic fans of casual bowling can enjoy the sport.

Podcast: Music

This week: the serenity and anxiety of Fleet Foxes; Gerald Clayton and the state of the piano trio in jazz; and a eulogy for Poly Styrene. Ben Ratliff is the host.

Abroad

Michael Kimmelman on culture and society in Europe and beyond.

Find your comprehensive television listings with this easy-to-use program guide.
New York Today

A free weekday e-mail newsletter featuring the best local offerings from all areas of NYTimes.com — business, arts, sports, dining, style and more.
THE SCOOP

New York City iPhone App

Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.
The Listings
Longer versions of selected event listings in the New York area this week are now available online.
SUMMER MOVIES
Kenneth Branagh on the set of “Thor,” the 3-D film based on the Marvel comic-book hero.

Creating a God, With Links to Olivier

Kenneth Branagh, often considered to be contemporary cinema’s leading interpreter of Shakespeare, has surprised many fans by directing a $150 million 3-D version of “Thor.”
SUMMER MOVIES

Gosh, Sweetie, That’s a Big Gun

The summer season brings a cavalcade of testosterone-fueled action heroes, but in the last year some women and girls have been shooting and clawing their way into macho territory.
Television
ARTS & LEISURE
Betty White at the Los Angeles Zoo. She's a member of its board of directors and calls the zoo her home away from home.

Facing Age With a Saucy Wink

At 89, Betty White is riding high. And she has a new memoir of sorts, “If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t).”
The Week in Arts
THE WEEK AHEAD
Carl Craig performs at Movement: Detroit Electronic Music Festival 2009

April 24 — 30

A selection of cultural events this week.
Special Gallery Section
What’s Blooming Indoors
Critics for The New York Times report on their art-world spring awakenings in four Manhattan neighborhoods.
The Pulitzer Prizes

2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music

The winners include the novel “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan; and the play “Clybourne Park.”

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