I WAS NEVER THE FIRST LADY By Wendy GuerraTranslated by Achy Obejas In Wendy Guerra’s writing, Cuba is a character, a cosmic force, the loneliest place, the only place. Her third novel, “I Was Never the First Lady,” stitches together threads of island and identity until they become one and
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Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home
What it meant to be in the audience at the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday evening — for the first indoor performance there since March 2020 — was clear even before the music began. The theater’s doors had been closed to listeners for 18 months, almost to the day. After standing
Leylah Fernandez’s Father, Who is Also Her Coach, Watches the Final from Home
During a difficult financial period for Leylah Fernandez’s family, her parents took jewelry and watches to a Montreal pawnshop to help finance tennis training and travel for her and her younger sister, Bianca. It was not easy, but it was done without hesitation. “When you are asking your children to
Finding a Globe’s Worth of Art Treasures Close to Home
There are many flavors of obnoxious New Yorkers. My own: the well-traveled provincial. Before the pandemic I tallied up alarming carbon emissions in search of art, thought nothing of jetting to East Asia or South Africa for a single exhibition or performance — and then neglected institutions just a time
Chocolate Factory Announces First Season at Its New Home
The Chocolate Factory Theater’s first season at its new, permanent home will include commissioned premieres by the playwright and director Aya Ogawa, the choreographer Luciana Achugar and seven other artists, the organization announced Friday. “It’s incredibly exciting, and I have no idea how it’s going to go and that, in
When a Fictional Utopia Offers a Pathway Home
Reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Always Coming Home” after a cross country move to California. Source link