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Jane Coombs on “Masters at Work” at New York City Ballet.

The Editors on Beatrix Potter, Rachmaninoff, New York City Ballet, Art Deco architecture & more from the world of culture.

Queenstowner Jane Coombs has taken the top prize in the Queenstown Writers Festival’s recent 48-hour writing competition. Judge Steve Braunias says...

Jane Coombs on “21st Century Works: King, Ratmansky, and Bond” at American Ballet Theatre.

The designer, who wove a colorful signature look in her textiles and collaborated with mid-century luminaries like Frank Lloyd Wright and Henry Dreyfuss, is the focus of an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Latest from “Masterpiece” in The Wall Street Journal

Weekly recommendations from the editors of The New Criterion on what to read, see & hear in the world of culture.

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Weekly recommendations from the editors of The New Criterion on what to read, see & hear in the world of culture.

Despite the gloom, 2020 had plenty of positive experiences at home and in the garden: The Pecks Updated Dec 31, 2020; Facebook Share “Man, am I ever going to miss 2020.” — Said no one, ever Dennis: From a deadly pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans to an economy that shed as many as 22 million jobs and forced the permanent closure of more than 100,000 businesses, to an election that has turned Americans against each other in a way not seen in many a lifetime, 2020 ...