Mar 16 Dani Shapiro on how a DNA test ‘flooded every corner’ with truth — and shaped her writing By Courtney Vinopal Years after her dad died, Dani Shapiro found out he was not her biological father. But she had long sought to better understand him through her writing before that moment. Continue reading
Mar 13 Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the U.S. By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The ongoing fears surrounding the coronavirus have shuttered places where Americans — and foreign visitors — have long gathered to escape the world and also to engage with it. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 4:04 A Brief But Spectacular take on appreciating what we have At age 85, Lucile Day of Greenville, Florida, tends her own garden, located on land her grandparents cultivated before her. She still wields a chainsaw and gets “plenty of exercise” from her outdoor activities. Day believes strongly in a dedicated… Continue watching
Mar 12 Disneyland says it’s closing its California parks starting Saturday By Adam Beam, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Disneyland is closing its doors for the rest of the month, shuttering one of California's best-known attractions as the state hurries to stop the spread of the coronavirus… Continue reading
Mar 12 Fast and Furious film ‘F9’ pushed back a year due to virus By Associated Press It is the first major summer movie to be delayed because of the outbreak. It had been previously scheduled to open on May 22, 2020. Continue reading
Mar 12 Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances By Associated Press Many of the Met's singers and conductors travel regularly from Europe. Among the 21 canceled performances is this Saturday's matinee of a new staging of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" that was to have been televised to movie theaters around the… Continue reading
Mar 12 Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing virus concerns By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The pressure on Broadway to go dark steadily increased as other entertainment hubs shuttered, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, the NBA, NHL, CinemaCon, Coachella and Major League Soccer. Continue reading
Mar 11 Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The 63-year-old actor said they will be "tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires." … Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 5:41 Memory, meaning and mortality are at the heart of this migration exhibit By Jared Bowen, WGBH Nearly 71 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, including nearly 30 million refugees. How does that movement shape migrants' understanding of where they belong? The current exhibit “When Home Won’t Let You Stay” uses art and found objects to… Continue watching
Mar 10 Coachella festival postponed as concerts grapple with virus By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press The Coachella music festival is being postponed from April to October amid concerns about the new coronavirus and large public gatherings. The postponement Tuesday was ordered by health officials in Riverside County, California, where the massive music and arts festival… Continue reading