DALEVILLE, Ala. — About 25 minutes north of the Florida border, near the mouth of a US Army outpost and not far, he lives in a simple brick house with wood paneling, open windows, and a silver pickup truck in front of it. Isolated and unassuming from the outside, the space is filled with the …
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Ric Parnell, a real drummer known for playing in a fake band, died on May 1 in Mont., Missoula, where he had lived for nearly two decades, as described in Rob Reiner’s legendary 1984 mock-up of “This Is Spinal Tap.” . He was 70 years old. His partner, McKenzie Sweeney, confirmed the death. He said …
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Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer at Rutgers University said she will retire in September, Saturday, who first commanded a college sideline in 1971 and became one of her sport’s leading defensive minds. The first Black coach to win at least 1,000 Division I basketball games, Stringer, 74, has long been among …
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I New York Theater Workshop 25 years ago with me first production: Eugene O’Neill’s “More Magnificent Mansions” (1964). Since then, people have called me “the man you love to hate or hate to love” – a badge of honour, I think. I then moved on to Broadway but kept returning to NYTW. The rehearsal space …
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Lygia Fagundes Telles, one of Brazil’s most popular writers, whose stories of women trapped in unsatisfactory relationships can also be read as allegories of her country’s political situation, died Sunday at her home in São Paulo. She was 98 years old. The Brazilian Academy of Letters announced his death. As one of the first Brazilian …
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A villa full of idols. Mr. Howard’s latest poetry collection in 2014 benefited from his own early education.Credit…Turtle Point Press In his latest collection, “A Progressive Education” (2014), Mr. Howard imagined in poetic form the letters written collectively by a class of sixth graders in Sandusky, Ohio, circa 1950. Disturbed by a science experiment with …
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This policing through the popular media – comparing women’s clothes, judging their bodies on the beach, and speculating about how and why they might be pregnant – served as a warning to less famous women: See what might happen when you leave the house? The subtext was that any revealing woman wanted everything she had. …
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His “Prayer for Ukraine” was the highlight of the Metropolitan Opera benefit concert this month. His Fourth Symphony has been played by the London Philharmonic in recent weeks; his Eighth, by the Lithuanian National Opera; “Silent Music” at the peace concert organized by the Berlin Philharmonic on Sunday. His publisher lists dozens of upcoming performances …
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Andy Warhol left behind numerous self-portraits. had black and white shot from a photobooth strip from 1963, where she wore deep black shadows and a cool expression. Inside 1981, dragged a Polaroid with a platinum blonde bob and deep red lips. Five years later he screen printed face, on a black background with bright red …
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But as the group’s influence grew, many of its members were supported by the sports leagues the group had to recommend. These relationships have led critics to question whether the group can offer truly rigorous and unbiased commentary on head injury research. “There’s no basis to say it’s a consensus, it’s a consensus of people …
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Welcome to T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Each week we share what we eat, wear, listen to or currently envy. sign up here To find us in your inbox every Wednesday. And you can always reach us tlist@nytimes.com. Step by step Adir Abergel’s Beauty Regime I use an SPF that …
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Second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War, Leslie Parnas, a renowned cellist and teacher who helped propel her into a storied career, died February 1 at a rehabilitation facility in Venice, Fla. It was 90. His eldest son, Marcel, said the cause was heart failure. Louis, …
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