The Met is selling art to survive the pandemic. Critics say it s a dangerous precedent.
Peggy McGlone and Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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People sit on the steps during the public reopening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, New York on Aug. 30, 2020.Photo by Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art approved a policy last week that allows proceeds from the sale of works from its collection to be used for salaries and overhead costs associated with the collection s care. The move follows similar actions by other museums, including ones in Brooklyn, Baltimore and Chicago, and marks the latest development in a debate that has been roiling the museum field, and has set some of the country s leading museum directors against one another.
Book World: The best audiobooks to listen to this month
Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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The Nature of Fragile Things
Susan Meissner s latest novel is an absorbing, cleverly plotted historical tale of perfidy and pluck. Set chiefly in the first decade of the 20th century, it encompasses the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent inferno, linked catastrophes that are horrifyingly conjured. At the center is Sophie Whalen, an immigrant from Northern Ireland who has answered an ad placed by a widower seeking a wife and mother for his 5-year-old daughter. The book begins ominously with a transcript of Sophie, 22, being questioned by a U.S. marshal about her husband s whereabouts and activities. Jason Culp narrates this and a later section, bringing an authoritative approach to a tale that is filled with formidable twists, duplicity and stunning revelations. Alana Kerr Collins, herself a native of Northern Ireland, narrate
In the Russian woods, a feminist retreat from Putin s pressures
Isabelle Khurshudyan, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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1of8A guest s corgi explores Femdacha outside of Moscow.Photo for The Washington Post by Nanna HeitmannShow MoreShow Less
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4of8Daria Serenko, right, and Sonia Sno play with a corgi that belongs to a guest staying at Femdacha on Feb. 21.Photo for The Washington Post by Nanna HeitmannShow MoreShow Less
5of8Sonia Sno, front, and Daria Serenko in the backyard of Femdacha, outside of Moscow on Feb. 21.Photo for The Washington Post by Nanna HeitmannShow MoreShow Less
by SCOTT CRONICK
When you think of St. Patrickâs Day celebrations, Bruce Springsteen may not immediately come to mind, but when it comes to offering a party-like atmosphere with sing-a-longs and a setlist chock full of songs that you know every lyric to, perhaps a Bruce Springsteen tribute band is just what St. Paddy ordered?
Bourre Atlantic City certainly thinks so, and thatâs why they decided to recruit the very talented, fun and versatile The E Street Shuffle, a seven-piece ensemble that will rock the massive outdoor stage at Bourre for its St. Patrickâs afternoon bash on Saturday, March 13, when thousands of Irish and wannabe Irish for the day will descend on Atlantic City to celebrate the green holiday even though COVID-19 forced this yearâs parade to be canceled for the second straight year.
Book World: In 2034, it s man against machine
Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis
Penguin Press. 320 pp. $27
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In the late 1700s and early 1800s, a machine known as The Turk became a sensation by winning matches against expert chess players.
Audiences marveled at this feat of technological wizardry - that is, until one vanquished player took a closer look and discovered that there was a man hidden inside. The whole thing was a hoax.
That long-ago story pops into the head of Sandeep Chowdhury, a deputy U.S. national security adviser, as he s pulled deeper into a terrifying match of technology and military gamesmanship in 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, by combat veteran Elliot Ackerman and Adm. James Stavridis, a former supreme allied commander of NATO.