In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out.
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Impossibility is a Myth
“Sacha Jafri sold an artwork for $62 million dollars in 2021 at an auction. But the money never changed hands. What happened?”
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Annie Dillard and the Writing Life
“Writers aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.”
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Thank This Retired Projectionist for Those 3 a.m. Odyssey 70-mm. Imax Showings
“A Tennessee native and longtime film projectionist who first started working in Imax theaters in the ’90s, Caldwell has become integral to Imax’s 70-mm. rollouts even as he considers himself mostly retired.”
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Speaking for the Dead
A New York Times veteran considers the art of the obituary and how words give shape to legacies.
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He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
“Charles Ross spent 50 years building ‘Star Axis,’ a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?”
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Thornton Wilder’s Last Play Vanished Into Thin Air. Or Did It?
“Decades after ‘The Emporium’ failed to open on Broadway in 1954, one man went on a quest to find it.”