The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Book Review: The Librarians of Timbuktu — Action Heroes for Cultural Preservation

Former Newsweek bureau chief Joshua Hammer has documented a timely story of cultural heroism.

Robert White January 16, 2020 at 9:13 pm on Arts Remembrance: Neil Peart — An AppreciationThe truth is that Neil, and Alex and Geddy, have had such profound and indelible influence on so many of...
Pat Jackson January 16, 2020 at 6:56 pm on Music Preview: Les Poules à Colin — Definitely Not Celtic LiteDid you appear at the Edinburgh festival in 2018
Patrick Mehr January 16, 2020 at 4:21 pm on Theater Review: “The Cake” — Thoughtfully BakedDelighted to read that this production is as engaging as Barrington Stage's two summers ago in Pittsfield (https://artsfuse.org/171623/theater-review-the-cake-not-a-sugary-culture-clash/), which I...
Gerald Peary January 14, 2020 at 11:28 am on Film Review: Alice Guy-Blaché — One of the First, if not the First, Makers of Narrative CinemaThanks, Betsy, for your truly wonderful article and also for acknowledging my early contribution to the rediscovery--actually, discovery--of Alice Guy...
Steve Provizer January 13, 2020 at 10:58 am on Jazz Remembrance: Jack SheldonProbably not. He was born in 1931 and spent early years in Florida. His family moved to California and landed...