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‘Three! Seven! Ace!’: The Met Goes All in On ‘Queen of Spades’
Arsen Soghomonyan and Sonya Yoncheva as Hermann and Lisa. Ken Howard/MetOpera When details of star soprano Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera surfaced, one of the projects planned for her was a revival of Tchaikovsky’s searing tragedy Queen of Spades. After she became soprano non grata at the Met in response to the Ukraine…
Read MoreHow to schedule storm debris pickup in Austin
Austin (KXAN) — Austin Resource Recovery said it’s changed its rules for brush pickup after Wednesday’s powerful storm splintered and toppled trees across the city. According to the Austin Fire Department, over 700 calls for service were made during the storm. Many of those calls reported downed trees and powerlines. Austin’s ‘third worst storm’: Power…
Read MoreWhere to Sip Natural Wine in Los Angeles
Over the last decade, the natural wine movement has gained major traction as consumers continue to shift toward a more organic way of living, eating and drinking. To put it simply, natural wine is basically untouched, fermented grape juice, and it is known for having a funkier profile with yeasty notes on both the nose…
Read MoreLester Holt Details Departure From NBC Nightly News Ahead of Final Broadcast
But during those unprecedented times, while he was busy pushing through tech issues and phone calls with engineers to successfully host Nightly News from his home, Holt’s iconic tagline was born. “These were dark days,” he recalled of the COVID-19 pandemic, “and we’re telling stories of freezer trucks on the streets of New York with…
Read MoreBefore stalling in Texas Senate, 'homosexual conduct' bill made legislative history
Project Summary: In 2023, a fifth of the country’s state-level bills impacting the LGBTQ+ community were filed in Texas, according to a Human Rights Campaign analysis. In 2025, Equality Texas reported a new record number of such bills filed at the State Capitol, surpassing 200 – up from 141 the session before. KXAN’s team of…
Read MoreOne Fine Show: ‘Leigh Bowery!’ at Tate Modern
Fergus Greer, Leigh Bowery Session 1 Look 2 (1988). Photo: © Fergus Greer, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. When sorting through all the stories,…
Read MoreAlice Marie Johnson Addresses Julie Chrisley and Todd Chrisley’s Pardons
Savannah Chrisley Speaks Out Savannah, who has custody of younger siblings Grayson and Chloe amid her parents’ sentences, has explained how their convictions and their lack of contact with one another has weighed on her. “The last time they spoke was the morning they went into federal prison,” she shared with E! News March 2024,…
Read MoreMan escapes Austin psychiatric hospital, authorities continue search
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Authorities are searching for a man they said escaped from a psychiatric hospital in northeast Austin on Wednesday. According to the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, McArthur Deashy Mathis escaped from the Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital, located at 8402 Cross Park Drive. GCSO said Mathis was a 6’2” Black man who…
Read MoreSee Timothée Chalamet Plant a Kiss on Kylie Jenner During Knicks Game TV Broadcast
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s romance is going all the way to the finals. As the New York Knicks took home the victory against the Indiana Pacers during the May 29 playoff game at Madison Square Garden, the A Complete Unknown actor cheered on the home team alongside the Kardashians star. And while they…
Read MoreDid Water Form in the Earliest Years of the Universe?
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A recent study suggests huge volumes of the molecule emerged during the cosmic dawn Robin George Andrews, Supercluster May 30, 2025 8:00 a.m. Water may have arisen as early as 100 million years after the universe began. Tristan Hanks This article was originally published on Supercluster, a website dedicated to telling humanity’s greatest outer space…
Read MoreReturns Are the New Revenue: Why Smart Retailers Are Betting on the Boomerang
A growing number of retailers are retooling their supply chains to handle returns with surgical precision—transforming warehouses and reverse logistics into engines of value. Unsplash+ For a long time, retailers have seen returns and the logistics needed to deal with them as a burden—a necessary inconvenience for handling excess stock. Managing these logistics, known as…
Read MoreTeruko Brings Wagyu, Sushi and Subterranean Surrealism to Hotel Chelsea
Teruko at Hotel Chelsea. Courtesy Annie Schlechter It’s Tuesday night at the Hotel Chelsea. Lively coteries loiter on the rosy-hued sidewalk, colored by the white-and-crimson neon sign proudly displayed on the Victorian-era haunt. The late May evening is balmy enough to eat outside, but carries a chill that justifies the fire crackling beside gothic settees…
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