August 19, 2007

Recent rumblings — perhaps one should say mumblings — indicate an emerging movement in American independent film: mumblecore.

With the Salzburg Festival’s remarkable opera marathon now on DVD, listeners can explore Mozart’s operatic development at close range and make up their own minds about which works are deathless and which expendable.

In the Bronx, local churches are hoping to turn the former Fordham Library Center, a stately old 27,400-square-foot building, into a vibrant new youth center.

Presidential candidates seem to be adopting a vacations-are-for-wimps posture.

The American team, packed with N.B.A. stars, is a heavy favorite to win the FIBA Americas tournament. But recent history suggests that the label is illusory.