January 31, 2010

The effort was suspended five days ago after the state of Florida complained that its hospitals were overwhelmed.

“The Privileges” is excessively cryptic, but the story is so invitingly told that it’s much easier to be drawn in than turned off.

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opening Monday reminds us that a cataclysmic transformation took place over the right to be ordinary.

For the solo show of the young artist Tino Sehgal, the great spiraling rotunda of the Guggenhim Museum has been cleared out. There isn’t a painting in sight.

The Evening Hours column last Sunday reversed the identities of two guests shown at the Winter Antiques Show party on Jan. 21. Alan Gerry was on the left and Ron Greenberg was on the right. The column also misspelled the given name of a guest at the Gotham Chamber Opera performance on Jan. 19. She is Domna Stanton, not Donna.

The much-hyped return to the multiplex of Mel Gibson proved no threat to James Cameron’s “Avatar.”

The composer Michael Friedman is a politically engaged satirist with the ear and curiosity of an investigative journalist.

An article last Sunday about alumni recollections of Jamaica High School, which is scheduled to close, misstated the name of the educational institution led by Judith Shapiro, class of 1959. It is Barnard College, not Barnard University.

An article in some editions last Sunday about the University of Connecticut’s 88-74 victory over Texas in men’s basketball on Saturday, Jan. 23, misstated, in some copies, the given name of the Huskies’ senior guard who scored 32 points. He is Jerome Dyson, not Eric. The article also quoted incorrectly from comments by George Blaney, UConn’s associate head coach. Blaney said, “Jerome moves in straight lines, no matter where he is on the court. ” He did not refer to the player as Eric.

Because of an editing error, the Phys Ed column on Page 17 this weekend, about the ability of exercise to slow some aspects of aging, misidentifies the German city that is home to Saarland University Clinic, which has conducted studies on the life spans of human cells. It is Homburg, not Hamburg.

METROPOLITAN.

Mike Miller had 25 points and Antawn Jamison added 21, with 23 rebounds, as Washington won its second straight since Gilbert Arenas was suspended for the season.