“The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)” subverts expectations of the genre by making fun of classical composers typically featured in these concerts. The show, written by librettist Jeremy Denk ...

My previous piece for The American Conservative concerned the mayhem postwar “urban renewal” wrought in Washington, D.C.’s southwest quadrant. A conspicuous feature of that mayhem is the Robert C.

Classicism, then: what is it? Whole books have been written about that subject, but a starting point could be to say that the aesthetic values of the past can be a guide to creativity in later times.