The Internet has revolutionized society by giving anyone — including journalists — an instant and unfiltered outlet for self-expression.

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, which came into being last summer, made its American debut last week at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

The comedian joins one of the most exclusive clubs in television on Monday night, when he becomes the third host of NBC’s “Late Night.”

An exhibition in Jerusalem of works by Bruno Schulz includes wall paintings he created under Nazi coercion shortly before he was killed.

An exhibition of works by the artist Adel Abdessemed has been prevented from opening because it includes clips of animals dying violently.

Networks still pull in the biggest audiences, but they are losing the cultural and the financial battle to cable.

Knut Hamsun welcomed the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Now his reputation is being rehabilitated during a yearlong 150th birthday celebration.

The Juilliard Orchestra performed Messiaen’s “Des Canyons aux Étoiles” Thursday as part of the reopening festivities for Alice Tully Hall.

In “Fold,” a new dance Neta Pulvermacher presented at Danspace Project on Thursday, rolls of white paper and origami shapes that dancers fly like kites dominate the landscape.

“Chautauqua!” is a jaunty, stimulating new experiment that tests out an old form.