Dora was closed a full two weeks and there were three conventions in Monterey while the Bear Flag was closed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Will and his mother finally entered the convention center, there was rain indoors, and lots of it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Charlotte read the notice in the newspaper, she hurried from neighbor to neighbor, encouraging others to join her at the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even she, who knew nothing of military strategy or journalistic convention, understood a euphemism for retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She may have had the support of those at the convention, but many others had serious reservations about her ability to lead. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The convention was a success, yet I remained wary, as the prime mover behind it was the party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the convention drawing close, I worked with a speechwriter for the first time, a gifted young woman named Sarah Hurwitz who helped shape my ideas into a tight seventeen-minute speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I see from our magazine that the Society meets this year at a convention in Macon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Lumley knows what the conventions are and pays her own rigid tributes to them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Language Arts 3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when speaking, reading, or listening. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In August 1853, several months after her betrayal by the men in the temperance movement, Anthony attended the New York teachers’ convention in Rochester, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, anyone interested in running for student council on either ticket has until Thursday, seventh period, when the nominating conventions will take place—Republicans in the auditorium, Democrats in the media center.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Kasigi’s such a jerk. He spends the week partying at some fancy convention, and then comes home to pull the plug on anybody else having fun.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The month before, President Wilson had accepted an invitation to speak at NAWSA’s annual convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, I trust, those conventions will be every bit as mysterious as the ones that governed the writing of Whig political history. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The conventions of written prose represent a similar standardization. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Unwilling to back down, Anthony went from the convention hall to the Albany Evening Journal, where she persuaded an editor to cover the story of her being shut out of the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Zane peered down over the edge of the basket, where the expansive glass walls of the New York City convention center gleamed in the sunshine. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to carry Billy and twenty-eight other optometrists to a convention in Montreal. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an iron-bound convention in Brooklyn that children must have their picture taken by a regular photographer when they were confirmed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three-minute convention persists thanks in no small part to attention spans and radio playlist imperatives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

One person, Sojourner Truth, didn’t look like the other women at the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

To him it seems appropriate, to me eccentric: it’s a defiance of convention, but of a convention he’s never heard of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the conclusion of Victoria Woodhull’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Susan B. Anthony invited her to attend the National Woman Suffrage Association convention the following day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Stanton had been away from the podium at women’s rights conventions for six years, but most people in the audience still knew her by name. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“All alike say ‘Have no convention at this crisis!’...‘Wait until the war excitement abates.’ Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The women of the National Woman Suffrage Association invited her and other members of the Anti-Sixteenth Amendment Society to their national convention in 1872. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the convention, Stanton and Mott decided to take a stand. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Delegates from twenty different parties including the homeland governments had already agreed on the ground rules for the convention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Douglass was not invited to speak at the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Word got around and Monterey lost five conventions for the following year. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is stretching but certainly not breaking the convention that old-fashioned facts have agents. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In late July, I flew through a violent thunderstorm, the plane dipping and diving on its approach to Philadelphia, where I was going to speak for the last time at a Democratic convention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even people who have less restrictive filters and a good feel for numbers will note an increasingly large number of coincidences, due in large measure to the number and complexity of man-made conventions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t look at me when she says, “A science-fiction convention in Baltimore.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

This book has therefore been deliberately written in opposition to certain conventions which have become established in ‘these postmodern days’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We landed in Philadelphia and I rushed to the convention center, finding just enough time to change clothes and run through my speech twice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s too bad I didn’t know before the nominating convention,” Colin says, wiping his hands on a paper towel and making way for me at the sink. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would have preferred to sit in the front seat, but Alyssa’s brother called it, and if we don’t adhere to the convention of calling shotgun, what rule of law is left to us? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The convention in Salem was followed by an even larger women’s rights meeting in Akron, Ohio, in May 1851. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A convention is an agreement among the members of a community to abide by a single way of doing things. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was decided that if we were not convicted I would go underground to travel about the country organizing the proposed national convention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Banned by convention, if not in fact. The only thing that would be more profitable is shipping half-men, but that of course is legal. And this isn’t at all. Is it, Lucky Girl?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Wesleyan Chapel, site of the first women's rights convention, was built in 1843. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She attended another women's rights convention in New York City in 1853, where a number of men in the audience tried to disrupt the speakers by shouting and hissing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Less than two weeks after the gathering—on August 2, 1848—a second women’s rights convention, organized by Amy Post, a prominent Quaker abolitionist, took place at the Unitarian church in Rochester, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Wild Boy had so taken control that I was losing the ability to express myself with the conventions of spoken language. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

These conventions are “prescriptive rules”—rules that prescribe how one ought to speak and write in these forums. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At first, I admit, I was in awe at the picture of an international convention of scientists and scholars, gathered for an exchange of ideas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But, as Burt pointed out at the convention, his behavior is erratic. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inexplicably, he sounded put out with the men who brought their adding machines to the Bible convention, and possibly with the Bible itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her job at Aero Design and Engineering, an aircraft manufacturer, was flying at conventions to interest potential buyers in the company's airplanes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

To the astonishment of the city’s ruling class, 78 percent of the 681 delegates to the Democratic convention voted for Harrison on the first ballot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Being born too soon for the various conventions of mourning, marriage, and so forth, he had been secretly put to nurse with Sir Ector of the Forest Sauvage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ian Rider had told him that he was going to an insurance convention. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whether they knew it or not, the women and men at the convention were making history. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“That was more fun than our last convention in Vegas!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s just one way to display syntax on a page, and not a particularly good one, with user-unfriendly features such as scrambled word order and arbitrary graphical conventions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The debates in the ratifying conventions of the respective states only exposed the irreconcilable differences of opinion that the Constitution had so deftly bundled together. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Throughout the year, thousands of Muslims attend regional and national conventions throughout North America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The following morning, more than 650 Woodhull supporters—including several dozen women who defected from Anthony’s suffrage convention—showed up at Apollo Hall. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once he asked me suddenly as we sat mulling over the pumpkins, “Leah, do you know what they spent the last Bible convention in Atlanta arguing about?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never missed an antislavery convention, and she became friends with writers and other social reformers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Frederick Douglass. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Marriage, he told me early on, struck him as an unnecessary and overhyped convention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The two spent time together at conventions, but Stone remained unconvinced of a future together. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At safe houses arranged by the organization, I met the editor of the liberal Port Elizabeth Evening Post to discuss the campaign for a national convention, a goal several newspapers subsequently endorsed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

True enough, the constitutional arguments represented a consolidation of points made in Philadelphia in 1787 and then in several state ratifying conventions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

By the time the convention closed, one-third of the three hundred participants—sixty-eight women and thirty-two men—had signed the Declaration of Sentiments. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Forget it,” he said, but I knew his quick answer, if anything, was just an American convention, an easy idiom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

June 29—Before I go back to the lab I’m going to finish the projects I’ve started since I left the convention. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed Frith was thinking about it too, and I thought how much easier it would be if we cast aside convention and let him join in with us, if he had anything to say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Boycotts had been used before, as far back as 1832, when a national convention of free blacks meeting in Philadelphia initiated a boycott of goods made by slave labor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those rules, called the Geneva convention, were agreed to in 1929 and signed by almost every major nation. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday morning, July 19, 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the four other organizers of the convention gathered at the Wesleyan Chapel. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a house and decorated with so many angels, it looked like a convention of them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t abide by laws or conventions or other people’s expectations either. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The convention that seems basic to us—that illustrations represent reality—was not immediately obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Phillips moved to remove Stanton’s entire speech from the official convention record. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps James Garfield was the right man to break the convention’s deadlock. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fernanda was scandalized that she did not understand the relationship of Catholicism with life but only its relationship with death, as if it were not a religion but a compendium of funeral conventions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Advertised as “a convention to discuss the civil and religious condition and rights of women,” it was organized by women Quakers along with pioneering women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Despite our attempts to put a positive face on the matter, the convention ended the second day in a stalemate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harding entered the Republican convention that summer sixth among a field of six. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had gotten to the convention center much later than she’d planned, due to an unprecedented traffic jam on the highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On that same day the Liberty Party was holding a convention in Syracuse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you understand that prescriptive rules are the conventions of a specialized form of the language, most of the iptivist controversies evaporate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’s been hounding June on her personal phone since the minute they landed in New York for a quote about the convention, and now he’s demanding something about Luna. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maria—relieved to be away from the conventions of society and to reunite with her half brother Caspar—tried to embrace this structured, spiritual way of life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Frances Dana Barker Gage, the president of the convention, restored order and the meeting continued. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Suppose we begin a passage with the governor canceled the convention today. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That fall, she attended her first women’s rights convention, finally embracing the central importance of suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He said he wasn’t much of a gambler and talked about the time he had stopped in Vegas on the way back from a coaches’ convention and couldn’t bring himself to play blackjack. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Station officials gave in to their viewers’ demands, dropped the convention, and went back to broadcasting the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing brave or fine about it, it was a wretched tribute to convention. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This is true, but it depends on a convention for numbering years and numbering and naming months and days. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The convention itself had the air of a restive stallion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I hadn’t seen them before, but on the far end of the convention center there was a group of African-American kids in matching uniforms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At the time of the 1880 convention, Arthur was practicing law. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The chameleon had driven them to the convention center in New York City. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stanton and Mott had not forgotten their plans to hold a women’s rights convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At their convention later in June, the Democrats nominated Winfield Scott Hancock as their candidate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

During an intermission, some of the women attending the conference urged Gage not to let Truth address the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

People looked strange wearing face masks, like a convention of surgeons had accidentally assembled in front of the ballpark. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I again proclaimed that a countrywide campaign of noncooperation would be launched if the state failed to hold such a convention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several months later, three hundred suffragists in Oakland, California, marched to a state political convention demanding the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He had tried to communicate that the national interest did not lie in simply continuing atomic bomb work, and even suggested banning atomic weapons by international convention “just like poison gases after the last war.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We rolled our eyes at every high school convention that society tried to shove down our throats. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, “but I really appreciate your refusal to give in to breakfasty social conventions.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In my cross-examination of Mr. Barnard I first read the court the letter I sent requesting that the prime minister call a national convention for all South Africans to write a new nonracial constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the issue was never raised at the convention, and the censure was never reversed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jake and Emma’s mom was in charge of making sure big banquets in the Imperial Marquis’s convention and meeting facilities went off without a hitch. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In theory—that is, as a simple physical possibility—an animal could pick up and go, flaunting all the social conventions and boundaries proper to its species. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On June 11, 1859, Harper’s Weekly published a wood engraving mocking such conventions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, that convention was not a tribute to democracy but a betrayal of it, for none of the representatives there that day were black. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The delegates, having attended the morning session of the convention, had adjourned for dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of the convention, Woodhull tried to address the audience. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At least I was until I walked into the convention center on the first day of competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While there are only ten hard-and-fast laws to the Scythedom, there are many accepted conventions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Anthony was struggling to draft the remarks she was to present at the upcoming state teachers’ convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the second day of the convention, Truth returned to the same spot. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Stanton delivered the speech to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The result was an absolute disaster at the Democratic convention in Chicago. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“In Mrs. Catt, you have my ideal leader,” Anthony told the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Although lexicographers have neither the desire nor the power to prevent linguistic conventions from changing, this does not mean, as purists fear, that they cannot state the conventions in force at a given time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If the government failed to call such a convention, we would call a countrywide three-day stay-away beginning on May 29 to coincide with the declaration of South Africa as a republic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

James Garfield went to the convention as part of the Ohio delegation and gave a speech nominating fellow Ohioan Sherman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Stanton shared the Declaration of Sentiments with her husband, Henry, he told her that demanding suffrage would make the entire convention a “farce.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ikenna joined them, a lawyer who had lived outside Philadelphia and whom she had met at a Blogging While Brown convention. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We agreed we’d stick with the new naming convention in front of clients.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I hear it doesn’t take ten minutes to get to the convention center,” she told her son. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Cobras were laughing because they figured the dumb, scraggly runt would get out of the East End in about as good shape as a bare big toe in a convention of snapping turtles. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This was a scathing criticism for a man who had just traveled three thousand miles to attend an abolitionist convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I spoke at the Wendy’s International convention in Las Vegas to more than three thousand guests just before a fund-raising auction for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It should be obvious that facts can both be unquestionable and only have meaning within certain discursive conventions: e.g. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This was an exceptionally frank confession, though no less so than was demanded by scientific convention. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The convention was deadlocked between the two leading candidates, so, Daugherty predicted, the delegates would be forced to look for an alternative. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Although the notice had advertised that the first day of the convention was for women only, about forty men were mixed in with the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Later, Michael and I became friends, and I came to admire him greatly, in no small measure because he rejected so many of the rather foolish conventions I once embraced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closest spot Dolores could find was outside Grand Central Terminal, several long blocks from the convention center. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The key is to recognize that the rules of usage are tacit conventions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Unlike at the Seneca Falls meeting, which focused on legal and intellectual ideas of women’s rights, the second convention emphasized practical pocketbook issues. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Sunday morning before the convention, four of the five women gathered around a circular mahogany table in McClintock’s parlor to plan the program. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The feudal convention of battle was broken for good, on the Continent as well as in England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached twenty without knowing how to read or write, unable to use the silver at the table, wandering naked through the house because her nature rejected all manner of convention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nature and his relationship to it are a deadly-serious matter, prescribed by convention, mystery, and danger. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The convention was deadlocked at the end of the first day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the conference leaders in England learned that the American Anti-Slavery Society had elected several female delegates, they wrote to discourage the group from bringing the women to the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind, I have a few questions about how conventions within genres—such as poetry, drama, or essays—can affect meaning.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They become unstable and have a tendency to unsettle the mood because they deviate from comfortable convention, seeking relationships with unfamiliar chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Dad had crossed to Europe once on a liner carrying a delegation to a ministers’ convention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Democritus put it, ‘By convention sweet, by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some of Langley’s white employees openly defied southern conventions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Many of them were in Washington, DC, to attend a convention of the National Woman’s Party, but they wanted to show their support for suffrage by marching with the picketers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dr. Moroka, without consulting the executive, agreed to preside over the convention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The convention center in New York City was even more swarming than last year. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This convention differed from previous women’s rights conventions in that men could not address the audience. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She smiles, but on her the expression looks compulsory, like she’s just adhering to a social convention. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Delegates were deeply divided by the rift in the party, and the convention floor was raucous and loud. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth heard Henry speak at a series of anti-slavery conventions in the area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We dug up obsolete convention weapons and insults to hurl back and forth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard someone bang on the desk, and then Professor Nemur shouted: “I’ve already informed the convention committee that we will present the paper at Chicago.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our communal cell became a kind of convention for far-flung freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before the convention I had been negotiating with Mr. de Klerk on the telephone until after eight in the evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, more skip tracers? What, were they having a freaking convention? You realize what would have happened if we’d been caught, don’t you?” he railed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One time my audience is a convention of university administrators; another time high school teachers of English; another time a women’s alumnae group. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the annual convention in February 1900, Susan B. Anthony resigned as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

James Mott accepted, so it was a man, not a woman, who called to order the first women’s rights convention ever held in the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then you would think when they are together they would be like those of the Society who meet at the convention in Macon this week. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After the Republican nominating convention in June, Guiteau left Boston, where he had been unsuccessfully selling life insurance, and traveled to New York City. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly elevated into the world of the rich, she moved with an easy, charming propriety, yet had the rare grace and aplomb to make her frequent departures from convention seem amusing instead of scandalous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes an ancient prohibition becomes outdated, or it may turn out that a musty convention was never really a rule at all. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t come back, you have my permission to add my moonstone badge to your VanQuish collection. Think about the bragging rights you’ll have at the next convention.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Programming, the installation of software, getting computers to speak properly to one another, all require very particular languages, protocols, and conventions—in sharp contrast to the emotional, visceral, manipulative drama of the political system. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our little convention seems to be getting rather unwieldy,” Ignatius said of the mad noises issuing from Dorian’s apartment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the United Kingdom, everyone drives on the left, and there is nothing inherently wrong with that convention; it is in no way sinister, gauche, or socialist. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Just before the delegates left for the convention, some of the members, who didn’t think that women should be delegates, had resigned and formed an all-male group, the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He argued that divorce should not be discussed at a women’s rights conventions because it involved both men and women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After the convention, the leadership presented this declaration, plus a petition with eight thousand signatures supporting women’s suffrage, to the Ohio lawmakers revising the state’s constitution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He traveled from one end of the country to the other, attending conventions, meetings, and encampments. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its aim was to agitate for a national constitutional convention for all South Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Rochester convention forward, Stanton no longer feared bad press. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The women did not realize the significance of what they were doing: planning the first women’s convention ever held in the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had become the convention's surprise dark horse. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What is the pleasure of the convention?” he asked the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rabbits have their own conventions and formalities, but these are few and short by human standards. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I only wondered,” the woman repeated, “if Cady and Toby had left for the convention center yet.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Several days after the convention began, prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison arrived. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are wide open, searching, and when her gaze alights on Vivian’s face, it is startling in its intensity, stripped of any pretense or convention. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I have chosen you because of your discriminating eye, your intelligence, and your ability to think outside of convention. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the men who objected to including women argued that the presence of women would violate God’s will and bring ridicule to the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

On this occasion, we nine ascend the stairs amid a group of reporters and dignitaries gathered here for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And when I imagine the convention I think of all the guests being like you, my friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our hope was that it would one day be looked upon with the same reverence as the founding convention of the ANC in 1912. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the decade following the first women's rights convention, other meetings were held throughout the North and West. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Directly after the conference I sent Prime Minister Verwoerd a letter in which I formally enjoined him to call a national constitu-tional convention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether, about three thousand Black Muslims from their mosques in most sizable cities were in Chicago for their annual “Saviour’s Day” convention, regarded by them as similar to the holiday of Christmas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eighteen screens of the prime minister giving a speech at a convention, his two hands shaking themselves out over the podium as he spoke, a bit like mine. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filtered down through the trapdoor in the stage out of which, at the old tobacconist conventions, the Rondega girl used to pop, clad in nothing but a cigar ribbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I happened to recount this to a group of medical professionals at a convention of the American Public Health Association, and a psychiatrist suggested it was probably post- traumatic stress disorder. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, such as gold or uranium, elements prized because of arbitrary economic conventions or aesthetic judgments, or because they have remarkable practical applications. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Although the two women exchanged letters, it took eight years for them to follow through on the promise they had made in London to hold a women’s rights convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Antifederalist opponents of the Constitution made precisely these points, but they were outmaneuvered, outargued, and ultimately outvoted by a dedicated band of national advocates in nine of the state ratifying conventions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It is what Vincent wants for himself eventually, when he is skilled enough—to defy convention and to be bold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Early in 1968, a group of optometrists, with Billy among them, chartered an airplane to fly them from Ilium to an international convention of optometrists in Montreal. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mott wrote to Stanton, urging her to keep her expectations low: “The convention will not be as large as it otherwise might be, owing to the busy time with the farmers, harvest, etc.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, Anthony was outvoted and the women’s rights convention was canceled. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy, Charlie. The old man is on edge. This convention means a lot to him. His reputation is at stake.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Remember we always planned to attend one of the conventions but we never did. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Unseen, from two stories up, with the benefit of unambiguous sunlight, she had privileged access across the years to adult behavior, to rites and conventions she knew nothing about, as yet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The convention consisted of six sessions, including several discussions of the role of women in society. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Another firestorm can be extinguished by recalling that the conventions of usage are tacit. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

After her husband opened the convention, she explained the purpose of the gathering and offered a brief overview of the status of women around the world. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The plan became for Barack to make his announcement from the steps of the Old State Capitol, a historic landmark that would of course be more visually appealing than any convention center or arena. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The All-in Conference called for a national convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women on an equal basis to determine a new nonracial democratic constitution for South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they hooked little fingers and shook hands gravely with the mien of bankers at a convention. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of experts at the U.N. urged a national convention for South Africa that would lead to a truly representative parliament, and recommended an amnesty for all op-ponents of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look like I’m about to go to a mime convention. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“My present thought is that their virtuous army will give them a government in time in spite of all their conventions but of what nature it will be, it is hard to say.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

While the storm of negative reports may have made some of the leaders second-guess their plans, it did not prevent them from planning a second convention two weeks later. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A member of the staff had found him somehow among the identical convention rooms and handed him a stiff square of stationery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Because chemists for so long worked in isolation, conventions were slow to emerge. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Granted also that the place of slavery in the new national order had come up in several state ratifying conventions in 1788. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Year after year, the National Woman Suffrage Association held its annual convention in Washington, DC, so that its members could lobby legislators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For in those days love was ruled by a different convention to ours. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until quite recently, it was customary to write “MP’s” and “1980’s” - and in fact this convention still applies in America. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Bebop defied these conventions on several layers: solos increasingly drifted away from the chord sequence and even the key-family of the original song, and they habitually veered off from the given song melody, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I was used to fencing in convention centers or sports arenas, so this was on a whole different level of spectacular. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They are being too logical, while betraying their lack of familiarity with the conventions of the printed page. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Despite causing more raised eyebrows than a Frankie Howerd convention, Yates valiantly stayed in his job until his boss resigned, at which point he thought it only polite to follow suit. Who would you cast in phone hacking: the movie? 2011-07-22T08:52:50Z

Shows like “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” transpose the romance novel’s conventions to reality television. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

It is proposed that public health policy leaders and politicians replicate the tobacco control convention by making it legally binding for countries to comply with a set of principles or rules. The world is hooked on junk food: How big companies pull it off 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

The newspapers and networks took over restaurants and bars along the block outside the convention center. This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The character dynamics are recognizable in the way they hew to genre conventions. On Netflix, a Genuine Nail-Biter, and on Amazon, a Genuine Eccentric 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Her first novel, “This One Is Mine,” was written in standard narrative style, but “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” leaves convention behind. Books of The Times: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ a Maria Semple Novel 2012-08-06T18:53:15Z

They knew every bit of trivia about the show, called themselves “Beckies,” and were planning to attend a big “Becker” convention that weekend. The “Simpsons” Jokes That Never Quite Made It (and a Few that Barely Did) 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

A big question before the convention was whether Mr. Trump would “pivot” for the general election in tone, in style, in substance. A Donald Trump Speech Whose Sunny Spots Came Mostly From the Stage Lights 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Others have decided that personal identity is the product of wishful thinking or a mere linguistic convention. Total Recall fuels delusion about who we are 2012-08-28T09:39:32Z

Maxwell Park, the brainchild of sommelier Brent Kroll, opened June 26 in Shaw, not far from the convention center. Young wine pros pour their efforts into D.C.’s restaurant renaissance 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

If the crowds in Detroit this year are anything like what convention organizers hope, that parking camera just might come in handy. Cars To Look For At The Detroit Auto Show 2010-12-29T11:00:00Z

The Democrats announced Wednesday that they will partner with Endavo Media and Communications on an app that will show convention programming. For TV heads and viewers, conventions are largely a mystery 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Critics also contend the city is jumping into an oversaturated market for conventions. New Nashville convention center to open in May 2013-04-30T14:01:10Z

It's experiments such as these, which break with convention in order to explore the stage, that keep the festival ahead of the game. Breakin' Convention 2010-05-03T21:00:00Z

When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions. How Meghan Trainor Became 2014's Most Unlikely Pop Star 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z

So, to be more nuanced about what’s at stake: In the present moment, where does art rise above ironic ridicule and aspire to greatness, in terms of challenging convention and elevating the human spirit? David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z

Times TV critic Mary McNamara was not: She was embedded with the cast as they made their way through the convention. Lena Headey falls in 'unconditional heartbreaking divine love' with baby girl 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

But with 40,000 visitors every mid-May, the world’s largest annual convention is host to many more than 140 characters. Second Annual Edition: If I'd Been Tweeting from Cannes... 2012-05-24T15:10:01Z

Singleton was in Las Vegas at a film convention when he found out he had been nominated. 'I was terrified I was going to be a flash in the pan': three people who made Hollywood history 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

She covered political conventions, the feminist movement and Wellesley, which she labeled a factory for "docile" women. Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71 2012-06-27T03:28:11Z

In this yearlong experiment in building a DIY society, viewers are invited, as the host put it, to “imagine throwing off the shackles of conventions and conformity.” In ‘Utopia,’ on Fox, Real People Build an Unreal World 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Chelsea Clinton used the gesture when she introduced her mother at the convention. Hillary’s New Go-To Gesture: Hand to the Heart 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Tempest's piece follows these conventions, but transcends them. Kate Tempest wins Ted Hughes poetry prize for 'spoken story' 2013-03-27T19:43:46Z

"They're growing this market with incredible acumen," Mr Page said at the Great Escape music convention in Brighton. Festivals thrive in concert boom 2010-05-14T07:07:00Z

An annual “Dawn of the Dead” fan convention, which takes place inside the mall, started in 2016. Pittsburgh Embraces a Renegade Filmmaker 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

Artful combinations of lists, stream-of-consciousness observations, poems and aphorisms, the pages reveal an artist playing with the ambiguities and limits of language, in particular the conventions of letter writing. A movable feast of words in Ray Johnson books 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

“A basic repudiation of socially binding mores and conventions, including the marriage contract?” predicts another student. “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z

If you can’t attend these performances, you can catch Gethard in May at Beautiful/CONonymous, a convention the comedian is hosting in Brooklyn so that followers of his podcast “Beautiful/Anonymous” can connect in person. What to Do in New York City in April 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

When I arrived at the convention center in Anchorage, I wasn’t surprised to discover a line snaking around the block. Pursuits : Finding 3 Ways to Enjoy Alaska’s Winter 2014-02-18T17:39:26Z

Such choices make for a disorienting viewing experience, especially if you’re accustomed to the conventions of slicker documentaries. A True-Crime Story That Puts the Victims First 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

The news was shared by Palanhiuk at a panel discussion, Ode to Nerds, held as part of Comic-Con International in San Diego, the annual convention for comics fans, publishers and retailers. Fight Club sequel on way as graphic novel, Chuck Palahniuk reveals 2013-07-24T10:49:00Z

This trio of techniques shows Man at her best: juggling disparate genres, styles and conventions to bring memory and fantasy into electrifying proximity. Chen Man's 'East-West' at L.A. Louver stirs passions 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

Ms. Steiner soon grew intrigued with the crime-fiction genre, which promised a more structured set of narrative conventions. Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Exhibit A: David Weigel’s “I’m amazed at the number of people who just come to conventions to hang out.” Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z

On Sunday, at a style awards party in Hollywood, Kate Bosworth defied convention by wearing a look from the spring Jil Sander collection that fused a white T-shirt with a long mint green skirt. Front Row: Red Carpet Dress-Up Is Stylish Again 2010-12-16T05:50:05Z

The film follows the genre conventions of a Western. "It's America's genre": Thandiwe Newton defends her land in "God's Country," a modern-day western 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Her team had worked to schedule the convention while Trump was still in office, and she had secured a tweet from him endorsing her. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

A movement that started in powerful opposition to modern conventions has become increasingly integrated with mainstream performance. Early Music Is Enjoying Its Moment 2011-03-06T01:45:27Z

“The Quantum Spy” honors the conventions of a good spy novel, including vivid depictions of colorful locales, from Singapore to Beijing, Vancouver, Mexico City and Amsterdam. Review | For the inside dope on how the CIA works, ‘The Quantum Spy’ can’t be beat 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

Most people his age are still learning the conventions, the traditions, the craft, and here he is leveraging the full power of the novel. Anthony Marra on ‘A Constellation of Vital Phenomena’ 2013-05-29T20:47:38Z

When Affleck is confronted by a posse of psychics wearing crimson sports jackets, for instance, you wonder if maybe he’s wandered into a convention of Red Lobster senior managers. ‘Hypnotic’ Review: A Twisty Thriller Sends Ben Affleck on the Run 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

Hollywood studios showcase their upcoming releases to the film industry at the convention which started in 2011. 'Wonder Woman' and 'Blade Runner 2049' showcased at Vegas convention 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

He concedes that emancipatory movements freed people from the stifling grip of convention. ‘Dedicated’ Makes the Case for Choosing Something and Sticking With It 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

"I am certain that the eviction of the Dale Farm Traveller families is illegal under international, mandatory, human rights conventions," she said. Vanessa Redgrave supports people facing eviction 2011-08-30T17:20:10Z

At a recent CinemaCon convention for theater owners in Las Vegas, Disney and other studios stressed the special experience of watching a film in a darkened theater. Cinema vs. streaming: the battle over when and where you can see... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Despite the mystery of what the conventions are going to be, news executives anticipate a high level of interest among viewers. For TV heads and viewers, conventions are largely a mystery 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Despite such bows to convention, though, one thing is the same: Independent still feels more like an art experience than a shopping experience, and that sets it apart from the competition. Review: Independent Art Fair Combines Less Is More and Growth 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The author’s experimentation with form — one story is structured as a play script, others as exchanges over text or email — doesn’t prove as rewarding as the way she plays with conventions of linked narratives. Two Lies and a Truth: Story Collections Exploring the Spectrum of Human Honesty 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

"The costume ball is the one formal convention in which the desire for individuality and extreme originality does not endanger collective performance but is actually a condition for it." In "Blade Runner," who are the androids and what do they dream of? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Alternately entertaining and exasperating, “The Ambassador” plays with the limits of documentary conventions. Critic?s Notebook: New Directors/New Films: ?Oslo, August 31st,? ?Breathing? 2012-03-25T23:08:53Z

While watching “Waiting for Forever,” I felt tentative stirrings of admiration for an indie movie that so aggressively flouts the hard-shelled conventions of romantic comedy. | 'Waiting for Forever': Undying Love in the Time of Arrested Development 2011-02-04T00:35:04Z

The afternoon’s “virtual inaugural parade” strove to recapture the endearing roll call at the Democratic convention. At Biden’s Inaugural Events, the Music Was Earnestly Reassuring 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

In between, there were some fun ensemble numbers that stretched the conventions of tap. Freewheeling fun with Savion Glover at the Music Center at Strathmore 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

Nielsen did not immediately have figures on how many people followed the convention, being held in Tampa, Fla., via video streams instead. TV viewership down from 2008 Republican convention 2012-08-30T00:13:08Z

In her home country, she’s gained a reputation for rethinking the conventions of hip-hop dance and how the form might best be transferred from street to stage. A French Dancer’s Hip-Hop Moves Are Tested in New York 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

With no dancing and a slim plot, there was little of musical theater convention in the show, but, as Frank Rich wrote in The Times, it was startlingly original and deeply satisfying. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

“Margaret” is most certainly a movie that fights, like its young heroine, to free itself from received wisdom and genre conventions. Arts & Leisure: Film Favorites of A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis in 2011 2011-12-14T13:13:18Z

Appearing in elaborate costumes at the convention’s masquerade competition, Ms. Conrad and friends are shown dramatizing an action sequence inspired by the Mass Effect sci-fi video game. Movie Review: ?Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan?s Hope,? by Morgan Spurlock 2012-04-12T21:47:24Z

Like its predecessors, "The Magician's Land" cues in the reader early about the context and conventions that will be invoked. Lev Grossman's 'The Magician's Land' closes the book 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

It combined clever parodies that often tweaked racial conventions with uniquely staged musical productions featuring hip-hop and soul artists. Boundary-pushing Dave Chappelle set to receive comedy award 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

She also added organizing to her plate and became a co-leader of the first national women's rights convention in 1850 and many conventions thereafter. A new book places Lucy Stone at forefront of women's suffrage 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

What they discover is a country stunned into convention and nostalgia by a decade and a half of Tory rule. Robinson in Ruins 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z

Searches for white pantsuits are now 7 percent more prevalent than searches for black pantsuits which, before the convention, were the most-searched color. On Election Day, the Hillary Clinton White Suit Effect 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

The abolitionist former slave encouraged the convention to include voting rights in its declaration, even though several of the convention’s organizers felt that asking for voting rights might be too outrageous. Suffragette City: A timely visit to Seneca Falls, N.Y., birthplace of the 19th amendment 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

The harmonic progressions in Monteverdi’s madrigals challenged conventions of the time and prompted an attack from the conservative theorist Giovanni Artusi. Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

Like the Democrats’, the Republican convention will no doubt be contentious, with an ever-widening rift between the moderate Kid Rock wing of the party and the gun-toting outsiders among Ted Nugent’s caucus. Snoop Dogg to headline Democratic National Convention “unity party” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

The first season is a much rawer project, an unsettling farce about guilt and grief that is challenging to both TV conventions and the viewer. I Love Top Ten Lists 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Yet Gilman is a writer who enjoys establishing conventional forms and then pulling the rug out from under them, sending conventions toppling. Review: ‘A Woman of the World’ Dwells in Possibility 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Even with its cautious diversification, the convention represents the conservative uptown wing of a field whose downtown avant-garde increasingly merges music with performance art, political satire and gender and genre bending. Review: New York Cabaret Convention Slips In Modern Flourishes 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Happy End is almost farcical in its avoidance of convention. LOLs with Haneke: I confess to the director about creating his cat-lover Twitter parody 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

In place of knowledgeable contributors are irritating music and blandly repetitive interviews as we follow Hevesh from convention appearances to meetings with ecstatic fans and collaborative projects with fellow topplers. ‘Lily Topples the World’ Review: What Goes Up 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

While Jenko frolics with Zook, Schmidt plays the spurned partner, a setup that allows the movie simultaneously to mock and exploit the conventions of both the traditional romantic comedy and the bromance. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

It’s about taking risks, taking chances with convention and trying unexpected combinations. T Magazine: The Reinvention of Beige 2013-12-05T20:16:25Z

Two dozen convention sessions will be free and open to the public. Best books of 2011: A list of lists 2011-11-20T18:01:41Z

Turning Japanese convention around, an O Ya meal starts with sushi, then backs into sashimi. O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

“It’d be one hell of a convention of all those characters coming together. We could do a team movie. I’m going to pitch him on that.” Living With the Men of Paul Schrader’s ‘Man in a Room’ Trilogy 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Schnabel shows “imaginative freedom in every frame and sequence, dispensing with narrative and expository conventions in favor of a wild, intuitive honesty,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Rocky Horror’ and ‘Jago: A Life Underwater’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

But “Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds” turns out to deviate from those conventions in a number of surprising ways. The Deadliness of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Was Not Inevitable 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

I wrote with immediacy, without what I think of as a non-fiction narrative voice and used many of the conventions that sustain novels. Paperback Q&A: Stella Tillyard on Tides of War 2012-06-19T10:00:01Z

Perhaps the most surprising part of the convention for Oliver, though, was that the Democrats seemed to take much of the patriotic zeal usually associated with the Republican Party. John Oliver Recaps the DNC on 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The choice of what to wear on the convention stage was apparently the subject of much behind-the-scenes wrangling between Mrs. Romney and some of her husband’s advisers. Ann Romney’s Dress by Oscar de la Renta Starts the Conversation 2012-08-29T19:57:10Z

“We couldn’t rest on the conventions of animated films as we’ve known them.” How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Animators Created That Trippy Look 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Chief Executive Brian Roberts opened the annual cable television convention Tuesday with a demonstration of his company's new Xfinity remote control, which now recognizes voice commands. Comcast's Brian Roberts kicks off INTX with 'Furious 7' explosion 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Illinois Republicans in March will directly elect delegates to the national convention from each of the state’s new 18 congressional districts. Kirk to endorse Romney 2011-12-19T02:24:00Z

He added new conventions, and new locations, branching into Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada. Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

The very ordinariness of convention politics was richly significant if you bothered to wonder what it all meant. A Great Writer at the 1968 Democratic Disaster 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

And then there’s my mother, whose indifference to convention, especially where child-rearing was concerned, reminds me very much of du Maurier. In Praise of Daphne du Maurier 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

The most important architect of the nation, he made possible the publication of his notes, breaking the seal on the “convention’s agreed-upon secrecy.” Were the Founders Against Slavery All Along? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Support for a Dean candidacy was already welling up by March 2003, when Dean gave a rousing speech at the California Democratic Party convention. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

The Beatles arrived as experts on musical conventions and how to bend them. ‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

The site started operating in 2007, but it wasn’t until the following year — during the Democratic and Republican conventions in Denver and St. Paul — that it started making waves. Europe Without Hotels 2010-07-15T20:13:00Z

This feeling of utter hopelessness in the conventions and structures of society that we live in. Human, all too human: 10 sci-fi films that show what it means to be alive 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

Sandman is going to be something of the star of the show, gracing the official convention souvenir booklet and T-shirts. Neil Gaiman's Sandman returns for prequel 2013-07-02T14:41:22Z

Manning suggests that Malcolm's youthful appreciation of jazz helped create a vocal rhythm that broke from convention and propelled his speeches with a kind of bebop daring. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable ? review 2011-04-10T05:00:01Z

She said that the day before Tiffany flew to the convention, she bought the blue dress she wore for her speech at Bloomingdale’s off a sales rack. The Other Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cissé’s languid but mindful pacing and his indifference to Western film language conventions on space and time transitions also contribute to the movie’s distinction. Exploring Afrofuturism in Film, Where Sci-Fi and Mythology Blur 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Editors’ note: The two spellings for the former Libyan dictator’s name reflect the varied conventions in Western translations of Arabic names. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Which is to say, they knead the characters and conventions of another writer in another age into a mold of their own mischievous choosing. Review | It’s prime-time rhyme time with ‘School for Lies’ at Lansburgh Theatre 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Obama appeared on screen, the final speaker on the first night of the Democratic convention, to deliver her talk in a beige-colored room that had been blurred into an impersonal mise-en-scene. Perspective | Michelle Obama’s speech was like an empathetic neighbor expressing sorrow for what our country has become 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Those who can't get into the convention hall with the Obamas can still carouse into the night at several unofficial balls across Washington. Top talent lined up for Obama's inaugural events 2013-01-11T12:43:12Z

James McCann, a Purdue University political scientist who has studied conventions, says they still serve a party-building function and will likely remain part of the political landscape for the foreseeable future. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

It is a movie put together from bits and pieces of cinematic tropes, conventions, and clichés, including ones borrowed from a range of genres, from ingenious physical comedy to romantic lyricism to Gothic horror. Review: The Coen Brothers “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Is Six Giddy, Cruel Twists on the Western 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

Arteta's new comedy "Cedar Rapids" tells of a naive insurance salesman's wild weekend at a convention in the big city. A Minute With: director Miguel Arteta at Sundance 2011-01-27T17:42:12Z

In 2005, the two met at a business convention and, as Schilling put it, “it was obvious that we were kindred spirits that needed to join forces.” T Magazine: Bali Wood 2011-11-15T14:00:04Z

Gucci calls the campaign “an exploration of the flamboyance and self-expression of men and women who challenge the conventions of society through performance, art and dance.” Gucci’s Diversity Drag 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Yes, the script makes its concessions to romantic conventions. Review: In ‘Photograph 51,’ Nicole Kidman Is a Steely DNA Scientist 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

Without wanting to spoil the final scene of Season 3, its riffs on rom-com conventions cemented for me the notion that “GLOW” was at its core a love story between Debbie and Ruth. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘GLOW’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

A studio spokeswoman declined to comment if the film's marketing campaign would be tweaked in light of Eastwood's odd convention appearance. Did Eastwood's RNC act cause trouble for 'Curve'? 2012-09-06T14:17:11Z

Over the years, Comic-Con has flirted with proposals from cities better prepared to handle the masses or closer to Hollywood A-listers that have become such a dominant part of the convention. Perspective: For Comic-Con, home is where the heart is -- San Diego 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

This is a convention for all your worst aunts and uncles.” Seth Meyers Says It’s ‘Too Late’ for Fox News to Undo Trump Damage 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

On the surface, his operas, following a parade-of-arias structure, may seem stuck in conventions that were becoming dated even in Handel’s day. Review: Joyce DiDonato Is Wrenching in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

He talks at “Star Trek” conventions about his role as Mr. Sulu. Q&A: George Takei Reflects on Travel, Both Painful and Pleasurable 2014-03-07T16:29:48Z

He had composed his work within the conventions of opéra comique, in which musical numbers are separated by spoken dialogue. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z

“Nobody wants to have their foundations challenged or their conventions challenged and we definitely did all that.” Ted Sarandos Talks About That Stock Drop, Backing Dave Chappelle, and Hollywood Schadenfreude 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

Diaz, who stopped by theater owners' CinemaCon convention Wednesday in Las Vegas to collect an award as female star of the year, described her character's life as "one big F-bomb." Diaz lowers school standards with 'Bad Teacher' 2011-03-31T13:16:16Z

On Saturday, show creator Matt Groening was joined on stage by a life-size hologram of Homer making quips about the convention, Stephen King and making Groening do a little dance. From virtual reality to stars, five highlights from Comic-Con 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

That I look like I’d be in town for a rotary convention? David Sedaris on his new book, 'Theft by Finding' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Whether he's on a set or at a convention, his range of creature voices, including Gollum from the "Lord of the Rings" movies and Caesar, the proud chimpanzee of the "Planet of the Apes" films. Andy Serkis imagines a conversation between Caesar and Gollum 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The convention and visitor bureaus in southeastern Indiana's Jefferson, Ohio and Switzerland Counties are holding a scarecrow contest along the Ohio River Scenic Byway in October with a $500 grand prize. SE Ind. scarecrow contest offers $500 grand prize 2011-08-19T11:31:05Z

We used it as a lesson in the meaning of the asterisk* - one convention of the written word that's never really successfully translated to audio form. Motherlode Blog: When Audio Books Do and Don't Count for School 2012-09-07T16:29:39Z

With peace breaking out on the early-music battlefield, there are still performance conventions to be challenged and a new generation of audiences excited. Early Music Is Enjoying Its Moment 2011-03-06T01:45:27Z

Spielberg on Thursday told audiences at the giant Comic-Con International convention in San Diego that he was at work on a new "Jurassic Park" movie, delighting a packed house at the pop culture showcase. Spielberg plans return trip to "Jurassic Park" 2011-07-22T22:42:16Z

He became a convention bar friend, because we saw each other at conventions, and we would settle down in the bar and catch up. Neil Gaiman: 'Iain Banks was one of us, whatever that meant' 2013-06-09T22:57:04Z

In Las Vegas, Wizards and Channel Fireball seemed to be trying to tip the gender scales for future events by highlighting the women who had shown up at the convention center. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

There’s a bigger picture, and it’s how long Shalwitz’s Woolly has subverted conventions and cried out with civic purpose. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

The project, which was originally to be directed by Steven Spielberg, follows events in the aftermath of the 1968 Democratic national convention in Chicago, which was beset by violent protests and battles with police. Paul Greengrass to direct Aaron Sorkin-scripted film about Chicago Seven 2013-07-24T11:41:50Z

Jokes about tenors or recitatives, for instance, playfully turn the spotlight on the conventions of the genre. Is ‘The Mikado’ Too Politically Incorrect to Be Fixed? Maybe Not. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

When we started Batman Begins I wondered how to deal with the conventions of a comic-book film. The Dark Knight Rises: the team behind the trilogy's epic finale 2012-07-13T23:01:00Z

Even in a bad genre book, you've still got the curiosity and the reassuring knowledge that the writer will eventually deliver against the conventions. Literary debate 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

In letters, wall texts and magazine layouts displayed in this exhibition at the International Center of Photography, however, you sense Capa’s enthusiasm for color bumping up against various conventions and commercial demands. Art Review: ‘Capa in Color’ at International Center of Photography 2014-02-06T22:07:19Z

Time was, conventions were an opportunity for a party to bring its message to the larger public and win over a big chunk of undecided voters going into the final stretch of the campaign. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

It’s surprising how many younger people I meet at conventions — a whole kind of echo boom of “X-Files” fans has grown up. The Cigarette Smoking Man of ‘The X-Files’ Resurfaces 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Coates’ title, which appears to refer to the wonder, weirdness and disappointments of the Obama years, derives from Thomas Miller’s speech at South Carolina’s 1895 state constitutional convention. Ta-Nehisi Coates blazes a singular intellectual path in 'We Were Eight Years in Power' 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, some con-goers see women in costumes as just a part of the convention scenery and believe they are dressed up solely to attract male attention,” Geeks for CONsent writes on their site. Women at Comic-Con Protest Sexual Harassment 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Indiana event was technically a National FFA Organization convention, not one of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rallies. Pharrell Williams wants to sue Trump for playing ‘Happy’ at an event after Pittsburgh massacre 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

“At a time when the conventions of landscape photography seem exhausted and inadequate, Mr. Graham revivifies the genre by standing it on its head.” Rodney Graham, Conceptual Artist Who Starred in His Work, Dies at 73 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

Defining comedy can seem to be like hitting a moving target, since its conventions and characteristics can change. ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z

The network announced the series at San Diego Comic-Con, a convention for fans of science fiction and pop culture. CBS announces four-part series of short 'Star Trek' episodes 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

There are problems with the convention itself, too. PAX Australia: can it escape controversy? 2013-07-19T00:32:35Z

In other words, you look to the masters not only for inspiration but also for tools, devices, and visual conventions. Wayne Thiebaud’s “Stuffed” 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Although it was unlucky, not the fault of the convention, you promptly give it up. Bridge: One Deceived by Experience, the Other by the Heart Queen 2010-04-21T22:36:00Z

During those early conventions there was no precedent for what the rules were, how actors would interact with fans and the like. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Birtwistle's concerto nails one of the conventions of the genre with absolute assurance: Tetzlaff's violin line was always audible against the orchestra. Birtwistle premiere - review 2011-03-06T17:00:13Z

“None of those folks looked like me. I didn’t feel a part of that world — the stores, the fandom and the conventions.” In ‘Naomi,’ a Black Girl Comes of Age Heroically 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The literalness of film and the creaky conventions of the biopic threaten to dissolve that strangeness, to domesticate genius into likable quirkiness. Review: ‘A Quiet Passion’ Poetically Captures Emily Dickinson 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

It’s not a fact that Close has paid much attention to, though, her career typified by characters who refuse to comply with old-fashioned gender conventions. Glenn Close: ‘People don’t realise that you keep your sexuality up until you die’ 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

As more women get involved with San Diego Comic-Con, some are calling for its organizers to institute an official anti-sexual harassment policy at the convention. Women at Comic-Con Protest Sexual Harassment 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

I’m not aware of that, beyond having called on some of the brisker, even arbitrary narrative conventions of film, though I know both of these references and recall the pleasure of their hurtling story lines. This Week in Fiction: Thomas McGuane 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

It was the Half Marathon on the event’s first Saturday, an extra night of shows organizers added to stay aligned with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters convention, using just six clubs across Lower Manhattan. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

It’s rare to see a show filled with such mysterious complexity, stridently defying the conventions that would traditionally make a show seem initially binge-worthy. The Girlfriend Experience: a welcome return for TV's most audacious drama 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

It's not an eccentric habit or cultural convention like holding your chopsticks a certain way. Bouncy Noodles, Bright Greens, Quick Broth: A Perfect Bowl 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Set in 1955, the film brings together students and parents attending a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in a desert town on Asteroid Day. The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

A Riesling Rendezvous convention is held every three years in Washington state, and an International Riesling Foundation educates consumers about the wines. Riesling, way beyond sweet

But “Undateable” nevertheless clings tightly to some of the more hoary sitcom conventions, including raucous laughter at every punch line. ‘Undateable’ Keeps a Sitcom Formula Alive 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Nor is it the kind of self-congratulatory uplift you might expect to find on the program at a convention. Review: A Secret History of Gay Life Uncovered in ‘217 Boxes’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

She's inspired by the torments of convention and the perversity of social expectation. Paula Rego: my hero 2012-08-24T21:45:09Z

They’re on the verge of disbanding, but are en route to Myrtle Beach to perform together one last time at a strippers convention, and Mike decides to join them. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

But from the beginning, Bennett's stage plays have consistently upended theatrical conventions. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z

This convention is for people who see beyond all of that. RuPaul champions importance of drag with DragCon 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Its creator, Victor Fresco, made his name with “Better Off Ted,” which played fast and loose with the conventions of the office comedy. Review: ‘Santa Clarita Diet,’ a Suburban Sitcom With Bite 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The convention doors open at 8:30 a.m., and the activities run until 10 p.m. Highlights of the 2016 National Book Festival 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Like any numbers attached to a campaign, the convention ratings have been spun several ways at once. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

Their lives, even the tiny bit that unspools in the loopy convention of reality television — the constant recapping and foreshadowing — are always complicated and compelling. The Prancing Elites Dance Their Way Up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

He is willing to embrace, however austerely, the supernatural side of this Mozart classic, its surreal theatrical conventions. Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

They presented an alternative to Hollywood by consciously breaking its conventions while at the same time paying homage to what was good in American cinema. William Lubtchansky obituary 2010-05-12T18:07:00Z

This kind of fiction is interested in the general as well as the particular, but it is often judged only by the conventions of the general. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z

As he has done throughout a career that includes “Far From Heaven” and “Carol,” Haynes uses melodramatic conventions to fascinating effect, though he does so here with jolts of rich, destabilizing humor. At a Particularly Strong Cannes Film Festival, Women’s Desires Pull Focus 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

About 25 years ago, he tried on a VR rig at a convention sponsored by the early cyberculture magazine Mondo 2000 and was disappointed by how huge and uncomfortable it was. A Virtual Reality Revolution, Coming to a Headset Near You 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

"I have kids come to me at conventions saying, `My grandfather grew up with your work,'" said Aragones, 74, whose recent features include "A MAD Look at Lady Gaga." Magazine's 1st MAD men get a rare reunion 2011-11-12T15:31:12Z

The second act of “Swan Lake” brims over with loving jokes about ballet conventions and the layerings of men behaving like women behaving like men. Dance Review: Les Ballets Trockadero at the Joyce Theater 2012-12-19T22:32:27Z

A talented extrovert may subvert these conventions, with joyous results. Behind the times? The strange, sad story of rear of the year 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Its brilliant pastiche songs gloss Lehar, Berlin, Gershwin, Weill and more to encapsulate the history of Broadway while deconstructing its cute boy-meets-girl conventions. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z

Beginning this weekend, the new dance convention — its competition debuts next year — aims to create “a safer and more inclusive dance community.” Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

In “Outsiders,” Gordon tells the stories of five visionary women who disdained convention and made literary history: Eliot, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Olive Schreiner and Virginia Woolf. Group Biographies Give Trailblazing Historical Women Their Due 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

It flew in the face of convention and expectation. Summertime of the Dead by Gregory Hughes – review 2012-09-28T21:55:03Z

By defying old baby-name conventions, however, they also stumbled into a new one: the quest to brand one’s child with the most idiosyncratic name possible. Lilith, Lilibet … Lucifer? How Baby Names Went to ‘L’ 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Pelosi was joining her family for an afternoon on the convention donor circuit. Alexandra Pelosi Muses on the Donors She Convinced to Talk Candidly in Her New Film 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

Her characters longed to escape the drudgery of selfhood and convention. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

But the virtual event, called Comic-Con@Home, only showed how the convention failed to translate its most essential qualities technologically and conceptually. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

But they treat these conventions as jumping-off points to a very refined brand of goofing around. Zaniness of 'Inside the N.B.A.' Doesn’t Depend on the Score 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Both men recently appeared with Williams at a convention of stargazers and astrophysicists in Cardiff, where the artist performed a piece called The Astronomer. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z

With dozens of heavily guarded motorcades moving back and forth from those hotels to the convention center multiple times a day, security planners acknowledge there will be frequent street closings. City readies security for NATO summit 2012-04-17T01:46:00Z

In an evening of stretching convention norms, thanks to appearances by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a video of the president conducting a naturalization ceremony in the White House, that fit right in. Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Since its adoption in 2003, the convention has had significant impact on public policy changes related to tobacco control around the world. The world is hooked on junk food: How big companies pull it off 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

“We want to hold these businesses accountable for the harm that they are consciously or unconsciously causing,” said Cat Cogliandro, a dancer and choreographer who teaches at multiple conventions. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

If the US artist Mariah Robertson seems hell bent on rescuing the raw materials of the pre-digital darkroom from encroaching obsolescence, she does so with a highly irreverent disregard for photographic conventions. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-15T23:07:37Z

I’m often told not to bring up the “mom” aspect of what I do when I am asked to speak at business associations, conferences and conventions.  Motherlode Blog: Proud to Be a 'Mompreneur' 2012-03-21T15:18:53Z

The thrill of breaking The New Yorker’s style rules—violating all kinds of American grammatical conventions as we go—has been only one of the joys of working on Ferrante’s arresting, unputdownable books. My Favorite Cultural Moments of 2015 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Our hero is one such: drummer in a Rio band featuring more facial hair than a 19th-century novelists' convention. The new Heineken advert 2013-05-25T05:00:00Z

But the only real disappointment at the convention center was “Art Positions,” the section devoted to emerging artists and galleries. Art Review: Art Basel Miami Beach - Review 2011-12-03T00:25:04Z

According to a publicist for the Yahoo Web series “Ghost Ghirls,” Mr. Black, one of its producers, spent Thursday morning wandering the halls of the Comic-Con fan convention here, disguised in a Nacho Libre mask. ArtsBeat: Comic-Con: Superheroes of Varying Sizes and Shapes 2013-07-18T22:14:38Z

Gettelfinger spoke in Detroit at a convention of delegates who will elect a new president on Wednesday. Gettelfinger: Grow The UAW 2010-06-14T18:10:00Z

His pet hates include perceived stupidity, laziness, or ideas being blocked for seemingly vague reasons, which may explain No 10’s sudden appetite for ripping up unwritten rules and conventions. Does Boris Johnson’s government have a women problem? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

But his dialogue with the jazz tradition on this album isn’t inherently radical or envelope-pushing; it often sounds respectfully at ease, without being hemmed in by convention. Albums From Art Hirahara and Death Grips 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

State parties will send delegates to national conventions, where they will nominate one person for the Democratic Party and one person for the Republican Party. On Super Tuesday many voters will help choose major-party nominees for president 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

Often, the conventionality of the movement and video imagery served to undercut Tilson Thomas' musical approach, which emphasized Beethoven breaking the bounds of musical and liturgical convention in almost every possible way. L.A. Phil gets theatrical with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Several hundred authors speak inside the city’s cavernous convention center. Book lover? Plan your trip around a literary festival. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

He definitively dropped the convention of a parapet in the foreground of the picture, bringing his sitters in more direct contact with the viewer. Art Review: Lorenzo Lotto, Renaissance Master, Gets His Due 2011-04-12T11:30:08Z

He tells a pre-Internet days story of being at the bar at a science fiction convention and hearing two women — former Pentagon key-punch operators — talking about computer viruses, then obscure and mysterious. William Gibson coaxes the future out of the present 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Jo Miller, a “Full Frontal” executive producer, said that in Ms. Bee’s visits to past conventions as part of “The Daily Show,” she proved her talent for finding comedy in dry and seemingly dull settings. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

But for every concession to convention, Goulding did something her own way. Ellie Goulding brings pop-star panache to Merriweather Post and still keeps it real 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Eastern, when Hannity’s show airs, and for most of the time, convention proceedings are shown in a tiny box at the bottom of the screen with the sound turned off. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

But “Prom Queen” found success on a platform that often rewards young people for adhering to the very conventions Trifilio was critiquing. Beach Bunny Is Building an Indie-Rock Career in a Time of TikTok 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

But the fandom spreads further within and outside of the convention center. At the first-ever SopranosCon, meet the fans who never stopped believin’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

The Libertarian convention will also feature a debate among four candidates for its presidential nomination, including former New Mexico Gov. Indiana Libertarians set to pick 'Survivor' star 2012-03-23T15:22:08Z

More than ever, enthusiastic devotees crowd exhibitions about the great detective, attend conventions in his honor and join “scion societies” of the revered Baker Street Irregulars, including the Red Circle of Washington . Review | The enduring fascination with Sherlock Holmes: It’s elementary. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

But this shoehorns her into the very conventions of capitalism and bourgeois values that she eschewed so aggressively. Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women 2014-05-10T04:00:00Z

At conventions, thousands of fans, sometimes dolled up in the outfits of fantasy characters he created, waited for hours just to meet him. Monty Oum Dies at 33, and His Fans Grieve 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

It is popular enough to put on its own convention instead. Critic?s Notebook: BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment?s Fan Convention 2011-10-24T21:56:19Z

“The museum is learning as well. The museum is not just exporting its own behavioral assumptions, its conventions of participation.” ‘It’s About Time.’ Museums Make Bids for Their Communities. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Sure, the guys are fretting over how they'll make a living after putting on their final show at the convention. Channing Tatum buffs his body of work in 'Magic Mike XXL' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Aurora Flores, a music journalist and composer who was working with him on his memoir, said Mr. Harlow had displayed an acerbic wit, an acid tongue and a willingness to defy conventions. Larry Harlow, Influential Figure in Salsa, Dies at 82 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

I consistently tried to preserve them, no matter what it takes, and avoid a certain contrived formality, which is an established convention in modern design. After Fashion, Hedi Slimane Turns to Photography Full Time 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Keeping with Twain Prize convention, Leno took the stage after all the presentations, clips and sketches from friends and colleagues. Jay Leno, the King of Late Night, gets his laugh lines at Mark Twain Prize ceremony

A major convention and competition for tech-oriented young people, it will feature presentations, hands-on activities and a Youth Media Expo showcasing projects from groups like Girls Who Code, Global Kids and Nano Hacker Academy. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

I saw my life as if it were spread before me: the strict conventions of my professional job, the modest paycheck that denied me the flirty dresses I craved. From good girl to prostitute: My path from ultra-Orthodox Judaism to Craigslist sex ad 2014-02-03T01:00:00Z

What’s shocking about this movie, in the context of that arresting body of work, is how thin and wooden it is, how cautiously attached to the conventions of its genre. ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Review: Singing for Her Life 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Individually, the pieces challenge existing conventions in the artists’ home countries. How the Denver Art Museum Kicked Columbus Out the Door 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Oscars host Steve Martin mocked the convention in 2003 by introducing some footage of people "you think are dead but aren't." Academy Awards A to Z 2011-01-24T16:19:17Z

It is normally held in late May at a convention center outside Washington and includes hundreds of spellers from around the country, along with a handful of international competitors. Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Especially at the Republican convention in Cleveland, you never know who might take the stage to speak. Celebrities? Athletes? Celebrity athletes? It’s must-see TV!” Real drama expected at political conventions 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

That means references to the conventions, Mr. Michaels said. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Parodies Presidential Campaign 2012-09-12T21:04:18Z

Art and industry must be decoupled: “There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.” Movie Review: ‘Out-Takes From the Life of a Happy Man,’ by Jonas Mekas 2013-04-24T22:04:27Z

Of course, there are times when being your authentic self outweighs the fear of judgment — especially when it involves your choice of partner, your heritage or the conventions of your faith. Work Advice: When’s the right moment to bare your tattoos to co-workers? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Part of the marathon, for those who paid $295 to $495 to register, was a convention held at , with panel discussions promising advice on surviving in the music business. Critic?s Notebook: Bands Dream Globally, Play Locally 2010-10-24T23:00:00Z

Ratings, too — particularly those generated by the unpredictable Mr. Trump — are an undeniable incentive for these programs, which hope to draw in fresh viewers who stick around after the official convention proceedings are over. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Isozaki positioned himself as a member of an avant-garde that practiced outside architectural convention. Arata Isozaki, Prolific Japanese Architect, Dies at 91 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

A nude figure doesn’t have to worry about pesky social conventions like pants, because it’s usually some kind of Classical or Biblical hero, like Michelangelo’s David. From JLaw to Lena: How nudity became the new normal 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Donna Moore, of San Diego, came prepared with different costumes for each day of the convention. Fans swarm San Diego as Comic-Con gets under way 2010-07-22T09:31:00Z

It is a contrast to convention and formality and each serves to highlight the other. Phonics speaks to children's knack for nonsense 2012-11-19T13:31:18Z

Turning genre conventions on their head with a smart script and plenty of unexpected scares, Rabies is a surprising debut worthy of its mantle as Israel’s first-ever slasher horror film. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z

Though Trump briefly considered canceling a subsequent political rally in Illinois, immediately following the FFA convention, he ultimately decided to keep it. Pharrell Williams wants to sue Trump for playing ‘Happy’ at an event after Pittsburgh massacre 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

My spouse and I are active in the geek culture scene and attend a few gaming/comic/geek conventions annually. Perspective | Ask Amy: Concerned sib sees assault perpetrator in public 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

In between songs, White also seemed underwhelmed by the crowd response, at one point asking, "Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention?" Guitarist Jack White stalks off N.Y. concert stage after 45 minutes 2012-09-30T23:20:03Z

William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek, expressed his condolences on Twitter, remembering the times he saw the actor at conventions over the years. Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew dies aged 74 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

It was astonishing: a convention centre filled with families, salesmen and thousands of weapons. Photographer Zed Nelson's best shot 2010-09-01T21:30:00Z

To kick off the annual fan convention Thursday, Miller was joined by Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and other cast like Mackenzie Davis to promote the film which hits theaters Nov. 1. Hamilton, Schwarzenegger tease R-rated ‘Terminator’ sequel 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses after he appeared as a guest at a convention for horror films and memorabilia earlier this month, police said. Actor Gary Busey charged with sexual offenses at horror film convention 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

His single flash of anger is aimed at the bloggers who, in defiance of theatrical convention that comment is embargoed until press night, review a play during its previews. Michael Codron - six decades in the West End 2010-03-30T21:00:00Z

Genre is such a ridiculous convention, as ridiculous as the idea of the Great American Novel. Marlon James: By the Book 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

The relentless rituals and conventions of the daily traffic through Heathrow have been subverted to other ends. Flight of fancy: how aviation changed art for ever 2012-08-17T21:55:08Z

To pretend this is not so is to ignore everything we have learned over the last year about men and women and perception and the danger of received conventions. Victoria's Secret Is Trying to Change With the Times. Or Is It? 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

As a convention it feels like an ungracious hedge, a churlish reluctance to commend the powerful or famous no matter how well deserved. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Many a square block around the convention center is covered with random fandom — people adorned with the paraphernalia of whatever happens to move them. Action is Off-Site at Comic-Con 2010-07-22T22:36:00Z

Telling foolish sudsy stories with a dirty mouth, “Insatiable” pays tribute to the conventions of teen soaps and rom-coms. The Provocative, Preposterous Power of “Insatiable” 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

She was at the height of her popularity in 1955 when she married the screenwriter Zenzo Matsuyama, and again defied convention by continuing to work as an actress rather than withdraw into domestic life. Hideko Takamine, Lauded Japanese Actress, Dies at 86 2011-01-04T01:08:46Z

“Rain is one of those movie conventions where, if you really listen to what it sounds like when it’s raining, you can’t use that in a movie: it’s too light and indistinct.” Building Sounds for ‘Killing Them Softly’ 2012-11-24T23:26:30Z

The Eagles have battled critics, conventions and each other, but they’ve never seemed desperate. Don Henley says the Eagles are done. It was always Glenn Frey’s band. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

But, unlike “Fences,” “Moonlight” doesn’t seem to have a foot planted on the stage: it’s fully cinematic, even as its triptych structure eschews screenwriting convention. Oscar Spotlight: The Screenplays 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Dovgal, the X’Show organizer, framed the convention as a social welfare project for a country where sex education is practically nonexistent. Sexual Revolution Slowly Progressing in Russia 2010-07-14T21:08:00Z

One dance instructor said she warns the children and teens she brings to conventions today to be watchful and aware of the potential for abuse of power. Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

Frost pointed out that the convention centre in the film is a replica built in New Mexico. Real-life violence rocks the Comic-Con nerds in San Diego 2010-07-25T13:25:00Z

They will be wandering the convention halls throughout the weekend and will also be available during autographing sessions. New York Comic-Con preview: how to make sense of this flourishing fest 2012-10-11T14:20:44Z

In the 1960s, longhaired men in paisley, florals and bell-bottoms defied conventions of what men were supposed to look like and what clothes they were supposed to wear. Gender Fluidity on the Runways 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Mother Dolores recently signed autographs at a New Jersey convention, a rare foray out of cloistered life as a favor for a friend, and one that helped boost fundraising efforts. Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle 2011-12-24T04:08:04Z

Never mind, because after years of impassioned pleas on forums and imploring screeches at previous conventions, the fanboys are getting their wish. Batman v Superman confirmed at Comic-Con in 'beyond mythological' mash-up 2013-07-21T07:32:00Z

She spoke at her father’s nominating convention but has since attended few public events at the White House, unlike her adult half-siblings. If Tiffany Trump wants to be just another Georgetown Law student, her plan isn’t working 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

But in this United Nations convention of clothes were some notable absences. The Oscars Red Carpet: #SewWhite 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

It has become a Vegas convention norm for visiting CEOs to take the podium, bookended by showgirls. The sad demise and curious afterlife of the Vegas showgirl 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Oscar-winning film-maker and actor made an eccentric appearance at last year's Republican national convention, berating an empty chair to the various amusement and bemusement of the gathered dignitaries. Clint Eastwood backs gay marriage 2013-03-01T17:13:34Z

Over the decades, conventions and contrasting aesthetic strains have evolved and hardened. In the World of Comedy, Improv May Now Be More Important Than Stand-Up 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Hundreds of thousands of masks, gloves and gowns were being delivered to a makeshift field hospital being set up in a large New York City convention center, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. U.S. screenwriter donates supplies from Netflix series to help fight virus 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

She stayed home when Mr. Jackson visited the fan convention Comic-Con International in July. Middle-Earth Wizard’s Not-So-Silent Partner 2012-11-30T13:00:00Z

There’s a place across the street from the convention center, the Marriott Tampa Waterside. An Unconventional Guide to Charlotte and Tampa 2012-07-27T18:49:38Z

At the annual Comic-Con International expo, pop-culture fandom is elevated to veritable religious status, and the convention's 130,000-odd attendees have countless ways to worship at the altars of their choosing. Comic-Con, Hollywood and the nature of modern fandom 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

It toys with that music, along with ballet conventions, but it indulges in them nevertheless. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Spring Season Begins 2014-04-30T17:50:19Z

He doesn’t understand or value social convention so he can’t behave accordingly. The Comeback comes back: Lisa Kudrow's prescient show returns to TV 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

As a recent Radio 4 debate highlighted, Britain has very high standards but also rather boring ones, hemmed in by newspaper conventions and lacking much literary ambition. Sports writing just isn't our field 2010-06-15T09:59:00Z

The problem for Lilienstein and Polowan was the convention that they used after West opened with one weak no-trump, showing 12 to 14 points. Bridge: At New England Knockout Team Regional, Rules Are Rules 2014-02-23T23:20:57Z

“Dear Scarlet” feels brave: Wong articulates sentiments that fly in the face of societal conventions about motherhood in a book explicitly created for her daughter to read. Graphic Novels With Fresh Voices From the Margins 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

President Obama spoke on the fourth night of convention proceedings, telling the audience that foreigners have trouble understanding how someone like Donald Trump could be the GOP’s nominee. John Oliver recaps last week’s DNC: Trump’s candidacy as baffling to foreigners as “the menu at Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen” 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

Down on the floor the convention chair, Carl Albert—an old little Oklahoman with a very big gavel—kept trying to move things along. Hunter S. Thomspon in Chicago, 1968: The battle for the Democratic Party’s soul 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

In 2000, he founded BizBash, an online resource for event companies to share ideas and products for meetings, conventions, trade shows, festivals, weddings and other gatherings. Reinventing the Washington party: Cut the speeches, pump up the schmoozing 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

“Daily Show” political convention coverage also gets its due here, since the troupe really expanded its range with each new outing. Review: ‘The Daily Show (The Book)’ Reveals How Jon Stewart Made News 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Late into the night, the lobbies and bars of the convention centre continue to ring with the sound of two thousand devotees, all pursuing that elusive, endlessly seductive barbershop chord. The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project ? and smile! 2010-07-27T21:29:00Z

We flouted traffic laws and conventions in the name of proclaiming our place on the roads. World’s longest funeral procession? 2013-06-06T17:30:00Z

These days, convention dictates that to enjoy a television show to the full, one has to have seen every single episode in order. Netflix and stress: is binge-watching out of hand? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Democratic and Republican officials say their conventions cost nearly $120 million apiece. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

Brett Morgen made the bold choice to stage “Chicago 10,” about the political activists tried after the 1968 Democratic convention, as an animated film set to transcripts read by actors. In the Golden Age of documentaries, the medium could use more artistry 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Viewer interest in this summer's Republican and Democratic national conventions? Parties' challenge: Make conventions exciting TV 2012-08-23T09:01:04Z

The Republican convention will need to create a narrative that posits Atlantic City and the cover of Playboy as a plausible road to the White House. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Lin said he’s excited to see what other novelists bring to the genre, now that more writers are moving beyond its outdated conventions. With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He’s Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

Footage from the latest take on Marvel Comics' iconic web slinger was shared with theater owners at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. First Look: Garfield stars in 'Amazing Spider-Man' 2012-04-26T02:17:11Z

"Already the best speech of either convention," the prime-time talk show host tweeted. Conventions often leave analysts star-struck 2012-09-08T16:16:04Z

Ms. Miller acknowledged that “Full Frontal” would have a smaller footprint at the 2016 conventions. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

It combines the intellectual exchange of an academic forum with the oddball bonhomie of a “Star Trek” convention. Meet the super-serious Sasquatch chasers of America’s premier Bigfoot conference 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

While many might equate this with conventions that emerged out of jazz during the 1960s and 1970s, it was much more. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

The list was then narrowed by the total number of 2009 visitors, as provided by the cities' individual visitors and convention bureaus It is arguable that warm-weather states draw the most visitors amid a recession. America's Most-Visited Cities 2010-04-28T21:00:00Z

He’s willing to upend convention to get at the heart of the story. Atlanta Ballet’s high-tech ‘Nutcracker’ at Kennedy Center is one of the most entertaining out there 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

There is a line to cross toward more intimacy and interdependence when we put aside the modern conventions of friendship and get up in one another's business. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

The convention will also include autograph sessions, performances and an awards show. Reality TV convention planned for next year 2010-08-05T11:16:00Z

There’s also a gaming-related convention at National Harbor this weekend, and Banack and Morgan are working to bring some new audiences to No Rules. Props warrior Sierra Banack is ready to help a new guild with ‘Warcraft’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

As spectators, we depend on certain conventions — darkness, say, or peer pressure — to focus our attention. All the World’s a Screen? They’re Used to It 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

One slogan of an earlier era of student revolt was “be realistic: demand the impossible,” and Ms. Keshavarz’s indifference to some of the sober conventions of realism is very much in this spirit. | 'Circumstance': ?Circumstance,? Directed by Maryam Keshavarz - Review 2011-08-25T21:59:50Z

Community loves nerd culture, so an upcoming episode is set at an Inspector Spacetime convention. TV Tonight: Community Is Back. Or Is It? 2013-02-07T13:00:15Z

We love people who challenge authority and convention and get away with it. Mad Men: how Don Draper and Walter White prepared us for Donald Trump 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

"You could see the entire thing," remarked the attendee of a convention elsewhere in the hotel. Justin Bieber gets baptised in a bathtub 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Of course, a good travel agent can help you avoid a large convention or wedding party. Perspective | When you want to get away from it all, but you can’t get away from other travelers 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Its subject is the industrial musical—plays produced by corporations for their employees to enjoy at nationwide or regional sales meetings and conventions. Can a Musical Sponsored by a Toilet Manufacturer Be a Work of Art? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

It’s less than a year old, and while its thrust stage pays admirable homage to Elizabethan staging conventions, it is a thoroughly modern theater. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: It's the Shakespeare, Not the Stage, That Matters 2011-07-14T16:19:01Z

Her lips are slightly upturned in what convention might describe as a smile, albeit one that feels feral, dangerous. Review: What’s Past Is Prologue in ‘While You Were Partying’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

The panel itself was one of the most highly anticipated at the convention, with queues standing for days to be let in. Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

The film will be officially announced on Thursday at San Diego's Comic-Con convention. Sam Raimi saddles up for Wyatt Earp sci-fi film 2010-07-20T11:09:00Z

Why does he make so much of social niceties and conventions? Reading group: Bogged down on Swann's Way? 2013-02-07T14:01:15Z

As she did at the 2008 convention, Mrs. Obama told the story of her working-class parents’ struggle to provide, and Mr. Obama’s childhood as the son of a single white mother. The TV Watch: The TV Watch: From Michelle Obama, a Heartfelt Testimonial as the First Helpmate 2012-09-05T04:31:04Z

I think we made a biopic that, as you put it, respects the conventions of the genre. Inspired by Simón Bolívar and Gustavo Dudamel 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Much of the rest of the piece feels firmly within story ballet conventions. Review: Premiere of Wheeldon’s ‘Strapless’ at the Royal Ballet 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Roosevelt breezed through the primaries, but delegates at the party’s national convention threw their support to Taft anyway. In a presidential election, it’s almost always about two parties 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

He took the conventions of the English country murder mystery and tucked them inside the ungovernable city. Television: How ?Law & Order? Helped New York Tourism 2010-05-28T19:57:00Z

Traditions like this are about as needed as a crowded convention center floor teeming with strangers in coordinated t-shirts and party flair. Night two of the virtual DNC held aloft the party's true stars: America and her people 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

The bride and groom met in 2013 in Richmond at the state convention of the Republican Party. Elizabeth Minneman, David Thomas 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

But F----- Up broke with convention on its brilliant 2008 album, "The Chemistry of Common Life," a more elaborate, layered exercise in maximalism that somehow still hit hard. Redeemed by a rock opera 2011-07-01T07:00:00Z

If the “Skin Deep” room shows Mr. Gaultier upending all conventions, the next, “Punk Cancan,” displays the art at the heart of couture. Special Report: Fashion: Gaultier's Talking Heads Astound 2011-06-17T11:01:16Z

A scant 20 years following the Civil War’s end, constitutional conventions throughout the Southern states would deprive black people of those same rights granted to them by Congress. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

For Emanuel, who lobbied the White House to host the summit, success won't be measured as much inside McCormick Place convention center as on the streets of the city he's led for a year. Chicagoans expect a global boost from NATO 2012-05-17T05:00:00Z

King, 67, said he's also going to the Family Motor Coach Association's annual convention in August in Madison, Wis., where he'll present a slideshow and try to sell a few books. Maine ex-governor chronicles motor coach travels 2011-06-24T15:33:07Z

She took the convention stage at Bill Clinton’s nomination back in 1992, to the Fleetwood Mac lyric, “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.” Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Middle-aged fans at the convention bar might be tempted to process this material into black humour. JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson – review 2013-03-22T16:30:04Z

The guns and weapons parts on display at the N.R.A. convention in Dallas last weekend represent ingrained ideals of this country’s identity, a nation forged an hardened by wars. Inside the N.R.A. Convention 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

It was all good when he turned up at the 2016 Republican convention and urinated on a banner while shouting “Black Lives Bladder”. Comedian Eric Andre: 'We don't tell guests a thing ...' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

This final skirmish sparked some controversy in Denmark since the soldiers shot wounded Taliban, flouting international convention. Armadillo ? review 2011-04-07T21:00:01Z

Republicans scrapped the first day of their convention in Tampa, Fla., because of Hurricane Isaac. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

The relative acceptance of L.G.B.T.Q. people in Guinea-Bissau stands in stark contrast to the strict laws and social conventions in other West African countries and across the continent. ‘I Have to Be Open’ 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

It was the convention that, in effect, turned the country over to Richard Nixon and led to six more years of war in Vietnam. A Great Writer at the 1968 Democratic Disaster 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Forming her first group, The Springfields, with her brother Tom, Dusty aped some of the conventions associated with country and scored chart success. Dusty Springfield's sublime masquerade through the American south 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

Besides “Fear the Walking Dead” — which will have a crossover subplot with the original show, Mr. Kirkman announced at New York Comic-Con — there are the highly rated postshow “Talking Dead,” video games and conventions. ‘The Walking Dead’ at 100: Still a Hit, but for How Much Longer? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

The play appears to suggest this imbalance is baked into the conventions of bourgeois relationships. ‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

He was a favourite at Star Wars conventions and also worked as a screenwriter for TV shows such as The Bill, Boon and Love Hurts between 1988 and 1992. New Star Wars trilogy to arrive in 2015, 2017 and 2019 2013-04-18T09:43:36Z

That overly familiar red-carpet question took on a bizarre resonance last weekend at Comic Con, a New York City convention for rabid devotees of comic books and graphic novels, film animation and video games. When Comic Books and Catwalks Collide 2010-10-13T21:37:00Z

But, like a Shakespearean comedy or a rowdy game of croquet on the resort lawn, the books fence in their own lunacy and uphold convention at their core. The Invention of the “Beach Read” 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

Guilfoyle did not snarl, but she shouted and emoted as if trying to be heard in the rafters of a cavernous convention hall even though she was just speaking to a television camera. Perspective | Melania Trump’s convention speech was a moment of calm amid the Trump family rant 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

This clip from the NewJersey Monster Mania convention in 2004 shows that, long after she drank from their veins, Pitt had them eating out of her hand. Ingrid Pitt: a career in bitesize clips 2010-11-24T16:02:00Z

Mrs. Clinton has a more familiar — let’s say it, boring — challenge at her convention: to bring her party together after a divisive primary, to unite its factions against the common enemy. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

“These poets started a movement to write against the destructive conventions of language of Nazism and therefore started to write in lowercase letters again,” she explained in an email. where have classical music’s uppercase letters gone? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

His subjects are a familiar convention: nude or scantily clad women in bohemian interiors, of fairly recent vintage. Tal R: ‘Altstadt Girl’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Joined by Reporters Without Borders and many other organizations, PEN is calling on both political parties to “create an open atmosphere for reporters” at the two conventions. Take a stand for free speech, in Cleveland and beyond 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

In better times, there is nothing like a comic convention. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Delightfully free of academic conventions and sentimental piety, its aesthetic freshness matches its vitality of soul. Art Review: Spiritual Seeker With a Taste For the Satirical 2010-12-23T22:15:17Z

Tuesday’s results raised questions about whether the race would continue to July, when one candidate will be chosen at the Democratic convention. Super Tuesday results show Democratic Party race is between Biden and Sanders 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

The noir conventions soon run out of steam in the Philippines. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco 2010-06-26T23:06:00Z

The selected design, the contract for which the City Council is expected to consider in November, calls for dramatically remaking the existing West Hall, the section of the convention center nearest Staples Center and L.A. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

In this regard — focusing less on solving a mystery than on using the conventions of crime fiction to compassionately examine emotions and personalities — “After I’m Gone” resembles Lippman’s other stand-alone books. ‘After I’m Gone:’ Laura Lippman’s latest spellbinder 2014-02-19T20:41:13Z

A fierce advocate of Black suffrage, Boguille was nearly killed in 1866 when an armed mob led by police burst into a reconvened Louisiana constitutional convention. Puncturing the Allure of Robert E. Lee, and Other Civil War-Era Histories 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

The piece, never played in Schumann’s short life, famously defies a few conventions by presenting no breaks between movements and downplaying virtuosity for much of its length. Berlioz ‘Symphonie fantastique’ at SSO on Feb. 13, 15 2014-02-06T22:34:39Z

To that end, Liefeld will stash unique Deadpool sketches outside the convention center and the surrounding Gas Lamp area for lucky fans to discover. 'Deadpool' going into hiding at Comic-Con 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

But it was a rare announcement of something not happening that sent the fan convention spinning: Ben Affleck, looking a little grumpy, denied a report that his days as Batman are numbered. At Comic-Con, Ben Affleck Says He Will Continue to Play Batman 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

“I heard about the convention from a huge fan,” Williams told me in an email. At the first-ever SopranosCon, meet the fans who never stopped believin’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Those tend to be the ideas and philosophies that are at the keynote level of homeschool conventions, even still today. Former homeschooler on the Duggar family’s horrifying fundamentalist “education”: “It’s literal rape culture” 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

There are several sessions scheduled throughout the weekend presumably because everyone at the convention will be unable to resist the combination of Nerf guns and Star Wars. New York Comic-Con preview: how to make sense of this flourishing fest 2012-10-11T14:20:44Z

“We are not acting like this is an emergency. It’s time to break with social convention.” The weather used to be good for small talk. Now it’s dead serious. 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

The support for female comics has been bolstered by in-group events and conventions, like Comic-Con where women now make up almost half of the attendees. Meet Marvel's New All-Female Superhero Team 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

He designed a large extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art and convention centers in Pittsburgh and Boston. Rafael Viñoly, Global Architect of Landmark Buildings, Dies at 78 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

Overall, the star established himself as an early hit at the pop culture convention — of course, by opening up about his “process”: Bill Murray is already the break-out star of Comic Con, of course 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

They put blacks under a kind of dome and fortified it with public policy, racist covenants and conventions, active malevolence, casual indifference and an increasingly militarized force to police it. Lonnae O’Neal: Some say Spike Lee’s ‘Chiraq’ gives Chicago a bad name 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

But she also captures the Chinese state at its most arbitrary and despotic, disregarding the rule of law and international human rights conventions to which it is a signatory. Inside the Documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ 2012-07-20T21:04:05Z

I was struck by Whitefield-Madrano’s conclusion on this matter: in rejecting the more damaging clichés and conventions of womanhood, we should also be willing to acknowledge that friendships tend to be “formed conventionally.” The Hidden Benefits of Not Taking a Compliment 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

The local currency is not skepticism but enthusiasm, and though there is plenty of room in the cavernous halls of the convention center for disappointment and disagreement, irony is thoroughly banished. At Comic-Con, Bring Out Your Fantasy and Fuel the Culture 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

I probably gained a pound while chatting with her at a recent wine convention as she plied me with chocolates, some fruity and others nutty, and urged me to sip a different wine with each. There’s more than one reason to taste wine with chocolate 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

Yet in the end—and certainly not by accident—the convention was upset. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

She refers to her appearances at fan conventions as “the lap dance,” but engages with her fans nonetheless. Review: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, at Home in ‘Bright Lights’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

“Going to the conventions and seeing and hearing the enthusiasm,” he said, was a point of pride. Comic Books, in Black and White 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

Simply presenting them side by side “is to challenge the conventions of journalistic balance,” Toobin writes. Why the Mueller Investigation Failed 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

At the time, Ginsburg and his Beat Generation were renegades who defied convention. 2010-01-22T05:52:00Z

"I don't know how it can be a bad thing for us," said Charley Johnson, president and CEO of the city's convention and visitor's bureau. You betcha: Fargo awaits TV version of hit movie 2012-10-21T16:50:11Z

And at the convention’s opening-night gala on Thursday, two singers — T. Oliver Reid and Amanda King — leapt out from the pack. Music Review: Nightclub Tradition Gets a Jolt Of Youth 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z

Sissy DeMaria remembers seeing a handsome well-dressed man staring at her in the customs line after flying with her daughter to Shanghai in September 2015 from Miami for a business convention. Two Chance Meetings, and a Romance Takes Flight 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

Mr. Young got the idea while researching strange songs for Mr. Letterman to play on air, coming across “Go Fly a Kite,” a convention recording commissioned by General Electric in the 1960s. New Movie Musical Planned for Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

The moral, of course, is to check before play if your midchart conventions are permitted. Bridge: At New England Knockout Team Regional, Rules Are Rules 2014-02-23T23:20:57Z

It also subverted the TV comedy conventions of its time — when this episode debuted, “Family Matters,” “Full House,” “The Cosby Show” and “Empty Nest” were Top 15 programs. ‘The Simpsons’ at 30 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Ferguson, who is the voice of a blacksmith in new film "How to Train Your Dragon," said he dislikes certain conventions of late-night talk shows, such as the standard business suit that hosts wear. Craig Ferguson sees Conan debacle as "wake-up call" 2010-03-22T18:59:00Z

Merryman and Newman also wrote last year’s Friends With Benefits, a romantic comedy that knowingly parodied and exploited the conventions of the genre. Think Like a Man: Men and Women Behaving Bedly 2012-04-19T17:07:29Z

While, according to Oliver, “the party of Reagan” was “very negative” at their convention, which he thought could be explained by the man currently at the head of the party. John Oliver Recaps the DNC on 'Last Week Tonight' 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The two parties hold their national conventions in July. Campaign 2016: Understanding the presidential election 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

This is part of the wonder of these books – they took a pre-existing set of interface conventions designed for utilitarian search tasks and mapped a new activity onto it. The Real ‘You’ Tube: Choose Your Own Adventure‘s New Era 2013-01-09T13:00:47Z

Wells “challenged every type of convention,” including sexism in the civil rights community and racism in the women’s suffrage movement, Hannah-Jones said. ‘You can’t just gloss over this history’: The movement to honor Ida B. Wells gains momentum 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Not so fast, Anne says, asserting her privilege as an elder and as the keeper of conventions. Review | Zimbabwe meets Minnesota in Danai Gurira’s funny ‘Familiar’ 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Biden, hardly a master of new media technologies, nevertheless delivered a convention speech directly to the camera that functioned as a more intimate appeal, helping to underscore his bid to be presidential empath. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

The family does try to uphold certain reviewing conventions, like not giving away endings, and they’ve decided not to mention if his father is in the show. Pint-size theater critic earns rave reviews from fans like Perez Hilton, Sara Bareilles

When he is away for a few days, Grace knows he’s at a medical convention somewhere. Books of The Times: ‘You Should Have Known’ Is Jean Hanff Korelitz’s New Novel 2014-03-26T20:50:10Z

The annual book festival moved from the Mall to the convention center in 2014. National Book Festival in Washington breaks attendance and sales records 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

In striving to collapse the distance between the distant Greek era — with its formalized conventions — and our more naturalistic theater, Mr. McGuinness drains tragedy of its ritualistic beauty. ‘Electra’ Stars Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic Theater 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

"They were selling my drawings for two or three times the price I was selling them for at tattoo conventions," he said. A Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery 2011-03-25T20:47:08Z

A longtime political consultant — he was a strategist for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign — Stevens sets his story in the middle of a contested Republican convention in sweltering New Orleans. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Like Trump, who lived in a gilded Manhattan tower before the White House, Ingraham sees no irony in enjoying the trappings of D.C. success while flouting the conventions of “political correctness.” Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

The way he tells it, convention security guards gave chase – "And when you're on a visa, you cannot get arrested, or you're done, so I was literally running." John Oliver: a very British coup 2013-06-07T22:00:00Z

“You will see conventions in a very different way moving forward based on what is happening in 2020,” Fox’s Grzech said. For TV heads and viewers, conventions are largely a mystery 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the conveyor-belt story then kicks in, as the guys hit the road for one last lap dance at a stripper convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. 'Magic Mike XXL': Abs and raunch aplenty amid the skimpiest of plots 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

In Dallas, a legless veteran of past wars crawls on a sidewalk outside an American Legion convention. ‘Garry Winogrand,’ a Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

He was a teen in 2004, assisting a successful tap dancer named Danny Wallace, who wasn’t with Break the Floor at the time, but would go on to run one of its subsidiary conventions. Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

His final one, in 2003, showed a convention of Swiss bankers whose ID badges bore only their numbers, not their names. James Stevenson, Ex-New Yorker Illustrator, Dies at 87 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Film convention Cinemacon in Las Vegas gives Hollywood studios the chance to show off some of their upcoming projects to cinema chains and journalists ahead of their release. 'Spider-Man' springs into action - this time in high school 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

PBS is stationing live webcams at the convention halls and surrounding areas. Everything changing for convention coverage 2012-08-22T13:22:11Z

“The entire purpose of these conventions is to unify the party, and these emails only serve to further the rift between the Hillary and Bernie supporters.” Seth Meyers: “The only one who’s got his eye on the ball right now is Bernie Sanders” 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

The base of this 61-story building contains a casino, a convention center, a spa, a Jean-Georges Steakhouse and an offshoot of Manhattan’s Bar Masa, and more than a dozen other restaurants and bars. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas 2010-03-05T04:02:00Z

Part of its strength is Alice Arnold reading the "stories" that gleefully tease broadcasting excesses and conventions. Radio review: Listen Against 2010-09-08T07:01:00Z

Here, the conscious and the unconscious, the intentional and the incidental, the energizing force of provocation in the virtually theatrical conventions of homecoming infuse a small-scale drama with intricate depths and globe-spanning grandeur. “Return to Bollène,” Reviewed: An Arab Man’s Painful Homecoming in the South of France 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

"It's always really interesting to me to make note of the things that people will and won't say at the convention," says Bee. Conventions a parody playground for 'Daily Show' 2012-08-27T18:43:03Z

Batman is a huge draw for fans at the convention. Comic-Con 2014: Batman in the Spotlight 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The first liberation that the patients enact is itself artistic—the casting-off of the conventions of movie logic and realistic drama in favor of the improvised and freewheeling spirit of Mack Sennett comedies. A Lost Masterwork Is Found: Thomas White's “Who's Crazy?” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

But when you strip away the social conventions from which a show’s crisis develops — prudery, repression, outerwear, what have you — you leave the action unmotivated and unmoored. Review: A Genderqueer ‘Cabaret,’ at War With Itself 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

By contrast, in “Notes on an Execution,” Kukafka aims to undo some of these conventions, including the preoccupation with dead women, in order to explore more ambiguous and ambitious terrain. ‘Notes on an Execution’ Isn’t Your Typical Serial Killer Novel 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

In fact, Wonder Woman appeared to be one of the most popular costumes at the convention this year, along with Rey from Star Wars and Daenerys from Game of Thrones. Wonder Woman Won Comic-Con 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Yet Chinese Bookie hewed close enough to genre conventions to make it, after a meandering first third, the director’s most Hollywoodish movie—in a good way. Requiem for Mr. Tough Guy 2012-02-06T17:01:31Z

The mayor was determined not to have his city, his convention, dominated by Jewish and Wasp media élites from the coasts, by Commies and hippies with their long hair and free sex and foul mouths. A Great Writer at the 1968 Democratic Disaster 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

This is not an idea of the moment we’re in right now, but rude physicality and disrespect of convention are energetically vital, and sometimes vitality is more important than propriety. Mary Gaitskill on the Power of Fiction for Examining #MeToo 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Usually, these grand political conventions feature enough superfluous applause to make the State of the Union sound like Wimbledon; but the crisis forced speakers at both virtual events into more intimate soliloquies. Perspective | I miss live performances, but what I really miss is applause 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

In reality, “Take Ivy” was a radical endeavor for nineteen-sixties Japan—a risky business venture intended to challenge the conventions of how men dress. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

“Sure, there will be a roll call eventually,” he said in a phone interview on Friday, referring to the Democratic convention. Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign? 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

“Eugenic assumptions about bodily form and biological inheritance were vital to the formation of classic horror’s visual and narrative conventions,” Angela Smith argues in her book Hideous Progeny. Midsommar's ableism resurrects the dark history of eugenics-inspired horror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Other vendors at a recent convention for sex shop owners in Moscow were similarly vexed. Sexual Revolution Slowly Progressing in Russia 2010-07-14T21:08:00Z

Their training also helped in another, perhaps more unexpected way — namely, by loosening the grip of traditional sculptural conventions or preconceptions of what a monument should be. The Shirley Chisholm Monument in Brooklyn Finds Its Designers 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

There are miles and months to go before the Democratic convention, even more until the general election. How Hillary Clinton Ended the Clothing Conversation 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Mike Myers mocked the henchman convention in his Austin Powers movies: what happens to the henchman’s family when the inevitable happens? Richard Kiel's Jaws: the Bond villain whose bark was worse than his bite 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Not many events at convention centers allow you to take along your dog, but this one welcomes canine companions — on leashes, of course. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

“The Spy Who Dumped Me” departs from buddy-movie conventions in an important way. Review: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Is a Buddy Comedy With a Body Count 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ostermeier may see in Maria Braun a 20th-century iteration of one of Ibsen’s women of spirit and intelligence trapped by economic and social convention into leading thwarted lives. | 'The Marriage of Maria Braun': A Postwar Woman Foiled by Men 2010-11-19T06:30:00Z

“It trended on Twitter,” he said, as he sat down for an interview in the convention center.  What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Indeed, it’s possible to tweak the conventions of a diner so drastically that you’re no longer a diner. Two Eggs With a Side of Avocado Toast and Instagram Fodder 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

“I pushed against convention when I was young,” he said. Thomas Keller, an Exacting Chef at a Crossroads 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Those eras are when bookmaking wasn’t held back by conventions, Ms. Boom said, and when books “breathed freedom” in content and form. Irma Boom’s Library, Where Pure Experimentalism Is on the Shelf 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

O.K., but if he got 15% on a French test, why indicate that he “is beginning to identify and use the vocabulary, the grammar and language conventions appropriate to his grade level?” Motherlode Blog: I Know My Son Isn't Doing His Homework. Why Doesn't HIs Report Card Show It? 2013-04-30T16:23:01Z

Geared to children over 8, the convention will feature series authors giving interactive performances based on the books; demonstrations of online games they’ve inspired; and related craft projects and giveaways. Spare Times for Children for March 20-26 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Inventive as most if it is, “The Trust” does fall back on some ho-hum conventions of the action thriller. Books of The Times: ‘The Trust’ by Norb Vonnegut 2012-07-15T19:46:07Z

Scene of the week All genres by definition have conventions and the one that reality TV has bequeathed to world culture is the "tears-to-camera" moment that comes after a participant has done, well, almost anything. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

They too break domestic conventions, but it thrills me that instead of killing them off, Ferrante allows them, in all their chaos and pain, to thrive. 'The Story of the Lost Child' is a masterful conclusion to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

And then the incredible talent, and the fact that they were, week after week, still messing around with convention, and being really disruptive in the most delicious way. “‘SNL’ is still the center of his universe”: “Live From New York” author goes deep on Lorne Michaels’ legacy and the future of “Saturday Night Live” 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

He whines about how soft Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has gone, snickers at constitutional rights and calculates how best to manipulate the terror alert system before the Republican convention. Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

“The Folded Clock” refuses one of the primary conventions of the diary: chronology. ‘The Folded Clock,’ by Heidi Julavits 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

An annual DEVOtional convention is held in Cleveland. Rock band Devo gives red cone hat to Ohio museum 2010-04-02T21:56:00Z

Mr. Edmundson contends that the “corporate university” has abdicated its mission to confront our prejudices and conventions while inspiring our passions and talents. Books of The Times: Mark Edmundson’s Essays Ask, ‘Why Teach?’ 2013-08-20T20:56:24Z

It wasn't until 1996 at a science fiction convention in Los Angeles that he was talked into it. Family romances: When relatives write together 2010-09-24T12:02:00Z

Mr. Johnson, a contemporary and colleague of writers like Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Charles Beaumont, was recognizable on the science fiction and comic convention circuits by his unruly beard and eccentric clothing. George Clayton Johnson, Science Fiction Writer Known for ‘Logan’s Run,’ Dies at 86 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

TV is slowing down a little — both political conventions are over and the Olympics are a week away. What to Watch This Weekend: ‘Last Chance U’ and ‘Rolling Papers’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Taken as a whole, the cover comes across like a representation of escape from conventions, gender roles and oppression. “Boys for Pele” turns 20: Revisiting the year when Tori Amos truly came into her own 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

But my God, something at Tuesday night’s convention sure did. Perspective | Trying to disgust you is the only move the Republican convention’s antiabortion speakers have left 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

The network's ratings for the Democratic convention were up sharply and Fox led every network for the GOP gathering. Conventions often leave analysts star-struck 2012-09-08T16:16:04Z

A moment of silence was held at the the Long Beach Comic Expo, a two-day comic book convention in California, with many attendees also dressed as Spock. Leonard Nimoy's funeral held in LA 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Issues relating to Israel and the Palestinians will almost certainly get a hearing at the next A.H.A. convention. Scholars' Effort to Condemn Israel Fails 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

Broad is the main north-south artery that leads from downtown to the convention site at the Wells Fargo Center about 4 miles away. The Latest: Hollywood stars hold climate rally ahead of DNC 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

Abrams uses a similar convention, stripping the squad of its vehicle, medic, radio and map in the first chapter. Six U.S. soldiers go AWOL in Baghdad to honor a fallen brother 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Others gleefully chronicled the author speeches and galley giveaways on and complained about spotty wireless reception and a glaring lack of electrical outlets at the convention center. At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid the Chatter 2010-05-26T22:38:00Z

She remembers Jon Stewart comparing the gaudy red, white and blue stage at a Republican convention to what it must look like “inside of Betsy Ross’s, well, sewing room. I’m paraphrasing.” In Lorrie Moore’s Nonfiction, the Sounds of an Intellectual Having a Good Time 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

The description of the 1880 Republican convention in Tuesday night’s “American Experience” on PBS sure sounds like a possible future for both major parties as they choose their 2016 presidential candidates. Review: ‘American Experience’ Traces President Garfield’s Assassination 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Any predictions for the Republican convention in Cleveland? Mike Daisey: A Political Monologuist’s Summer of Trump 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

Reports from the annual convention in San Diego. Comic-Con 2014: Batman in the Spotlight 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

Westercon, the convention that travels around the West Coast, is in Seattle this year, this week in fact. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

From that day forward, though, the conventions would not hold. The secret weapon in Mom’s underground poker party sandwiches 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

There was also the fact that the scandal-ridden Sarah Ferguson, the duchess of York, had been booked as the master of ceremonies for one of the convention’s most prominent events. At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid the Chatter 2010-05-26T22:38:00Z

The trolley operates an express “Green Line” to the convention hall. Heading to Comic-Con? Here are pro tips on surviving, thriving amid the madness 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

These kinds of anomalies could be explained as simply the conventions of 19th-century ballet, where realism is hardly a priority. Guillaume Bart’s ‘La Source,’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

He was impressed enough by Obama's 2004 Democratic convention speech, and subsequent private meetings, to back the Illinois senator against Hillary Clinton, until then Hollywood's favourite candidate. DreamWorks boss leads Hollywood push to bring Obama a fairytale ending 2012-10-28T18:39:02Z

Ticket purchases have so far exceeded the pace of sales for "A New Day," and executives expect the French-Canadian singer to drive convention business, room rentals, travel to Las Vegas and gambling. Dion returns to recession-hit Vegas with new show 2011-03-15T09:46:04Z

You cannot reduce autism to genre conventions, because every person with an autism diagnosis is different. Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z

The convention made a brave effort to showcase young male talent in a female-dominated field. Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. Bohemian Rhapsody: first trailer of Queen and Freddie Mercury biopic released 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

Every March, in a cavernous convention center here, the European Fine Art Fair presents a far bigger picture of the international art world. Art World’s Cream Rises at Maastricht 2014-03-16T21:21:41Z

But, although the play is expertly done, Simon ultimately shies away from the logic of his story: if Mel is the woeful victim of recession, Simon is himself the prisoner of Broadway feel-good convention. The Prisoner of Second Avenue 2010-07-13T15:10:00Z

These "true" images of Jesus were copied from ancient prototypes, in part to avoid violating the Second Commandment that forbids idolatry, until Rembrandt broke with time-honored artistic convention and began using live models. 'Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus' in Philadelphia 2011-08-02T15:29:13Z

Exit downtown past the performing arts and convention centers, then Washington State University’s Spokane campus. Want to bike from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene? Take the 2-state, 60-mile Centennial Trail 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

“Felt” builds to a disturbing reversal that is nonetheless, by the standards of horror conventions, utterly predictable. Review: In ‘Felt,’ Amy Everson Plays an Eccentric, Troubled Artist 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Comic books, the convention’s original focus, have been superseded by movies, video games and action figures. Movie Review: ?Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan?s Hope,? by Morgan Spurlock 2012-04-12T21:47:24Z

Richard holds fast to the belief that because he is a divinely appointed king, he can do whatever he likes regardless of tradition and the conventions of fair play. Shakespeare and the politics of our age: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and now 'Richard II' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

And Pauline’s apparent disregard for convention, and her detachment from the social world that Aidan inhabits, raises the possibility of that kind of intimacy between them. Sally Rooney on Being Seen by Others 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

The convention celebrating the optical instrument began Thursday at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center and continues through Sunday. This convention is all shimmers and mirrors 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

So did Fleming's, which didn't succeed here, but then Fleming's didn't sit next to the convention center. Welcome new steakhouse kid on the downtown block: Sullivan's 2011-05-26T20:17:49Z

Now on national tour to promote their new album "Homage," which was released this past Tuesday, the collective aims to challenge the conventions of their instrumental classification. In Portland, cello players lay down a hip-hop beat 2012-06-01T22:01:36Z

A convention organizer said that the event has increasingly attracted female fans and become more family friendly. A Sisterhood of Scares 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

“We fought hard in 2000 to get a convention to show the world what had happened in Philadelphia,” says Rendell, who was mayor at the time. It’s Philadelphia, hon, so relax! 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

And similarly, many of the films in the series reject not only the faces typically seen in Hollywood motion pictures but also the storytelling conventions and tropes. What came before ‘Daughters of the Dust’: A new series focuses on little-known works from black female filmmakers 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Its organizer, Reed Exhibitions, held a virtual version of the convention last May. Oprah Winfrey, Keanu Reeves to Participate in New Book Show 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z

In April, Lucasfilm and Disney drummed up excitement for the film at the Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim. Hollywood (well, much of it) will be out in force at Comic-Con 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Now, Oakley said it's difficult walking around at the convention center without a fan stopping him for a photo, autograph or just to chat. Channeling the YouTube faithful 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

His first two of a series of live shows airing during the convention weeks were suffused with a spirit of fun that’s been missing, at times, from his broadcast. The Election Has Given Stephen Colbert a New Lease on 'The Late Show' 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The letter notes a car was used to promote the Salt Lake City convention around the site of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Comic-book convention organizers clash over name 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The really good news for Sony: There are no more giant San Diego fan conventions to sweat through before the movie is released next July. ArtsBeat: Tension Turns Into Approval Among 'Spider-Man' Fans at Comic-Con 2011-07-24T00:39:14Z

Ron Paul, who was hoping to grab a few convention delegates in Michigan, spent election night in Virginia, another Super Tuesday state. AP: Romney wins Arizona; Michigan close 2012-02-29T01:31:00Z

But the most common danger to travelers may be the network of wireless hotspots — set up in public places such as airports, convention centers and hotels — that are designed to steal personal information. Perspective | Travelers should avoid these virtual destinations 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

These “conventions for abstract thought,” as he called them, include a gaping mouth to stand for “dangerous brooding,” a pair of blank eyes for “imbecility” and two black whirlpools to represent fear. Art Review: ?Paintings of Charles Burchfield? at the Whitney 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z

Carla, while thumbing her nose at the conventions of parenthood, longs to be closer to her dim-witted son. “Bad Moms” need good movies: This sleeper hit teaches Hollywood a lesson in what women want 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Critics also question the beauty pageant-like way competitions and conventions approach gender. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

“I’ve never actually read a comic in my life,” Jackson confided in an interview at last week’s Comic-Con, the fan convention where he previewed footage of his two-part take on “The Hobbit.” Jackson confesses: 2012-07-18T17:16:00Z

So I was hoping that the Republican convention would feel like a crazy carnival spiraling out of control and that the Gathering would feel more political and engaged and ambitious than ever before. Who’s the real insane clown posse? Trump fans give Juggalos a run for their money in “7 Days in Ohio” 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

Trying to determine Roman’s interests, Ben rattles off a few of the arena’s main events: “political conventions, sports, rodeo, lingerie, football, motocross.” Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z

The vibe in the sprawling Portland convention center was electric, the costumes worn by ticket holders magnificently conceived and executed. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z

In many ways, “Fire” honors the contours and conventions of traditional opera, but its finest moments spring from its divergences. Review | With debut of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ at the Met, a watershed moment for American opera 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

They live in the rubble of love’s conventions and much else. Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

After watching "Raiders" again for the first time in several years, I noticed how much it plays into the conventions of the Bond genre. "Indiana Jones" celebrates 30th anniversary this weekend 2011-06-10T20:11:00Z

I ask Mr. Thiel about a prescient theory he proffered when I had dinner with him at the convention — again, flipping conventional wisdom — that Hillary was making a mistake by being too optimistic. Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

She was a product of the conventions of the era–she wanted to be a good housewife and mother. “It was like an overdose of porn”: Chris Offutt reflects on writing about his family’s big secret, after his father’s death 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

Fox pointed out that its convention coverage schedule was the same as it was in 2016 and will be for next week’s Republican national convention. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

The auction house Profiles in History will run the sale, and some of the collection will be displayed at the Comic-Con International convention this week in San Diego. ArtsBeat: Movie Artifacts Ready for Sale 2012-07-08T22:15:10Z

Art takes over Miami next week, with fairs setting up shop in convention centers, studios and hotel rooms across the city. Q&A: Navigating Art Fairs in Miami and Beyond 2013-11-30T21:29:22Z

In any case, he is known for shaking up conventions himself: At concerts of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which he leads, listeners are sometimes seated among the orchestra members; players might sing an encore. Nora Fischer Bursts the Classical Music Bubble 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Meryl Streep asked at the Democratic convention, where Clinton became the first woman nominated by a major party for the presidency of the United States. The campaign was nasty. Hillary Clinton’s concession speech was graceful. 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

He extols the overlooked merits of convention and the hidden virtues of the status quo. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z

In 1871, she organized a national suffrage convention in Washington, which pushed the argument that women, under the recently adopted 14th Amendment, were citizens and therefore already had the right to vote. A Trove on the Women’s Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

Ms. Menichino had aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, it said, and Mr. Button would reward her “compliance” with special dance opportunities, such as assistant teaching at a dance convention. Former Dance Instructor Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

In art, it’s always fascinating to see how strong the collective conventions that govern vision can be, and how seriously they can impede our ability to see clearly. Review | You’ve probably never heard of these artists, but they painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

That spirit is now mostly gone, a victim of institutional conventions and corporate boards, and by a desire for mainstream acceptance that has displaced a willingness to break rules. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z

She was involved in the black power conventions in the 1970s and the anti-apartheid movement in the 1990s. APNewsBreak: Rosa Parks essay reveals rape attempt 2011-07-29T10:39:09Z

And the ones who would love him — entombed as they are in trite conventions of thought and feeling — barely register at all. ‘Booth’ Pushes an Assassin Off Center Stage 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

Indeed, the two were jetting off to Australia on Tuesday morning to continue Takei's lecture tour and attend sci-fi conventions in Brisbane and Melbourne. Actor-activist George Takei takes command in cyberspace and beyond 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Last year, he took his concerns to Tales of the Cocktail, an annual convention held in New Orleans, and applied for a grant to help build the website. Before You Sip That Cocktail, a Few Safety Warnings 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

The album traverses the lines of house music, baile funk, bolero and beyond, shirking convention and reveling in the thrill of boundlessness. Rauw Alejandro Draws a Fresh Blueprint for Spanish-Language Pop 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

At its most engaging, it dispensed with some relics of televised conventions and found faster-paced and more intimate alternatives. A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

But it’s not like I think, ‘Therefore convention is great and traditional families are perfect.’ ‘All my friends had some nightmare experience trying to get pregnant. My story took the cake’ 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

The French actress made the ultimate elegant refusal of Cannes convention in a high-necked, long-sleeved all-black Balenciaga gown, matching boot leggings and matching shades. 15 Fashion Triumphs From Cannes Over the Decades 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

He’ll be there to help navigate the labyrinthine delegate and convention rules as the nomination fight enters the home stretch. Trump’s own Beltway establishment guy: The curious journey of Don McGahn 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

They partnered with The Mary Sue, a woman-friendly geek culture site, who in turn crowdsourced feedback on the convention’s proposed guidelines. The Comic Book World Is Getting Safer for Women, But the Gaming World Isn't 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

In this body of work, Yola questions many well-established photography conventions, introducing objects into nature, manipulating film, letting light interfere with the negative, making deliberate mistakes, using excessively long exposures. How to Capture a Bird 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Hart works elegantly in the flinty, melancholic language – visual and verbal – of 1970s American crime cinema, but with a modern feminist consciousness, constantly questioning and chafing against genre conventions. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

A tightly contained drama, it simplified what had been the operatic convention of extravagance, carefully integrating dance and diminishing spectacle. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

But the handsome Edward, Earl of Chester, regularly flouts the conventions, even boldly risking his reputation to spend time alone with his cousin Constance, Lady Carlyon. Review | What if women ruled the world? A Victorian writer gave it some thought. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

On Friday, as the counting continued in the convention center, Biden fans held an impromptu street party on one side of a nearby intersection while Trump supporters seethed on the other side. It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

There is, you see, one problem with this reverie for days-gone-by; I’ve never actually attended a political convention in my life. Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z

These days, I find the narrative convention of the abducted and violated woman unappetizing. Review: Cults, Demons and Nicolas Cage in ‘Mandy’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

“He called me his convention boyfriend,” recalled Hudson. Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

In October 2017, each returned to the convention, where they spoke to one another a bit more than the previous year. ‘Who the Heck Are You?’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Stingel is among the great anti-painting painters of our age, a descendant of Warhol but much more involved with painting’s conventions and processes, which he alternately spurns, embraces, parodies or exaggerates. Critic’s Notebook: Rudolf Stingel’s Carpeting Makeover in Venice 2013-08-20T22:13:15Z

“Jinn” may end a little too neatly after challenging so many of the conventions of its genre, but it’s easy enough to look past. ‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

A couple of months later, in the green room at Build Studios in New York, Katya talked about the merchandise craze at the convention. Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Women struggle to assert their personalities through the brutal conventions of date-site profiles. LOL (Lots of Love) - review 2011-01-31T17:54:33Z

One of the great things about AHS was the way it took horror movie conventions – whether witches, vampires or aliens – and subversively played around with them. American Horror Story season six review – a scarily shaky start 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Who else will ensure that nobody flouts the conventions of queuing. Inbetweeners 2: Eight things British people can't help doing abroad 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

In their defense, it was the final day of a well-attended convention, and the cacophony of the surrounding video game demo stations rivaled that of the Kid's Day throng. Motherlode Blog: Home-Schooling, Comic Con Style (Part 1) 2012-10-16T21:33:22Z

People come to it because they want to know where you're going, that we're going to honor the conventions of the genre. "Sanditon" boss on that heartbreaking finale, a curious "Bridgerton" connection to and Season 3 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

Greg Mehrten, kitted out in matronly drag, draws out of his portrait of Trilling the pompous cadences of a New York intellectual who balances haughty convention with revolutionary fervor. When feminist debate turns into an ideological free-for-all: It's the Wooster Group's 'Town Hall Affair' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

The tower would also be home to Oklahoma’s first severe-weather museum, a weather research center, a roof garden, classrooms, convention spaces, and more. A Funnel-Shaped Skyscraper Is Planned for Tulsa, Oklahoma 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

She also will speak at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book form 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z

Boozy Punches When 22,000 bartenders, distillers, industry reps and cocktail enthusiasts gathered in New Orleans last week for the 11th annual Tales of the Cocktail convention, one truth emerged: punches are back. | The Next Great Cocktail Craze? Boozy Punches 2013-07-23T16:14:56Z

I’ve always been most affected by the crowd scenes in which choristers, following a longstanding convention of the genre, face the audience and voice their phrases collectively. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Whether shopping at Hot Topic or attending a comic book convention, those fans have been snapping up Funko Pop figurines since their introduction at San Diego Comic Con in 2010. Get Ready for the Baby Yoda Balloon 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Because I did not know what to do with myself,” Mr. Ferriss said, sitting on the carpeted floor of a quiet hallway in the convention center. The World According to Tim Ferriss 2011-03-25T21:44:29Z

At this year’s convention, that means attending “parties” that have all the thrill of a mandatory workplace training seminar. Democrats, make some nooooise! Wait, you’re muted. Hello? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Crisply dressed in smart corporate attire, she relates in clipped, unemotional tones the details of an “episode” at a convention in the Virgin Islands that has left her convinced that she has brain cancer. | 'The Other Place': Confronting an Illness and a Life in Shambles 2011-03-29T08:30:23Z

He is currently working on a book about conventions, trade shows and other gatherings. Jim Kelly, "Enter the Dragon's" baddest mother 2010-04-13T22:25:00Z

Columbia Pictures will fill some of the gap, using the convention to roll out “The Amazing Spider-Man,” set for next summer. Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest 2011-07-21T22:54:34Z

For all the talk of how scripted and controlled modern conventions have become, the past two weeks showed that surprises are still possible. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

The convention has had a certain frenzied feel, since it traditionally has stretched over four days and included a weekend, but this year has mostly been squeezed into two full days during the week. At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid the Chatter 2010-05-26T22:38:00Z

What I hoped would be a positive get-together away from everything turned into an awkward meeting in a smelly convention hall dressing room. Tom DeLonge responds to Blink-182 fallout with letter 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

Appearing onstage in dresses, flowing suits and shiny space gear, he undid gender conventions with insouciant ease. ‘Moonage Daydream’ Review: David Bowie’s Sound and Vision 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

Trust me, I saw a lot of people on the convention floor in Cleveland with their “blue lives matter” rhetoric, who either remained silent or actively fought against the 9/11 first responders’ bill reauthorization. Jon Stewart, Back on ‘Late Show,’ Lets Loose on Fox News and More 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Piercy, representing the league, went on to attend the Republican and Democratic conventions in 1972, a key inflection point for female activists. The Women Who Met Hillary, and Spotted a Future Political Star 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

It’s also UNESCO’s Copyright Day, meant to urge implementation of copyright-protection conventions around the world. Happy World Book Day! What’s World Book Day? 2013-03-07T17:32:42Z

The future “is only a writerly convention,” he continued, one that “sets up a rich and complex dialogue with the reader’s here and now.” Two Books Wonder: How Long Until You Fall in Love With a Robot? 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

At first these steamy scenes feel as if they’re simply a convention of the genre. Review | A believably creepy villain plays on the fears of a city 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

During her appearance at the Republican national convention last year, Jenner joked that she “got more trouble for coming out as a Republican than I did for being trans”. Caitlyn Jenner on transitioning: ‘It was hard giving old Bruce up. He still lives inside me’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

For two reasons: Last year the convention booked the vast east side of McCormick, said Roger Bilheimer, who handles press for C2E2; this year the convention resized, nestling into the relatively cozier west end. C2E2 expands its universe 2011-03-21T00:43:00Z

But novels, by a convention that nobody in the publishing industry seems fully able to explain, must be re-jacketed from territory to territory. Book covers 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z

In Barrie’s version, Wendy is soon cooking and caring for the boys, sidelined by the period conventions that Zeitlin thoroughly jettisons. ‘Wendy’ Review: Where Playtime Goes On … and On 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Maybe they’re only likely to happen with any regularity in a place where art institutions and their conventions are still in a healthy state of flux. 3 Knockout Art Shows to See in Los Angeles Right Now 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Last year marked the watershed moment when attendance at comic book conventions nationwide was predominately female. Sorry, crybaby fanboys: Geek culture was never the white-male safe space of your fantasies 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

In the show, which is filled with music, young spectators become part of the cast and can participate — or not — while happily defying the constraining conventions of traditional theater. ‘A Perfect Party’ That Celebrates All Its Guests 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

The common thread tends to be objects that ignore or shrug off conventions and academic strictures. The Independent, More Inclusive Than Ever 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Only “Heart and Soul,” sung with both by Danielle Herbert, breaks completely free of convention, jauntily staged as a cabaret act, with Herbert plunking away on a comically small toy piano. Review: ‘Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road’ Takes the Path Too Well-Traveled 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

To her predecessors, she notes, “the Hebrides offered … an unusual degree of personal freedom from convention and class.” Travel Books Take You There and Back 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

He speaks English with a German accent, a convention that has the effect of tamping down some of the mannerisms that this actor was perhaps a little prone to. A Most Wanted Man review – Philip Seymour Hoffman’s superb swansong 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Salome’s outlaw desire can be seen as an extreme critique of sexual convention. The Endless, Grisly Fascination of Richard Strauss’s “Salome” 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

The mock-series spins the conventions and style of the archetypal dating show into farce. Yahoo! stokes Internet flames with "Burning Love" 2012-06-04T18:29:52Z

Another explanation might be that describing women’s appearances in this way is simply a convention of the genre in which the author is writing. A Novel of the West Spans Decades and Genres 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

David Steinberg, the president of the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology, said the case of the Perth and other wartime wrecks showed the importance of ratifying the convention. Australia, Indonesia making joint effort to protect WW2 wreck 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Big cities with hotels devoted to conventions are still experiencing low occupancy rates. Traveling This Memorial Day Weekend? Pack Patience. 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

But, following the chronological convention of autobiography, she buries the lede; it takes fifty-eight pages to get to the heart of the matter, a description of her first tour of duty in Hell’s Kitchen: The Real “Knick” 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s now hard to believe that there was a time when the conventions actually served a purpose,” railed the magazine’s Ken Wheaton. Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z

The announcement led to an impromptu fan convention online, with people sharing their favorite quotes and swapping bits of trivia. Some Thoughts on the Planned Return of “Twin Peaks” 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Pinotage is a South African signature, but the recipe otherwise follows no convention. This $13 Spanish red will provide a delightful match for all your grilled food 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z

As it slides wearily into worn-out sex thriller conventions, “Chloe” becomes tedious and mechanical. Movie Review | 'Chloe': Amanda Seyfried Goes on an Undercover Mission 2010-03-26T00:40:00Z

The sci-fi/fantasy and gaming convention draws people to Atlanta every Labor Day weekend. Dragon Con co-founder’s legal saga marked by strange twists 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

Projections are not neutral, natural or ‘given’: they are constructed, configured, underpinned by various — and quite arbitrary — conventions. The Mapmaker's Conundrum 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Some performances of the show even drew protesters who claimed the musical was actually embracing the minstrel convention. 2 very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race 2011-05-04T01:01:04Z

Then also, there's really an instinctive loathing with the conventions of travel and food television. TV chef Anthony Bourdain skewers cooking rivals 2010-09-03T03:08:00Z

“And candidates were chosen by party insiders at the convention.” WATCH: John Oliver explains how primaries and caucuses are like failed orgies 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Chazelle’s classics skip a few generations; he films as if nothing of importance has happened since the nineteen-sixties—the age when artists overturned conventions and shattered the bonds of classicism. The Empty Exertions of “La La Land” 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

People are on vacation or at a convention and they’re ready for a good time so they can be a lot of fun. Still going strong: Brad Upton celebrates 30 years in comedy 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

To be intelligible, conventions must be generally understood. Miss Manners: Fight effrontery with a bit of your own 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

NBC News also announced Monday that the broadcast network will offer one hour of prime-time news coverage on each of the four nights of the conventions, identical to ABC's plans divulged last week. CBS, Twitter announce partnership for convention 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

Regardless, any hint of an apology tour was undetectable, especially in the presence of good food, powerful friends, well-fed and well-heeled clients — all mainstays of this or any convention. Convention Diary: In a Swirl of Excess, No Guilt Included 2012-09-08T02:16:18Z

Eschewing the conventions of filmed biographies, the camera glides over paintings, photographs and illustrations as interviewees speak about Morrison’s life. Analysis | Toni Morrison has kept the public at arm’s length. Now she’s letting people in on her terms. 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

The "Shadows" was a dreary, monotonous epitaph for what had become establishment conventions — in both art and popular culture. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

The rules, and the conventions, provide a kind of handrail for insiders, who clutch it as they move through sometimes uncertain terrain; but form, all too often, is a barrier to those on the outside. How (not) to behave: Manners and the classical music audience 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

For example, Ackroyd says that “The Birds” “flaunted the conventions of American cinema” when he means it “flouted” them. Alfred Hitchcock: ‘A superb fantasist of fear’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Her pulpit gravitas would have brought down the house at a political convention. Oprah Earned This Museum Show. And It’s a Potent Spectacle. 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

She has filled it with subtle variations on book design convention to reflect both Makkum’s rich history — the company dates to the 16th century — and its commitment to design experimentation. Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z

“I want to wish a speedy recovery for anyone who watched the convention on headphones,” he said. Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech makes her the comics’ favorite 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Besides taking tours, those here for the convention also will take part in Saturday’s Average Joe Cat Show hosted by Purrfect Pals at the Spartan Recreation Center in Shoreline. Bothell kitten cam goes viral, watchers gather for own convention 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

"He wanted to push it away from the center and Western conventions. He could run off and do those explorations in the score. It was fun." James Horner's music, James Cameron's film visions intertwined 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Universal organized one of the convention's best panels, putting director Edgar Wright front and center to present his large cast in zippy clip packages. Comic-Con match-ups: Who won? 2010-07-26T05:46:00Z

“If she hates politics so much, why is she giving a political speech at a political convention?” he said. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Barker made himself useful, playing French Quarter clubs and business conventions, festivals, academic conferences, and shopping malls. Giving a Great Jazz Storyteller His Due 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Whether Earth is colonizing new planets or humans are getting chips implanted in their skulls, each story hinges on a rejection or adherence to the conventions born of technofascism. Where Every Coupling Depends on Lies, and Men Are Aliens 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

Nearly 300 women and men found their way to Seneca Falls for the convention held at Wesleyan Methodist Church, now one of four properties in the park overseen by the National Park Service. A generational pilgrimage to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

But beyond the ambition to warp genres, he’s also refused to genuflect to industry conventions, especially ones for Spanish-speaking artists. Behind Bad Bunny’s Summery Surprise, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Dirk Smith is one of the thousands of faith leaders in media who met last week in Nashville, Tennessee, for the National Religious Broadcasters convention. Putin's war against Ukraine may have spiritual, religious foundations: 'Good vs. evil' 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

The author said that her books do not cleave to the conventions of genre fiction. All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Recently, that idea seems to have been abandoned — most speakers during the first two nights of the convention have treated the current crisis as if it is over. Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. McVicar, for his part, is charting his own directorial path: He neither deconstructs the operas he directs nor feels bound by conventions of period or style. Hollywood? Nope. The Met Will Do for David McVicar. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Rather than retreating, they embraced ideas that eschewed convention. The Misfit Awesomeness of Neil Peart and Rush 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

These songs model the creative promise of music in the streaming era: Like her digital-native peers, Sawayama has access to infinite sources of inspiration and limited interest in convention. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

A redoubtable Yorkshireman, he fought typecasting and convention to set up a theatre company to perform classical plays in a northern voice 23 years ago. King Lear gets a Yorkshire accent 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

The connective tissue of Raeff’s stories is displacement, whether from home or societal conventions. Shining short fiction collections by Dana Johnson and Anne Raeff 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

The studio last month teased the film’s first 13 minutes at CinemaCon, the annual exhibitor convention. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ flies to 2022 due to coronavirus surge 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

The allure of this celebrity is emphasized in the film; it involves photo shoots, interacting with fans at conventions, developing social media content and followers, and building oneself as a brand. "Pleasure" is a gutsy, humane film about porn stardom 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The film takes a playful approach to horror film conventions. After long wait, Whedon brings 'Cabin' to SXSW 2012-03-10T19:52:08Z

The playing was scrappy at times, but it had a joyful quality that made the rough spots easy to overlook, and you had to admire the players’ attention to Baroque phrasing conventions. Music Review | St. Luke?s Chamber Ensemble: A ?Magical History Tour? on 2 Routes 2010-03-04T22:57:00Z

Performance more than ever is about presenting what you want when and where you choose, without regard for convention. Theater Review: 'The Village Bike' Explores a Woman's Desire 2011-07-12T13:00:05Z

With their dynamic surges and sudden octave-high leaps, the Wards and their evolving cast of singers, wearing rhinestone-studded choir gowns, would pack sports arenas and convention halls around the country. Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91 2012-08-23T02:11:34Z

It should have been called “Star Trek Within” in honor of its determination to color inside the lines, obeying the ironclad conventions of brand and genre. Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

She praised the young people who were beginning to rebel against social conventions. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

“While Waiting” breaks with several conventions, starting with the nontraditional casting of women as Vladimir and Estragon. Freedom Theater Students Perform at Columbia University 2011-10-17T23:47:19Z

Presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Institute Alliance Française, Tilt flouts convention as it exposes young minds to cutting-edge international performances. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gelber, a Miami Beach native, recalled working during his teenage years in the late 1970s as an usher at the convention center. Art Basel Miami Beach Is Canceled 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

But it's these small tokens of mutual respect – the very conventions you and I are now observing – that allow us to follow an intellectual argument otherwise lost in the swirling red mist. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z

Soon the spell would be broken and the standard conventions restored, beginning with the evening’s first round of applause. Music Review: The xx Play to Small Audiences in a Big New York Space 2014-03-20T11:33:13Z

As more convention participants are added to the database, descendants will be able to learn about their forebears’ achievements. Colored Conventions, a Rallying Point for Black Americans Before the Civil War 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

To play it is to break basic conventions of what most listeners expect from a typically sweet, melodic instrument. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

And he goes, ‘No, no, no, at the convention.’ The RNC’s pop-culture wasteland: This Republican convention is seriously lacking in star power 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

The proposed arena district would be located near other popular Milwaukee institutions such as Schlitz Park, the Brewery, and the Wisconsin convention center. Take a First Look at the Milwaukee Bucks’ $1 Billion Arena Proposal 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Backed by party bosses, federal officeholders and political cronies – all delegates to the June convention in Chicago – he was favored as the Republican nominee. Theodore Roosevelt whipped up a frenzy of populism in 1912. We're still living with the consequences. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Regardless: There is nothing, no one and no social convention to muzzle you now. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You are not bound to secrecy about your father’s abuse 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

On some level, Mr. Theroux is sending up mystery conventions as well as aping them. Books of The Times: Marcel Theroux’s Eccentric ‘Strange Bodies’ 2014-02-13T20:41:07Z

The rules and conventions are the most visible mark of insider knowledge. How (not) to behave: Manners and the classical music audience 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

It even links to modern artistic conventions, since Dürer — an ambitious egoist who monogrammed almost everything he made — was the first artist to use media as a branding tool. Martin Luther broke Europe in two, and Albrecht Dürer painted it back together 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

But under the aegis of its tirelessly energetic new artistic director, K T Sullivan, who hosted the evening, the convention also opened doors. Music Review: New York Cabaret Convention at Rose Theater, Lincoln Center 2012-10-18T21:53:33Z

An election has never transpired for you without Stewart’s nightly skewering of political convention and old-school media mediocrity. Can we go on without Jon Stewart? Of course we can. He’s shown us how. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

“Finishing school” may seem a quaint notion, but in fact Powell was creating a new reality with age-old conventions of dignity, a well-groomed appearance and personal integrity. Author explores the early years of Motown in ‘The Art of Grace’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Displayed helter-skelter, for instance, are Conceptual pieces from his early “relational aesthetics” years, when he subverted various social transactions and art-world conventions, yielding works that often make sense only if you know the back story. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z

But he chose not to, a cultural faux-pas to match his idiotic “empty chair” speech at the 2012 Republican national convention. Absolute Power at 20: what we can learn from a thriller about an evil president 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Menu selections change regularly, and attending bartending seminars and cocktail conventions abroad is almost de rigueur. Journeys: High-End Cocktails in Copenhagen 2010-06-30T19:17:00Z

The most treasured love stories tend to be the ones about separation – Love Story, The Way We Were, Casablanca, even The Notebook – so Like Crazy bucks no genre conventions in that regard. Gaga in Love With Like Crazy 2011-10-27T22:58:38Z

The show departs from several conventions, but perhaps the most important departure is in the choice of director: the filmmaker Carlos Saura. Still Evolving, With an Assist From an Old Pro 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z

Like that image, the building is intended to create a tremor of anxiety, to unsettle accepted conventions and in doing so help lead people in new and unexpected directions. Architecture Review: A Unified Home for Arts Education, With a Split Right Down the Middle 2011-03-09T23:05:21Z

At first, Atheist TV will be limited, offering interviews with leading atheists, film from atheist conventions and other content from the Richard Dawkins Foundation and like-minded organizations. Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The effect of these intrusions is singularly disturbing, and Hidden unfolds with the fearful air of a thriller, but it avoids most of the conventions of the genre. Hidden: No 9 2010-10-17T10:47:00Z

Mr. Asher’s approach, which came to be called institutional critique, focused on the web of underlying and often hidden conventions that surrounded art and how art was viewed, valued and used in society. Michael Asher, Artist, Dies at 69 2012-10-17T18:59:19Z

To dedicated rom-com and Christmas movie fans, many of the conventions of “With Love” will feel familiar. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Ms. Vishneva is the most conventional of the women, but her conventions are those of the Mariinsky, the company with the longest and most illustrious traditions in this ballet. Dance Review: Osipova, Vishneva and Cojocaru: 3 Giselles at Ballet Theater 2012-05-21T04:14:04Z

But Mr. Adams has shown a willingness to buck convention when it comes to filling positions. The Man Behind Zero Bond 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

His dances don’t exactly challenge convention, but they have a broad appeal. Dance Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:25:40Z

Also, use a convention that allows you to show as many two-suiters as possible. Bridge: The Spring North American Championships 2014-03-21T22:20:19Z

One of the deep pleasures of watching “The Ferryman”—although those pleasures are laced with heartbreak—is seeing how Butterworth uses theatrical conventions to circumvent expectations. The Freewheeling Playwright Jez Butterworth Takes On Ireland’s Troubles 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The convention, one of the oldest of its kind in the country, is a staid contrast to Comic-Con, where attendees are more likely to dress in costume. We crashed a science-fiction writers convention to ask about Trump’s ‘Space Force’ 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

He questioned the validity of everything and was courageous enough to challenge just about every received convention he ran up against. Brian Duffy obituary 2010-06-06T16:58:00Z

She organizes monthly basketball conventions in a SoHo gym where female attendees practice the fundamentals of the game under the tutelage of a coach from the Parks Department. Young Fitness Fogies Ditch $40 Classes for Hoops, Laps and Jogs 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

What many of the clips in “Cameraperson” show is the opposite—the documentary-industrial conventions that reduce the complex and personal experiences that go into documentary films into impersonal, processed audiovisual fodder. “Cameraperson” and the Conventions of Documentary Filmmaking 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

With Trump restricted in his travel, Biden stuck in his house, rallies suspended and the political conventions in limbo, photo ops figure to be rare. Of course Trump didn’t wear a mask on camera: How the president subverts the ritual of the political photo op 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

The San Diego convention wrapped up this weekend. Grading the Comic-Con trailers: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ ‘Ready Player One,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

So he harnessed his chutzpah, and, at a horror convention, asked the legendary Alan Moore what a script looked like. Neil Gaiman: 'I don't think I'm mainstream. I'm lots of different cults' 2013-07-26T15:00:00Z

Overall, there’s a friendly but profit-oriented vibe not unlike the baseball card conventions I once attended as a kid. “This is the Wild West” 2012-09-16T19:00:00Z

As for Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, she hit the trifecta plus one in a speech she gave to the American Legion’s national convention during the campaign. The real face of Washington (and America): It can happen here — in fact, it did 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Instead she goes to fantasy conventions where she meets huge queues of fans, many of them teenagers. Kate Mosse: a life in writing 2012-10-12T21:55:18Z

But seen as a whole, the convention — which ended with the crowd waving flags — didn’t go from diversity to patriotism. Her Shot: Hillary Clinton Shares a Vision of America Out of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

She called it “a witty ghoul story, a grandson of ‘Frankenstein’ that plays off the conventions of recent teen-age horror movies while paying homage to the classic starring Boris Karloff.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Old Man’ and Juneteenth Specials 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

And the discussion continued and turned with the observation, first posted by a journalist on Twitter, that Ms. Trump’s speech evidently repeated significant passages from Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic convention. G.O.P. Convention Begins With Trump Written All Over It 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

At the annual book industry convention in New York last week, it was advertised on a banner roughly the size of a city bus, hanging from the ceiling in the vast convention hall. Justin Cronin?s ?Passage? May Be a Best Seller 2010-06-01T22:14:00Z

Our lan­guages are part of our inherited culture, and it now seems wrong to think of our own cultural conventions as the decayed remnants of an ancient dialogue between the first man and God. The secret philosophy of language: Searching for the origins of human thought 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

He has an imaginative bunch of appetizers that aren’t bound by the conventions of pizzerias or even Italian restaurants. Pizza Moto Comes to Rest in Brooklyn 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

And if all goes well, some of them will be on hand at the convention center this week. Art Basel Hong Kong: Where Commerce and Creativity Meet 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Released from conversational convention, readers confided in him: about their relationships, about their co-workers, about their pet peeves, about their sexual arrangements, about strange events that had befallen them. David Sedaris Leaves His Audiences Weeping. And Still Wanting More. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Though this is very much a mainstream network comedy, provoking more wry smiles than guffaws, the creators have a clear-eyed take on comic conventions, and a nice line in subversion. Your next box set: Northern Exposure 2010-10-22T07:00:00Z

“Instead of depicting the senses as experienced by idealized women, which was a convention of the time, Wautier focused on boys — a different model for each painting,” Atkins said. For Centuries, Her Art Was Forgotten, or Credited to Men. No More. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

Eklof subsequently inverts revenge conventions in a way that dares the audience to call it perverse. ‘Holiday’ Review: Sun and Fun on the Turkish Riviera, Then a Lot Less Fun 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Price-wise, long weekends in Las Vegas — second only to Orlando in convention business, according to the meetings technology provider Cvent — are subject to the convention calendar. The New Long Weekend 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

He and his crew ducked into a side room occupied by a veterans' advocacy group that was visiting the convention, who hid them while the guards ran past, "Keystone Kops-style". John Oliver: a very British coup 2013-06-07T22:00:00Z

“The Hollywood Reporter is very important to us,” says Matt in response to one unplanned interview request on the convention floor. There is no better place to be Stephen Baldwin than the Republican convention 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

If not, there are going to be more wizards in multiplexes over the next few years than at a Harry Potter convention. Drew Barrymore to direct another Wizard of Oz film 2010-05-19T12:05:00Z

Spielberg told an audience at the Comic-Con fan convention Friday that he has a story and a screenwriter for the next installment of his blockbuster franchise about prehistoric reptiles brought into modern times through cloning. Spielberg says new 'Jurassic Park' is coming soon 2011-07-22T19:52:12Z

If you’re new to opera and its conventions, you may find the work simply long and clunky. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Those movies did not so much transcend the conventions of their genres as fulfill them with unusual intensity and conviction. Review: ‘Dheepan,’ About Sri Lankan Refugees, Looks Like a Prophecy 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Paxton also became a founding member of two groundbreaking collectives — Judson Dance Theater and Grand Union — that rebelled against the conventions of modern dance by embracing ordinary movement and risk-taking improvisation. Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

Nevada’s Democratic convention included a fight, pleads for recounts and a lot of boos — and this was not a Donald Trump rally. The yelling and fighting at Saturday’s Democratic convention was reminiscent of a Trump rally 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

"So there aren't samovars or silver birches or beautiful dresses. Those are conventions which have grown up over the decades the play's been known in Britain and I wanted to avoid them." Breathing new life into Cherry Orchard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

Briggs’ performance offers sharp glimpses into the character’s inner struggle to overturn hierarchy and convention when the lives of his shipmates are on the line. At South Coast Rep, a stunning, gravity-defying stab at 'Moby Dick' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

The city just won their first professional sports championship since 1964 and will soon be hosting what might be most incendiary political conventions in decades. 5 feminist history reasons to visit Cleveland — whether you’re protesting, attending or working the Republican National Convention 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

“Mrs. America” paints its leading lady not as a villain but a plausible female version of that hoariest of contemporary TV conventions: the antihero. ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

The rest of the delegates will be allocated at the state party convention in June. Santorum wins Louisiana Republican primary, flexing southern muscle 2012-03-25T01:42:00Z

Other people operate according to convention with no regard for how it might be affecting you. Falling into monogamy 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone who does not register by June 13 will be unable to buy tickets for this year’s convention, which will be held Oct. 6-9 at the Jacob J. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. New York Comic Con Unveils System Aimed at Cutting Ticket Scalping 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

The scene establishes that Alix, for all her flightiness, is a stubbornly independent woman who takes pride in her resistance to bourgeois convention. Movie Review: In ‘Just a Sigh,’ an Actress Follows an Intriguing Man 2014-03-20T23:50:26Z

Only for a moment does Kiarostami display his most eccentric tic, cancelling the shot-reverse-shot convention by keeping the camera on the listener, not the speaker. Film review: Certified Copy 2010-09-02T21:35:00Z

Also, I now promote the show by going to all sorts of conventions, and I sometimes see people dressed up as my character. ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ at 30: Still Talking Back to the Screen 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

The most meaningful interaction came in September at Disney’s starry D23 convention, where Quan went to promote his role in the coming season of the Marvel series “Loki.” ‘Everything Everywhere,’ All Through Awards Season? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

“I’m glad that she was selected to speak on the first night, the opening night of an historic convention,” said Donna Brazile, the longtime Democratic strategist. Why Michelle Obama has a prime spot at the Democratic National Convention 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

As a national correspondent, he covered the civil rights movement, including the assassination and funeral of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and nearly a generation’s worth of political conventions and campaigns. Don Oliver, NBC Correspondent, Dies at 76 2013-06-02T22:54:42Z

Their brand of hip-hop meets drum 'n bass meets funk takes on established conventions of those genres - a careful mix of curated samples, some pro MC chops and an affinity to bass-driven melodies. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z

The relationship between “Star Wars” and its fans extends beyond collectibles and conventions to what can be understood only as a form of ownership. ‘Star Wars’ Doesn’t Belong to George Lucas. It Belongs to the Fans. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

With extreme racial and political tensions flaring, the convention could get ugly — for activists, for journalists and for law enforcement. Take a stand for free speech, in Cleveland and beyond 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

The fair, to be held July 30 through Aug. 2, at the CenturyLink Field Event Center, a convention center beneath the Seattle Seahawks football stadium, will also feature site-specific public art across the city. Inaugural Seattle Art Fair Announces Lineup of Galleries 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

“Dead Poets Society” has to be one of the most conventional works ever written about the importance of defying conventions. Review: ‘Dead Poets Society,’ Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

At the conventions, the fans appear relatively laid-back about meeting their perceived idols compared with their excitement about putting faces to avatars and finally meeting their co-conspirators from around the world. Gina Bellman on Leverage: 'Fandom is a world with no prejudice' 2013-02-02T17:00:00Z

Seneca Falls, New York — Visit this small town in upstate New York, where the first women’s rights convention was held. 5 off-the-beaten-path getaway destinations that are particularly relevant in 2020 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Still, he accepted a sought-after opportunity to assist Meismer as they toured various studios and conventions together. Mega dance company bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

He had his first conversation with the man whom he sometimes calls “Mr. Trump” at the convention, when the Manhattan mogul told the San Francisco mogul, “You were terrific. We’re friends for life.” Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

It is backed by strains of Cave's own music and, according to its co-director Jane Pollard, "it doesn't comply with either the conventions of documentary or drama". Nick Cave becomes reluctant film star 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Four years ago, the third night of Hillary Clinton’s nominating convention was seen by 24.4 million viewers. Nielsen says 22.8 million watched convention’s third night 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

The couple decided to continue kicking convention to the curb when it came to their outfits. Real Wedding Day Looks 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Donald J. Trump’s convention — it could only nominally be called the Republicans’ — was like cable reality TV or pro wrestling. Her Shot: Hillary Clinton Shares a Vision of America Out of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Snoo Wilson, Surrealistic British Playwright, Dies at 64 Snoo Wilson, a British playwright and director whose surreal work slyly critiqued social injustices and conventions, died on Wednesday. Snoo Wilson, Surrealistic British Playwright, Dies at 64 2013-07-08T01:09:55Z

"We get a rock star like Lita to work with them, rewriting a song they're famous for and tailoring the lyrics specifically to a company sales model or convention," he said. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp cranks up the volume 2011-11-15T19:12:01Z

Now, Oakley said it’s difficult walking around at the convention center without a fan stopping him for a photo, an autograph or just to chat. Thousands expected at annual VidCon in Anaheim 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Lydia is a very modern character, who refuses to bow to the conventions of polite society. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z

For Melissa Watson, a lifelong Beatles fan who has a refrigerator covered with memorabilia from 25 years of Beatles conventions, a “Yellow Submarine” singalong in Greenwich Village was worth the trek from Long Island. They All Love a ‘Yellow Submarine’: Very Young Beatles Fans Sing Along 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Think ComicCon or the Consumer Electronics Show, trade events and fan conventions turned into pop-up amusement parks. Big Ant and Vyxsin and, Maybe, You 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z

It was a period of churn that allowed new talent to enter the scene with films that broke with many of the conventions and restrictions of studio production. Media Decoder: Remembrances of Frank Pierson, Creator of 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' 2012-07-27T17:36:05Z

In the competitive world of American convention centers, ours is seen as outdated, inflexible, undersized and served by a severely limited supply of nearby hotel rooms. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

In that film, the brothers defy direct-cinema conventions by inserting themselves into the picture, a potential transgression that personalizes the movie all the more. Review: In ‘Iris,’ Albert Maysles Explores Iris Apfel’s Style 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

What were those first "Star Trek" conventions like back in the 1970s? Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

There are so many people at comic conventions who love some writer, artist, or even character, and they would, in a heartbeat, take the job of the person that is their idol. "We in America have actual fascists marching in the streets": Ed Brubaker on releasing art right now 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

Clint Eastwood has followed up the Republican convention's empty chair sketch with an ad which declares: "Obama's second term would be a rerun of the first and our country just couldn't survive that." DreamWorks boss leads Hollywood push to bring Obama a fairytale ending 2012-10-28T18:39:02Z

James Madison reported in his notes on the convention that compromise after compromise followed, until a final document was hammered out in September 1787. “By the law of nature, all men are free”: Francis Scott Key and the case of the slave ship Antelope 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

An audience of 1,800 looked on at the convention center auditorium in downtown Sioux City, the capital of socially conservative western Iowa. Gingrich under fire in GOP debate 2011-12-16T04:04:00Z

It is a convention for new artists to name their inspirations, but with Normani there is special intensity to the activity. Normani and the Work of the Pop Princess 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

On the beach this weekend after the premiere of the British film, Broken, Arnold was unrepentant, although still limited by the Cannes convention of jury "purdah". Cannes 2012: Why have no female film directors been nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes? 2012-05-19T23:06:41Z

It seems that for societies to function smoothly, their peoples must generally lack significant insight into how they function, and to believe that their set of conventions represents something fundamental and universal. Celibacy in an intensively sexualised world is a curious anomaly 2013-03-04T08:00:19Z

Of the many conventions in French baroque opera, the interruption of the action by dance and chorus is the most defining. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z

Milk processors declared milk the official “performance beverage” at last year’s TwitchCon gaming convention in San Diego. Got Milk? Not This Generation. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

Gatz, I think, succeeds for two reasons: first, its defiance of the habitual conventions of "good drama", and second, by admitting the very process of adaptation. Gatsby gives theatre a novel twist 2010-12-02T17:21:00Z

But at this year’s convention, any protests were preemptively blocked. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Jimmy Carter was still president; the book appeared in stores just a few months after Ronald Reagan was nominated in a Detroit convention hall a short drive from my home. The ‘Preppy Handbook’ & Me 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

In 1968, executives at ratings-hungry ABC hired two of the country’s more erudite public intellectuals to render judgment on that summer’s presidential conventions. The Buckley vs. Vidal debates: The original knock-down, drag-out TV 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

And, naturally the athletes chosen are women that fit stereotypical conventions of beauty. Against sexist Olympic advertising 2012-07-24T16:05:00Z

Actors in a social theater, as we all are, they rise above the ordinary by giving sartorial performances unfettered by the bonds of convention or propriety or practicality or, often enough, common sense. The Year in Style: Daphne Guinness, Fashion?s Wild Child 2010-12-31T04:15:37Z

After the scheduled convention speaker gets too drunk to do the job, Blart steps in, and his colleagues erupt with cheers at his oratory. Review: ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,’ Starring Kevin James, Heads to Las Vegas 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

That includes signing autographs for hours on end in a crowded convention hall. Leonard Nimoy and the lasting dignity of being Spock 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

“Artifact” was a manifesto of Mr. Forsythe’s intent to investigate and extend the boundaries of ballet technique and conventions, and it is still an urtext in his oeuvre. Boston Ballet Takes On William Forsythe’s ‘Artifact’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

DW: It seems to be everywhere, with video games, massive movie franchises and millions of people going to conventions. Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z

Rom-com convention aside, the movie has all the tension of Silly String. 'Playing It Cool' leaves you cold despite star-packed cast 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

The first major marches of the convention started at City Hall on Sunday and thousands of people turned out. The Latest: Hollywood stars hold climate rally ahead of DNC 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

Despite some talk of new approaches, like a distributed-conference model in which events are scattered among several venues in a given city, convention center architecture remains hidebound. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

The cast seemed to embrace the Comic-Con energy, and revealed which characters they'd dress up with if they could walk the convention floor. Fans see 'Green Lantern' footage at 'Comic-Con' 2010-07-24T22:41:00Z

She famously thumbed her nose at convention in her private life and in later years seemed to enjoy her status as a grande dame. Diana Rigg, star of "The Avengers" and "Game of Thrones," dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

We're supposed to be laughing at the fact that Tim finds the very ordinary convention hotel to be swanky, and it's mean-spirited — not to mention the kind of humor that grows old very quickly. 'Cedar Rapids': Nothing first class about this business-trip comedy 2011-02-17T22:36:28Z

No Republican Party convention ever invited him to speak. Was Richard Nixon a Tragic Hero? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

At the Republican convention, his picture is flashed on a screen with a “no” circle superimposed. When Hillary Was a Black Man 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Morgan Cressey, 30, was one of the convention’s youngest adult customers in attendance. Inside the Big World of Small Objects 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

Jekyll feels hidebound in his own skin, made to comply with the rigid conventions of his class and society. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z

In early August, in a reactionary attempt to ravel it back up again, the Republicans held their convention in Miami and nominated Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. A Great Writer at the 1968 Democratic Disaster 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

To Josefowicz, he’s an anchor of convention in an expanding personal canon. Perspective | A star violinist rebels against what she’s supposed to play — or wear. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

At the convention, unusual rips in the fabric of Kent’s reality occur. Review: ‘Uncle Kent 2,’ How’s Your Tolerance for Hipster Milquetoasts? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Many were "Twihards", fans of the Twilight vampire saga who camped outside the convention centre for days to see a panel discussion with cast and crew members. Comic-Con 2012: the rise of the female geek? 2012-07-16T19:00:08Z

Watts doesn't seem interested in mocking the conventions of stand-up: it's more that he's cheerfully unaware that they exist. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

Her most powerful pictures turn indigeneity into a darkly magical superpower, moving past conventions of feminine beauty toward something thrillingly monstrous. Martine Gutierrez's "Indigenous Woman": A Trans Latinx Artist's High-Fashion Critique of Colonialism 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z

Most impressive is how Bollen's book is rich in literary diversions, moments of keen sociological and emotional insight — often into personal isolation — that transcend the conventions of its story. Christopher Bollen's 'Orient' a literary thriller with wit and style 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

She recalls unknowingly introducing herself as Mrs. Jesse Jackson to the real Mrs. Jesse Jackson at a political convention. Music Review: Jenifer Lewis Performing at 54 Below 2012-07-27T21:43:36Z

Mundo Imperial Resort, scheduled to open this month in the tourist area known as Acapulco Diamante, is part of a complex that includes a convention center, a 4,000-seat auditorium, shops, a spa and restaurants. Acapulco Tries a Rewind to Its Jet Set Days 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z

It then traces his development into an artful exploder of painterly convention in the early 21st century. Review: At SAAM, a Chinese artist whose paintings have a 'purer purpose' than politics 2011-01-13T21:11:06Z

Who wouldn’t want to take time out at a convention to spend time with Cartman? The Comic-Con TV Shows We’re Most Excited About 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

This convention speech, then, may be her biggest contribution to the reelection campaign. Melania Trump will give her biggest speech in four years. Can she convince skeptical women to vote for her husband? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

It’s precisely the actor’s own power to incarnate Davis as one artist to another that makes the movie’s reliance on artificial dramatic conventions unnecessary, even absurd. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

When stirred to respond to people, painters broke through the mold of conventions at all times. Fair Swamped by Second Raters 2010-03-12T12:30:00Z

“I’m locked in a basement,” he said, live-streaming into the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO’s virtual convention on a recent Tuesday from his home in Delaware. This is Joe Biden’s biggest moment. Why does he feel so small? 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Calling herself a poet rather than a playwright, she railed against theater conventions, arguing that for black artists, plays without dancers and musicians were a waste of an “interdisciplinary culture.” ‘For Colored Girls’ Is a Choreopoem. What’s a Choreopoem? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Near the entrance of the convention hall, I spoke with Dana Fischer, an eight-year-old competitive Magic player, and her father, Adam, who once was a regular on the Pro Tour. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

She had a placard in her car window reading “Department of Health,” to allow her entry on convention center grounds. Nurses are trying to save us from the virus, and from ourselves 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

“Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute,” Powell said, affirming the image the convention is seeking to project, of a nation coming together, not just a party. Perspective | On a night of sales pitches and political star power, health-care activist Ady Barkan kept it real 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

"Dirty Martini", "Mimi Le Meaux" and the other artistes rework and subvert the conventions of "gentlemen's entertainment", flaunting their tattoos, false eyelashes and sagging flesh outrageously. Bond baddie brings burlesque film to Cannes 2010-05-13T13:53:00Z

One year, after she attended a gaming convention called PAX, a friend alerted her to an alarming video of her on the Internet. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

European workers are – in theory, at least – protected from such dismissals by the European convention on human rights, article 8, which grants us the “right to respect for private and family life”. No sex, please, we’re colleagues – the new rules of office romance 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

It also frees the reader from the conventions of so much travel writing that rely on crafted novelty or tour-guide knowledge, replacing them with awe and sincerity. The 10 best travel writers you’ve never read but should 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

His earliest successes had such broad appeal that his cantata “Ballad for Americans” was performed at both the Communist and Republican presidential conventions in 1940. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

But he decided to protect the reality and subvert the usual conventions of hard-charging, heroic protagonists. The Carpetbagger: Ben Affleck, Now an Underdog With ‘Argo,’ Is on the Rebound 2013-01-16T22:39:05Z

They questioned cinema itself by drawing attention to the conventions used in film-making and quoting from the other arts. William Lubtchansky obituary 2010-05-12T18:07:00Z

Her decisions to discard flowery conventions, and to limit herself to the number of the lines in the original poem, produce a version both fleet and vivid. New & Noteworthy 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Sonnets are bound by conventions too, but that doesn’t stop them from being great, and infinitely various. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z

As the Washington Post reported, Long's church is part of a group in the Southern Baptist Convention called Founders Ministries that has pushed the convention in a more conservative direction in recent years. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

Representative of the hotel and convention did not respond immediately to inquiries by The Associated Press. Meat Leaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

After all, the actual business of the convention - adopting a platform and nominating a presidential ticket - could be completed in a few hours. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

The game's songs were announced at the Gamescom convention in Cologne, Germany. Video game lets players be 'Bad' to Jackson hits 2010-08-19T01:16:00Z

I watched, not least because I once interviewed a Phelps outside the Episcopal church's general convention in Minneapolis in 2003, shortly before it approved the election of Gene Robinson, the gay bishop of New Hampshire. I'd rather see Rowan Williams meet the Phelps family 2011-04-06T13:59:00Z

The drumbeat of the White House reminding the news media that Chelsea was off limits, made lighthearted public appearances — a cheer at a convention, a dance at an inaugural ball — appear staged. Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name 2011-12-03T23:32:03Z

The actress and entertainer spoke Wednesday at the Cable Show, a communications convention, ahead of new programming set to launch July 18 on the NUVOtv network. Jennifer Lopez: 'We're realizing our power' 2013-06-12T17:36:09Z

Yet the women are sometimes at the mercy of tired partnering conventions, their limp bodies hoisted and dragged around by the men. Review: Five Contemporary Ballets, Zero Female Choreographers 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

What’s more, critics often take directorial adherence to one big rule, in lieu of the disparate conventions binding run-of-the-mill movies, as an act of principle. “Searching,” Reviewed: A Lifeless Thriller Plays Out on a Computer Screen 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

In addition, it was staged by Kirill S. Serebrennikov, considered perhaps the most talented, innovative theater director in Russia, but one with a reputation for mocking social conventions. Bolshoi Denies Gay Theme Forced Postponing of Nureyev Ballet 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

She'll begin the new job shortly after the Democratic and Republican national conventions are over. CBS brings Norah O'Donnell to its morning show 2012-07-26T16:07:14Z

Future plans could include more television and film production, and perhaps even a Nerdist convention. Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z

The classic American heroine, Howland once wrote, breaks the rules and infuriates society out of a mixture of innocence and defiance; she’s often only vaguely aware of the conventions she so scandalously flouts. ‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

Globalfest is partly a showcase for the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters convention: an audition for promoters seeking something genuine from afar. Music Review: Sounds of the World, Sousaphones Included 2011-01-10T22:56:20Z

A report by the conservative watchdog Media Research Center illustrated a sharp difference in how the morning news shows covered the Republican and Democratic conventions. Colbert, 'Modern Family' cast to guest host 'GMA' 2012-09-17T16:04:08Z

Maybe we’ve become more comfortable with the carnival as a temporary challenge to social conventions. When the Creepy Carnival Comes to Town 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

On the surface, this was an exercise in fourth-wall breaking — a commentary on the extremity of Mr. Trump’s views and also on the conventions of both news broadcasting and fake news. For Larry Wilmore, a Wagging Finger Replaces a Wink on ‘The Nightly Show’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

If you are following conventions, then a significant percentage of the thinking and imagining has been taken out of the exercise. Literary debate 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

The freedom that contemporary art claims for itself — its sense of being unbeholden to rules or convention — is one of the things I love about it. Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Rock hair is meant to defy convention, free you from the 9 to 5. T Magazine: Hair Guitar 2011-03-12T14:00:58Z

In fact, both nights, more people watched the conventions many times over than TLC. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

These rights were written into a Declaration of Sentiments signed by 68 of the women and 32 of the men who attended the convention. A generational pilgrimage to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

“Jean-Luc Picard is back,” Patrick Stewart told a jubilant audience in a surprise appearance at a “Star Trek” convention in Las Vegas on Saturday. Make It So: Patrick Stewart to Reprise Jean-Luc Picard in New ‘Star Trek’ Show 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z

A health convention down the hall seemed livelier than the pageant media day, which drew a handful of news outlets, mostly foreign. Miss World is the biggest beauty pageant you’ve never heard of. What’s it doing in Washington? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

"I tell people I think we hold this convention just so we can run around in our costumes all weekend," says Cooper, a retired Defense Department parts manager. Lincoln impersonators rub gangly elbows in Ohio 2013-04-12T17:28:09Z

By their nature, last-minute sites deliver uneven results, particularly when there’s a convention in town and rooms are at a premium. Finding Last-Minute Deals on Upscale Hotels 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Adhering to ballet convention almost seemed to be the goal. What’s Chinese About Chinese Ballet? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

This year’s convention is notable for its parade of Oscar-winning filmmakers. Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest 2011-07-21T22:54:34Z

The Dems missed a great opportunity not inviting her to open the convention. Mirga's majestic moments at the Bowl before her big one in Birmingham 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

But bucking current convention, he adopted the movement order of Mahler’s performances, rather than that of his original score, with the Andante in second place and the Scherzo in third. Review: In Mahler, Philadelphia Orchestra Finds Beauty Amid the Grit 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Los Angeles Times Television Critic Mary McNamara shadowed the cast of "Game of Thrones" throughout the convention. Top 11 moments from Comic-Con 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Ms. McEntyre’s dress was intended to fly in the face of convention — and conventional notions of beauty. Rocking It on Prom Night, African Style 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

They have a Postmodernist spin, too, that calls attention to the formal and poetic conventions of pastoral landscape painting. Review: ‘The Art Show’ at the Park Avenue Armory Covers the Creative Map 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Dillon, who lived in England, had been in New York to attend Comic Con, the annual industry convention for comic book fans. Steve Dillon, Comic Artist Who Helped Create ‘Preacher,’ Dies at 54 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Two years later, Tom Colicchio helped start Food Policy Action, the first chef-led political group to attend both national party conventions last year with the aim of making food policy a higher priority for lawmakers. Chefs Struggle Over Whether to Serve Up Politics 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

She chafes at Hollywood’s conventions; she defies its norms. Frances McDormand, True to Herself in HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

The trailer was unveiled at Star Wars Celebration, a fan convention held this year in Orlando, Florida. Star Wars: The Last Jedi – first trailer revealed 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

The "Breaking Bad" star pledged his support for Hillary Clinton during the panel discussion, which touched on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's fight against the state's all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic convention. Bryan Cranston leads celebs signing anti-Trump pledge 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

They met in person in 1981, at a mystery writers’ convention. Mickey Spillane’s Work Keeps Coming, 12 Years After His Death 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

He just made it really, really good, rescuing Star Trek from sweaty convention halls, making its niche universe universal. Star Trek Into Darkness: how it was made, by the people who made it 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z

That defining scream against convention cutting through a church wedding in "The Graduate." Mike Nichols' incisive, touching films got personal 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

In the spring of 1984, the American Booksellers Association held its annual convention here in Washington. Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

He met his wife, Linda, at a costume convention in San Antonio. First Amendment Treatise, Filled With Naked People 2010-10-10T19:47:00Z

Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway Theatergoers generally expect actors to abide by certain longstanding conventions, and if actors fail to oblige, it usually isn't intentional. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z

The filmmakers spoke to thousands of people gathered at the D23 Expo, a convention that draws Disney fans eager to learn about upcoming projects and hear from stars of the company's films and television shows. Dinosaurs, the human mind on Disney's Pixar slate 2011-08-21T05:35:49Z

Every year, hundreds of thousands of fans at San Diego Comic-Con line up in order to enter crowded convention halls and get a first look at the biggest blockbusters coming in the next year. Here Are All the Trailers From Comic-Con 2017 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Harwicz deploys the conventions of horror: nighttime settings, characters glimpsed through windows, animals as portent. Motherhood Meets Lust and Violence in Ariana Harwicz’s “Die, My Love” 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

This movement is a middle finger lifted to every convention. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

On the convention floor, “booth babes” still persist, beckoning fans to events like sirens in skimpy outfits. Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Back in those days, the two leading networks covered the conventions live from beginning to end. Review: ‘Best of Enemies’ Recalls Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.’s TV Battles 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

In the film's third act, where the conventions of this kind of thriller take over, some improbable twists steal some of The Town's power. Review: Ben Affleck Goes to Town 2010-09-16T22:10:00Z

In an email — which, she explained, is a formal communication, more like a letter, and thus abides by different conventions — Valerie deconstructed the phenomenon thus: Perspective | Gene Weingarten: The new rules of punctuation are unbelievable. Period. 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

This year saw perhaps the crest of what’s been a rising theme at the long-running convention: television properties stealing fire from feature films. “Westworld” to “Stranger Things”: The 15 best trailers from Comic-Con 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

The rueful Twitter post noting that the meeting was generating only .5 tweets per minute, compared with the 13 per minute for the annual convention of the Modern Language Association held simultaneously in Boston? ArtsBeat: Historians Look Back, and Inward, at Annual Meeting 2013-01-04T23:52:38Z

“When the scene was shown to a Las Vegas convention of movie distributors, the men in the room did not react at all. They didn’t get it,” Cohen wrote. Analysis | ‘I’ll have what she’s having’: How that scene from ‘When Harry Met Sally...’ changed the way we talk about sex 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

“Immediately upon receiving a complaint from the attendees, the celebrity guest was removed from the convention and instructed not to return. Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report.” Actor Gary Busey charged with sexual offenses at horror film convention 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

A handful are intergenerational stories about the clash between old conventions and modern points of view, others speak to the relationship between immigrant parents and their American-born children. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

After their meeting at a convention of the National Puppeteers of America, Jim Henson asked Frank Oz to come to New York and work part-time with him for six months in 1963. The Saga of a World War II Ancestor of Miss Piggy, Bert and Yoda 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to matter that the Pokemon World Championship would be in the convention center the same weekend. If you build a video game convention, the gamers will come, right?

Resounding proof that Sondheim, at 60, had lost none of his artistic daring or precision, or his willingness to defy convention. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

The memories of production team members have been sifted by convention delegates and the makers of DVD extras. JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson – review 2013-03-22T16:30:04Z

By the time he was in his teens, Pratchett was writing science fiction and attending conventions. Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age' 2013-04-22T06:00:16Z

New to New York, “Charms of Mannerism” is an early example of a characteristic Ratmansky mode, an affectionate satire of ballet conventions that renews those conventions. Dance Review: Nina Ananiashvili at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-06T22:49:43Z

The complete absence of reference to any non-Biblical literature during both parties conventions demonstrates how little the humanities are part of Americans’ language. Conservatives killed the liberal arts 2012-09-14T23:08:00Z

With lyrics blurring the gender conventions of the day, "Androgyny" acted as a departure of sorts, with a musical palette that blended electronica with alt rock. Shirley Manson on the album that expanded Garbage's sound: "We got royally punished for it" 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Those were the days when he and Debbie were on the road most weekends at comic conventions. Story near end for Grand Rapids comic shop owners 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

By the conventions of crossword making, or "constructing," the design must be symmetrical. Crossword puzzlers craft perfection across and down 2010-12-07T06:58:00Z

The three principal characters are victims of social convention. Dada Masilo Turns Tchaikovsky on His Head in ‘Swan Lake’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

And Sunday afternoon was her chance to show it off on the main stage at the convention’s annual cosplay contest. Where Broadway Fans Wear the Crowns and the Tentacles 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

Drawing scenes from the perspective of an imaginary live-action camera, the film follows many visual conventions of documentary films. "Flee": Animation is a powerful medium for documentaries about conflict and refugees 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

Hourly segments of CNN's convention coverage claimed the top nine rungs among cable network ratings in prime time, and among all networks, CNN claimed seven slots in the Nielsen Top 20. CNN scores at convention; NBC takes week overall in viewers 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

The card was being auctioned on consignment, by an unnamed owner who allegedly bought it at a convention 20 years ago. FBI seizes John Lennon fingerprint card from auction house 2010-10-08T09:08:00Z

As a recent viral tweet skewering this music-doc convention sarcastically pointed out, we don’t need a bunch of interviews with experts “to put the band in historical context.” ‘Oscar Peterson: Black + White’ Review: Never Mind the Talking Heads 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

Fox News is providing an hour of convention news coverage each night, the same as broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

You focus, rather, on the more or less refined execution of familiar conventions. 2010-02-15T06:00:00Z

He even walked among the crowds on the floor of the convention center, albeit hidden in a masked costume. Daniel Radcliffe 'a normal guy' in 'What If,' a superhero at Comic-Con 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Unlike much space opera, this story centers on Chinese and Vietnamese customs instead of Western military conventions, and is all the more welcome for it. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Hours later, I caught a quick glance of him at Perch during a party for the International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual convention mobbed by nearly 180,000 techies. Zappos’s CEO is helping revitalize downtown Las Vegas. He took me on a whirlwind tour. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Democratic convention ratings held up well compared to 2008, when interest was particularly high. Democratic convention beats football in ratings 2012-09-06T23:57:09Z

According to convention, a group of people is closed in a room, or sequence of rooms, with a single collective aim: to solve a series of puzzles in under an hour. From Dante to ‘Walking Dead,’ He’s a Master of Immersive Theater 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

How much these ideas reflect reality is debatable, at best, but as comic conventions they have endured for centuries. Nora Ephron’s romantic-comedy revolution 2012-06-27T16:35:00Z

The potential is there, especially if they continue to experiment with, and take advantage of, the conventions of the form. Go Down That Hall. You Know You Want To. 2010-10-21T14:56:00Z

While it’s glib punditry to say that a nominee “needs to put on a show” at his convention, for him it amounts to proof of concept. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Scripting this much history, culture and politics, Hyder tests literary convention — and her readers’ focus. An Urdu Epic Puts India’s Partition Into Historical Perspective 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

The second half was a different set of conventions, all up-to-date. What’s Chinese About Chinese Ballet? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

That convention feels even more surreal when extended to the characters. Review | Finally, a novel that captures the inanity of the Trump era. It isn’t pretty. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

I was once a dutiful daughter, an upholder of the contemporary conventions of literary fiction. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z

Walter Bridge is a classic warts-and-all character, marred by prejudice and limited by both his idea of himself and the conventions of his time. Lionel Shriver: rereading Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell 2013-02-15T18:30:01Z

She dedicated her last 35 years to helping people with addiction problems, some of whom she met at "Star Trek" conventions, he said. Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 85 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

“Donald asked me to come speak on his behalf at the convention, and I had to be honest with him, and it was not comfortable,” says Stern. Meet the new Howard Stern. He’d like to make amends for the old Howard Stern. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

That she chose to wear white at the convention did not at first seem particularly surprising. Why Hillary Wore White 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

The advertisement made Mr. Moss recognizable to a national audience, helping him book more conventions, club dates and TV appearances. Milt Moss, Actor in Classic Alka-Seltzer Ad, Is Dead at 93 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

I saw him at a couple conventions walking across the floor and people treated him like a god. Stan Lee has departed our universe, having “surpassed his wildest dreams” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Penn is also hosting live streaming coverage of the convention Thursday for BarackObama.com. Sans chairs, celebrities come to Charlotte for DNC 2012-09-05T18:31:09Z

There are several walk-and-talk hallway scenes in this episode, a convention of “serious” TV drama that was popularized by Aaron Sorkin, particularly in “The West Wing.” ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

"I was really shocked when you've tried all your life to change people's conditions and you end up selling hot sauce at a convention," she says. After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers 2010-09-02T21:45:00Z

As part of the RNC's "convention without walls" online coverage, they also provide a live stream. Five ways the Republican National Convention is like Burning Man 2012-08-30T16:20:00Z

On another floor, and in a break from convention, the layout turns thematic rather than chronological, deconstructing the shared sociological underpinnings of fabric scraps spanning centuries, nationalities and classes. In London, ‘Undressed’ Unveils the History of Underwear 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Masks are a routine function of daily life—and they were of course precisely the thing being sold at that fashion and apparel convention that I was so anxious to escape. “No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

It is often said that he transcended or defied the conventions of genre. ‘Level Five’: A serious battle plays into video-game tale 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

She created one of seven special exhibits at the convention this past week. Black cloth dolls growing in collector popularity 2012-07-28T18:16:04Z

By doing the conventions, I have been introduced — we all have — to people whose lives have been changed by watching the show, or maybe that was the only thing on in the hospital room. ‘Picard’ Gets the ‘Next Generation’ Band Back Together 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

They paraded down Euclid Avenue toward media row and the convention arena. This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Numbers at UFO conventions and clubs are dwindling. The real Men in Black, Hollywood and the great UFO cover-up 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

In the emotional and sexual roller coaster of soap operas, Agnes Nixon, creator of “All My Children,” juggled the conventions of the form with her mission to explore deeper issues from new perspectives. Mary Fickett, a Pillar of ?All My Children,? Dies at 83 2011-09-12T23:58:43Z

Then, suddenly, all of the conventions of horror just fall away, and you’re like, “Then who’s the baddie? And if there’s no baddie, what is this all about?” In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Fantasy, sci-fi, history, travelogues – all have fine English writers taking potshots at cliché and convention. Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z

“I realized that there was over one million feet of convention space underneath the hotels,” he said. The Baumans, Sellers of Really, Really Rare Books 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Hurricane Harvey had flooded the company’s regular home, and the performance took place in a convention center. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

At E3, the big annual video game trade convention, I once asked a Square Enix designer how he thought of the difference between the North American and Japanese approaches to role-playing games. Video Game Review | Final Fantasy XIII: From Square Enix, a Stunning and Distant World 2010-03-15T04:35:00Z

Like their fictional counterparts, nonfiction films tend to obey conventions of genre, and in recent years most of them have followed a handful of familiar models. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z

“It allowed us to throw out all the conventions and put them back together and rearrange it,” said Clark. Amazon places bet on streaming, fast-paced music awards show 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

MacFarlane plays the captain of a spaceship and crew in uniforms who shoot blasters that would blend right in at a Trekkie convention. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Orville’ and ‘Selection Day’ 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

Big breasts are a spy-novel convention, too, but I wonder if all three of Nate’s lovers had to be quite so top-heavy. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

The conventions were part of a broader effort to develop “essential means of elevating us as a class,” according to resolutions approved at the Colored National Convention in Cleveland in 1848. Colored Conventions, a Rallying Point for Black Americans Before the Civil War 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

"The Daily Show," which will shift its regular schedule a day to broadcast four shows from Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday through Friday, has been covering conventions on-site since 2000. Conventions a parody playground for 'Daily Show' 2012-08-27T18:43:03Z

For Hing Lung’s customers, who are predominantly Chinese-American, the turkey strikes a balance, allowing them to assimilate to American holiday conventions without sacrificing their tastes. Chinese Roast Duck, but Make It Turkey 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

This is why a gathering of 600 people for last month’s national Tea Party convention in Nashville received a disproportionate amount of coverage from both the mainstream news media and the blogosphere. Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z

After the long dinner interval, when the sun has set – well, nominally; on this occasion the deluge came and the temperature dropped – more usual theatrical conventions apply and focus becomes easier. Don Giovanni; La bohème; English Music festival – review 2012-06-09T23:06:16Z

For some publishers the convention is the only chance to press the flesh with booksellers, who still have the power to transform an unknown author into a Cinderella. At BookExpo America, Anxiety Amid the Chatter 2010-05-26T22:38:00Z

It was a prelude to Tuesday’s prime-time speech, her biggest since the 2016 Republican convention and a far more public and political spotlight than she normally seeks. Melania Trump will give her biggest speech in four years. Can she convince skeptical women to vote for her husband? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

And a key convention of the show - band members breaking the fourth wall to address the audience directly - is used unevenly, abandoned for long stretches and suddenly popping up when it doesn’t feel needed. Review: Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ catchy but uneven 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

So sad to hear of the death of Zaha, a creative master who challenged convention and broadened the possibilities of architecture. Architects, Artists & Admirers Respond to Zaha Hadid's Death 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

After her 2016 convention speech, she mostly disappeared from the campaign trail, saying that she had chosen instead to focus on raising Barron, the first couple’s son. Melania Trump will give her biggest speech in four years. Can she convince skeptical women to vote for her husband? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

"Fanboys have kids now, and the convention has become more mainstream because generations are growing up with it," Fell said. Elijah Wood hints at big "Hobbit" show for Comic-Con 2012-07-10T22:42:31Z

‘A grasping of freedom, a rejection of convention’ . Billy Liar ? still in town 2010-09-01T20:30:00Z

I suggested a picnic; he wanted to attend a Desert Survivors convention in San Francisco. My Marriage: A Course in Desert Survival 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

The attendees at the Republican national convention have no interest in the truth. The ghouls have won: The first night of Donald Trump’s RNC was a political death cult 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Plays without intermissions may be gaining in popularity, but the convention of two acts separated by 15-minutes of lobby dithering is still deeply entrenched. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

Another big draw: SneakerCon, a popular traveling shoe convention, which attracted a swath of attendees before doors even opened. BET Experience 2014: Free offerings, OutKast, the Roots draw fans 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

During a convention recently, he met some of the “Stranger Things” kids and was struck by their need to “create content” by shooting fun videos to feed their fan base. Being a child actor has always been tough. Social media makes it so much worse. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

By current marketing conventions, the self-taught Mr. Black is probably producing “outsider art.” Art in Review: Rafael Leonardo Black: ‘Insider Art’ 2013-05-16T20:40:33Z

When the manager at the Playboy Club in Chicago discovered the crowd was made up of white Southern businessmen in town for a convention, he suggested that Gregory postpone. ‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ Review: A Peek at a Comic Legend 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

The lure for City Hall: a pledge from AEG to pay for a $315-million upgrade of the convention complex itself at the same time. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

An estimated 25.1 million people watched the convention between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Wednesday, when former President Bill Clinton delivered an impassioned nomination speech for President Barack Obama, the Nielsen ratings company said. Democratic convention beats football in ratings 2012-09-06T23:57:09Z

His parents were, before him, in flight from social conventions. The Wild of Nadar, an Early Photographer Who Knew How to Give a Party 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

With degrees of success, they play with time and space, storytelling conventions and human consciousness. ‘Reminiscence’ Review: Out of the Past, Into the Future (and Back) 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

As he went on, the speech developed its own cadence; soon, the packed convention hall was calling out “Trump!” after each of his rhythmic sentences. Donald Trump Jr. and the future of Trumpism: He upended expectations four years ago. What is he now? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

Though far from an American convention, there have been pantos in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and elsewhere for decades. 'Pinocchio,' British panto-style, in Federal Way 2011-12-01T22:01:04Z

Now he’s written another big book, “The Fireman,” that reaffirms his gifts for riveting attention and pushing genre conventions to new extremes. Review: In Joe Hill’s ‘The Fireman,’ a Plague That Sends People Up in Flames 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Her photography advanced no political views and she avoided the journalistic convention of narrative resolution. Mary Ellen Mark, photographer of outcasts and hidden beauty, dies at 75 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Crime dramas can be awfully self-serious, and “Code 404” has a blast poking fun at all the gloomy conventions — it’s gleefully stupid, but in the best way. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Dax must wage is one on behalf of empathy and reason over regiment and convention. This Memorial Day weekend watch Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

The one concession to narrative conventions is an English-language commercial that promises an end to constipation. ‘Leviathan’: a striking dive into life at sea 2013-04-04T21:42:35Z

And in 1855, the Minnesota Musical Association put on the city's first music convention. How Minneapolis made Prince 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

The promotion coincides with the annual CinemaCon convention, where Disney is expected to offer a similar presentation for theater owners. Johnny Depp to do live 'Lone Ranger' online Q&A 2013-03-28T11:33:13Z

More than 300 exhibitors, including nearly 100 from abroad, filled the convention hall for the largest show in the event’s 70-year history. Suitcase GPS? Scented bags? Collapsible sunglasses? The latest travel gadgets. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Beyond process, “Transparent” also advances a type of storytelling that doesn’t quite follow narrative convention. This is what the female gaze looks like: “Transparent” returns for a thrilling second season 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

But it flipped some conventions over in how it told its story. Radio review: Why I Don't Hate White People 2010-10-18T05:45:00Z

Persuading large conventions to return is the first order of business. Perspective | How travel destinations are staying visible (and tidying up) during the pandemic 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

According to one RNC attendee interviewed by the Atlantic last week, that “you really had to be there to get it” feeling is just one thing that Comic-Con shares with the political conventions. Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z

“Fox has dominated not just conservative viewers but has shaped the modern Republican Party,” Donna Brazile, a CNN commentator and Democratic Party strategist, said outside the convention hall. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and network in final talks on exit 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

“By choosing an American woman to run for our nation’s second-highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans,” Ferraro said in her speech at the Democrats’ nominating convention that July. Perspective | Brace yourself: America is about to act really awkward about Biden’s female VP pick 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

He also noted that modern conventions are expensive, costing tens of millions of dollars to produce, and create few waves. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

The UN reached its first convention on drugs in 1961, which set a framework for drug criminalization. Faith leaders to tackle drug war's racial divide in Harlem as UN meets nearby 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

She was on magazine covers, commanded $200,000 for five nights in Las Vegas and was in demand for awards shows, conventions and TV specials. Joan Rivers, a Comedian for Whom Nothing Was Too Soon or Too Sacred, Dies at 81 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

It is also flanked by a massive wholesale furniture exposition and convention center, a retail outlet shopping mall and a concert and performing arts center due to open in 2012. Gehry likes what he sees with new Vegas building 2010-03-21T21:46:00Z

Contrary to horror-genre convention, the good girl got it in “Stranger Things.” Did You Watch ‘Stranger Things’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

The evolution of her riding attire was, in part, an adaptation to the practical demands of cycling, but it was also one of the ways Annie challenged convention. The wheels that set her free: The humble bicycle continues to be a key to women’s empowerment 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

Armstrong, 44, ran this year’s GOP convention and spent a year living in Cleveland to pull it off. With $90 million raised, Trump’s inaugural team is ready to party 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Scenes between Sam and Alan tend to replicate the intimate conventions of therapy. Are You Strapped In for ‘The Patient’? The Therapist Is. 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

The album's sharp fall was expected as opening week sales were largely boosted by pre-orders through churches and a national Christian convention, Billboard said. "Thrift Shop" bests Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" on Billboard chart 2013-01-23T19:57:19Z

"Doctor Who" is one of the BBC's most popular scripted programs, and has inspired a devoted fanbase in several countries, with clubs, conventions and fan publications. New 'Doctor Who"' star hopes fans don't fear a female time lord 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

The well-heeled crowd at the convention center smelled like perfume. Art Basel 2012 recap: Millennial art, music everywhere 2012-12-10T22:04:23Z

The achievement recognizes “an emerging standout artist that defies convention and breaks boundaries” – it’s also sponsored by a car manufacturer. Rihanna, Sam Smith, Madonna to appear iHeartRadio Awards 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

When Trump’s tally reached the threshold for the nomination, the convention band played an elevator-music rendition of “New York, New York.” This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

For example, I found out that they were making the "Captain America: Winter Soldier" movie when I was walking away from a convention and going back to my hotel. "We in America have actual fascists marching in the streets": Ed Brubaker on releasing art right now 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

She encouraged her students to disregard the conventions of sculpture and to build their own vernacular. Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Beginning in 1911 in Somerset, England, it is the story of Leopold, boy and man with an affinity for horses, and a rich landowner’s daughter, Charlotte, who aspires, against convention, to be a veterinarian. Review | Don’t let a bad reader ruin your audiobook experience. Here are recordings to savor — and to avoid. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

To avoid any suggestion that they contravene international conventions, the funding has come from the civil budget as the "calmatives" are claimed to be intended for crowd and riot control. Mind Wars by Jonathan D Moreno – review 2012-06-01T21:55:07Z

And that many women in her hometown defied convention, too, by having vibrant, and by most standards, unusual careers. On Being Black Female Math Whizzes During the Space Race 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

When Newton was a young student just beginning college, he drew up plans for a language based on the nature of things, rather than on mere convention. Isaac Newton’s universal language 2013-05-11T15:00:00Z

Both said he shouldn’t talk at the convention. Khizr Khan: the patriotic American Muslim who called out Donald Trump 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

The weekend, with events that included a Nicki Minaj-headlined concert Friday, a sneaker convention Saturday and a slew of free performances from up-and-coming musicians throughout, is known as the BET Experience. 2015 BET Experience: Black Lives Matter takes center stage 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

There have been performances of “Dr. Horrible” at conventions – has it been licensed for schools and other stage productions? ArtsBeat: Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' 2011-04-18T12:30:06Z

But in the end, let’s not kid ourselves: It’s the gold-plated-black-swan candidacy of Mr. Trump that will hang over both convention weeks, like two prime-time series sharing a crossover story line. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

She works small and mainly in glazed porcelain, pushing traditionally demure tabletop figurines into compromising, often ribald positions while downsizing the heroic conventions of royal portraiture. Art in Review: ANNIE ATTRIDGE: ?Hearts of Oak? 2011-02-03T22:05:46Z

Ms. Provosty approaches the modernist monochrome as a convention of unlimited possibility. The Lower East Side as Petri Dish 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Speaking by telephone from New Hampshire on Tuesday, Ms. Silverman talked about her convention experience and her thoughts about Mr. Sanders and Mrs. Clinton. Sarah Silverman on Bernie or Bust, and the Joke She Didn’t Tell 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

There’s something almost primal and reassuring about their ambivalence toward convention. HBO’s ‘Girls,’ ‘Looking’ and the delicate balance of vignette 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

There is a distinctly apocalyptic feel to this convention. Riven by factionalism, the Republican party looks hell-bent on self-destruction 2012-08-28T19:08:50Z

The plots in genre novels are of a different kind, after all, constrained as they are by conventions. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z

By Sunday, they left, as the convention organizer put it, “better men, better husbands, better fathers.” The Brotherhood of the Stay-at-Home Dad 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Beginning in 1935 there were a number of failed attempts at downtown projects that would include, in various configurations, an opera house, sports arena, concert hall, museum and convention center. How the Music Center broke new ground for major arts institutions 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

She was hired two days after the election; the convention gave her experience in running what she calls a “national special security event” — how to work with security, the city and other official entities. With $90 million raised, Trump’s inaugural team is ready to party 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

On the final night of the convention, Khan took the stage with his wife, Ghazala, and in an electrifying moment, he pulled from his pocket a small copy of the Constitution. What Trump Can Learn From a Gold Star Family 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

That perception is about to change in a big way at the 2015 National Assn. of Music Merchants convention that opens Thursday in Anaheim. The synth is back: KORG and Moog revive golden-era analog synthesizers 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

When that went before the full convention, the chairman ruled that the delegates in question couldn’t vote on their own faith. Politics is a “blood sport”: Roger Stone on his CNN ban, the “real” Donald Trump and the billionaire’s scheme to lure delegates 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Customers include chefs, country clubs, hotels and conventions. Ice sculptors compete in a chilly championship 2011-02-07T18:37:32Z

But if there's one genre that hews to western convention more than any other, it's movies about comic-book heroes. Anne Billson 2011-02-03T22:29:00Z

Colbert, who capitalized on the political conventions with live airings of his late-night show, will do the same for the presidential and vice presidential debates. Colbert to air live after Trump-Clinton presidential debates 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

One of his early assignments was applying makeup to Democratic Party leaders at the 1948 national convention. ‘Godfather of Makeup’ Dick Smith dead at 92 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

So familiar are the conventions of such films that regardless of whether you’ve seen them, you sense what you’re going to get here. Review: ‘Wild Women of Planet Wongo,’ a Musical Comedy With a Sci-Fi Bent 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The series flouts a number of unscripted television conventions, beginning with the fact that it is upbeat, genteel and populated by contestants who support and respect one another. Mel and Sue are leaving the tent: Can “The Great British Bake Off” still rise without these key ingredients? 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

She sometimes favored bawdy lyrics and lived a personal life that also flouted the conventions of polite society — affairs, bisexuality, drinking, all shown somewhat reservedly here, considering that we’re talking about HBO. Review: ‘Bessie,’ on HBO, Stars Queen Latifah as Blues Singer 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

“It was one of my friends who called me up and said, ‘Hey, would you like to be a delegate at the Republican convention?”’ he recalls. Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ogbuagu is a board game designer, publisher and organizer of the first board game convention in West Africa. Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

The party's presidential nominee will be selected at a convention in Baltimore in July. Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod 2012-02-02T23:50:09Z

The remark is an apparent reference to the GOP convention happening as Hurricane Isaac hits the Louisiana coast. Yahoo fires bureau chief for Romney remark 2012-08-29T18:56:07Z

It was Friday morning, August 30: the tail end of the very worst political convention in American history. Hunter S. Thomspon in Chicago, 1968: The battle for the Democratic Party’s soul 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Businessman Herman Cain, who has been picking up support among tea party groups, was the lone GOP presidential contender to attend the convention. Walsh: GOP leadership afraid to fight 2011-10-01T22:33:00Z

Mr. Padura’s novel tells this triple story without ever abandoning the general conventions of fiction. Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z

On Thursday, Emanuel appeared to open the door to reimbursements for businesses close to McCormick Place convention center. Summit business reimbursement clarified 2012-02-24T21:37:00Z

“They would clean the mess after. There was no convention.” Eva Longoria and Eric Schlosser take on fairness for farmworkers in ‘Food Chains’

I wonder if that’s a question of convention more than anything else. Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

He is supporting Joe Biden, but he is not as outspoken as he was last time and didn’t watch either convention. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Tonight I’m just looking forward to it as maybe as the first and last ever complete ‘Mad Men’ convention. 'Mad Men's' final premiere event is a grand affair 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Houston also knows how to break free of American-style convention: one hot new place, Dak & Bop, does Korean-style fried chicken with spicy sauces, paired with blackberry chili margaritas. These Are America's Best Food Cities 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Cryer assured Variety that her character “doesn’t operate the way women normally operate on television” and will defy convention. Silicon Valley Needs to Address the Industry's 'Woman Problem' in Season 2 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

It was also subject to the conventions of ’00s reality television, when explicit abuse and exploitation were rarely challenged by the broader culture. Dawn Richard Will Find a Way to Be Heard 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Elison is one of my favorite writers, and her voice is so captivating, I would follow her anywhere, including to the book's rich setting of sci-fi conventions and fandom. New movies to stream over the long weekend, from “Ambulance” to “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Krakoff felt free to depart from a convention that frowns on prints when he designed his dress for Ms. Margulies, embellishing her stark white gown with a long black vine. For Hollywood Actresses, a Custom Dress on the Red Carpet Shows Fashion Clout 2014-01-11T00:36:27Z

The annual Auchinawa convention in Scotland gives fans the opportunity to meet and discuss anime in a wider forum, but it is still small scale. I nominate Japanese anime for most underrated genre 2011-02-25T12:38:19Z

We are losing the sense that it is possible to disagree violently and yet courteously, and that's what the conventions of parliamentary language are trying – however prudishly – to preserve. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z

Kelly, who is also CEO of this year’s convention, has been closely working with Trump in Washington to prepare her speech in recent days, a person familiar with the matter said. Melania Trump will give her biggest speech in four years. Can she convince skeptical women to vote for her husband? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Romantic convention dictates she initially play it frosty with Egan, but Seyfried compensates by turning her considerable wattage on the rest of the cast. "Letters to Juliet": Predictable, but easy to love 2010-05-14T00:20:00Z

As a group, they pose a bohemian counterpoint to mainstream convention in an exhibitionistic lineup that reflects the red hot nowness of that era. Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

Last year, the Ringer website analysed what made the Marvel/Netflix shows tick in 2017 and assembled a telling list of narrative traits and conventions. Less po-faced, more pow! Why Netflix and Marvel need to lighten up 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

So, inside the convention center’s exhibit hall, there was a National Institutes of Health table stocked with the requisite dermatological pamphlets — Raynaud’s Phenomenon! Having a little work done: Now as routine as ‘eating kale and going to spin class’ 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

On a recent Saturday night, three raucous 30-something librarians in thick glasses and cherry-red lipstick swapped tales of conventions gone wild. A Brooklyn Bar With Inspiration From Marie Antoinette 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Like large political conventions, large retrospectives often generate energies that are often unsustainable. Review | Warhol said he wanted to be ‘a machine.’ Two new shows prove he was anything but. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Pitts spent 15 years at CBS News, where he covered political conventions and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS 2013-04-01T14:59:08Z

The convention is also a great spot for celebrity sightings. See Black Panther, Game of Thrones Stars Let Loose at Comic-Con Party 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Thomas and Mr. Gottesman explore a similar conviction in a joint project that will be hinted at during the Republican convention but gain more visibility in the fall leading up to the election. Political Art in a Fractious Election Year 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

Comic Con, billed as Britain's equivalent to the mammoth US conventions devoted to the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding comics and their film and TV spin-offs, will be taking place in north London. Kapow! Superheroes come to Britain 2011-04-08T15:40:44Z

The bottom-line result is that “Gotham” has evolved into a more consistently engaging show, even if some of its conventions might eventually get a bit repetitive. 'Gotham' Recap: Hallelujah! The Penguin Escapes Again 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

On Wednesday, July 27, visitors in town for the convention are encouraged to partake in this more than decade old-Philadelphia tradition. How to Join the Political Party in Philadelphia 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Charlesworth was part of a wave of talented artists, many of them women, who rephotographed existing photographs or dissected the medium’s conventions with staged tableaus. Sarah Charlesworth, Artist of Deconstructed Photographs, Dies at 66 2013-07-01T00:20:45Z

This time, Mr. Shyamalan was not only at the convention, but begging for attendees’ approval. At Comic-Con, ‘Aquaman’ and Others Score With Super Fans 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

Aja maintains tension throughout, using horror conventions — and a few cheap jump scares — to routinely shock the audience back to attention. ‘Oxygen’ Review: The Thrill of Claustrophobia 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

Local convention and visitors bureau president Lee Tasseff calls the damage "tragic." Storms damages Ohio tree seen in 'Shawshank' 2011-08-02T16:46:03Z

In movies like these, as well as in “The Master” and “Holy Motors,” filmmakers are pushing hard against, and sometimes dispensing with, storytelling conventions, and audiences seem willing to follow them. Arts & Leisure: Films Dispense With Storytelling Conventions 2012-11-21T13:00:00Z

A later email from convention organizers added: “As a practice, we don’t allow sexual wellness products at CES.” What’s So ‘Indecent’ About Female Pleasure? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

The point of the film, a Western transplanted to modern New York, is that it updates the conventions of the B-feature, rather than those of Ford or Hawk. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z

Wilson and Glass, who would both rise to the top of their fields, would collaborate on the 1976 opera "Einstein on the Beach," described as "epochal" by the New York Times for breaking with conventions. A Minute With: Theater director Robert Wilson on 'Einstein on the Beach' 2013-10-16T10:01:52Z

When ABC hired Buckley and Vidal to hold daily debates during its convention coverage — essentially a ratings stunt by a network ranked last in the ratings — it was breaking from the gavel-to-gavel norm. Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

A few athletes tried to get a “U.S.A.!” chant going, like Democrats at a convention. The Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio: Let the Games Begin 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

It is to James Smythe's credit, then, that his new novel manages to pay its respects to the conventions of the astronaut-in-peril genre while still doing something new, and memorable, with it. The Explorer by James Smythe – review 2013-01-18T09:31:02Z

“The conventions became less relevant as a news story once the era of picking them in smoke-filled rooms was over,” he said. ‘This is preposterous,’ says the media about the media’s convention overkill 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

“I’m hoping it might be a way to unlearn how we look,” he said, adding that film spectatorship tends to be dictated by the conventions of mainstream cinema. Looking for Freedom, Isaac Julien Comes Home 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

In any case, “The Birth of a Nation” is not “only a movie”; it’s precisely a movie, an ambitious attempt to corral the contradictions of history within the conventions of popular narrative. Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

She had defied both convention and biology to reflect the truth of who she really was. All Twisted Up by Gender Bending 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

But many delegates were in no laughing mood, and some who backed Mr. Sanders booed and jeered the convention speakers throughout the afternoon and evening. Sarah Silverman on Bernie or Bust, and the Joke She Didn’t Tell 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

This digital con did feature hundreds of panels, from the casts of several “Star Trek” shows and longtime convention stalwart “The Walking Dead” to panels about publishing and using comics in the classroom. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

Much as we admire those free spirits who refuse to be tied down by bourgeois convention, if someone offers to feed you, accept or decline promptly. The new rules of dinner parties: don't be on time – and bring more booze than you need 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

Conditioned for the dull, meticulous, reassuringly and confoundingly robotic programming of a normal political convention, we’ve been instead exposed to the jarring and, yes, entertaining chaos of a Trump convention. A political convention as improv farce 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

One was a courtesan, the other a divorcée; both flouted the conventions of their milieux. They were both humbly born, dependent on men, and, one suspects, frustrated artists. A Tribute to Women Who Reinvent Themselves, in Two Wardrobes at the Met 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Paris Barclay, whose extensive television directing credits include episodes of the “Sons of Anarchy” and “Glee” series, was elected president of the Directors Guild of America at the union’s biennial convention here on Saturday. ArtsBeat: Paris Barclay to Lead Directors Guild of America 2013-06-23T05:07:00Z

This is an extension of the ancient theatrical aside and most of the screen-cracking gambits in TV fiction have resulted from importing stage conventions to the screen. Miranda cracks the television screen 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

Despite being exhausted from the back-to-back conventions, she agreed to meet up with Mr. Swartzfager for drinks at the Spanish restaurant Jaleo, just a few days after returning to the capital. When Love and Politics Mix 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

A teaser at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego over the weekend gave a glimpse of "Wonder Woman II," the presumed sequel. 'Wonder Woman' returning for 2019 movie sequel 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

One curious aspect of the indie-film aesthetic is that, even as it denounces such Hollywood conventions as a brisk pace and snappy, intelligible dialogue, it clings to hoary plot clichés, behavioral explosions and noble resolutions. Out of the Furnace…and Into the Indie-Film Clichés 2013-12-07T00:29:27Z

Deftly paced and judiciously detailed, the tale makes hay with the conventions of the 19th-century novel. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

It was a popular and critical success, acclaimed for its observations on life and its willingness to ditch the usual sitcom conventions, allowing few happy endings. Len Lesser obituary 2011-02-20T18:00:45Z

Diamond and Silk came to a few meetings, and Harman saw them again at the district GOP meeting, where they gave speeches lobbying to be delegates at the state convention. Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Some of these quirks are socially acceptable and can therefore be made public, which is good news for the dominatrix industry as well as all those anime furries wandering around at the sci-fi convention. HBO’s ‘Thought Crimes’: What a cop’s cannibal fetish taught us about privacy 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

Then again, Ms. Wohl — whose best-known play, the quiet, piercing ensemble piece “Small Mouth Sounds,” also tested theatrical conventions — isn’t interested in letting nostalgia cloud her vision. Review: ‘Make Believe’ Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

On Night 2, they made bingo cards filled with anticipated Democratic convention cliches like “White person speaks Spanish” and “Someone tries to reference a meme.” Democrats, make some nooooise! Wait, you’re muted. Hello? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Here, it’s a group of anarcho-capitalists who move to Acapulco, Mexico, where they also host an annual convention, mostly about crypto currencies. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

At one moment, there's this one unguarded moment, when the man who was organizing the convention wrote, "Women have had their turn." Laura Lippman on turning true crime into fiction: "Am I not appropriating somebody's story?" 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

Yet it is in this most crucial, central story that the script falters, lapsing into the conventions of true crime shows and police procedurals in which a forensic expert tries to explain imponderable acts. Review: Carey Mulligan Tells a Harrowing Tale of ‘Girls & Boys’ 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

It’s an idea reinforced by the social convention that you shouldn’t reveal a pregnancy until after 12 weeks, once the highest risk of miscarriage has passed. My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrouded in mystery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

One year later at this summer’s convention, superheroes like Wonder Woman, Black Panther and Captain Marvel proved they can be just as powerful—and popular—as white dudes. At This Year's Comic-Con, Superheroes Looked More Like Us 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

But the conventions of male country have also hardened in recent years: ball caps, tailgates, flip-flops, hip-hop, women as decorative objects. Kacey Musgraves and Other ‘Tomatoes’ Give Country Its Bite 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

In context of the heated debate about the role of women, modern dance was a realm where performers such as St. Denis and Isadora Duncan were throwing out the conventions of space, dress and movement. Motor City exhibition ‘Dance’ shows how motion has long inspired American art 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

For the past few years, a corn-chip manufacturer has set up a stage in the shape of a skyscraper-sized vending machine across from the convention center to host major artists. Growth posing safety challenges for festivals 2014-03-16T18:36:00Z

Both leisure travelers and conventions are making their way back to New Orleans. The Most Expensive U.S. Cities To Visit 2011-03-23T17:00:00Z

It was clear from this unorthodox opening that this was a precocious and poised comic more interested in originality than convention. Hannah Einbinder: Portrait of a Young Comic on the Cusp 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

I was chatting with LeBer and other bartenders by the pool one sunny July afternoon at the Royal Sonesta New Orleans, the site of the liquor industry’s splashiest convention, Tales of the Cocktail. We asked bartenders to talk about a topic they traditionally avoid at work: politics. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

The world premiere of “Knightlife” struck a refreshing balance of silliness and sophistication, as it lovingly parodied ballet’s chivalrous conventions. Review: ‘Knightlife’ Pokes Fun at Ballet With Silliness and Sophistication 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

He said he aims to bring that world into the studio realm, not simply with a martial-arts or other convention here and there, but with deeper levels of Chinese exposure. Cannes: For Zhang Yimou, a return to roots amid a turn to Hollywood 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Scott cleverly dismantles the conventions of the novella itself by incorporating into the narrative email exchanges, syllabuses, term papers, dream sequences, manifestoes, PowerPoint presentations and eerie photographs of black male plastic dolls. First He Imagined a Town Founded by Rebel Slaves. Now He’s Exploring the Lives There. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Edison gave the night a bit of the feel of a convention. 'Imitation Game,' 'Grand Budapest Hotel' and Decorum Win Over Writers Guild 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

There was reason for some pity: Comic-Con’s vast Hall H fills up early and stays full, because the convention does not empty it between panels. Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

ABC hired the two to serve as commentators to the 1968 Republican and Democratic national conventions. Legendary Gore Vidal-William F. Buckley rivalry coming to screens 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Whatever their attempts to add authenticity, there seems little risk that “Beef House” will slide into the unfunny conventions of actual multicamera sitcoms. On ‘Beef House,’ Family Sitcoms Get the Tim and Eric Treatment 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

It was a slow, bumpy build to Obama’s moment in this virtual convention. Perspective | Michelle Obama’s speech was like an empathetic neighbor expressing sorrow for what our country has become 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Scott wrote in his review for The Times, “in honor of its determination to color inside the lines, obeying the ironclad conventions of brand and genre.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ and ‘Star Trek Beyond’ 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

But maybe “narrative” is the wrong framework for Mr. Trump’s convention. A Donald Trump Speech Whose Sunny Spots Came Mostly From the Stage Lights 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Jabs of humor lighten the formulaic mayhem, with the final-girl convention receiving a surprising, last-minute tweak. Movie Review: ‘Aftershock,’ Directed by Nicolás López 2013-05-10T01:11:55Z

Still, at least in the operas, Handel mostly hewed to convention. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z

The Los Angeles native gained national attention with drummer Chico Hamilton's decorous band, and he started breaking through bebop's conventions in 1959 after connecting with L.A. compatriot Charles Mingus in New York City. Pianist Geri Allen brings her Tribute to Eric Dolphy to Seattle's Jazz Alley 2010-09-16T22:22:00Z

The show leaned heavily on reliable tabloid conventions — lost loves, missing heirs, unexplained deaths, medical mysteries — and many of the segments varied first-person interviews with best-guess re-enactments, some of them lurid. ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns, Because 2020 Isn’t Scary Enough 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

“When I was watching the convention, I grew self-conscious,” Noah said. Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech makes her the comics’ favorite 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

What heats “61 Hours” to the boiling point is Mr. Child’s decision to defy his own conventions. Books of The Times: Lee Child?s ?61 Hours,? a Jack Reacher Thriller 2010-05-13T21:31:00Z

Hotwives of Orlando has an eye for the rhythms and conventions of its source material that only someone who has spent an entire Sunday captivated by a marathon could possess. The Hotwives of Orlando delightfully skewers TV’s most vacuous genre 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

He ambushed the stages of both conventions in character as the “Hunger Games” host Caesar Flickerman. Colbert Again in Character — as Himself — at the Conventions 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018, he urged the attendees of the VFW annual convention to ignore the journalism of the mainstream media. Perspective | Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

De La Warr Pavilion, Fri to 3 Jan Andrew Lord, Milton Keynes Sculptor Andrew Lord makes pots that go against all the conventions of proper pottery. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

It remains illegal to light up in public areas, including the Las Vegas Strip, casinos, bars, restaurants, parks, convention centers and concert halls – places frequently visited by tourists. Leafing Las Vegas: recreational marijuana goes on sale in Nevada 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

What keeps you watching is how thoroughly and meticulously the show appropriates and subverts true-crime conventions. Review: True Crime? When the ‘Family Jewels’ Are Painted on Cars 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

But few inspire their own dedicated society, complete with membership dues and an annual convention. ArtsBeat Blog: A New Edition of Betsy-Tacy Greets Fans, Old and New 2011-11-08T15:14:56Z

It is entirely possible the word “Trump” may be spoken more times at the Democratic convention than at the Republican one. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

She says everyone urged her to trim a few songs and conform to the usual country conventions. Miranda Lambert 'ready to rock' as she preps album 2014-03-10T13:47:06Z

The convention ends Saturday with an awards ceremony and banquet. Whistlers pucker up and blow into Carolina town 2012-04-19T06:53:09Z

In the week after the civil rights organizations issued their warnings, seven large conferences and conventions walked back their plans to be in Fort Lauderdale, she said. Despite Battle Over Politics, Florida Tourism Rolls On 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

Except, of course, this Utopia conforms to all the conventions of reality television, shackling a little bit of “Big Brother” to “Survivor” and even hints of “Gilligan’s Island.” In ‘Utopia,’ on Fox, Real People Build an Unreal World 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

To guard against old and familiar colonial conventions, she said she had sought to develop strong Indigenous characters who are not victims and retain the power to shape their own identities. ‘Three Pines,’ Based on Louise Penny Books, Tackles Indigenous Suffering 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

Even after more than 30 years, Mr. Letterman never lost his arch, ironical self-awareness; he did not sink into the easy, quid pro quo conventions of late-night talk shows, he kept defying them. Review: David Letterman Says Goodbye, With Self-Mockery and a Little Mush 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The convention is taking place in Tampa, Fla., after being delayed by nasty weather. News networks stay live overnight to cover Isaac 2012-08-29T03:31:04Z

That night, Mr. Romney would deliver his acceptance speech, the convention would end and Mr. Christie would stand on floor with the rest of the New Jersey delegation. Chris Christie, It’s Not All About Him, He Said Often 2012-08-31T21:53:10Z

Six at-large delegates will be elected at the territorial convention, with the other three being the elected party leaders. Close battle for delegates in South 2012-03-13T23:49:00Z

Where Creed surpasses Star Wars is in its sparing use of convention and cliche. Rise of the reboots gives new life to Rocky and Ghostbusters 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z

It’s not every convention that you see a candidate counterprogramming his own campaign event. G.O.P. Convention Begins With Trump Written All Over It 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Though the conventions represent the essential step of a party officially nominating a candidate for the presidency, they function mainly as carefully orchestrated frenzies to inspire voters. Conventions a parody playground for 'Daily Show' 2012-08-27T18:43:03Z

A Stillborn Band’s Rock Is Rediscovered Forty years ago a mob of rock critics gathered for a convention cooked up by a promoter for the Memphis band Big Star, which played a praised set. | 'Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me ': ‘Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me’ Is Tribute to a ’70s Group 2013-07-02T22:00:30Z

The notion of a privileged elite immune from social convention is there in the striplings' endless put-downs of their father's horsey set. The Young Idea ? review 2011-02-16T18:17:47Z

The two white people were immediately removed from the Tampa, Fla., convention arena by security officials on Tuesday, and their identities weren't revealed. Peanuts thrown at black camerawoman at GOP meeting 2012-08-30T23:35:11Z

Fantasma is also the organizer of this weekend’s convention, Magic on Manhattan. Sleight of Hand in Midtown, Beyond Three-Card Monte 2011-06-23T21:04:32Z

Of Maryland’s 37 delegates to the GOP convention, 24 are awarded by congressional district, 10 go to the primary winner and three are the state’s party officials. Mitt Romney wins Maryland GOP primary 2012-04-04T00:03:00Z

And it makes you marvel that such a strange, angry, messy and profoundly disturbing work won the Tony Award for best play, a prize usually reserved for more tidy upholders of theatrical convention. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Two medic tents, two misting tents and water will be available 24 hours a day to protesters in FDR Park, near the convention site. The Latest: Hollywood stars hold climate rally ahead of DNC 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

I would argue that a visit isn’t all that different to taking part in a book club, a knitting group, a poker night or a sci-fi convention. Melbourne's cat cafe – like AA, only for cat owners 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Takei’s latter-day career had long consisted of “Star Trek” conventions, voice-overs, television guest appearances and a regular slot on “The Howard Stern Show.” Careers of Former Stars Renewed by Social Media 2012-12-26T21:36:33Z

To attend the Discworld convention at one of the airport hotels. Why I'm going to the Discworld convention 2010-08-26T11:20:00Z

But with a romantic comedy there are certain conventions that are expected and a level of anticipation in seeing a familiar actor or actress going through those paces. Film: Tiny-Budget Adventures of ?Breaking Upwards? 2010-03-26T20:40:00Z

Nora’s momentous exit startled audiences and critics with its defiance of respectable societal and theatrical conventions. Ibsen's radical 1879 play about women's equality gets a 2017 sequel: Lucas Hnath's 'A Doll's House, Part 2' 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

But these are conventions of Hugo's romantic period, as well as 1980s Broadway. A revolutionary, refreshed 'Le Miserables' plays with fire, fervor 2011-08-12T20:27:04Z

While Charms has gone beyond the boundaries of convention, he says Anderson has adapted herself within social norms. Just don't call it a freak show 2010-04-30T23:07:00Z

It’s tempting to dismiss the parallels between Comic-Con and political conventions as nothing particularly special. Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z

For fans of music that eschews the conventions of pop, offerings are also abundant. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z

Movies look different with the passage of time—their strengths becoming more visible as conventions expire, their weaknesses more obscured as reputations grow. Sunday Reading: Nights at the Cinema 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

News of the firing spread as attendees checked their phones in Hall H, the cavernous convention space where fans sit for hours of studio presentations. At Comic-Con, ‘Aquaman’ and Others Score With Super Fans 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

It is not difficult to imagine a Grailed convention somewhere down the line. Missed the Latest Supreme Drop? Head to Grailed 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Some experts think the international conventions will just wither away. Going to pot: legalised cannabis edges nearer in west after US states end ban 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

“We’re now seeing that convention change in restaurants, too, where 20 percent is the base tip price,” he said. 10%? 20%? Apps Are Changing How We Tip 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

I'm hopeful to get the delegates I need and be at the convention with the number that's needed to be the nominee. No 'cruise control' for Romney after Florida 2012-01-30T19:44:00Z

The movie won Ephron a screenwriting Oscar nomination and landed an entry of honor in modern cinema history as an unconventionally literate variation on the conventions of romantic comedy. Affairs to Remember: Nora Ephron’s Classic Rom-Coms 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

In Cleveland, of course, Mr. Cruz accepted an invitation from Mr. Trump to speak at the nominating convention but then surprised the crowd and upended the night by withholding his support. The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Avery is a cartoon of conventional feminine beauty; Ms. Williams’s performance also suggests that she’s a casualty of that same convention. Review: ‘I Feel Pretty’ Doesn’t Even Go Skin Deep 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Ms. Herrin “ran into” a Mary Kay convention in Dallas once, she said, and was “immediately taken with how joyous these women seemed.” At Stella & Dot, Hostesses With a Percentage 2012-02-09T00:44:20Z

Both shows have a style and a prevailing mood that incorporate true-crime documentary conventions, podcast fussiness and generational perspective. Review: ‘Fiasco,’ a Look at How America Got to Where It Is 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Overseas, he’s long been hailed as a groundbreaking experimentalist, stretching ballet to unprecedented extremes, daringly questioning convention. Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

It's like bound feet – it's too mutilating a convention to catch on unless everyone goes along with it. Vandalising an old master is bad, but not quite as evil as queue-jumping 2011-07-23T23:06:18Z

Instead of queuing up in a convention hall, they “queued up” in the hallways of their own houses. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

For modern sensibilities attuned to the fast pace of film, video and television, the convention can become tedious. The music of ‘Catone in Utica’ conquers the night 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

According to convention, he is classified as “black”; in fact he is mixed race. Jordan Peele on Us: ‘This is a very different movie from Get Out' 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

First, thanks for something not related to the conventions. Did You Watch ‘Stranger Things’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Its form is “breezily dismissive of convention,” Emily Rhodes wrote in The Financial Times. Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie on Booker Prize Shortlist 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Since making his feature debut in 1989, he has written and directed 10 other films that often upend storytelling conventions, frequently in an oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere, and eschew happy endings. The Carpetbagger: Michael Haneke Finds His Brando 2012-12-19T17:06:21Z

According to a report released in November 2010 by the Center for American Progress, a liberal policy group in Washington, the state’s convention business as a whole declined by $45 million. In Transit Blog: After Zimmerman Verdict, Groups Urge Boycott of Florida 2013-07-17T17:41:02Z

Live, struck a deal with the city in 2010 to build a professional football stadium on part of the convention center site downtown. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

Over the years, when I covered Republican conventions for Air America or Comedy Central, everyone would smile and go: “Hi, Al!” Al Franken and Olivia Wilde: Calling a Lie a Lie 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

Within one recent month I participated in two such events for die-hard theater fans — one by land, one by sea: first a convention, then a cruise ship. The Stage Door at Sea: A Broadway Star on Her First Fan Cruise 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Many competitions and conventions tour to small cities across the country, helping introduce dance to young people who might otherwise have little exposure to it. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Because he is self-taught, "Last Christmas" doesn't feel compelled to follow convention. The soulful revenge of "Last Christmas," Wham!'s potent yuletide breakup song 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

For all the ways internet culture has helped grow fandoms, with online communities and discussions, conventions have come to pave a new route to fandom and have made it more active and inclusive. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

"Taking place" was nearly an overstatement as the convention has been curtailed owing to fears over hurricane Isaac. Riven by factionalism, the Republican party looks hell-bent on self-destruction 2012-08-28T19:08:50Z

A vertical checkerboard that touts itself as “Canada’s most innovative hotel,” Hotel Monville opened in March near Montreal’s mammoth convention center. A Montreal Hotel So Modern That Room Service Is by Robot 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

The convention plays host to trailers, teasers and panels from some of TV’s biggest and most-watched shows. The Comic-Con TV Shows We’re Most Excited About 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The literature of the period in particular bristles with the energy of young men in revolt against the expectations of their parents and the stultifying conventions of postwar society. William Goldman’s Journey From Page to Screen 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

"So now when you're watching a movie and it's not in 3-D, it's like watching in black and white," Lucas told a crowd of theater owners at their CinemaCon convention. 'Star Wars' creator Lucas says 3-D will rule films 2011-03-31T00:54:13Z

Without the Internet, the convention was probably your only chance to snap up a "working" lightsaber. ArtsBeat: At Comic-Con, a Mini-Mount Rushmore Version of Kiss and Other Collectibles 2012-07-12T19:01:15Z

More than that, Boulez's essential compositional concerns are in many ways identical to those of the composers whose conventions he was supposedly rupturing. A guide to Pierre Boulez's music 2012-07-16T15:49:00Z

Ditto with the many comparisons, some hyped-up on partisan sites like Drudge, of the two parties’ conventions to each other, to previous nights, or to 2008. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

It’s just that Young is a convention of one. Trae Young: Your Hair Is an Unsolved Mystery. But a Magnificent One. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

She dedicated the last 35 years of her life to helping people with addiction problems, some of whom she met at "Star Trek" conventions, he said. 'Star Trek' actress Grace Lee Whitney dies at 85 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

But its shape also feels like an act of resistance to the constraints of theatrical convention. ‘Man Cave’ Review: Things That Go Bump in the American Night 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

First, of course, getting the gong at the World Fantasy convention in Toronto was a validation of Tidhar's determination to stretch the boundaries of the genre. Why the 2012 World Fantasy awards are a triumph 2012-11-08T12:52:06Z

We know too that, as befits convention, Charlotte will read the black book she has been warned against. Black Death and the Black Arts: A Deadly Fictional Duo 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

To read her work requires both intense concentration and letting go of convention. Book Talk: Irish author was told 'didn't fit niche' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

There are a lot of people who think it should be a convention hotel. Pro tip from the Greenbrier’s interior designer: Embrace color and shun beige 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

But his rising-star profile outshone his accomplishments, especially after his convention keynote. Julián Castro could be VP next year — or out of a job. He’s ready either way. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

“Plus One” is a high-concept indie rom-com, complete with an outcome for Ben and Alice's relationship that fits the genre, but it's enjoyable because it embraces those conventions like a comfortable old shirt. Cheers to Maya Erskine, flawless life of the "Plus One" party 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

Leading up to its May 27 finale, the eight-episode first season has turned fans into evangelists by tweaking the conventions of TV crime dramas. In ‘Killing Eve,’ a Surprising Plot Builds an Audience 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

In a historic first, the Democrats approved a platform at the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia that explicitly called for elected officials to overturn the Hyde amendment. Women’s rights groups brace for Trump: ‘We are used to fighting impossible odds’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Here are some other TV experiments which eschewed convention to do something more interesting: 'No one will ever try this again': the most daring hours of TV ever 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

But on Monday, several companies recalled their people from a data convention being held among huge multipurpose rooms with names like Lagoon, Islander and Shellseeker. Mandalay Bay embodied everything modern Las Vegas wanted to be. Until this week. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

There was no immediate estimate of people who streamed the convention online. Nielsen says 22.8 million watched convention’s third night 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

As the novelist Danzy Senna puts it in her introduction to this necessary reissue: “ ‘Oreo’ resists the unwritten conventions that still exist for novels written by black women today. Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

TV has cut back in recent conventions to begin with, for self-interested reasons but also on the grounds that they’re really free political advertising. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

“What Heather asked of me was to go to a place that was somewhat uncomfortable,” she recalled, “where the first thing I had to do was throw away convention.” Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A long line of teenagers has formed inside a cavernous convention center. VidCon attracts online video makers and their fans 2012-06-30T16:16:04Z

But Ms. Packer’s writing is too traditional to support that perspective, and more consistent with the usual good kids/lousy mother conventions. Review: ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Scott writes, “does not in any way transcend the conventions of the genre. On the contrary: It succeeds because it doesn’t really try.” What You Should Watch This Weekend: Shows for Mother’s Day and Free TV 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The King of Limbs was not quite the big-selling, high-charting two fingers to corporate convention that its predecessor, In Rainbows, was. Radiohead – review 2012-10-13T23:06:12Z

Her shoes were kicked off, but she was hardly relaxed, having just rushed home after giving a morning speech to a convention of social conservatives. Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

At the "Star Wars" convention Celebration V in Orlando, Fla., in August, buyers jammed the Her Universe booth. Actress widens Star Wars' universe 2010-09-27T18:17:00Z

RuPaul’s Drag Con, a convention in Los Angeles, attracted 40,000 people over the course of a weekend this year; it even had a children’s area. Workin’ it! How female drag queens are causing a scene 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Some of the young people had taken part in the political fervor that culminated in last year’s Democratic convention in Chicago. Woodstock 1969: A Story Vastly Bigger Than Editors Realized 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Clinton herself was an offstage presence, unlike Mr. Trump, who made a the-mothership-has-landed appearance the first night of his convention. Boos, Cheers and Talk Therapy for the Democrats in Philadelphia 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann - who was named comedy star of the year - attended the convention to promote their forthcoming film The Other Woman. CinemaCon: Film stars collect awards 2014-03-28T12:57:53Z

Speaking at Comic-Con, the film and comic-book convention in San Diego, Sheen revealed that his approach to playing the villainous Castor in Disney's forthcoming blockbuster Tron: Legacy was informed by the master chameleon – David Bowie. Ziggy Stardust and a new take on Tron 2010-07-25T16:24:00Z

She was heartbroken by his agitation, and throughout our conversation was almost apologetic about being the writer she is, one who didn’t have the respect of her son, who didn’t adhere to convention. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trump expertly exploits journalists’ unwavering attention to their Twitter feeds, their competitive spirit and their ingrained journalistic conventions — chiefly, that what the president says is inherently newsworthy. Trump, Twitter and the Art of His Deal 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Wall Street analysts who attended this week's convention sounded alarms about increasing intervention from Washington. FCC's Tom Wheeler tells cable execs: 'More competition would be better' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Part festival, part convention, a chance to show off the newest, the coolest, the hippest. White House correspondents’ dinner: Now with even more empty calories! 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

In 1936 he and a dozen other enthusiasts gathered in the back room of a bar in Philadelphia for what many regard as the world’s first science fiction “convention.” Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

Because Connelly is such a master of the genre, he casually sidesteps the usual narrative convention and does not intertwine these two plots. Bosch is back in Michael Connelly’s masterful ‘The Wrong Side of Goodbye’ 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Stanley Crouch, writing in this magazine, suggested that, in 1962, Rollins was seen as “a standard-bearer of convention, and perhaps as the only one who could save jazz.” A Quest to Rename the Williamsburg Bridge for Sonny Rollins 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Some who have lost a loved one revel in defying convention and remaining joyful. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Now, after a few decades as a convention site, it’s reviving its reputation as a resort destination. Looking to dodge Amsterdam’s crowds? There are three remarkable towns a short train ride away. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Dressing up is not a requirement to attend the three-day convention, but most do anyway, as part of the fun. Living dead to gather at ZomBcon 2011-10-18T23:23:04Z

When it comes to inherited conventions regarding race in epic fantasy, “Game of Thrones” is, in a sense, standing on the shoulders of dwarfs. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z

Iowa marked the first contest in a primary season that will include 50 states and several U.S. territories, ending at the party convention in July. Tech problem keeps Democrats waiting on who Iowa voters want for president 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

What do you think about the prospect of a contested Republican convention? Politics is a “blood sport”: Roger Stone on his CNN ban, the “real” Donald Trump and the billionaire’s scheme to lure delegates 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

But for Ms. Drury, narrative conventions are made to be poked, probed and ultimately exploded, the better to understand just how unreliable they are. Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ Puts Biodrama Through a Kaleidoscope 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

“Hillary, of course, was not the only one who made history at this convention,” he explained. Colbert: Hillary Clinton nomination “biggest breakthrough for women since they won the right to bust ghosts” 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Douglas’s play with the conventions of the cinematic espionage thriller is heady and gripping. Chelsea Galleries, Like a Box of Chocolates 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Others riff on traditional conventions to playfully absurdist effect, including goblets with mismatched fancy handles. Review: In ‘No Two Alike,’ George Ohr’s Pottery Plays on Convention 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Between 6,000 and 7,000 people this year attended Bats Day in the Fun Park, an annual goth convention that takes place in and around Disneyland. Goth at 40: The enduring appeal of bleakness and black lipstick 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

She and her husband are soul mates: intelligent, curious and dreamy, he chafing at convention, she shrugging it off with a confidence that he finds alluring. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Just a hunch after seeing Michelle Obama in Tracy Reese's vibrant dress at the Democratic convention, but there are likely to be a lot of that sort of shimmering looks on the runways. On the Runway Blog - Fast Fashion: Rise and Shine for Richard Chai 2012-09-06T19:14:41Z

It’s about being a woman trapped by her subconscious and social conventions. Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

In his hands, the conventions of the drawing-room comedy became the framework for social analysis. A.R. Gurney, Playwright Who Explored Upper-Crust Anxieties, Dies at 86 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the alternative 1990s, Clowes and his indie comics brethren could easily identify their readers in a crowd of comic convention attendees. Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

Hailed as a high point of the convention, it sent Obama’s popularity soaring. What’s on Michelle Obama’s mind? Meet the speechwriter who puts it into words. 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

He did so in radical ways imported from outside academic convention—from his first profession, as a decorator of porcelain china. Hating Renoir is Just a Phase 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

The movie’s long takes, far from intensifying the experience of war, trivialize it; the effect isn’t one of artistic imagination expanded by technique but of convention showily tweaked. The Beauty of Sam Mendes’s “1917” Comes at a Cost 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

The site will offer comics, horror, sci-fi and gaming news, as well as coverage of comic-book conventions and previews of new comic books, games and movies. Stan Lee joins with MTV to create new comic series 2010-10-09T13:16:00Z

Pre-modern people made a decision to marry based on a sense of social duty and convention. Love hurts more than ever before (blame the internet and capitalism) 2012-02-12T00:06:44Z

That means San Diego Comic-Con has evolved from comic book convention to the epicenter for trailers, teasers and tidbits for the most-anticipated titles of the coming years. These Are the Movies and TV Shows We Want to See at Comic-Con 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Palahniuk accidentally revealed that he was working on a Fight Club sequel at a convention in New York last year. Fight Club sequel due in 2015 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Similarly, the power and ferocity of the Second Piano Sonata comes in part from the way the piece warps, destroys, reforms and rebuilds conventions such as sonata form and fugue. A guide to Pierre Boulez's music 2012-07-16T15:49:00Z

The Romney landslide ended what had become a suspenseless campaign over the last few days and handed the former Massachusetts governor 50 convention delegates, the largest cache yet. Romney's triumph doesn't deter GOP rivals 2012-02-01T12:36:00Z

"On to Tampa," Gingrich exhorted supporters in suburban Atlanta, referring to the GOP convention in late August. Romney fails to deliver knockout blow 2012-03-07T13:05:00Z

Speaking at the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas, Horn confirmed the latest triptych of movies in the long-running space saga would kick off in 2015 with Star Wars: Episode VII. New Star Wars trilogy to arrive in 2015, 2017 and 2019 2013-04-18T09:43:36Z

Zimmerman grew up in competitions and conventions and worked as a competition director for a dance studio. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wood said he had similarly walked the corridors of the convention center in disguise, though he didn’t provide details. Comic-Con 2015: Be on the Lookout for a Costumed Peter Jackson 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Instead, their berets and leather jackets, tunics, dashikis, Afros and heavy beards were pointedly outside the realm of suburban conventions, flower-child mysticism and churchgoing decorum. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

But while some of the outfits last October felt more appropriate for a Comic-Con convention than a working woman’s wardrobe, this season Mr. Deacon adjusted his approach. Special Report: Styles for All Seasons 2010-03-04T13:00:00Z

This affair – almost certainly unconsummated – prompted Wagner's own searching for the musical and dramatic expression of a love that was untrammelled by social convention, that was at once sensual and spiritual, erotic and intellectual. Tristan und Isolde – Wagner's love supreme 2012-12-20T18:00:01Z

An impressive marriage of classic kung fu movie conventions and futuristic sci-fi dystopia, “Samurai Jack” is not just an example of Tartakovsky’s animation at its best, but a masterful work in its own right. Where Does ‘Unicorn: Warriors Eternal’ Rank in the Tartakovsky Canon? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

They knew the conventions.They knew the local news guy. "The Daily Show" launched 25 years ago to tackle the news: "We didn't lampoon it, we became it" 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

He was also mourned by fans of TV fantasy Xena: Warrior Princess, in which he played Zeus, who shared their memories of meeting Keating at fan conventions. Veteran actor Charles Keating dies 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

You’re in essence leading a parallel life with your characters and letting those characters take you where they want to go — not necessarily where the dictates of commercial convention say they have to go. Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z

Donald J. Trump is to accept his party’s nomination formally on the convention’s final night. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

But it's also hard not to sympathize when he attacks the actors at a convention appearance blithely recounting stories from the film's disastrous production. "Best Worst Movie": The cult of the truly bad film 2010-05-14T20:12:00Z

She got the idea for the play, a blend of historical fiction and sitcom conventions, when she learned that Newton’s rise to prominence began with an unsolved mystery. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

In this dream, he was sitting on a bus on a way to a Beach Boys convention. We Asked Some Musicians to Pick Their Favorite Songs of All-Time 2011-10-26T13:25:58Z

Ms. Cobbs, especially: Her ballad “Jesus Saves,” with piano and three chorus singers, transcends most conventions. Review: ‘Motown Gospel Presents 1 Mic 1 Take’ Sells Simplicity 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Rather than looking at the past through the lens of the present, "Beloved Sisters" attempts — mostly successfully — to capture the passion and the feeling of discovery among three intellectuals defying social convention. Heartbreaking 'Still Alice' may help some distressed families 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

I liked the idea of the conventions of democracy that we take for granted just no longer being present. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Prowse has been a top attraction at “Star Wars” fan conventions for years, and why not? Behind the scenes on “Star Wars”: The strange but mostly true stories of “Elstree 1976″ 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Early in his career, Mr. Bell was met with questions about his often unconventional production and arrangements, particularly his extensive use of European orchestral conventions on R&B records. Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

A few bidding conventions catch on and are used by many pairs. Bridge: A Method That Has Revolutionized Defense 2014-03-14T22:25:48Z

Rhodes is brilliant at overturning convention and expected emotion. Marry Me by Dan Rhodes – review 2013-01-24T11:00:01Z

With stops in ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy and revolutionary France, the film preserves many of the chief conventions of the series, including Peabody’s reliance on verbal humor. A career comeback for Mr. Peabody 2014-03-06T19:34:07Z

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders flipped his position on delegates at a brokered convention. Perspective | Everything we learned, and refused to learn, from Elizabeth Warren’s run 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

The three-day convention also saw all five captains from the TV series appear on stage together for the first time. "Trekkies" break world record at London convention 2012-10-20T20:13:56Z

So the slick choreography of the modern political convention, while understandable, also seems odd. With choreographed conventions, is something lost? 2012-08-29T03:21:08Z

Getting far less attention, but a part of the process nonetheless, is the nominating convention in American Samoa tonight, where nine delegates are in play. Close battle for delegates in South 2012-03-13T23:49:00Z

What we can learn from Comic Con is that the people in charge have to take a stand: whether its writers, convention organizers or big game designers. The Comic Book World Is Getting Safer for Women, But the Gaming World Isn't 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

The National Women’s Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 in Seneca Falls, the site of the first women’s rights convention. Women’s Hall of Fame honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Five more at-large delegates, and 18 of the congressional district delegates, will be elected at the state party convention in June. Rick Santorum wins Louisiana primary 2012-03-25T01:04:00Z

"And when we gather back in seven months from now for our convention ... ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for America." Romney's triumph doesn't deter GOP rivals 2012-02-01T12:36:00Z

The two friends accompany each other to a Comic Con-like convention in Houston, about three hours from where they live. Review: ‘Slash’ Has Proud Outcasts With Bold Imaginations 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

But “Keyhole” is not really a gangster picture nor a horror movie, though it traffics in some of the visual and verbal conventions of both genres: tough talk, murky shadows, darkened hallways. Movie Review: ?Keyhole,? Directed by Guy Maddin, With Jason Patric 2012-04-05T22:59:39Z

But with their willful disregard of convention, these subjects may particularly resonate in present-day America. Sundance 2015: Focus turns to mavericks from the not-too-distant past 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

And it turns out that this, more or less, is what Knight delivers—without actually having anything to say about these tropes and conventions. “Serenity,” Reviewed: An Earnestly Absurd Film-Noir Grab-Bag 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

It was a flagship show at the 30th South by Southwest Music showcase and convention, as the musician begins a nationwide theater tour. Review: Iggy Pop and his ‘Post Pop Depression Tour’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

August can be a lazy, laid-back month for any Washingtonians left in town and for hotels bereft of conventions and Congress. Beds of state: Making the visiting African leaders feel at home

They are following the conventions of the art, which are highly honorable. Marilynne Robinson talks religion, fear and the American spirit: “The left, at a basic level, lost courage, because they don’t know how to deal with the proclaimed religiosity of the other side” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

He’s even ready to go hang out with superfans at conventions. Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

By using a woman to unravel a fascist plot, Blake upends the conventions of the crime novel. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z

This is expected from a convention and its mix of cosplay, fun behind-the-scenes anecdotes and an emphasis on process. At BroadwayCon, Fans Get a Curtain Call 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

What the museums all had, however, was an eagerness to challenge convention. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z

I told myself that he was just a free-spirited man who wasn’t shackled by societal conventions, a kind enough person who just wanted to have some casual fun. The orgy prude: How I finally admitted I don’t like meaningless, porn-star sex 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

Years previously, Albarn's talk of expanding his horizons beyond the conventions of indie attracted derision – often from his own bassist, who called him "the blackest man in West London". The best No 1 record: Gorillaz – Dare 2012-05-31T20:07:00Z

No matter how much the convention stretches and grows, it has always been about creating a welcoming place to celebrate comics, books, television, music, movies and their creators. Perspective: For Comic-Con, home is where the heart is -- San Diego 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

M envies L’s freedom, in both his life and his art — his disregard for convention. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

That these third world movies are pale reflections of the framework, outlook, and even conventions of the cowboy movie is easy enough to demonstrate. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

Palin's entry includes the quip from her speech at the 2008 Republican convention that the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull was "lipstick." Obama, Palin and Jobs join Bartlett's club 2012-11-09T18:27:08Z

And conventions are the perfect venues for those in that line of work, said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and now a professor at George Washington University. Matthews' contentious week with Republicans 2012-09-01T16:51:11Z

That in-betweenness, though hardly unique, was unusual enough at the time; today it’s what passes for mainstream convention. Music Review: Band?s Rapport Runs Deep, and the Undertow Swings 2011-02-23T22:59:31Z

The long history of poetry includes a myriad of complicated forms, not to mention essential and often genre-specific conventions such as musical language, imagery and line breaks. What’s with all the viral poems? Why we turn to verse in a time of war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Mary Shelley herself suffered a nearly unbearable loss when her brilliant husband, who defied convention and authority, drowned at sea in 1822. Hopelessly romantic: ‘Frankenstein’ at Book-It 2014-02-07T21:39:52Z

It may soon be possible to trace the lives of runaway slaves who were eventually elected as convention delegates. Colored Conventions, a Rallying Point for Black Americans Before the Civil War 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

The cartoonists and graphic novelists who live and work here are a motley, back-of-the-classroom crowd, happily throwing spitballs at our conventions, our inhibitions, our unabashed pleasantness. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z

All in all, this was the convention’s strongest opening night in memory. Music Review: Nightclub Tradition Gets a Jolt Of Youth 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z

SUN Classes to help beginners understand the genre of steampunk and work on costuming for the upcoming Steamcon convention, 11 a.m. Community calendar 2011-08-25T00:14:04Z

Warwick Davis who is currently filming the latest Star Wars instalment, made a surprise visit to the convention as Anna Todd reports. Star Wars for the senses 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

The Durant sisters are outwardly fortified by the rigid routines and conventions of ballet, but inwardly they are bending under the pressure of maintaining a facade. Megan Abbott’s Latest Crime Thriller Links Ballet and Sex 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Founded in Japan in 1954, Gutai challenged the conventions of art in an astounding array of mediums, including painting, performance, installation, and participatory art. The Koreans at the Top of the Art World 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

Norman Mailer, the literary tough guy who was covering the convention for The New Republic, was awed by the “Republican princess” and the magnitude of her appeal. AIDS Activist Mary Fisher Is Defined by Words, Not Disease 2012-08-22T21:10:19Z

At some points this week, the Democratic convention seemed so geared for laughs that you might have listened for the rimshots. Why comedy as a weapon could be such a force in the 2016 election 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

They're pushing those boundaries, reinventing conventions, evolving recognisable forms of cinema into something unique and completely their own. Katherine Butler: the gambler behind Film4's low-budget features 2012-08-30T16:02:14Z

Contemporary audiences are used to the convention of the confessional. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking 2013-05-21T19:42:37Z

Alongside all this is the Marché, or Market, an enormous sales convention where films are bought and sold. Cannes festival adapts to #MeToo era – but gender issues remain 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

Then I was crossing the convention floor when I noticed a teenage Robin, Batman's ward and sidekick, in a spiffy gold-and-red outfit. Comic-Con 2010: My favourite bits 2010-07-26T14:23:00Z

They just had a convention in Los Angeles. Lucy Lawless Explains Why 'Salem' Is a New Kind of TV Horror 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

When the panel closed, it was up to moderator Chris Hardwick to shepherd the fans to the embarcadero behind the convention center – not an easy task, and one that took more than an hour. Star Wars force awakens with standing ovation for Harrison Ford at Comic-Con 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

The real achievement of this play, though, is that it takes a variety of film genre conventions and translates them to spare, low-budget theater with ease. | 'Any Night': When Sleep Opens the Door to the Dark Side 2011-06-10T22:46:24Z

In 1843 the orator and Presbyterian pastor Henry Highland Garnet urged a convention audience in Buffalo to help incite rebellion across the South. Colored Conventions, a Rallying Point for Black Americans Before the Civil War 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

The museum will be located in part of the old Dillard’s department store building at Sixth and Washington, a block from the city’s convention center. Fundraising for Blues Museum nearly complete 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

He does not so much transcend genre conventions as fulfill them with the zeal of a true believer. Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar,’ with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

The story worked the same way: it needed to stand on its own, but with nods to its origins and conventions of the genre. The J.J. Abrams Interview: Inside Super 8 2011-06-06T10:25:00Z

Indeed, the greatest juxtaposition in fashion may be not between the runways and real life, but between Ms. Kawakubo and the conventions of the catwalk. Magical Thinking at Céline and Comme des Garçons 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

Available only to those who bought four-day passes to the sold-out convention, the showing is decidedly low tech, yet high end: it's all about collectible toys. Movies, TV and yes, toys, draw fans to Comic-Con 2012-07-07T18:01:04Z

His years of desert life and warfare, he said, “Made me look at the West and its conventions with new eyes: they destroyed it all for me.” ArtsBeat: Peter Whitfield Talks About the History of Travel Literature 2012-03-14T14:30:34Z

The conventions of the slasher are instantly familiar and are used to hilarious effect. Lights, Camera, TikTok 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

When the fiery Carla turns up unexpectedly from his past, Robert must choose between convention and the fraught path of love and freedom. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z

Perhaps it is because of the relatively recent convention we bring to reading stories, where stories come labelled either as fiction or as non-fiction. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction 2013-04-19T17:29:01Z

While the language of this poem does not draw greatly on the rich Northamptonshire dialect we associate with Clare, it still quietly challenges the conventions of the lyric landscape poem. Poem of the week: Autumn by John Clare 2012-10-29T11:36:25Z

The drumbeat of the White House reminding the news media that Chelsea was off limits made lighthearted public appearances — a cheer at a convention, a dance at an inaugural ball — appear staged. Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name 2011-12-07T16:00:40Z

The Muppets have always satirized showbiz conventions—they are, after all, essentially hack performers, earnest wannabe singers, actors, or comedians eternally looking for their big break. Remember When the Muppets Were Subversive? 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

In one of them, the crime-movie convention of a citywide manhunt becomes a delightful mosaic of rapidly multiplying tiled images, each at a different position in our field of vision. "The Green Hornet": Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's 3-D mishmash 2011-01-13T01:30:00Z

The convention center and South Beach’s outdoor Lincoln Road Mall are short walks away. Hotel Review: Pestana South Beach Art Deco Hotel in Miami Beach 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

But it's the press releases that are probably the gallery's most humorous facet, since they often poke fun at the conventions of artspeak. A gallery so small it fits in a box: Annetta Kapon's Proxy 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

"It's hard for me to imagine conventions going away," McCann said, although their form already has changed and likely will continue to. 3 days is enough: Are 2-day conventions next? 2012-09-07T15:57:07Z

Pinkie Bee won All-Around Clown, judged the best of the lot at her first convention. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Mocking convention, religion, ethnicities, etc., is a long comic tradition and, well done, it can provide insight and laughs. 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' shoots self in foot 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

And a reason that matters in turn is: if conventions are no longer about convincing the undecided, is there still as much public interest in networks carrying them? The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

He acknowledges — how could you not? — that the Savoyard operettas pointedly skewer bel canto conventions, both literary and musical. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z

He also had something to say about fan conventions, which he attended after he played Boromir in "The Fellowship of the Ring." Sean Bean: Having an intimacy coordinator on set “would inhibit me” 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

As he prepared for this year’s convention, he recalled telling his wife that he “hardly knows all the attendees anymore. They’re all new,” he said. Inside the Big World of Small Objects 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

The so-called “I want” song is a convention — if not a rule — of musical theater scores. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

The streets around the convention center are mostly devoid of cars, but there is a large and visible police presence. Anti-war protesters rally in Grant Park 2012-05-20T17:27:00Z

How can an artist so original, so thrillingly indifferent to convention and the tyranny of good taste — let alone one so prescient — remain untranslated and unread? A French Writer Who Blurred the Line Between Candor and Provocation 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

Subverting the convention, WikiLink suggests a meet cute from the closing scene of 500 Days Of Summer. Clip joint: plane disasters 2013-01-31T12:58:00Z

Indiana is home to a number of yearly conferences—including the Gen Con, the largest gaming convention in the U.S. Boycotts won’t save Mississippi: Hollywood helped kill Georgia’s anti-LGBT bill, but this state might have nothing left to lose 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

The Internet will give people more access to convention halls and a greater opportunity to become part of the political conversation. Everything changing for convention coverage 2012-08-22T13:22:11Z

Schultz added that while the Republican party seems increasingly headed toward a contested convention, the Democrats will unite under one candidate. Watch Trevor Noah Grill DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

"Eileen" adopts convention and dips it into murky Moshfeghian brown, which is more staunch bleakness and delightful filth than any antique sepia. The strange, savage universe of Ottessa Moshfegh's 'Eileen' 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The winner – picked by five judges including the short story writer Kelly Link – will be announced on 31 October in Columbus, Ohio at the World Fantasy convention. Authors prepare for battle in World Fantasy awards 2010-08-26T13:31:00Z

But the Republicans appear to have a very clear plan for America, and they’ve articulated it throughout the convention. Jon Stewart, Back on ‘Late Show,’ Lets Loose on Fox News and More 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

He added that Mr. Noah’s convention coverage “will be satisfying for people who have been really watching, and hopefully an opportunity for people who haven’t been paying attention to check back in.” The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

In fact, the actor wins best quote of the convention with his comments on Star Wars. Here's All the Best Stuff From Comic-Con in One Place 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

“I am stuck in the middle of a Mini convention...” 'I lie to my health visitor. I lie to myself': the truth about postnatal depression 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

I've been to conventions and have been able to see how much it means to people. Bonnie Piesse on "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and her neurodivergent romcom 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

After a grueling day of conference sessions at the 2017 Americans for the Arts convention, a group of executives compared notes, and all noticed something curious. Would Donald Trump make art great again? 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

The societal conventions of mid-1700s Europe, however, dictated very different creative opportunities for her. 'The Other Mozart'? Her name was Maria Anna, and she dazzlingly comes to life onstage 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

The new members will be inducted Sept. 26 during the annual Missouri Press Association convention in Columbia. 6 to be honored by Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Unlike most of them, though, he was nowhere near the convention hall. Chris Arnade photographs the ‘back-row kids.’ He knew they could elect Trump. 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Hence the name of his long-awaited restaurant beside the convention center: Unconventional Diner, designed as two eateries — one open just for dinner, the other for breakfast and lunch — and connected by a cocktail bar. Review | At Unconventional Diner, comfort food with flair 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The only surprise about this indie crime drama is that it sticks to its guns and doesn’t suddenly succumb to the slasher movie conventions of glossier missing-woman crime movies. | 'Kalamity': Young Men Are Adrift; A Girlfriend Is Missing 2010-10-21T23:12:00Z

FRI-SUN Pop culture convention with guests, exhibits, artists, gaming, vendors, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-03-25T16:35:26Z

To prepare for his convention speech four years ago, Don Jr. practiced each day for a week. Donald Trump Jr. and the future of Trumpism: He upended expectations four years ago. What is he now? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

Inside the convention center, during a break from watching classes and between rushed consultations with his production team, Mr. Adams described what he and Ms. Ginestra would be looking for in new dancers. WilldaBeast, and Other Forces to Be Reckoned With 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

That space–the notion of a woman owning her body comedically, and awareness of the conventions it pushes against–is where much of Girls’ humor lives, and that humor is not for everyone. The Emmys’ Balancing Act: Predictable, Except When Not 2012-09-24T12:00:40Z

At the recent exhibitor convention CinemaCon, where some studios pledged faith in the big screen, Disney didn’t make a presentation and instead simply screened “Shang-Chi.” ‘Shang-Chi’ blasts Labor Day records debuting with $71.4M 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Adroitly, she drapes her theatrical conventions in choreographic clichés. Dance Review: Susan Stroman’s ‘Double Feature,’ With City Ballet 2012-05-25T21:17:12Z

While the luxury vendors prepare for the quadrennial onslaught, the party faithful are busy with primaries, conventions and keeping their candidates in play. The inauguration is a year away. Of course, Washington is already planning. 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

“I learned how to say the word ‘genre’ today,” said Bruce Willis, who was making his first appearance at the convention. A Queen Works the Crowd at Comic-Con 2010-07-23T12:32:00Z

Ms. Crist came to prominence at a time when film was breaking with the conventions of the Hollywood studio era while experiencing a resurgence in popularity, much of it fueled by baby boomers. Judith Crist, Film Critic, Dies at 90 2012-08-07T16:35:14Z

By the 1970s, however, she had been rediscovered by young fans of “Superman” reruns, and she began to appear at fan conventions. Noel Neill, the Lois Lane to George Reeves’s ‘Superman,’ Dies at 95 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

The Feb. 7 episode, "Fight or Flight," concentrates on Bill's immediate family before and after the convention that will determine if his State Senate bid is successful. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z

"The conventions of going to the theatre are set so that all it does is switch you off," said Barrett. Punchdrunk theatre company returns with show shrouded in secrecy 2013-03-21T00:01:01Z

“They were poor and footloose, and they found a fresh way to snub conventions about how a woman ought to live.” ‘Woman’ Is an Ambitious Attempt to Capture Four Centuries of Being Female 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

Other filmmakers of the French New Wave, in their homages and critiques of Hollywood styles and conventions, also invoke those conventions and bring them to the fore. Agnes Varda’s Radically Personal Films 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

He bought a farm, threw himself into aeronautical research, remarried and in 2004 could be found telling bad jokes at a Star Trek convention. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z

“I think conventions override our lives all the time,” he says. Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘Pushing myself is part of my life’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Typical of the lowest common denominator of heterosexual convention, it is Cicciolina who does most of the gussying, wearing an array of bustiers, red patent leather boots, garters and wreaths of flowers and pearls. Those Jeff Koons and Cicciolina ?Sex? Pictures Get Another Look 2010-10-13T14:40:00Z

“It certainly made us think in great depth,” Aron said in an interview this week in Las Vegas at CinemaCon, an annual convention for theater owners. AMC Theatres pursues Saudi expansion despite journalist's killing 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

I think the Democrats, by the time of the convention, are going to have to decide – do they want to win or not? Michael Moore: ‘Trump inspires his side. It’s like Munich in 1932’ 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

The Democratic response on the convention's final night: If you've got `em, flaunt `em. A conventional love affair for stars, Democrats 2012-09-07T03:07:54Z

“When the Clintons came along and said the word ‘gays’ at the ’92 convention, I felt like I existed,” said Mr. Browne, who lost his brother to AIDS. Hillary Clinton’s Gay Rights Evolution 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

What was it like to waltz through the convention in a 35-pound ensemble, hefting aloft a web of tentacles 15 1/2 feet wide? Where Broadway Fans Wear the Crowns and the Tentacles 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

In 1867 he testified before a Congressional committee about bloody riots of the previous year, when officers from New Orleans’s police force, then still all-white, helped a mob attack a biracial state convention. Michael A. Ross's 'Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case' 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The idea that ‘real’ women cook — and cook well — is still a dominant social convention, even as we’ve seen significant social and demographic shifts,” Contois said. Real women are still expected to cook: From sitcoms to the Food Network, the “angel in the kitchen” pressure on women prevails 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

It’s telling that one of her teenage idols was Ms. Amos, the flame-haired singer-songwriter and fiercely independent spirit determined to escape the confines of family, church and social convention. Review: Laura Benanti Shows Range With Songs and Stories 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Grant, who played a prime minister in the hit movie "Love Actually," met with David Cameron Tuesday at the governing Conservative Party's annual convention. Hugh Grant: Reform needed after phone hacking saga 2011-10-04T18:44:12Z

Most shows I saw – it was more or less impossible to see everything – adapted the conventions to the conditions by attempting to harness the atmosphere of a gig. Latitude festival roundup: my theatre highs and lows 2011-07-18T15:40:33Z

At 468 minutes, the three-part series on Disney Plus keeps us immersed by wisely refusing to interrupt the action with one of the conventions of the rock doc, namely talking head interviews. You know the Beatles. Here are 16 other important names in the epic ‘Get Back’ series. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

But even as J.D. struggles to pull off a convention miracle for his distressingly principled candidate, he must contend with a series of potential disasters in his personal life. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

He also organized an original improvising language, both in and out of traditional Western harmony and jazz convention. A New Focus on Eric Dolphy, in Washington and Montclair 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

At the dads’ convention, researchers from Notre Dame and Arizona State were looking at stay-at-home dads in the context of social class and identity. The Brotherhood of the Stay-at-Home Dad 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Harrison does this repeatedly, stripping back conventions to leave places skewed and startling. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Climbers by M John Harrison 2013-05-10T07:00:01Z

But is it really so bad that Lydia refuses to conform to the strict and suffocating conventions of female propriety? Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z

The joke of our convention coverage is the feeling the Republicans have: `We're not really exciting about this guy, but you know who we are excited about? Conventions a parody playground for 'Daily Show' 2012-08-27T18:43:03Z

From the outset, she depicted strong women and heroines and further defied convention by making a speciality of female nudes. Special Report: The New Art Season: The Renaissance Flowers Again 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z

Some may wonder why fathers need a convention at all. The Brotherhood of the Stay-at-Home Dad 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

This brainy, batty novel moves between the 1816 gathering that produced “Frankenstein” and modern Memphis, where a transgender man attends a convention on artificial intelligence. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

In 1992, as a summer intern with the Clinton campaign’s polling firm, I traveled to New York City for the Democratic convention. My Gen X Hillary problem: I know why we don’t “like” Clinton 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Her large-scale photographs spike tired conventions of documentary portraiture with freewheeling artifice and invention. Perspective | Dawoud Bey, Jasper Johns and ‘Automania’ are among the many compelling reasons to visit museums this summer 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

This recital was, basically, the concert of the album – and that wasn't the only way in which pop conventions made themselves felt. Magdalena Kozen?/Private Musicke - review 2011-02-06T17:54:11Z

“We were ready to announce at our upcoming national convention that the industry was growing by leaps and bounds,” said Margie Lehrman, the association’s president. Craft Distillers Were Booming. Now They Face Bust. 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

These Eurovision entries offer a portrait of a lively and diverse society attempting to adapt to a cultural showcase whose codes and conventions are rapidly changing. Eurovision: it's time to stop laughing at foreigners 2013-05-17T11:47:54Z

And while overhead drone shots are becoming a too-easy convention in contemporary film, their use here is refreshingly different, capturing almost surrealistically colorful landscapes. ‘The Burial of Kojo’ Review: A Dazzling Modern Fable 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Now the conventions are over, and the last chapter of the electoral season begins. Perspective | The Republican convention messed with something more fundamental than logic. It screwed up our sense of time. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

There has also been an unusual amount of dialogue between jazz’s tradition-minded base camp and its expeditionary outposts, where conventions exist to be challenged. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z

They abandoned the convention of hiding the cinematic apparatus—camera crews and producers are now visible on screen for the first time outside of a blooper reel. Thirty Seasons of “The Real World” 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

I happened to pick a week that three of the biggest conventions of the year were in town. Vegas on the Cheap? Get Off the Strip 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

In 1971, he helped present the first Beatles convention in Liverpool. Allan Williams, First Manager of the Beatles, Dies at 86 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

As is country convention, the stories on Storyteller frequently detail the aftereffects of red wine and cheatin’ hearts. Carrie Underwood Returns to Her Roots on Storyteller 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

That is not necessarily a bad thing: it gives film-makers the space to create a personal style, in a genre that was once constrained by rigid conventions. Two sides to every story: Whitney, Tupac, Assange and the trouble with making biopics 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

I went to a bluegrass convention in Kentucky and was plucking away at the three tunes I knew in a hotel lobby. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z

“We could not presume any on their part any knowledge of the tragedy or any familiarity with the conventions with which it is usually associated,” Evans wrote. Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion 2014-03-19T20:47:10Z

He has been going to a summer camp there for years, as did his father before him, and nothing disrupts that schedule, not even the Democratic and Republican conventions last summer. Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

The contents of its museum are to be auctioned on July 26 in Ohio, as Fenton fans gather nearby for two conventions. Collecting Books That Are Just Covers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

TBS’s “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” hosted by that “Daily Show” alumna, is also producing dispatches from the conventions for its regular Monday shows and adding an episode on Wednesday. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

The main goal was not to win outright but to walk away with delegates, and to be prepared for a brokered national convention in Milwaukee in July. Did Mike Bloomberg waste $500 million running for president? We’re about to find out. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

Playful but hardly naïve, “New Strength from an Old Root” conveys both a healthy disregard for convention and a deep suspicion of art’s capacity to work wonders. Tim Berresheim's latest show at Meliksetian Briggs revels in the eclectic and the oddball 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

At the Democratic convention in July, I watched an arena of people lose their cool and swoon over her. Why I love… Michelle Obama 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

So when Ron Gilbert delivered his hour-long keynote speech on Friday at PAX Australia, the country's biggest games convention to date, it was a big deal. PAX Australia: Ron Gilbert's advice for games makers 2013-07-20T00:54:46Z

Closing title cards fill in the back story: The man is Maxim Chakilev, a marine biologist, and the scale of the walrus convention is a result of climate change. ‘The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Bite-Size Global Tales 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

There are conventions for sommeliers to promote the latest trends, and social media helps them stay connected and share new discoveries. How and why our taste in wine at restaurants is changing 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

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But otherwise her life seems to obey the conventions of late-Victorian realist fiction. ‘Crimson Peak,’ a Guillermo del Toro Gothic Romance in High Bloody Style 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

I'm hoping one day to hear about the hand-wringing and self-congratulating that took place at the annual American dealers of floor wax convention. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z