Yearly Archives: 2021
Is It Possible You Have Too Many Unread Books?
Unread books now exist in three states for me: Actual books, piled horizontally on a five-foot-wide bookcase; books listed in a tab on my...
The Death Of The Author? Er, In Which Sense?
Kristen Roupenian ("Cat Person") considers two superfans, Annie Wilkes in Misery and Harry in With a Friend Like Harry, who completely lose the distinction...
“Hyperpop” And Defying Categorization
If mainstream pop is designed to make people feel as if they’re on common ground with all of humanity, this music made listeners feel...
Members Of Pussy Riot Flee Russia And “Constant Arrests”
"Citing a campaign of sustained harassment by the Russian government, … Alexander Sofeyev, Anna Kuzminykh, and Veronika Nikulshina announced via Twitter that they left...
El Sistema Has A Labor Problem
"Too often, those who fund our programs are, in effect, asking our team members to do more with less. There is a combined scarcity/charity...
Actor Arthur French, Founding Member Of Negro Ensemble Company, Dead At 89
He started studying acting when he happened to be in the building where Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler taught — and went on to...
Michael Tilson Thomas Has Emergency Brain Surgery
Thomas, 76, will now embark on a monthslong course of therapy and has canceled all his public appearances through the end of October. -...
In Cuba, Dance And Politics Have A Long History Together
"The history of dance in Cuba" — from the Alonsos' national ballet company in 1948 to today's protests — "shows us how artists not...
Scientists Use AI To Translate Ancient Text
Researchers at University of Notre Dame are developing an artificial neural network to read complex ancient handwriting based on human perception to improve capabilities of deep...
Traveling Talkies: India’s Itinerant Cinema Tents Are Fading Away
Starting in the 1950s, small companies would roam the village festival circuit, setting up tents and showing old films with aging projectors cast off...
Bringing India’s Folk Musicians Back Into The Mainstream — And Getting Them Paid
"Seventy percent of India's musicians practice folk, but they earn only 2% of the industry's revenues. … Many listeners today only hear the genre...
What Does US Theater Need? Shared Leadership, Salaried Jobs For Artists, Continued Digital Exploration:...
The survey of 75 leaders also found a need to safely discuss big ideas. "Right now we do not have an ability to have...
Gotham Awards Eliminate Gendered Acting Categories
The ceremony honoring independent film "will replace its best actress and best actor categories with a single category for outstanding lead performance. For the...
Greece Closes Acropolis As Wildfires Burn And Athens Chokes On Smoke
"Across southern Europe, large wildfires have so far killed eight people and caused mass evacuations while also threatening to damage ancient cultural sites. In...
UK Gov’t Announces $1 Billion Insurance Plan To Cover Performance Cancellations Due To COVID
The Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, a partnership with Lloyds, sets aside £750 million to offer cancellation insurance that private companies have been unwilling to...
Ethiopia’s Ancient Rock-Hewn Churches Captured By Tigrayan Rebels
Residents of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site that's home to 11 landmark 13th-century churches and a major pilgrimage destination for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians,...
SFMoMA Cuts Programs — Community Calls Out Disconnect Of Values
“Are you really telling the Bay Area that you spent the last year and a half forging diversity, equity and inclusion committees, to then...
How To Become Wise? Learning Rather Than Persuading
"The most remarkable feature of Socrates’s approach is his punctilious politeness and sincere enthusiasm. The conversation usually begins with Socrates asking his interlocutor: Since you...
Why It’s So Difficult To Design A Good Olympic Logo
Paris is not the only city to struggle when trying to create a memorable logo. The history of Olympic logos shows it’s not easy...
We’re Taught That Battle And Triumph Are Desirable. Is Neutrality A Better Option?
Our heroes are the warrior, the entrepreneur, and the activist, not the neutral parties. Neutrality appears cold, lifeless, effeminate, weak, and suspect. - Tablet
Haunting Pictures Of Cyprus’ Underwater Sculpture Park
The museum is within a marine protected area about 200 metres from Pernera beach and in water between eight and 10 metres deep, so...
People Are Quitting Jobs. Time For A Rethink?
Reports of workers of all types have quit, are quitting, or are looking for reasons to quit. Many are not seeking a new job,...
Russia Blocks Popular Online Community DeviantArt
Roskomnadzor, the country's communications regulator, "said it had sent 145 requests to DeviantArt to remove unlawful content from its site since 2019, saying certain...
Broadway Is On The Verge Of Reopening. Can It? Should It?
“A week ago, there was great optimism that by Sept. 14 we would be raring to go. Now, I would say there’s cautious optimism,...
No, Say Musicians, UK Government Has Not Solved Post-Brexit Touring Problem
"We knew all this in January," says the CEO of the musicians' trade body. "The idea that the government has done something fantastic or...
