Yearly Archives: 2021
The (Colorful) History Of Color
If one really wants to see an example of how a colour can come to denote an entire system of values and beliefs, look...
This Improv Group Wants To Be The Anti-Upright Citizens Brigade. Is That Possible?
In 2020, the worst of a series of bad years for the company, UCB withdrew entirely from New York. Now the Squirrel Comedy Theater...
The Dance Of The Discus Throw
Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman, a former dancer: "I think it's a second-and-a-half dance that you do hundreds of times and it's really repetitive,...
Simone Biles Offers A Lesson For The Dance World
Bradford Chin: "I love that, although most of us dancers are not Olympic athletes, we treat every performance like the Olympics. But, like the...
The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture (Per The NYT’s Style Mag)
"Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been...
Now AI Is Creating Customized Artwork To Order (And It’s Cheap)
"Customers scroll through a selection of artwork and click the designs they like. … Then, the user clicks a button reading 'Make My Art,'...
Baltimore Symphony Fires Principal Flutist Emily Skala
CEO Peter Kjome said in a statement, "Ms. Skala has had discipline imposed upon her over these past few months; unfortunately, she has repeated...
Phillip King, Leading British Sculptor Of ’60s “New Generation”, Dead At 87
"Some critics and historians have considered King one of the most important British artists of the past half-century, although his reputation has lagged behind...
Someone Created A Fake Cormac McCarthy Account And Twitter Verified It (Oops)
Twitter acknowledged the mistake on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson said: “The account referenced was verified by mistake and that has since been reversed. -...
Objections To An East London Mega-Entertainment Sphere
What we now face is a massive live entertainment venue, almost as tall as Big Ben, covered with nearly a million garish LEDs, programmed to display...
Beginning August 16th, You’ll Need Vaccination Proof To Attend NYC Shows
“If you want to participate in society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated. It’s time,” tweeted NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. - Hyperallergic
Meet Lincoln Center’s New Artistic Director
Shanta Thake, most recently an associate artistic director at the Public Theater, will assume the role of chief artistic officer at the center, the...
Does Social Media Make It More Difficult To Act Morally?
What if it’s degrading our capacity for moral attention — the capacity to notice the morally salient features of a given situation so that...
MTV Is 40 Years Old. It Changed American Culture
Given the commercial and cultural behemoth it would become, MTV’s launch was inauspicious. - The Conversation
Maybe We Should Give Saint-Saëns A Little More Respect
In the face of (the) modernist revolution, Saint-Saëns (kept) churning out tasteful, perfectly formed, self-consciously harmonious music. - The Guardian
How The Creative Class Broke America
David Brooks: "These days, your education level and political values are as important in defining your class status as your income is. Because of...
Blanka Zizka On The Biggest Challenge In American Theater
Because of the constant need to fundraise, says the outgoing director of the Wilma in Philadelphia, "the people who are actually creating the work...
Is It Fashionable To Be Ignorant?
It is not at all difficult to find books on the broad scope of human knowledge written by authors who really know nothing other...
To Thwart Art Thieves, Authorities And Museums Are Going High-Tech
"They're employing advances like liquid fingerprinting nanotechnology and tiny rare-earth magnets — as well as futuristic tech that's to persuade thieves and looters to...
Want A Job In The Pittsburgh Symphony? Here’s How It Works…
At the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, there are currently 13 openings in the violin, viola, bass, flute and percussion sections, a high number of openings...
Roberto Calasso, Giant Of Italian Literature, Dead At 80
His influence came not only through his own prolific writing — most notably in a series of books that retold ancient European, Egyptian, and...
Is Classical Music’s Racial Reckoning A Death Sentence?
"The campaign against classical music is worth examining in some detail, for it reveals the logic that has been turned against nearly every aspect...
Music Is Taking A Bigger Role At The Olympics
The games are moving beyond the John Williams fanfares and national anthems, writes Michael Andor Brodeur. "And not just as background, but as a...
London’s Science Museum Signed Non-Disparagement Clause In Sponsorship Agreement With Shell
The "gagging clause" was part of the contract for the oil giant's financial support for this summer's climate change exhibition at the museum, a...
Tavis Smiley Wants To Build Nationwide Black Talk Radio Network
The veteran broadcaster, who lost his talk shows on both public radio and PBS after revelations that he had had sexual relationships with subordinates,...
