Yearly Archives: 2021
Sampling Beats and Youth Research Participants – in Real Time
In research terms, a convenience sample is a group of folks who feature in a study because — well, they happened to be there....
From “Cole Toll” to Turnpike Toll: Newark’s “Arch of Nero” Relocates 87 Miles South...
I hope that officials of the Newark Museum of Art felt at least a twinge of seller’s remorse (if not a rush of shame)...
Science Has The Final Word. But Is That Too Confining?
"In the prevailing scientific worldview, counterfactual properties of physical systems are unfairly regarded as second-class citizens, or even excluded altogether. Why? It is because...
How You Perform A 75-Minute Score In Complete Darkness
Percussionist Sam Wilson of Riot Ensemble writes about Georg Friedrich Haas's Solstices, in which he has the hardest job: "A pianist can feel where...
The Art Napoleon Stole (And How It Informs Restitution)
"He brought back enough loot from his conquests to fill what would soon become the Louvre Museum. And his ravenous and methodical art seizures...
Abu Dhabi, Hoping To Become Cultural Tourism Destination, Pumps More Billions Into Arts
The capital of the United Arab Emirates, whose government wants to diversify its economy away from oil and catch up with Dubai as the...
The New King Of The Hollywood Musicals
Making Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights helped Chu figure out what he’s trying to say with his films. Through them, he’s arguing...
Stuart Silver, Museum Designer Who Pioneered Blockbuster Shows, Dead At 84
"As the inventive design director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1960s and '70s, turned the presentation of art into...
Film Festivals Crank Up As The Movie Business Hangs In Balance
With Cannes on the verge of reigniting international festival activity and Telluride keen on reclaiming the Oscar influencer throne, festivals are mobilizing to become...
King Philip II’s Raphael Tapestries Are In Danger — From Pigeons
"The exquisite set of Raphael tapestries currently on display in the grand gallery of Madrid's royal palace has survived five tumultuous centuries of wars,...
Choreographing The Social Distancing At Dance Parties
"SOCIAL! the social distance dance club advertised a COVID-conscious rave this spring, where people were free to let loose together in the Park...
Princeton’s Classics Department Dropping The Latin And Greek Requirement May Not Be A Disaster...
Graeme Wood, who studied both languages himself, talked with a Princeton professor (who did not wish to be named) who says that the department...
In Vegas, The Shows Are Coming Back. Will The Tourists Come To See Them?
"The change since last spring, as measured by the return of surging morning-to-midnight crowds, is head-snapping. While just 106,900 tourists visited Las Vegas in...
Performance Venues Are COVID-Safe At Full Capacity If Audience Wears Masks: Study
"According to the results, the wearing of masks cuts the spread of aerosol droplets by 99 per cent, with those transmitted also travelling much...
2,000-Year-Old Roman Building Discovered On Israeli Coast
"Located just a few meters from the seashore , the structure, a public building" — known then as a basilica (not to be confused...
After Four Centuries, Oxford University Press Is Shutting Down Its Printing Business
"Oxford University's right to print books was first recognised in 1586, in a decree from the Star Chamber. But the centuries-old printing history of...
How Social Media Is Changing Lit
Complaining about other, more successful writers is one of the most popular activities on Twitter, as is devising elaborately exacting standards of correct speech...
A First Look At Stratford’s New $70 Million Theatre
Its physical beauty is a far cry from the rough-and-ready look of the previous Tom Patterson Theatre: a converted curling rink. - Toronto Star
NFTs Of Artists Vandalizing Their Art — What Could Go Wrong?
When the artist is the instigator of damage (to their own work, or that of another, such as Robert Rauschenberg erasing a Willem de...
Museum Endowments Soar During Pandemic — But…
Disappointingly, however, that silver lining has been tarnished by an unconscionable rush to the auction house by numerous museums eager to take advantage of...
Chicago’s City-wide Debate On Its Monuments
No other American city has opened up this sort of wide-ranging dialogue about how cities make monuments. Swept up in this inquiry are five...
Latest Hot Music Market: Meditation Apps
With no dance floors or concert halls to fill, many listeners turned toward gentler, unobtrusive music to help quiet their restless minds. In response,...
The Complicated Benefits Of Reading Literature
"No one now can go on insisting on the usual beneficial effects of literature without taking serious and systematic account of Currie's arguments. Not...
Another US Classical Radio Station To Leave The Air
Northeast Indiana Public Radio purchased the license for 94.1 FM in 2002 for $1.8 million and has been operating it since then as Classical...
How Has Technology Changed Orchestras? — My Talk for the League of American Orchestras...
I’m not sure how smart it is to attack the premise of the session you’ve been asked to be part of, but I was...
