Yearly Archives: 2021
Murdoch Admits It Out Loud: Fox News Is The ‘Opposition’ To Democrats And Biden
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert's elder son, told a group of investors that Biden's presidency would be good for Fox News (which, of...
Brown Paper Tickets Will Pay $9 Million To Stiffed Customers
Following a consent decree from the Washington Sstate Attorney General's office, Seattle ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in...
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet To Cease Performing
"The 25-year-old will eliminate its centerpiece: the professional performing arm of the company. The ballet schools and youth Folklórico programs in Santa Fe...
New Bill In U.S. Congress Would Provide $5 Billion or Libraries
"The Build America's Libraries Act was introduced by in the House of Representatives by Reps. Andy Levin (D-MI-9) and Don Young (R-AK-at large) along...
Milwaukee Symphony’s New Principal Tuba Is 19 Years Old
Robert Black comes from a family of brass players in suburban Chicago; his mother is a high school band teacher. He's currently finishing his...
Lauren Lovette, Only 29, Will Retire From New York City Ballet
"I spent a lot of last year feeling like I didn't make a difference. were saying some sweet things to me about different...
NY’s Iconic Metro Pictures Gallery Announces It Will Close
It wasn't "because of declining sales, co-founder Helene Winer said in an interview, but with a sense that reopening the gallery once the pandemic...
“Queen’s Gambit” To Be Made Into Theatre
Level Forward, a company whose founders include Abigail Disney, a grandniece of Walt Disney, said on Monday that it has won the rights to...
How Children Have Changed After A Year Lived On Screens
Since U.S. schools began closing down roughly a year ago, the country’s children have been adapting, learning and getting creative with how they use...
Study: Yes, People Really Don’t Know When To Shut Up!
"Only 2 percent of conversations ended at the time both parties desired, and only 30 percent of them finished when one of the pair...
Can Clubhouse Be The New Facilitator For Artworld Conversation?
"I thought it was about time I spent a day actually paying attention. What is the art world talking about on Clubhouse? Does the...
Cue the Regulators! Met’s Deaccession Regression Attracts the Critical Eye of NYS Attorney General’s...
The Metropolitan Museum’s adoption of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ relaxed deaccession standards, driven by the financial challenges of the pandemic, has caught...
What’s Wrong With Just Stopping During The Pandemic?
"We are living through a collective trauma, a once-in-a-lifetime historical moment, and taking "time off" is not a symptom of laziness. In fact, I...
Ballerina Dances On Frozen Bay To Raise Awareness Of Endangered Swans
This is Ilmira Bagrautinova's way of objecting against the construction of a port in Batareinaya Bay, a popular beach about 100 km west of...
Subsidize Old News Media? That Will Stifle Innovation
"The standoff between Big Tech and the Australian government has resulted in 90 per cent of what Big Tech has agreed to pay media...
Dr. Seuss’s Estate Made Its Decisions Based On Its Creator’s Legacy
"We make changes to the books our children read all the time. In 1812, the Brothers Grimm changed the evil mothers in traditional fairy...
A Year Of Turmoil At The American Shakespeare Center
Over the last year, American Shakespeare Center—a $4.3 million theatre company in Staunton, Va., known for producing the Bard’s work in repertory with a...
During The Last Decade, Women’s Representation In Music Has Not Improved At All
Discouraging news from a USC study for International Women's Day. - The New York Times
This Woman Has Narrated More Than 600 Audiobooks
Here's how to be good at it: Plan ahead. "What’s really important when you’re listening is to be able to know who’s talking. One...
Will European Theatre Bounce Back?
Basically, the pandemic has changed the performing arts audience. "Fans have had access to virtual theater from all over the world. Some venues have...
At The Critics Choice Awards, Nomadland Retains Its Shine
And The Crown's season four, which concerns Princess Diana's difficulties with the Royal Family, won Best Drama Series even as Prince Harry and Meghan...
Amy Sherald’s Portrait Of Breonna Taylor Will Find A Home In Louisville
Sherald, who painted the portrait for a Ta-Nehisi Coates-edited edition of Vanity Fair, decided that she wanted to sell the painting where Taylor lived...
How To Write A Second Novel When Your First Wins The Pulitzer
Viet Thanh Nguyen says it wasn't as easy as writing The Sympathizer, his 2016 Pulitzer-winning novel: "I would write in 50-page chunks – I...
Was WandaVision A New Hybrid TV Model?
Or was the entire series - spoilers abound throughout this article, by the way - yet another Marvel tease? "It was intentionally meta and...
Chadwick Boseman Could Make Oscars History, Posthumously
He wouldn't be the first actor to have been nominated for an award after death, but if he were nominated both for Ma Rainey's...
