Yearly Archives: 2021
When Dancers Form COVID Bubbles
A look at how small groups of (properly tested and quarantined) dancers and choreographers got together (at long last!) to make work this past...
Build Back Better
At this point I would implore arts organizations not to return to pre-pandemic practices with nothing more than modest tweaks. This is a time...
A “Unique Addition” to the Whitman Repertoire
When PostClassical Ensemble undertook our world premiere recording of the 1944 radio play Whitman, we did so believing that Bernard Herrmann's Whitman setting is...
Record Amount Of Buried Treasure Found In UK (By Amateurs With Metal Detectors)
The vast majority, 96%, were discovered by metal detecting. Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Essex and Hampshire were identified as hotspots for treasure with more than 80...
Should Prime-Time TV Series Work In COVID Storylines? Or Is That The Last Thing...
"In rooms all over the internet, hospital dramas, first-responder shows, situation comedies and courtroom procedurals were having similar debates. To ignore the events...
Theatre Of Screens (But Is It, Though?)
Whether or not onscreen theater feels like theater may depend on whether it offers a feeling of liveness, with all the potential for error...
Archaeologists Discover Stone And Bronze Age Burials At Site Of Stonehenge Tunnel
"Bronze age graves, Neolithic pottery and the vestiges of a mysterious C-shaped enclosure that might have been a prehistoric industrial area are among the...
Despite Pandemic, UK TV And Film Production Only Down 21 Percent In 2020
As per fresh stats from the British Film Institute, film and TV spend on Brit shores was £2.84B for the year, down a surprisingly...
How Did A Book Of New Poetry Get Passed Off As The Work Of...
Matty Weingast's The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns was marketed by America's leading Buddhist publisher — and hailed by many...
America Needs A Creative Intervention
With misinformation and disinformation (here’s the difference) flourishing unchecked online, being able to discern fact from fiction is especially crucial. We witnessed the fatal...
Could We Really Revive The Federal Theatre Project? How Would That Work In 2021?
The short answer is that it couldn't work the way it did in the 1930s: the legal and theatrical landscape then was too different....
Libel Lawsuit In Poland Could Derail Holocaust Research, Observers Fear
"Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial over a book examining Poles' behaviour during the Second World War, a case whose outcome is...
U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Suit Over Guelph Treasure
The collection of ornate medieval reliquaries is now held by Berlin's state museums; the American heirs of German Jewish art dealers, claiming that the...
Poetry Magazine Faces Down Furor Over Printing Work By Sex Offender
" has doubled down on its decision to publish a poem by a convicted sex offender as part of a special edition dedicated to...
Was Philadelphia’s Leading Classical Radio Host Just Fired?
Gregg Whiteside, who for 17 years hosted weekday morning programming and the Philadelphia Orchestra concert broadcasts at WRTI, abruptly disappeared from the air last...
Stunning Aztec Eagle Carving Unearthed In Mexico City
The 42"-by'28" bas-relief of a golden eagle, carved from a reddish volcanic rock called tezontle, was found by archaeologists at the Templo Mayor, the...
Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia’s Most Famous Dissident Director, Fired From His Moscow Theatre
On Tuesday, Serebrennikov hosted an event at the Gogol Center — which he has directed since its opening in 2012 and which has become...
Amazon’s New Washington DC Tower Will Have A Hiking Trail Up The Side
Named The Helix, the glass spiral tower will be part of a complex of three office buildings that will make up Amazon HQ2. - Dezeen
Snubs And Surprises From This Year’s Golden Globes Nominations
The absence of the Shonda Rhymes-produced Regency-era blockbuster proves the Golden Globes isn’t just a popularity contest. Otherwise, the Netflix drama would have cleaned...
You Love Classical Music But Spotify Isn’t Cutting It. Here’s A Comparison Of Streaming...
Two of them, Idagio and Primephonic, have been created specifically for classical music listeners. The other four, Apple Music, Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal, cover...
When Artworld Value Is About Economic Value, We All Lose
Converting "qualities to quantities”, replacing “critical evaluation with economic, technical evaluation”, making “the price system” the ultimate judge, turning institutions into markets and individuals...
How Did Zombie Figurative Art Become So Popular?
Such quirky, esoteric mash-ups feel less like stylistic innovations and more like branding exercises, reflecting a present in which one’s ability to market oneself...
Key Lesson For Theatres In The Pandemic? Adapting Is Key
“Are we going to come out of this moment with a new model or new models? No. But what if we were in a...
Dante’s Descendant Wants Poet’s Conviction On Corruption Charges Reversed
In 1302, caught on the wrong side in one of Florence's perpetual factional struggles, Dante Alighieri was fined and banished on a probably trumped-up...
Journalists Are Coming To Terms With Their Relationships With Tech Companies. How About Academics?
Just as journalistic embargoes aren’t universally bad or unprofessional, academic embargoes might not be either. But conversations about the ethics of “access scholarship” are...
