Yearly Archives: 2021
Unhappiness As A Political Act
The focus of the "medicalization of unhappiness" debate was whether unhappiness should be considered a scientific problem. That issue has given way to the...
Exit Interview: Architecture Critic Blair Kamin
It’s really, really important to have critics who, at their best, can deliver lighting bolts that say, “This is a horrible idea. Don’t do...
Mark Swed: My Picks For Culture Secretary
"A Secretary of Culture would serve not as advisor to the president but as a conscience to government itself. Mr. or Madame Secretary would...
The Different Flavors Of Change
The paradox of change is that while it impacts us on a very subjective, personal level and each of us perceives it very differently,...
Norway’s New Whale Museum Looks Like… A Whale
From far away, The Whale museum on the southern coast of Norway looks like, well, a whale — the tail of a whale emerging...
Dropped By Simon And Schuster, Josh Hawley Finds A New Publisher For His Book
Regnery will publish Hawley's book, titled "The Tyranny of Big Tech," in the spring, according to a news release from the publisher. - CNN
‘Für Elise” — Igor Levit Says That Piece You Hate From Piano Lessons Is...
"It's just emptiness. How great must a composer be to allow himself to write about nothing?" The pianist has a go at persuading Joshua...
Is American History As We’ve Been Taught It Wrong? Trump Commission Says So
The commission’s report charges, in terms quickly derided by many mainstream historians, that Americans are being indoctrinated with a false critique of the nation’s...
How Did American Theater Deal With The Trump Era? Urgently
"For the most part, it didn't aim straight at the president. … Rather, producers elevated formally adventurous, politically incendiary plays — like Heidi Schreck's...
Longtime NPR Arts Editor Tom Cole Retires
"That is a typical Tom Cole piece, which is to say it's not typical at all. For three decades, Tom has positioned himself as...
Black Ballet Dancers Talk About How To Move Toward Equity And Inclusion
Black artists From Boston Ballet, ABT, New York City Ballet, BalletMet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Tanzcompany Innsbruck, the Trocks, and the pool of freelance...
Perhaps We’d Be Happier If We Stopped Pursuing Being Happy?
As well as reducing everyday contentment, the constant desire to feel happier can make people feel more lonely. We become so absorbed in our...
First New Blue Pigment In Two Centuries Now Available To Public
"YInMn Blue, the brilliant pigment discovered in 2009 at an Oregon State University lab, … was finally approved by the EPA for use in...
Stage Union Volunteers To Help Theatres Be Vaccination Sites
Jonas Loeb, communications director of IATSE, says this time around turning music venues into a vaccination center would require a new configuration. “It doesn’t...
Streaming Giants From U.S. May End Up Saving Canadian TV Industry
"Canada forcing Netflix and other foreign streamers to pour $800 million annually into local Canadian content will be a lifeline for world-beating creators, say...
Philip J. Smith, Chairman Of Shubert Organization, Dead Of COVID At 89
"A low-key businessman who started as a movie usher, presided for more than a decade over the nation's oldest and largest theatrical company,...
UK Arts Venues Sigh With Relief As Supreme Court Rules Insurers Must Pay COVID...
"The case has been rumbling on for a while, triggered when a variety of insurance companies stated that their business interruption schemes did not...
Opera Director Elijah Moshinsky Dead Of COVID At 75
"He made his operatic debut in 1975 when he directed a stripped-back Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House. The production was so successful...
U.S. Cultural Institutions Are Hiring Diversity Officers. It’s A Start.
"At the same time, experts warn, longstanding challenges remain — antiracism goals that are hard to measure; finding funds to pay for these efforts;...
Paris Loses One Of Its Favorite Bookstores
"Gibert Jeune, a popular chain, has announced it will be closing its flagship shop in the Latin Quarter in March – the latest in...
Fire At Brussels’s Major Art Museum
Flames broke out on the roof of Bozar (the Musée des Beaux-Arts) in the Belgian capital on Monday afternoon (Jan. 18). No civilians were...
The Essential Importance Of Going Out Into The World To Discover Artists First Hand
"These trips were resource-intensive, but through the intrepid efforts of people like David White and Sam Miller, philanthropic support enabled cohorts of Americans to...
What’s To Become Of The Trump Impersonators?
“No one is going to want to see my Donald Trump” now. Anyone who is seeking Trump comedy after Jan. 21, I just feel...
UK Courts Are Leasing Theatres For Courtrooms – Artists Are Objecting
Three national lockdowns in Britain, as well as tough social distancing guidelines, have hampered the business of England’s court system this past year, creating...
A Dancer Breaking Ballet’s Gender Norms
What is unique about Ashton Edwards is that he is a man doing serious en pointe work in a professional ballet setting. "Ashton led...
