Yearly Archives: 2021
Royal Shakespeare Company Is UK’s First Performing Arts Institution Given Official Status As Research...
The designation, more typically given to universities, makes the RSC eligible for government research grants and will allow it to expand its work as...
Spain To Give Every 18-Year-Old A €400 Culture Pass
The program, budgeted for 2022, is similar to those established in France (€300) and Italy (€500). A key difference is that the money will...
Raymond Gniewek, 89, Was Met Opera Orchestra’s Concertmaster For 43 Years
Mr. Gniewek (pronounced NYEH-vik), a violinist whose solos invariably drew acclaim, was just 25 in 1957 when he was named the orchestra’s concertmaster. He...
UK Museums Show Impacts Of COVID Shutdown
More than 18 months since the coronavirus pandemic hit Britain, its long-term effects on the country’s museums are becoming clear. Months of closures have caused...
Wonder Why Your Favorite International Artists Are Canceling US Trips? Ask The Danish String...
It takes months and months to apply for and get cleared for visas to come to the US. Hundreds of international artists have had...
London Bans Wood In Constructing Some Buildings — Expert Says Rule Harms Climate
Rules restricting the use of wood in UK buildings are hampering the switch to low-carbon building methods, according to timber architecture expert Andrew Waugh. - Dezeen
More Virtual Sex As Birthrates Plunge. Should We Worry?
If sex is everywhere, it’s also nowhere: as birth rates plunge globally, we are engaging in the act less and less. The significance of this change shouldn’t...
Our Sense Of Smell Is Intense. If Only We Know How It Worked…
How a receptor detects a smell remains a deep riddle to scientists. The odorant’s shape appears to determine which olfactory receptors it binds to;...
What People Today Misunderstand About Old Sufi Love Poetry
"What, then, do Rumi and his followers on the Sufi 'path of love' really mean when they say 'love'? The answer turns out to...
From Brainwashing To Misinformation
“Social media has gone from techno-utopianism to dystopic weaponization. Perhaps Timothy Leary was more accurate than he realized when he branded the internet the...
Dave Chappelle Has Become A Rorschach Test
"Is the story 'rich comedian attacks marginalized community' or 'Black comedian attacks elite consensus'? … Why are Caitlyn Jenner jokes (greater) grounds for cancellation...
What’s The Best Artistic Leadership Model?
There are several, and coming out of the pandemic, it seems appropriate to reassess what works. - Nightingale Sonata
Remembering The Black Artist Collectives Of The 1960s And ’70s
"Musicians and writers, artists and architects, photographers and filmmakers listening, arguing and creating with each other, … drawing inspiration from the collectivizing impulse of...
The Right To Culture: Afghanistan Bans Music
The Taliban’s stance on music forbids people from enjoying and participating in cultural activities, and violates the UN International Convention on the Elimination of All...
The Very First Video Game Was Released Exactly 50 Years Ago. Here’s Why It...
Computer Space made its debut in 1971 at a trade show for pinball machines and jukeboxes. (Its creators founded Atari and released Pong the...
Why Do We Have Weird Dreams? To Learn Better
More and more, findings in deep learning are inspiring new theories of how our brains work. Neural networks need to “dream” of weird, senseless...
Could A One-Atom-Thick Layer Of Graphene Really Protect Artworks From Fading? Very Likely, Say...
"Graphene is a two-dimensional carbon allotrope whose molecules bind together through a phenomenon called Van der Waals forces. … It can be produced in...
Boston Ballet Debuts Free Streaming Platform, Including Virtual Reality
ÜNI, as the site is called, wasn't created to stream the company's live performances: each work on the platform was choreographed especially for digital...
Country Music Is Losing Some Devoted Fans As The Culture Wars Rage On
The stereotype of country music lovers being only Southern and Midwestern conservatives isn't really true — yet. As some industry stars take controversial stands...
Former “Hamilton” Cast Member, Black And Nonbinary, Files Discrimination Complaint Against Producers
Suni Reid, who's done the show in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, alleges their contract wasn't renewed because they requested a gender-neutral dressing...
Half The PPP Loan Money For Culture Went To Only 228 Institutions. They Still...
The purpose of the Paycheck Protection Program was to let businesses hobbled by the pandemic retain their employees. An AFSCME study found that, out...
IATSE Tells Hollywood Studios That Midnight On Monday Is The Strike Deadline
"Unless an agreement is reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the coming days, 60,000 IATSE film and TV workers...
Antiquities Dealer Confesses In Court To Selling Thousands Of Forgeries
"Mehrdad Sadigh pleaded guilty to seven felony counts that included charges of forgery and grand larceny. … The prosecution of Mr. Sadigh was something...
The Crisis In Scientific Publishing
The worry is that scientific processes have been undermined by perverse incentives to the point that it’s difficult to know what to believe. - London...
Netflix CEO’s Chappelle Memo Is A Masterpiece Of Gaslighting
If the LGBTQ community, including members of your own staff, tells you that — even when couched in calling out racism — 70 minutes...
