Yearly Archives: 2021
The Damage The ‘Nation Of Immigrants’ Rhetoric Does To The United States
"Multiculturalism was the response to civil rights demands, which required a revised narrative of U.S. history. For this scheme to work—and affirm U.S. historical...
If You See Goddesses On Bus Shelter Walls, This Is Why
Artist Martine Gutierrez plays all the parts of goddesses, queens, and other icons on bus shelters in NY, Boston, and Chicago. "I think confusion...
Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Scholar Of Race In America, 91
Historian Litwack "illuminated dark corners of the American past by exploring the bitter legacy of slavery and segregation and by confronting the lingering presence...
A New Movie Centered Deaf Actors During Its Creation
Though some in the Deaf community are criticizing the new movie CODA for centering the concerns of a hearing character, the movie is (perhaps...
After Oregon Ballet Theatre Fired Its Artistic Director, The Resident Choreographer Also Left
And that's because the resident choreographer - with three upcoming ballets in the 2021-22 season - was the AD's partner." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Banksy’s Art Spree Included A Miniature Stable Left At A Model Village
The owner "said he was in a state of shock after the famed artist confirmed the model stable was one of 10 artworks left...
Artists Recreate New Regalia From The Designs Of The Past
As four Mi'kmaw artists painstakingly sew and bead an outfit that replicates 180-year-old regalia, they wish they knew more about the woman who made...
Salzburg Reckons With Its Past
Jewish artists brought the annual festival to life, before the Nazis swept them away. But even before the Nazis came to power in Austria,...
Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre To Require Proof Of Vaccination
A (very) recent negative test will also do. But it's not just audiences: "Additionally, all artists, staff, ushers and volunteers will be required to...
Janice Mirikitani, Poet Laureate Of San Francisco And Fighter For Justice, 80
Mirikitani was interned with her family during WWII, and later called poetry the language of liberation. She was the founding president of a social...
The Museum That Tries To Explore, And Value, Joy
And Black joy in particular. The museum's founder, poet and photographer Andrea Walls, "sees the Museum of Black Joy as a inheritor of the Black...
The Loneliness Of The Full-Time Writer
It's a luxury writers with other full-time jobs long for - but the lucky often discover the luxury of being a full-time writer is...
Beloved Singer Songwriter Nanci Griffith Dies At 68
The leader of the Blue Moon Orchestra and a generous promoter of others' work as well as her own, Griffith's "best-loved songs were closely...
Museums In The US Start To Reassess Their African Collections
European museums have been reevaluating for a while (and not just since Black Panther), but now "the question for U.S. institutions, which aren’t directly...
The Only Way The Mouse Could Win A Streaming War
Disney needs a good streaming app - and fast. But it's probably not ready. - FastCompany
The Concert Business Goes Through Whiplash As Delta Variant Spreads
"Concert promoters, like other arts executives, are hoping that velvet ropes of vaccination requirements around cultural events can serve as an incentive for fans...
Blockbuster Series Have Become Incredibly Complicated, But Why?
There's "an endless succession of sequels, prequels, reboots, spin-offs and connected crossovers. This is all great news for diehard fans, but civilian punters now...
The Arts Are Now Allowed – And Encouraged – To Help Drive Vaccinations
The CDC has released official guidelines, and some nonprofits are offering money, to get artists to create vaccination messages that bypass the traditional messages,...
Gallery Selling Hunter Biden’s Art Says It Will Follow Ethics Guidelines
Might those wishing to curry favor with the Biden White House buy the paintings? The administration has set guidelines, and prices and buyers are...
The Problem With Today’s Book Reviews
The main problem is that the contemporary American book review is first and foremost an audition — for another job, another opportunity, another day in the...
Why/How We Die Badly
Death catches too many of us unawares and unprepared these days, because we prefer to look away, to deny the approach of the one...
Blow To New Zealand’s Identity: Amazon Pulls Filming Of “Lord Of The Rings”
The move came as a blow to many in New Zealand. The production is one of the most expensive in history, with Amazon spending...
Resignation Over £6M Artificial Hill In London Park Meant To Lure Tourists
“With regret, I have accepted the resignation of my deputy leader, Melvyn Caplan, who led the mound project. We have also instigated a thorough...
Olympic TV Viewing Might Have Been Down, But Streaming Ratings Exploded
YouTube said, Olympics content was viewed more than 190 million times per day during Tokyo, five times more than the average daily views during...
Breakdancing In The Olympics: What Does It Mean, For Art And For Sport?
"In theory, ballet, or any performance art could be an Olympic event so long as it can be judged and scored. … But does...
