Yearly Archives: 2023
Harlem’s Apollo Theatre Gets A New Leader
Michelle Ebanks, 61, replaces the theater’s longtime leader, Jonelle Procope, who announced last year that she planned to step down this summer after nearly 20 years...
How Librarians In The 1970s Redefined How To Search
It’s easy to see why librarians of the 1970s set out to revolutionise search. Work across the academy was expanding to such a degree...
A Young Polio Survivor And Refugee Heals Herself And Others Through Dance
"Chantal-Iris Mukeshimana came to Belgium as a child after fleeing the genocide in Rwanda. Decades later, she founded a dance school where fellow wheelchair...
Audiences Return In Australia, But Ticket Prices Now A Bigger Concern
Financial reasons are the top barrier to attendance, affecting four in 10 audience members, especially the under-55s, according the audience research. - ArtsHub
Design Unveiled For Planned Holocaust Museum In Boston
"The Boston-based Holocaust Legacy Foundation has unveiled renderings of its proposed Holocaust Museum Boston, to be located along the Freedom Trail, by the intersection...
Outside The Shadow Of New York: The New Jersey Symphony Forges Its Own Path(s)
“Traditionally orchestras either say, ‘Come to us, we’re wonderful,’ or they go out into communities and say, ‘Hey, listen to us.’ We were very...
Why The French Military Hires Science Fiction Writers
The job? "To imagine future threats to national security. So far, sci-fi novelists from the Red Team Defense project have written more than a...
Dawn Of AI: Time For A Reset For Humanity
The technocultural norms and habits that have seized us during the triple revolution of the internet, smartphones, and the social web are themselves in...
Each Side In The “Here Lies Love” vs. Broadway Musicians’ Union Dispute Makes Its...
"The union is demanding a 19-piece live orchestra, as mandated by contracts, barring 'special situation' exemptions. Producers want the show as it has been...
McNulty: Broadway’s MVP This Year? The Suffering Audience
Attention must be paid to the core audience that has stuck it out and been filling these doddering old venues with their seasoned laughter...
Speranza Scappucci Named Covent Garden’s First Principal Guest Conductor In 25 Years
"It will mark a new era for the (Royal Opera House) at a critical time, amid an arts education crisis, government funding threats and...
Putin Moves Russia’s Most Famous (And Fragile) Icon From Its Museum To The Church,...
The 15th-century icon of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev, Russia's most revered icon painter, was moved from Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery into Christ the Savior...
After Years Of Protests And Bad Press, The British Museum Has Ended Its Sponsorship...
"BP's sponsorship of the British Museum has ended after 27 years, new disclosures make clear, bringing to a close one of the highest-profile and...
With 98% Of The Vote, SAG-AFTRA Authorizes A Strike
"The 'yes' vote does not trigger a strike, but allows the union's top negotiators to potentially call a work stoppage once their TV/theatrical contracts...
Nashville Symphony Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero Will Step Down — Partly — In 2025
After a Grammy-winning 16-year tenure, the Costa Rican conductor will finish his term as full-time music director, but he will lead the orchestra part-time...
The Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer Exhibition Broke Records (Of Course It Did)
"The Rijksmuseum said the exhibition that drew on collections around the world to bring together 28 of the 37 paintings generally ascribed to Vermeer...
Astrud Gilberto, Who Sang “The Girl From Ipanema,” Is Dead At 83
In 1959, she accompanied her husband, bossa nova star João Gilberto, and Antônio Carlos Jobim to a New York recording session with Stan Getz....
Is This What America Looks Like In A Cultural Collapse?
In the past 50 years, despite overall economic growth, the quality of life for most Americans has declined. The wealthy have become wealthier, while...
Photographer Who Won The Warhol Copyright Case Goes After Another Artist
“You did not ask for my permission to copy my photo and I am ‘not laughing.’ Please do not force me to ask Instagram...
Bumpy Ride: Six Flags Upgrades Parks As Attendance At Amusement Parks Plunges
Last year, when the average price of admission rose to $35.99 from $28.73, many customers—already battered by the highest level of inflation in decades—decided...
In Praise Of The Movie Matinee
These showings have numerous advantages over their evening counterparts. The tickets are typically cheaper, for one. Daytime movie audiences also tend to be more...
The Problem With A Picasso Show That’s Problematic
So far as it has an argument it goes like this: Pablo Picasso was an important artist. He was also something of a jerk...
Ian Bostridge On The Evolving Plain Of Music
Questioning is built into the classical music tradition; and interpreting this complex music that we have inherited means negotiating between the preoccupations of the...
Is Mexican Music Going Global?
In the streaming era, regional Mexican music has become increasingly popular beyond those borders, thanks to a new generation of artists eager to collaborate...
What’s Lost When Movie Theatres Upgrade
Comfort has taken priority over connection. - The Wall Street Journal
