Yearly Archives: 2023
Tim Dorsey, Who Put Florida’s Weirdness Into Dark Comic Novels, Is Dead At 62
One of a trio (along with Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry) of erstwhile newspaper reporters who became famous for satirizing their home state in...
New York City Ballet Finally Settles On A Contract With Its Orchestra
"The three-year contract, … (coming) after months of wrangling, … includes an increase in compensation of about 22 percent over three years, a central...
Broadway’s Profitable Thanksgiving Week
With total attendance holding steady – and three fewer shows on the roster – the increase in receipts can be attributed to a 27%...
How Art Works On Us
A gesture, a tear, or just silence may be more eloquent than words. It is this ‘beyond’ in our imperfect communications, that hint at...
Museum Reclassifies Roman Emperor As Trans. The Real Story Is More Complicated
While the Romans clearly engaged in acts that we today consider gay or straight sex, they would not recognise the sexual orientations we associate...
Our Complicated Interdependent Relationship With Machines
Human beings make machines, but machines remake human society, too. Reliable, spring-driven clocks enabled precision time measurement, forcing us into regimented daily schedules, but...
They Sold An NC Wyeth Painting Bought For $4 At A Thrift Store For...
The Donahues have since retaken possession of their painting from the auction house, Bonhams. All they have to show for their efforts is a...
GroupMuse: Building Classical Music Communities One Concert At A Time
"One of the big lessons on my mind recently is that certain types of communities are difficult to scale. We’ve spent a lot of...
Ex-CNN Boss Jeff Zucker May Well End Up Running Britain’s Telegraph And Spectator
He's the media executive fronting the bid by RedBird IMI, a joint venture between two investment funds, based in New York and Abu Dhabi,...
Mellon Foundation Doubles Down On Monuments
The foundation said the half-a-billon-dollar commitment is the largest multiyear funding initiative in its history. “I feel proud that we’ve been catalysts and contributors...
He Holds Modern Dance History In His Hands: Meet The Chief Archivist At Jacob’s...
"In 1990, then-director Sam Miller named (Norton Owen) director of preservation, where he now oversees the scholar-in-residence program, PillowTalks, pre- and post-show talks, and...
A Prescription For American Well-Being: The Arts
At a time when more Americans feel stressed, face mental health challenges, and feel more disconnected from each other than ever before, the arts can serve as...
Architect Rafael Viñoly’s Curved-Keyboard Piano Makes Its Carnegie Hall Debut
“It looks like you’re looking at a normal piano through funny mirrors,” says Jonathan Biss, who will play Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto" on it with...
Why It’s Good To Be Comfortable With Not Knowing
Those who shun the indefinite tend to see the world in shades of black and white, ignoring the gray. They are prone to jump to...
Ancient Treasures From Crimea, Stuck In Limbo For Years In The Netherlands, Have Been...
"The collection, mostly from Crimean museums, was on loan to Amsterdam's Allard Pierson Museum when Russia annexed Ukraine's peninsula in 2014. Both Ukraine and...
British Prime Minister Cancels Meeting With Greek Prime Minister After Parthenon Marbles Comments
According to the BBC, the decision was made after Mr. Mitsotakis, appearing on British television on Sunday, called for the marbles, which include statues of...
Chicago’s Arts Institutions Are Still Struggling Post-COVID
"A decline in subscription rates, shockingly higher costs, and donations that haven't kept pace with inflation have thrown some arts organizations off-balance and spiraled...
Chicago Symphony Is Bouncing Back From COVID Better Than Many Of Its Neighbors
Paid attendance and box office income are both nearing pre-pandemic levels, though they're still slightly below those of 2019. Says CEO Jeff Alexander, "We're...
Chicago’s Cultural Attractions Could Draw More Visitors Even From Cook County — If Those...
"Even residents are wary of the city’s ongoing crime surge. Barely half (53%) of Cook County residents feel safe spending time in downtown Chicago...
Many Of Chicago’s Minority-Led Small Theater Companies Are Growing — For Now
"Although the pandemic was devastating for all arts organizations, non-majority-run organizations received a lifeline (via) government funding. … These theater companies, many of them...
Is Cookie Monster On “Sesame Street” Eating Real Cookies?
Well, yes … more or less. They are home-baked by Muppet wrangler Lara MacLean and contain entirely edible ingredients. Mind you, that doesn't mean...
“Authentic” Is Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Year 2023
"Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic self. Authenticity as artifice. Lookups for the word are routinely heavy on the dictionary company’s site but were boosted...
Marty Krofft, Co-Producer Of “H.R. Pufnstuf” And A Slew Of Other Children’s TV Shows,...
"Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures became a household name in the 1970s, helping launch them into creating and producing family and kids shows for...
The Indispensable New Music Ensemble
With that sprawling stylistic range and its technical mastery, its enthusiastic curiosity about eminent and student composers alike, its precision and passion, the JACK...
At 72 She Dreamed Of Being A Musician And Picked Up A Trombone. At...
Now 84, Noreen Davies has gigged throughout the West Midlands with groups exploring everything from the blues to vintage jazz and big band funk....
