Yearly Archives: 2023
How Edith Wharton Foresaw 21st-Century America
"Undine Spragg of The Custom of the Country ... can be conceived of as (a) social media influencer conscious of her brand. For Undine...
Arts Groups Must Innovate If They Want An Audience
The pandemic accelerated a generational shift: "Past program choices are not adequately energizing younger audiences. They want the experience to be new and different,...
Fighting The Good Fight Against Focal Dystonia
At USC in Los Angeles, faculty at the Thornton School of Music are working with neurologists, otolaryngologists, psychologists, physical therapists, and other health care...
It’s Not Just The Oscars Failing Black Women – It’s The Whole Ecosystem
"What does it say that the Black women who did everything the institution asks of them — luxury dinners, private academy screenings, meet-and-greets, splashy...
Complete Roman-Era City Unearthed At Luxor, Ancient Egypt’s Capital
"On Tuesday, Egyptian archaeologists announced that they had uncovered a complete 1,800-year-old residential Roman city. … Most archaeological work in Luxor, a city that...
After A Long Campaign, The UK’s Royal Opera House Cuts Ties With British Petroleum
That long campaign was by climate activists, one of whom said, "What we are witnessing is a seismic shift, a near wholesale rejection across...
Rennie Harris Has Created A Curriculum To Train Dance Teachers In Hip-Hop
"Over the course of his decades-long career, Harris ... has been a guiding force, ushering hip-hop and street dance into new spaces and championing...
Israel’s New Far-Right Government Tries To Claw Back Funding For Two Documentaries About The...
"The (culture) minister, Miki Zohar, of Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, has pledged to 'revoke funding that promotes our enemy's narrative' and withhold grants...
Dallas Theater Center’s Renovation Plans Cause Sticker Shock On City Council
"Dallas Mayor pro tem Omar Narvaez brought up the issue of 'sticker shock' at the very start of the meeting early Tuesday. In 2010,...
More Fallout From Images-Of-Muhammad Controversy: Hamline University Faculty Call For President To Resign
"On Tuesday, during an all-faculty staff meeting at the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based private liberal arts college, 92 full-time professors voted in favor of officially...
Only Months After The Knife Attack, Salman Rushdie Has A New Novel Out
Despite his ongoing recovery from last August's stabbing, which cost him an eye, he's lively and quick-witted, friends say, and is planning future projects....
Odesa’s Old City Is Now A UNESCO World Heritage Site
"The United Nations' cultural agency decided Wednesday to add the historic center of Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of...
B.V. Doshi, India’s Most Prominent Architect And First Pritzker Winner, is Dead At 95
After working as the lead local partner on Le Corbusier's and Louis Kahn's Indian projects, he designed some of India's most renowned works of...
What Gives Food Its Taste?
Turns out it's what's already in your mouth. "When people eat, he explains, they don’t actually savor the food itself, but a mixture of...
The Joys Of Revisiting Edna Ferber
Even a century ago, "Ferber is not interested in cautionary tales of shrinking violets, favoring instead women who, out of necessity or desire or...
Why Did Cate Blanchett Choose Her Role In Tar?
Because, she says, she's "an experience junkie" - and playing a conductor was a new and challenging experience. - El País
British Opera Singer Creates A Work Based On Music Of Enslaved Ancestors
Baritone Peter Braithwaite: "These folk traditions are really strong; they’re about resistance and they’re about remembrance of former freedoms, but they’re also about laying...
There’s An Inheritance Battle Over the Site Of Caravaggio’s Only Known Ceiling Mural
The Texas-born "Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi has ... defied the court order demanding she vacate Rome’s Villa Aurora. The property is known for...
Victor Navasky, Editor Of The Nation And Voice For Progressive Journalism, 90
Navasky "appreciated the work of making news stories passionate and beguiling. He told NPR he watched Fox News for years, because Bill O'Reilly and...
All Robots Should Dance — Just Like M3GAN Does
Choreoroboticist Kate Sicchio: "It's really interesting to have this unfamiliar device do this uncanny human thing. It’s similar to why we love putting googly...
Why Is The Rebuild At The Glasgow School Of Art Taking So Long?
The post-fire clearance took forever - "'intricate and painstaking' work, done by hand, of removing from the site and evaluating in excess of 2,400...
Books As Home Decor, With Professional Designers To Select Them And Lay Them Out
"More often than not, these books come across as props intended to be on camera — signifiers much like a Birkin bag or expensive...
The Rise Of Queer Comics, And Why Bans Will Backfire
"Long before witty digital comics found a home on your Instagram feed, depicting things from the struggle with Grindr to birth-control access, there were...
How The Arts Fared In New Zealand Under Jacinda Ardern
"Ardern (who kept the culture ministry herself) had a lot going on as Prime Minister — the Christchurch Mosque attacks, the eruption of White...
Dance Artists Of Color Are Getting More Chances To Lead
Kiyon Ross at Pacific Northwest Ballet: "The skills you learn as a choreographer are definitely transferable to being a leader. ... You have to have...
