Yearly Archives: 2023
Amsterdam Museum Finds Out Presenting ‘Nuance’ About WWII Isn’t Such A Great Plan
The effort to provide profiles of everyone from Resistance heroes to those wowed by Nazi propaganda "has touched a sensitive nerve among many Dutch...
Texas Library Board Chair Says She Was Removed Because Of Anti-LGBTQIA Bullies
"Cat Serna-Horn says council members offered her 'political favors' to quietly resign from the board ... was told the board's compromise to keep LGBTQ...
Take A Look At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt Mile-High Chicago Skyscraper
"The new renderings include the Gordon Strong Automobile Objective, a planetarium proposed in 1925, as well as the National Life Insurance building, the...
Florida Governor’s Desire To Whitewash History Is Sparking Pushback
"The latest controversy in Florida education policies began this month, when the DeSantis administration said a pilot Advanced Placement course on Black history would...
Broadway Is Really Into Drag, But Why?
A new Some Like It Hot musical tries to balance painful depictions "and the rich reality of drag as art, self-expression, and everything in between....
On That Viral Video Brawl Starring The Michelle Yeoh Of Waffle House
"It's a miracle how she dispenses with the chair. 'Dispenses' isn't even the right word: She repels it. She parries it like an anime...
A Chinese Musician Is Working To Revive The Gehu
The gehu, an instrument which was introduced into Chinese orchestras in the 20th century and then replaced by the cello, "has four strings, a...
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...
