Yearly Archives: 2023
Britain’s National Gallery Has Spent £3 Million To Buy An Abandoned Public Lavatory
"The lavatory on Charing Cross Road closed in the Seventies and later became a West End ticket kiosk before falling into disuse. There may...
Cineworld/Regal Says No, It Is Not Selling Itself To AMC
"Regal-owner Cineworld, the world's second largest movie theater operator, has denied reports that it has been in talks with AMC, the world's largest movie...
The Mysterious Manuscript Thief Is Expected To Plead Guilty
"For years, someone impersonated authors and agents, editors and publishers, trying to steal unpublished book manuscripts from high profile authors … and writers of...
The British Museum And Acropolis Museum Are Nearing A Deal For The Return Of...
"An agreement would see a proportion of the marbles sent to Athens on rotation over several years. … In exchange, other objects would effectively...
Frank Galati, A Beloved Pillar Of Chicago Theater, Is Dead At 79
A double Tony winner, a mainstay of the Steppenwolf and Goodman Theaters, Galati was admired as an adapter of literature for the stage, an...
The Stars Of Zeffirelli’s “Romeo And Juliet” Are Suing Over Their Nude Scene, Alleging...
Leonard Whiting, who was 16 when the film was made in 1968, and Olivia Hussey, who was 15, are seeking damages from Paramount reported...
How The Culture Wars Are Tearing Apart Museums
The saga of the Philip Guston exhibition, “Philip Guston Now,” that was postponed in late 2020 demonstrates how museums now suffer from an identity...
Listening Plan: A January To Understand Today’s Classical Music
The boundaries of classical music are ever more porous and open, spilling into other forms and all to the good. Give up prejudice or...
Why Sondheim Resonates With The Younger Generation
My students could appreciate his skill as a musical dramatist, his innovations as a craftsman, his inventive wit and longing harmonic lines. But what...
Understanding The Genius Of Thelonius Monk
Neither a cult reputation as a pioneer of bebop nor American canonization quite does justice to Monk, who was simply one of the most...
A Rookie Orchestra Recording By A Youth Orchestra, Finalist For A Grammy
The album, which is untitled, came together after six weeks of remote instruction followed by in person socially distant rehearsals and four days of recording sessions...
Does AI Make Plagiarism Undetectable? We College Professors Are Smarter Than That!
"For me, this new AI bot is not scarey, or even revolutionary. It’s just the latest con for those who would seek to dupe...
A Comprehensive List Of Works Now In The Public Domain As Of This Week
Every year, Jennifer Jenkins, director of Duke University School of Law’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, puts together an extensive list of expiring U.S. copyrights,...
Ten Things For The Theatre Industry To Consider For 2023
Lyn Gardner: "6) Safeguarding. We don't expect people in other professions to do their jobs well without proper safeguards, checks and balances in place;...
How Failure And Disillusionment Fuel Accomplishment
This turns out to be a running theme — how a strain of perfectionism can doom a pursuit of failure to, well, failure. -...
Meet The World’s Absolute Master Of Card Tricks
"Juan Tamariz has been a professional magician for 52 years, ... becoming both a household name in his home country and a living legend...
Cable TV’s Fierce Downward Subscriber Plunge
Today, roughly two-thirds of U.S. households pay for a cable, satellite or fiber TV subscription, down from 79% in 2017 and 85% in 2007. - Axios
Ireland Is Using “The Banshees Of Inisherin” To Promote Tourism
"Inis Mór (Inishmore) and Achill Island, the islands where Martin McDonagh's black comedy was filmed, are marketing the locations, and a Tourism Ireland video...
Brazil’s Arts World Greets Lula’s Arrival And Bolsonaro’s Departure With Great Sighs Of Relief
"The move helps to draw a line under the 'culture wars' raging in Brazil that have led to increased censorship, with some artists facing...
The Ukrainian Ballet Company Fighting From The Stage
"I still think about how I could do more for my country. I think about this every day, but while my friends and family...
AI Art As Commodity Might Make Sense. But That Is Not What Art Is
In a culture that has commodified art to the degree ours has, it was probably inevitable that so many would conclude art is nothing...
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Literally Standing Up Straighter
"After a stabilization project, begun in 1990, reduced the quirky monument's dangerous lean by a full 15 inches, the tower has straightened itself out...
Milan Cancels Sergei Polunin’s “Rasputin” Following Social Media Protests
The run of performances was called off by the Arcimboldi Theater as "an act of 'political and moral responsibility,' given 'a climate of tensions...
Is Bulgakov About To Become Another Casualty Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine?
Many writers and other figures are calling for Bulgakov's home in Kiev, a museum since Soviet days, to be closed, arguing that he was...
The César Awards, France’s Oscars, Bar Anyone Under Investigation For Sex Crimes
"Artists who have been charged or convicted of sexual crimes can still be nominated for a César, and can still win the award. But...
