Yearly Archives: 2023
At Newfields/Indianapolis Museum Of Art, CEO Is Out After Only 15 Months
Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette came to Newfields in August 2022, in the wake of an outcry over a racially fraught job description for director...
SuperAgent Andrew Wylie And Defining The Elite
“I thought, Well, I wonder if you can build a business based exclusively on what you want to read,” he says, understatedly. “That led...
James Burrows On How TV Sitcoms Have Changed
“I think it is niche television now because you don't have to get the rating that you got when there were only three networks...
A Tale Of Two Very Different Ancient Romes
In one, painted by the male elite, Rome under the emperor becomes a nightmare vision of a world turned topsy-turvy. In the other, articulated...
Why Are We Still Lonely When We Have Loving Friends And Family?
Loneliness, it seems, is an existential hazard, something to which human beings are always vulnerable – and not just when they are alone. -...
Progress On Mapping The Brain Has Been Painstaking. AI Might Change That
Guided by connectomic and other data to optimize thousands or even billions of parameters, machine-learning models could be trained to produce neural-network behaviour that...
How Barbra Streisand Redefined Diva
As a diva, Streisand has consistently defied instructions not to do something by doubling up her efforts. For example, at the start of her...
A Remarkable Life Of Service: DC Schools’ Music Man Lyn McLain, 95
He brought classical music into the lives of tens of thousands of young people and was credited with diversifying the ranks of symphony orchestras...
How Black Musicians Are Reclaiming Folk Genres
Today Black folk performers have reached a critical mass and level of exposure not seen since the early decades of the 20th century, when...
When ‘Regeneration’ Architecture Goes Disastrously Wrong
Sure, you can blame Boris Johnson for this Hackney Walk - and you might not be entirely wrong - but there's more to the...
The Internet Has Changed How Those In Gaza Tell Their Stories To The World
And that has likely changed how Millennials and Gen-Zers see and feel about what's happening now. - The New York Times
Hollywood Will Be Glad To Know That Movies Can Be Therapeutic Gold
People in cinematherapy "engage with carefully selected films that resonate with their personal experiences. They connect with characters and storylines, extract meaning, and reflect...
The Occult Is Rising In The Art World
Surrealism is back, amid "a new generation has been inspired by witchcraft, mysticism and spiritualism." - The Observer (UK)
How National Parks Tell The Story, And The Myth, Of The United States
It's a provocative discussion. There are many sites "where the story is being reframed at this very moment." - Hyperallergic
The Arts Can Help Solve Our Addiction Crisis
But "what should the arts be doing? They can break the national narratives around addiction," first off. Not everyone goes to AA. And not...
Happy Banned Theatre Week, From California
At Santa Monica College, "the campus police chief told if protesters breached backstage during a performance, they could grab fire extinguishers to defend...
Alfred Molina On Playing A Lawyer In The Scopes Monkey Trial
"We've had a lot of excited conversations after the play with members of the audience who are responding very energetically to the questions that...
The Challenges Of Describing Dance
Making ballet accessible to those with low vision or those who are blind isn't simple. It's so much more than just the movement -...
That Freshman Year Class Where You Learn To Make A ‘Selfie’ Quilt
"At the end of the first week, I hand out needles and thread." - Inside Higher Ed
Joan Armatrading Has Entered The Classical Music Chat
"Armatrading’s creative life is built on asking questions." - The New York Times
This Finnegan’s Wake Reading Group Has Finished The Book, 28 Years On
There's a reason Finnegan's Wake often has reading "gropes" instead. "Fialka leans into that visionary aspect, describing his group as 'more a performance art...
Who Is Blocking Latinx Representation In Hollywood?
"Every culture, country or ethnic group is a fragile project held together by duct tape and shared myths. In the most literal sense, we...
The Secret Life Of A Times Square Busker
"A stream of passengers walked by, searching for anything to look at other than the 32-year-old man struggling to fit an egg-shaped cardboard headpiece...
In Portugal, A DJ Priest Spins Up Electronica For His Parishioners
To be fair, he also caters to non-parishioners, and even non-believers, at the dance hall. - MSN (AP)
Director Michael Winterbottom On Finding His Passion
"In my teens, I went to ... fortnightly foreign-language film screenings religiously. I was always desperate to escape, and these films briefly transported me...
