Yearly Archives: 2023
Can A New Instrument Make Playing Classical Music More Accessible To People With Disabilities?
"The Clarion is essentially software which can mimic the sound of any instrument you desire and works on technology including iPads." That might sound...
What An Autistic Man Thinks Of A ‘New Wave’ Of Autism Rep On Screen
Jason Jacoby Lee, who is non-verbal but recently learned to communicate through pointing to letters on a board, says of Extraordinary Attorney Woo, for...
They Say The Lights Are Bright Off-Broadway
"Progress is neither inevitable nor consistent. The theatrical climate has become as unpredictable as our ailing planet’s weather. The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on...
Do Banned Books Tables At Bookstores Do Anything To Help Authors?
Honestly, To Kill a Mockingbird doesn't need a Banned Books table. But youth book authors who are authors of color or LGBTQIA are facing...
Artists May Be Losing Work For Their Posts About Gaza, But That’s Not Censorship
"Every artist must exist in two realms: as the art maker, who thinks and ponders and creates work of radical honesty (an activity that...
The Golden Globes’ Most Obvious Snub Is A Weird Repeat Of Last Year
The movie Air was nominated, and actor Matt Damon was nominated, so where in the heck was a nomination for Viola Davis? - HuffPost
Israel Detains West Bank Refugee Camp’s Freedom Theatre Members
The artistic director; his brother; the general manager; and a recent graduate were all arrested on Wednesday. "In their statement, the Freedom Theatre adds...
Michael Bishop, Genre-Busting Author, Has Died At 78
Bishop "was best known for his award-winning science fiction, but ranged far beyond the genre, venturing into realism, noir mystery and even Southern...
Mailchimp Cancels A Podcast, Apparently To Avoid Working With Unionized Workers
According to Pineapple Street Studios, "management gave them an ultimatum: sign a side agreement allowing the company to hire non-union contractors, or Mailchimp walks...
Why Do We Keep Making Movies About The Holocaust?
So much can go wrong, not to mention that "whatever can be shown on screen will always be less hellish than the reality." -...
Uh-Oh: The Spotify-cation Of Books Is Coming
The “The Long Tail” was that a slew of niche content creators would prosper on the internet. That has proved illusory for most of them. It’s...
The Storytellers Shaping American Stages
What we have witnessed on the American stage over the past three decades is the emergence of what is now multiple generations of playwrights...
Wier Harmon, 57, Seattle Impresario-In-Chief
“His innate belief that we’re better together — whether that’s through civic discourse, music, theater or any of the magic that happens in the...
The Theatre Entering Public Domain This January
In the world of theatre, this means that not only are vintage stage works no longer subject to royalties, but they can be repurposed,...
Why LA’s KUSC Now Has The Largest Audience For Classical Music In The Country
"There’s an openness and curiosity about ideas here. We’ve always been interested in what’s new, what’s next, and what’s the way forward. That shows...
Web Publishers Fear Google Search’s New AI Will Kill Their Traffic
While Google says the final shape of its AI product is far from set, publishers have seen enough to estimate that they will lose...
Watching A Robot Turn A Block Of Carrara Marble Into A Sculpture, Step By...
A company near Carrara called Litix has developed software to make carefully crafted mechanical arms carve the legendary stone into statues (occasioning many a...
Artistic Censorship? Mostly Not…
"No one is stopping the artist from making art about anything that they want... But artists who make a living from their work are also entrepreneurs,...
Why Are So Many Theaters Making Curtain Times Earlier? Let These Directors Tell You.
Not only have start times been changing from the traditional 8:00 pm to 7:30 or even 7:00, but more weekend matinees are being added...
State Of The Music Industry (And Trends Going Forward)
Post-pandemic trends that will grow the market most: a) the rapid rise of AI, and B) the rise of the consumer-creator. Consumer-creators transformed photography...
How The UK Became A “Soft-Power Superpower”
"(It was) no accident: the British state was one of several which sought to expand their influence and bolster their economies in the interwar...
Spotify Clarifies New Rules On Payouts To Artists
Spotify states that redistributing the revenues from the end of the tail will be more impactful for ‘these tens of millions of dollars per year...
Georgia’s Film/TV Subsidy Is Bringing In Far Less Money And Creating Fewer Jobs Than...
"The Georgia film and TV tax credit creates 34,354 jobs per year, according to a new state audit of the program — about half...
An Expanding Inequality In The Theatre World
The 2000s, as economic inequality in the nation has gone from bad to worse, the theater world has become more profoundly unequal. No one...
Cleveland’s County Arts Funder Ends A Difficult Year With An Apology To Artists
Disagreement between board members of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture — over how and to whom to distribute a shrinking amount of money (revenue from...
