Yearly Archives: 2023
Theater In Chicago Is Facing A Lot Of Problems. Here’s One Of The Least...
Besides the much-discussed problems facing most American theaters, and that leadership at many of the city's companies has changed virtually all at once, there's...
Cambodia, Laos, And Vietnam Say Denver Art Museum Still Has Works Looted From Their...
"Representatives from Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam sent letters to the museum, via U.S. investigators, in May and June, saying the prized relics had no...
It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Pandemic For People’s Bad Behavior
Yes, COVID lockdowns and all that time at home certainly played a part, writes Mary McNamara, but there are other factors at work, especially...
Another Museum Joins The $30 Admission Fee Club: SF-MOMA
"The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is the latest US institution to raise its admission fees to $30, making it one of the...
Why A Major Hollywood Talent Agency Is Busy Signing Digital Artists
“The sheer volume of new artists, artworks, and platforms is growing. Think about the impact that YouTube had on a generation of viewers—it completely...
British Museum Fires Employee After Discovering Missing And Damaged Treasures
Items including gold, jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones were among those found to be missing, stolen or damaged. - BBC
The TikTokers Getting Millions Of Reviews For Their Movie Reviews
Maddi Koch, who is a senior at Virginia Tech and is sometimes paid by film companies to promote their work, says she makes videos...
Neuroscientists Reconstruct Pink Floyd Song From Brain Scan Of Listener
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley reconstructed Pink Floyd’s classic rock song “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1” using recordings of the...
“Barbie” Brought People Back To Movie Theatres. Will They Return?
Peak, who has now seen Barbie twice, thinks she might see more movies in theaters, if studios, "could replicate something where it's more of an event for us...
How August Wilson Changed Theatre
"He was viscerally aware that the essence of dramatic art is found in the living, breathing doing of it with a collective cast of...
Beautiful, Complex, Even Dangerous — The Recorder, Perhaps The Most Underrated Instrument
So many people cringe at the memory of the cheap little plastic instruments played by grade-schoolers. But a wooden recorder in the hands of...
40-Year-Old Portland Oregon Theatre Shuts Down, Blames “National Crisis” In Theatre
Leaders of Portland’s Artists Repertory Theatre announced on Tuesday they are canceling the 2023-24 season, just as the company was beginning rehearsals for one of the...
Bread And Puppet Theater’s Founder Is 89. What Happens When He Finally Passes Away?
"'(It's) always been an iffy little enterprise that depends way too much on me,” said Peter Schumann. 'Is it sustainable when I'm gone and...
Goodbye Toxic Online Comments? OpenAI Building AI-Driven Content Moderation System
The company wrote in a blog post that GPT-4 can not only help make content moderation decisions, but aid in developing policies and swiftly iterating on...
Younger People In England Are Making Morris Dancing, Well, Actually Kind of Cool
"Now Morris, long a poked-fun-of example of British eccentricity, is opening up to younger dancers who approach it as a living tradition. For some,...
Justin Davidson Spends A Day On Set Of Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Movie
"I’m not sure I envy Cooper (who is directing the film and co-wrote the script) the task of getting into that storm-strafed mind or...
Jan Morris Was Right: We Should Just Let Venice Sink
"And yet Morris predicted that this would never be Venice's fate, because 'the world would not allow it.' That may be true. What she...
Study: Products Launches During A Recession Do Better
“I thought discretionary-product launches would be more likely to fail, because nonessential purchases tend to decline in tough economies. But the effects are consistent...
Milan’s Landmark Futurist Sports Stadium Has Been Saved From The Wrecking Ball
"The iconic San Siro in Milan, which was set to be replaced by a Populous-designed stadium, has been saved from demolition because of its...
70 Years After It Was Discovered, An Ancient Near Eastern Script Is Being Deciphered
"The researchers have proposed the name Eteo-Tocharian to describe the newly identified language, which is believed to have been, at one point, one of...
Iran Jails Filmmaker For Showing His Movie At Cannes Without Official Permission
"A court in Iran has sentenced prominent film director Saeed Roustayi to six months' prison for the screening of his film Leila's Brothers at...
More Turmoil At West Virginia Public Broadcasting As Executive Director Steps Down
"The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting has stepped down after one year on the job, the latest sign of upheaval at a...
Orlando Museum Of Art Sues Its Former Director Over Fake Basquiat Scandal
"(The museum) has sued its former director, Aaron De Groft, as well as others who were instrumental in bringing the now disgraced 'Heroes &...
Opera News Magazine To Cease Publication As Metropolitan Opera Guild Shuts Down
The Guild, founded in 1935 to support the Met, has been suffering with financial troubles similar to those faced by many arts nonprofits in...
Soprano Renata Scotto, 89
"Like Callas, Ms. Scotto possessed a voice that was riveting without being traditionally beautiful. … Also like Callas, she was known for fully inhabiting...
