Monthly Archives: May 2024
The Woman Who Finally Got France To Take #MeToo Seriously
While there have been brief bursts of attention to the issue before, France had been notably resistant to the movement. In 2018, Catherine Deneuve...
Five Ways Matthew Barney Has Changed The Art World
Number Five: Macho Androgyny. "Fond of elaborate costumes that question traditional gender roles (flamboyant Freemason, tap-dancing satyr), Barney has worn skirts and dresses in...
Buyouts Weren’t Enough: Bay Area Public Radio Outlet KQED Will Have Layoffs
"In April, KQED instituted a voluntary buyout program. CEO Michael Islip said a small amount of buyout packages were accepted, but not enough to...
Natural History Curator Cleared Of Spider- and Scorpion-Smuggling In Turkey
Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History in New York had been detained at Istanbul's airport with 15,000 samples of (dead) endemic...
The Questions Posed By PEN America’s Meltdown Over Gaza
"What does it mean to defend writers amid a polarizing war? When should a group that promotes free expression for all take sides? And...
Barbara Hannigan Takes Her First Chief Conductor Job
The Canadian-born soprano/conductor will begin, as of August 2026, a three-year term as chief conductor and artistic director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She...
NYC Building Film Production To Rival Hollywood
The aggressive studio expansions signal New York’s continued determination to double down on the film business and compete with its main rival, Los Angeles,...
Steve Martin Writes About Being Friends With Peter Schjeldahl
Peter’s goal, per him, was to have one idea, at least, per sentence. His best mentoring, he said, came from journalists, which makes sense....
Are You A Music Or Lyrics Person?
Do you consider yourself more of a music person or a lyrics person, and why? - Dirt
YouTube Is Now The Second-Most Popular TV Network
Once a repository of amateur videos, the service owned by Alphabet’s Google has grown into a streaming behemoth with full-length films, highly produced series, sports highlights...
A Four-Step Method To Spot Fake News
When it comes to not falling for misinformation, being aware of our human fallibilities, such as our quickness to believe what we want to...
Assessing The “Devastating” Cyberattack On Christie’s
It was not immediately clear whether it is only the public-facing website that is affected, or whether any client information was at risk. Christie’s...
Getting Meta: A Regional Theater’s Play About A Regional Theater’s Search For An Artistic...
"Oakland playwright Jonathan Spector jokes that if his satire Best Available had a trigger warning, it would be 'realistic portrayals of working in nonprofit...
LA’s East West Players Chooses Lily Tung Crystal As Its New Director
Tung Crystal is currently the artistic director of Theater Mu, the largest Asian American theater company in the Midwest, as part of its first...
You’re In College Getting A BFA In Dance. How Much Do Good Grades Matter?
"Rather than exams and essays, the studio classes that make up the bulk of BFA programs evaluate students on less tangible benchmarks like artistry,...
Inflation Has Wrecked UK Musicians’ Ability To Make Money
“Music labels, even if they’re small, still have such a hold over artists who can’t afford to pay for production themselves. You’re always owing...
When Benjamin Millepied Choreographed A Gender-Neutral “Romeo And Juliet”
You'd expect any controversy to be over his decision to have dancers leave the auditorium and perform around the building while cameras transmit their...
Using Technology To Enhance Audience Engagement
The performances that work best for both haptic tours and live audio descriptions are dance and theater productions that offer a mix of visual...
There Are Still Butlers Today, But They’re Not Like Downton Abbey’s Mr. Carson Anymore
Today's "executive butlers," who service the ultra-wealthy (who aren't just old-line nobility anymore) at England's grand country houses, are a cross between chief housekeeper,...
It Sure Seems Like AI Is Not Living Up To The Hype
"It feels like another sign that A.I. is not even close to living up to its hype. In my eyes, it’s looking less like...
L.A. Opera Revives David Hockney’s Celebrated Sets For “Turandot”
"'We’ve been trying to program Hockney’s Turandot for 30 years,' said Rupert Hemmings, vice president of artistic planning for L.A. Opera, which … has...
These Indie Filmmakers Couldn’t Find Distributors Who’d Promise A Theatrical Release. So They’re Distributing...
"It’s a rough road, one that requires creative and focused marketing strategies and the willingness to do all the work a studio would normally...
Denver Art Museum Merges With Another Museum Just Down The Street
"The Kirkland (Museum of Fine & Decorative Arts) will become a curatorial department to the Denver Art Museum," explains DAM director Christoph Heinrich. "The...
Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Cancels Concerts By Jerusalem Quartet Over Security Concerns
The concert hall (not to be confused with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, a separate organization) called off the performances in the wake of demonstrations...
Sen. Ted Cruz Comes After Corporation For Public Broadcasting, And CPB’s President Responds
"In her response, (Patricia de Stacy) Harrison cited the Public Broadcasting Act’s requirement that CPB facilitate the development of 'high-quality' programming from 'diverse sources'...
