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In Ontario, Even Livestreamed Performances Without Audience Are Now Banned
As the number of COVID cases continues to spike, "organizers behind a number of livestreaming concerts and theatre shows in Ontario say the province's...
After High-Profile Robberies, Germany To Spend Millions On Security For Arts Venues
"The German government has announced that it will hand out €32 million ($38 million) this year to national cultural institutions undertaking modernization projects, including...
We Need A Moratorium On Comparisons To Orwell’s ‘1984’
Especially for some folks, writes former high school English teacher Rachel Klein. "'This is just like 1984!' the right-wing mob cries as it changes...
Capitol Offense: Metropolitan Museum Blasts “Domestic Terrorism” by “Treasonous Rioters”
Throwing caution to the winds, the Metropolitan Museum today went beyond the more measured words of a few other museums in its angry call...
Negro Ensemble Company: A Brief History Of A Pathbreaking Theater Group
The NEC's roots lay in a drama workshop for Harlem youth that founder Robert Hooks ran in a makeshift theater in his apartment until...
Why Horror Films Were So Popular In 2020, The Most Horrible Year In Recent...
"The past year … saw the horror genre take home its largest share of the box office in modern history. In a year where...
Robert Cohan, Who Brought Contemporary Dance To Great Britain, Dead At 95
"A New Yorker who performed with Martha Graham's dance company, often partnering Graham herself, Cohan moved to London where, in 1967, he became the...
Here’s How A Few Other Countries Have Been Aiding Arts Workers Through The Pandemic
"In December, owners and operators of theaters and music halls across the United States breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the latest...
While He Was Being Impeached, Trump Gave Two People The National Medal Of Arts....
The awards to country music stars Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs weren't even officially announced; word went out in a tweet from Bloomberg News....
45,000-Year-Old Painting, World’s Oldest Non-Abstract Art, Found In Indonesia
"Four years ago, scientists came upon the purplish pig adorning the walls of a cave hidden in a highland valley on the Indonesian island...
Caligula’s Pleasure Garden Has Been Unearthed And Will Open To Public
The remains of part of the notorious emperor's Horti Lamiani (as it was then called) were excavated from under the rubble of a derelict...
Concert Halls Can be COVID-Safe At 50% Capacity: German Study
The research, commissioned by and conducted at the Konzerthaus in Dortmund, used dummies that simulated breathing, with and without masks, placed at various points...
Dallas Symphony Hangs On To Fabio Luisi Through 2028-29
"The five-year contract extension comes amid Luisi's first full season as artistic head of the orchestra. … vision for his first full season...
Paris Opera Ballet Says It Will Get Rid Of Racial Stereotypes, And Conservatives Flip...
Talking to Le Monde about diversity, racial equity, and blackface/yellowface in the ballet company, the world's oldest, new Paris Opera chief Alexander Neef said,...
For 100 Years, Magicians Have Been Sawing People In Half
On January 17, 1921, in a north London theatre, "an English magician called Percy Thomas Tibbles literally and laboriously sawed through a sealed wooden...
Connect
The viability of our industry depends upon developing relationships — making connections — with many new communities. The bases for success are respect and...
New Memoir’s Accusations of Incest Rattle French Intelligentsia And Its Culture Of Silence
In the book, La familia grande, prominent attorney Camille Kouchner, the daughter of Bernard Kouchner, former foreign minister and co-founder of Doctors Without Borders,...
Loose Lips Sink Ships: Nina Ananiashvili Loses New Job One Week After She Announced...
Last week the former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi, ABT, and the Houston Ballet told the Georgian-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that...
Jazz Pianist Frank Kimbrough Dead At 64
"Casual of gesture but deeply focused in demeanor, had an understated style that could nonetheless hold the spotlight in trio settings, or fit...
Earliest Recording Of Allen Ginsberg Reading ‘Howl’ To Be Released
"A 'lost' recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his then-fresh epic poem 'Howl' in 1956 will be released for the first time in April, thanks...
Ancient Buildings At Palmyra, Destroyed By ISIS, May Really Get Rebuilt
"The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, which was severely damaged by ISIS militants in 2015, appears to be heading toward reconstruction. In November,...
Gov. Cuomo Announces Plan To Revive New York’s COVID-Devastated Arts Scene
" announced on Tuesday a statewide program of indoor and outdoor shows over the coming months that will feature upwards of 150 performers —...
CNN Is Shutting Down Its Airport Channel
"The steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled with all of the new ways that people are consuming content on their personal...
San Francisco Art Institute Cannot Sell Its Diego Rivera Mural: It’s Being Landmarked
"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to initiate landmark designation for the 1931 Diego Rivera mural The Making of a...
Did Boris Lie About Post-Brexit Rules For UK Musicians Touring In Europe?
Britain's musicians are anxious and angry about the fact that they'll now have to get temporary work visas from every EU country they want...