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Tamara Rojo Is Changing The Setting Of A Classic Petipa Ballet But Keeping The...
Well, most of the steps: she's not asking her lead to do 32 one-legged hops on pointe, and she's giving the men more to...
Meet The Founder Of America’s Largest Black-Owned Food Magazine
"The Objective editor Gabe Schneider talked to Whetstone founder Stephen Satterfield about U.S. food media, what values and frameworks define Satterfield and Whetstone's writing,...
Now AI Is Learning To Analyze Individual Artists’ Brushstrokes And Attribute Paintings
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland trained the software on topographical scans of paintings (rather than the high-resolution digital images more commonly...
Dennis Owens, DC’s Irreverent Classical Radio Host, Dead At 87
For nearly 40 years at WGMS, and especially as morning host from 1981 to 2002, he attracted a large audience with his humor and...
Actors’ Equity Has A New Union Organizer, And She’s Got Plans
The union didn't even have an organizing department until 2017, and it has just created the post of Mobilization Director. Stefanie Frey, a stage...
The South African Parliament Fire Was Disastrous, But At Least All Its Art Is...
The legislature's collections include nearly 4,000 items dating from the 17th century to the present day. Notable among them is the Keiskamma Tapestry, nearly...
Random House Drops Norman Mailer Anthology, Skyhorse Picks It Up
Mailer's longtime publisher, Random House denies that it has dropped his work entirely (it continues to maintain his backlist), but passed the planned Mailer...
“All Things Considered” Host Audie Cornish Is Leaving NPR
She joined the network as a reporter in 2005 and began hosting the flagship evening program in 2012. She gave no specific reason for...
Scotland Announces New £65 Million COVID Relief Package For Arts And Culture
With the return of audience capacity limits and distancing rules due to the Omicron surge, and with performances being cancelled on short notice if...
Conductor James Gaffigan Gets A Second European Opera House
The 43-year-old native New Yorker, who just began his first season as music director of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia,...
Sydney Festival’s About To Begin, And More Than 20 Artists Have Backed Out
"More than 20 acts have pulled out of the 2022 Sydney festival, just 48 hours before opening night, boycotting the festival over a sponsorship...
The Most Overlooked Or Underrated Film Performances Of 2021
The list includes a couple of huge movie stars whose work this year hasn't caught fire, a few lesser-known talents, a couple of very...
Why Are Some Comedians In China Performing In English?
It's not (or not just) to try to fly under the censors' radar. (video) - BBC
Egyptians Love Belly Dancing, But They Give The Dancers No Respect
The roots of raqs sharqi go back centuries, but its practitioners are treated more like sex workers than artists. (Parents will happily hire a...
Sinclair Lewis, The Writer Who Nailed Middle America
He had a difficult personality, an unseemly personal life, and a late-life plunge in the quality of his work, writes editor Robert Gottlieb, but...
Designers Are Actually Making Solar Panels Attractive To Look At
In the hope that improved aesthetics will lead to wider adoption, solar technology companies and their designers are creating panels with decorative patterns, various...
Sandra Jaffe, Co-Founder Of Preservation Hall In New Orleans, Dead At 83
She and her husband were driving home to Philadelphia from their honeymoon, stopped in New Orleans, heard traditional jazz, and basically never left. Their...
Classical Music Can Help Society Recover From The Pandemic, Says Director Of London’s Wigmore...
"Throughout the crisis, the industry has begun to construct a new narrative shaped to accommodate great artistic expression for everyone. As we rebuild our...
New York’s Three Big January Avant-Garde Festivals Are All Cancelled
The Under the Radar Festival (theater), Prototype (opera), and Exponential Festival (multiple genres) — much-anticipated events in what was once a barren January calendar...
Film Festival To Try Mass Hypnosis On Its Audience
In prior years, the Göteborg Film Festival, in Sweden's second city, has put viewers in coffins and kept one lucky attendee alone in an...
There Will Be No McDonald’s At Rome’s Baths Of Caracalla (Phew!)
The fast-food behemoth had originally obtained the city's permission to build the outlet on the site of a former garden center near the baths....
Remember Rebuses?
These picture/word puzzles, sort of like charades on paper, were very popular in the mid-20th century and even had a game show (Concentration) based...
Has King George III Gotten A Bum Rap?
The unlucky British King is the great villain of the USA's founding narrative, portrayed as both hapless and tyrannical. That's not a completely false...
Yes, Representation On Screens Makes A Difference — And Not Only With Actors
"It's about more than who you see on screen, she said, but how those characters are written. And who's doing the writing. And what...
Is Susanna Mälkki About To Be Named Music Director At A Big US Orchestra?
The Times's Joshua Barone says she's "one of the world's top conductors." The LA Phil's CEO says "Susanna has to be at the top...
