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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Become A Master Of Visual Communications Tools
Alexandra Lange takes a look at the New York City congresswoman's "ability to get her message across visually, through graphic design, through fashion, and...
The Man Who Made Munich An Opera Mecca Says Farewell
As superintendent, and with Kirill Petrenko as music director, Nikolaus Bachler made the Bavarian State Opera a beacon of "artistic excellence, destination programming and,...
Jivan Gasparyan, Who Entranced The World With An Armenian Shepherd’s Pipe, Dead At 92
"What he accomplished was remarkable — not just in terms of his personal achievement, but also what he accomplished for his instrument's profile. …...
Beeple Starts Up A Cross Between Christie’s And Sports Illustrated, But For NFTs
It's not enough that he sold his own NFT for $69 million. The graphic artist and some even richer tech and entertainment types have...
Bury Old Movies & Shows That Now Seem Offensive? This TV Network Has A...
" 'Can We Talk About This?' video initiative … is designed to acknowledge what may have been acceptable at one point in history is...
City Of Dallas Wants To Offload Its Classical Radio Station
The City of Dallas owns a classical radio station? Yep. WRR Classical 101 FM, which celebrates its 100th birthday next month, is operated by...
New York City Considers Setting Up ‘Nightlife Districts’
"The city's Office of Nightlife is recommending that officials identify areas with low residential density 'where a limited 24-hour program might be tested."...
Dilip Kumar, Bollywood’s First Great Realistic Actor, Dead At 98
"In a career that spanned five decades, Kumar is widely regarded as the finest actor India has ever produced. Starring in some of the...
Eliot Feld’s Successor At Ballet Tech Named
Dionne Figgins, a former Dance Theater of Harlem lead and Broadway performer, will be the new artistic director of the free-of-charge ballet education program,...
The Danish Language Is So Weird That Even Danish Kids Have Trouble Learning It
Researchers "have found that the uniquely peculiar way that Danes speak" – mangled consonants and 40 different vowel sounds – "seems to make it...
This Pair Returned MGM To Glory. Then Amazon Gobbled It Up. What Happens Now?
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy "have compiled a heady mix of A-list directors and compelling material they hope hearkens back to the days...
The Battle For 1776: America Struggles With, And Over, Its Founding Myths
"For scholars, the rosy tale of a purely heroic unleashing of freedom may be long gone. But does America still need a version of...
How To Transition From Commercial Dancer To Choreographer
"Nine years ago, Del Mak decided he was done performing for artists like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and One Direction. 'I'd done everything I wanted...
Can You Still Play A Violin After Cutting It Up? For This Guy, The...
A visit to the dungeon (that's what he calls it) of Tyler Thackray, proud proprietor of the Instagram account @violintorture, dismemberer of instruments, creator...
We Need To Diversify The Ranks Of Stage Managers, Too
"Black stage managers and their white allies … are establishing new organizations for racial equity, creating more opportunities for up-and-coming stage managers of color,...
Is This The First Known Piece Of Neanderthal Art?
Two years ago in Germany's well-known Unicorn Cave, archaeologists discovered a deer knuckle with diagonal lines deliberately carved in it, Carbon dating has shown...
Actors’ Equity Removes Mask And COVID Testing Requirements For ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Shows
Any Equity production where everyone backstage has had their shots may now let those folks do their work more or less as normal, though...
Richard Donner, Who Directed Some Of The Late 20th Century’s Biggest Blockbusters, Dead At...
Early in his career, he helmed episodes of many of the most iconic TV series of the '60s, then he went on to direct...
Met Opera And Stagehands Union Reach Agreement
"The company's roughly 300 stagehands were locked out late last year because of a disagreement over how long and lasting pandemic pay cuts would...
England’s Arts Venues Can Operate At Full Capacity Starting July 19
Just two more weeks, then no more three-foot distancing and no more mandatory masks, said Boris Johnson. - Variety
The New Hotness In Exotic Dance? Lesbian Doms Performing For Straight Women
" are pioneering a new style: masculinized lesbian stripping that appeals both to the LGBTQ community and to a straight female crowd — the...
What Makes Aristophanes Relevant Today? Call It ‘Patriotic Obscenity’
"When adversaries in politics go low, one has no choice but to go equally low, if not lower, in order to have the same...
This Flight Attendant Wrote A Hair-Raising Novel By Jotting It On Cocktail Napkins
Author T.J. Newman: "I said , 'What would you do if your family was kidnapped and you were told that if you didn't crash...
Bollywood Isn’t Nimble Enough To Have Made COVID Films Already, But This Indian Film...
The Malayalam-language cinema, based in India's best-educated state, Kerala, has managed to produce compelling dramas dealing with the pandemic — from a two-hander shot...
How Do You Prove Opera Singers Can Act? Put Them In ‘King Lear’
Director Keith Warner assembled a cast made up entirely of opera singers, headed by such major names as John Tomlinson, Thomas Allen, Kim Begley,...
