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There Is No Way To Make Teenage Fame Safe
“Fame, like football, takes a toll. The effects can be particularly destabilizing when the star in question is still just a kid. And all...
Instagram And Facebook Are Tagging Searches For Megalopolis With A Really Creepy Warning
“Instead of seeing posts about Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, they’re shown a warning, titled, ‘Child sexual abuse is illegal.’” - The Verge
A Novelist Shared Her Notes About The Dust Bowl With John Steinbeck
He got The Grapes of Wrath; Sonora Babb’s novel contract was cancelled; and Steinbeck dedicated his book to her male supervisor. What would Tom...
A Documentary Exposing The Far-Right In The UK Was Yanked From A London Film...
The director: “Fear is its own form of censorship, it’s not deliberate, but it works out that way and the only people benefiting from...
The Emergency Tailors Of New York Comic Con
"Armed with glue guns, zip ties, Popsicle sticks and safety pins, the Paladins of Cosplay come ready to fix.” - The New York Times
Looks, Ten; Sound, Exciting
The remodeled symphony hall in San Diego has stepped up, as has its entire neighborhood. But how does it sound? - Los Angeles...
When Writing Criticism Feels Like Dumping Your Time Into Quicksand
"Sometimes we study a text so closely that we see past the violence right in front of us. … There is no objective analysis.”...
The Greatest American Art Form Started In Britain
But the U.S. comprehensively remade horror - particularly historical horror, starting, but far from ending, with the Salem witch trials: “The bad conscience of...
The Death Of The Auteur
Directors used to have power - maybe too much power, of course, but their visions were important. Then came superhero everything. - The Guardian...
This Revival Of Yellow Face On Broadway Is Not, In Fact, Bad
That’s because it’s the play Yellow Face, by David Henry Hwang, that "centers around a fictionalized playwright named DHH.” - Gothamist
Bozo The Clown Is Back In Action In Chicago
Chicagoans of a certain age have a lot of affection for him. “The show represents a time when the city itself felt simpler and...
Ousted Director Of LGBTQ Film Fest Sues Nonprofit For Defamation
Damien Navarro “sued Outfest in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging he was retaliated against after he raised discrimination and ethics concerns to the...
The Dancer And Choreographer Bringing A Hip-Hop Fantasy To The Big Screen
“Often in films, this type of dance can become commercial. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s a different type of beauty to the...
Saying Goodbye To The Minnesota Sinfonia
The orchestra, which was known for improving access for students and low-income folks in the Minnesota, will play its swan song concert this weekend....
The Arts Are Not A Meritocracy, But Should They Be?
“Evidence consistently demonstrates that regional artists predictably struggle for equal opportunities. 'Postcode matters,’ one regional artist with decades of experience tells ArtsHub.” - ArtsHub
Wyoming’s Episcopal Church To Return 200 Cultural Items To Native Americans
“The Wyoming Episcopal Church possessed the Northern Arapaho tribe’s artifacts for nearly 80 years — ranging from children’s toys to bows and arrows to...
The Case Against Netflix’s Baby Reindeer Hinges On One Line
It’s a line that most documentarians and people who write movie adaptations of nonfiction wouldn't use: “This is a true story.” - Los...
Our Brains On Online Reviews
Yes, AI is a problem, and so are human-generated fakes. “People do a pretty poor job at discerning a fake review from a real...
Portland’s Seismic City Council Election Could Shake Up The Arts In Oregon
Potentially huge changes in the city’s arts funding - canceling the $35 arts tax, for instance, and downgrading the longstanding Regional Arts and Culture...
Titus Kaphar Wanted To Make A Really Big Canvas
As in, as big as movie screens across the world. “The paintings and the film developed in tandem. Kaphar would wake up to write...
Tampa Bay’s Signature Clearwater Jazz Festival Has Been Cancelled
There was simply no way to keep the jazz fest going in the devastated region this week, organizers said. They "called the decision ‘heart...
In Kansas, A Youth Orchestra Idea Takes Flight
Less than a year ago, “‘my goal was 20 to 25 kids,' Pieken said. ‘(I thought) if we don’t have at least like 15...
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Gael Garcia Bernal Didn’t Want To Become An Actor
But he finally realized there was no avoiding it. "There is this moment of incredible tension and excitement before going on stage, you know,...
In Leeds, England, One Big Sculpture Now Represents Hundreds Of Women
"We’ve got lots of old Victorian statues of men, particularly in Leeds, and I think there was an ambition to redress this gender imbalance...
