Tanya Kersey, Who Founded LA’s Black Film Festival, Has Died At 61
Kersey "founded the Hollywood Black Film Festival in 1998, with the goal of spotlighting independent films and filmmakers from the African diaspora." The festival was often...
The Intensity Of Film Censorship In Iran
Panah Panahi, a filmmaker whose filmmaker father Jafar was arrested recently, says, "Who are you doing this for? ... What’s the point of this...
Feminist Zine Author In The 1990s, Canonical Comics Creator Now
How did Julie Doucet become canonical? Part of the reason: "French comics, too, had its #MeToo moment, or #BalanceTonPorc (#DitchYourPig) as the French say." -...
We Love To Connect, But Our Connections Make The Roads Dangerous
Knowledge (including arts administration) workers might improve the world when they work from home. Why? Knowledge workers say they use their phones to make...
San Diego Arts Orgs Assess Their Deep Pandemic Pain
The pandemic "significantly damaged San Diego’s arts and culture organizations last year, costing them more than $77 million in revenue and donations, shrinking their...
Frida Kahlo: The Musical
Actually, just Frida, the Musical, coming soon to regionals, with Broadway in mind for 2024. "The musical’s creators hope the show will offer a...
We’ll Be Hearing Her In All The Old Familiar Places
That is, our earbuds, Air Pods, headphones, etc. - Julia Whelan is an extremely popular audiobook narrator who's writing (and narrating) her own story...
The Green Man Music Festival Isn’t Actually So Green
The government of Wales is under fire for helping the supposedly environmentally concerned music festival buy a farm for the festival to use "as...
The Comics Industry Is Waking Up To A Huge New Trend
That is, comics that read from top to bottom, on smart phones - and whose audience is mostly young women. One author: "We have...
The Pandemic’s Limitations Freed This Dancer And Choreographer To Create Something New
Luke Murphy's Volcano is "performed for an audience of eight, with each audience member in an individual booth." Sure, "it looked like 'financial madness,'...
Classical Music Audiences Want Print, Not PDFs
"Those ushers who once carried proud armfuls of programs now wander the lobbies, outfitted (sometimes literally) with oversize QR codes, waiting to be scanned...
Farewell, California Institute Of Abnormal Arts
"The gallery of curiosities alone was well worth the price of admission on a Friday or Saturday night. Human fetuses in jars, a preserved...
The New Disney Series’ Biggest Problem With Its Depiction Of A Teenager In New...
Sure, Ms. Marvel absolutely nails the life of a Muslim teenager in the U.S. But "there’s been a cardinal unspoken rule when it comes...
The Long Journey Of British Street Art
Have murals finally matured in the UK? "Powerful street murals can enhance a sense of place and local identity, and reach audiences who may...
The Supreme Court’s Dreadful Dobbs Decision May Accidentally Spur Data Privacy Advances
"'The circle of people who have to act like they’re in a spy movie is getting bigger and bigger,' says Cindy Cohn, executive director...
Conductor Collapses From Podium And Dies In Munich
Stefan Soltesz, an Austrian conductor, was near the end of the first act of Richard Strauss' The Silent Woman at the Bayerische Staatsoper in...
Report: How Canadians’ Listening Habits Are Changing
The yearly report shows a clear trend away from radio and physical media, led not surprisingly by younger Canadians. - Ludwig Van
Norman Lear At 100
“I think the big secret is never forgetting to wake up in the morning. It starts with getting out of bed,” Lear says. “But...
US Copyright Office Declines To Target Web Aggregators
The U.S. Copyright office, contrary to the approach taken in Europe, has declined to add an ancillary copyright for publishers to protect them from...
A New Hotel That’s All Broadway
All through the hallways and suites and lounges of the Civilian, a new 27-story, 203-room hotel a block from Times Square, guests can face everything...
Why Is San Francisco Opera Presenting An Opera On The Wrong Side Of History?
The idea that “the unborn” are in any sense people has always been an appalling misrepresentation. Today, in the wake of the recent Supreme...
Netflix Is In Trouble
Dreams of the company building a global base of 700 million or even 800 million paid memberships now seem far-fetched, given the company has stalled out...
Six Months After Firing Its Artistic Director, Toledo Ballet Hires A New One
Eric Otto, who has danced and choreographed at companies throughout the eastern and Midwestern US, begins his term this fall. Much of the Toledo...
The Epic Battle For Control Of A Legendary Music Club
This roadhouse drama has pitted neighbor against neighbor in a remote area where lots are the size of baseball fields and police cars seldom...
The World’s First Graphic Memoir Has Been Found — And It Dates From World...
Until now, the earliest example of the genre was thought to be Will Eisner's 1978 A Contract with God. What's just turned up is...
