Media Critic Eric Boehlert, 62, Killed On Bicycle
A frequent commentator on television and radio, as well as a prolific writer, Mr. Boehlert never shied away from searing critiques of what he...
How #MeToo Has, And Hasn’t, Changed Theatre
"Not only were narratives of sexual abuse – long regarded as too risky for commercial theatre audiences – being listened to, they were actively...
The Rot Of American Higher Education Was Put On View Last Week
The unspoken secret had been fleetingly exposed: Free labor is a fact of academic life. “These arrangements are common in academia.” - The New York...
The Brass Bands Of Wales Are At Risk Of Fading Away
"There are fears Wales could lose its brass band tradition after player numbers plummeted during the pandemic. Bands from across the country said they...
The Case For Nationalizing An American Cultural Treasure
Like the Delta blues or Yellowstone National Park, baseball is as indelibly American as it is painfully uncommercial. Left to fend for itself, the...
At 70, Both Bill T. Jones And Eiko Otake Are Making Some Of The...
"(They're) two celebrated dance artists with different styles, temperaments and cultural backgrounds. What they have in common is willingness — hunger, really — to...
The Thinking Behind The Mellon Foundation’s Unusual New Logo
Moving away from “literal sensibilities” for logo choices, Opara tells It’s Nice That, the team went for a more symbolic direction, developing a morphing...
Nehemiah Persoff, Ubiquitous Character Actor, Dead At 102
A charter member of the Actors Studio, from the 1940s through the '90s he appeared in dozens of plays and films (ranging from Some...
Ruth Mackenzie, Chased Out Of The Châtelet In Paris, Will Run The Southern Hemisphere’s...
After successfully leading Scottish Opera, the Manchester International Festival, the Holland Festival, and the cultural program at the 2012 London Olympics, her firing from...
A Receipt For One Of Yves Klein’s Invisible Artworks Just Sold For $1.2 Million
"On the auction block was a paper receipt for a 'Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle,' or a 'zone of empty space,' a 1959 conceptual...
Rags-To-Riches Stories Reveal More About America Than Their Authors Think
From the Horatio Alger stories which launched the genre to memoirs by billionaires and even to Fifty Shades of Grey and other "billionaire romance"...
New York Public Radio Plagiarism Case May Be About To Get Messy
WNYC announced last week that 41 stories by a single author — unnamed by the station but reportedly former host Jami Floyd — had...
A Settlement May End The Strike At Chicago’s PBS Station
"Striking broadcast technicians at WTTW-Channel 11 reached a tentative contract agreement with management Wednesday, likely ending the three-week work stoppage at the public television...
Enforcing EU Sanctions, Finland Impounds $46 Million Worth Of Art Headed To Russia
The artworks, which belong to prominent Russian museums including the Hermitage and Tretyakov, were being returned from exhibitions in Italy and Japan. Finnish customs...
Russian Oligarchs Have Given Hundreds Of Millions To US Cultural Institutions
Wealthy Russian businessmen, many of whom are now sanctioned, have donated between $372 million and $435 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the US...
Why It’s Important (And Difficult) For Computers To Learn Common Sense
For certain kinds of tasks—playing chess, detecting tumors—artificial intelligence can rival or surpass human thinking. But the broader world presents endless unforeseen circumstances, and...
Theatre In Ukraine Right Now
Theaters and art venues appeared to be one of the most fragile institutions with the war. Most of them stopped functioning and closed up...
As The BBC Turns 100: The Radicals And Mavericks Who Built It
The BBC was formed in 1922 to control and discipline what was then a poorly understood new medium of mass communication. - The Conversation
The Carpet Cleaner Who Speaks 24 Languages
By his count, it is actually 37 more languages, with at least 24 he speaks well enough to carry on lengthy conversations. He can...
The Kronos Quartet’s Fifth Member
Those scrappy days of shoestring budgets and ad hoc responsibilities — with everyone, including the members of the quartet, pitching in as needed —...
One Of Those Guys Who Writes SEO Clickbait Articles Fesses Up
"I spend my days writing optimized blog articles that feature short paragraphs and less-sophisticated wording — proven SEO winners — to help my clients...
Bringing In Gamer Culture To The Museum
What if we put video game designers inside the gallery context? How could they reimagine the world of gaming for a more collective audience...
Why “Fairview” Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury Finds Writing About Race Difficult
"Because to write about anything, you have to declare something and I find that very hard to do. I do very much feel: 'Is...
On Rewriting Beethoven
These modern bastardizations have eighteenth- and nineteenth-century precedent. Singers notoriously inserted their preferred arias into opera scores, however unrelated to the opera at hand. -...
City Of Sarasota Approves Plan For New Waterfront Performing Arts Center
"The arts center will be the centerpiece of a 53-acre park on the Sarasota bayfront. It will have a 2,250-seat main stage theater and...
