The Failure Lessons Of French Clown School
“The worst moment has a name here — le flop. It's the part everyone dreads, when you can feel your red nose begin to droop as...
Adapting Moliere For The Present Day
“There’s so much political resonance with the text — we’ve heard so many amazing, divergent responses in terms of how the piece speaks to...
TikTok Recipes Might Be Fun, But They Don’t Measure Up To Lost Joys Of...
“The old gives way to the new. But that also marks a clear transformation in culinary programming from emphasizing the development of proficiency to...
The Smithsonian’s Plan For The United States Sesquicentennial Include The Entire Country
To fulfill its mission as a museum for the nation, “the Hirshhorn has decided to loan scores of artworks from its large collection to...
When You Want To Celebrate Catherine O’Hara, Here’s Where To Watch Some Of Her...
Whether you want to watch SCTV, Schitt’s Creek, After Hours, or the many Christopher Guest mockumentaries that she made great, it’s out there. (And...
Who Will Win The Big Prizes At Tonight’s Grammys?
“In the music business and beyond, all eyes will be on Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who dominates streaming with a distinctive style...
Three Private Groups Are Meeting To Help Determine The Future Of Portland’s City-Owned Fine...
Portland’s mayor and city council “will decide eventually what to do with the city-owned performing arts center after a series of public meetings. But...
Wales’ Smoking Ban Is So Strict That A Film Set Had To Relocate To...
“A horror about mythical Welsh fairies had filming relocated to north Yorkshire after crew found out about strict non-smoking rules on sets in Wales.”...
Sundance Says Goodbye To Park City In A Swirl Of Nostalgia And Deals
“While Sundance can surprise as well as delight, attendees often seem happy just to be there. … While the applause tends to be overgenerous,...
Glasgow Is About To Lose Its Center For Contemporary Arts
“In a statement the board said it had been ‘unable to achieve a sustainable financial position’ and was entering liquidation.” - BBC
One Thing Gold Can Stay
On Broadway, musicals generally have not recouped their costs in recent years. But The Outsiders is different. - The New York Times
Neil Young Has Given His Entire Catalogue Of Music To Greenland
Young wrote: "My music will never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by Bezos. … I think the message I...
The Writer’s Guild Has A Staff Union, And That Union Has Authorized A Strike
“The labor group’s staff union (WGSU), which includes attorneys, research analysts and other positions, claims that ‘management has dismissed staff’s needs and engaged...
Layoffs Thrust Boston Museum Of Fine Art Firmly Into A Credibility Crisis
“Against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s targeting of DEI policy at universities and cultural institutions and expanding ICE raids, the layoffs are causing...
Canadian Legend Catherine O’Hara, Of Schitt’s Creek, Best In Show, And Home Alone, Dead...
“Though Big Hollywood roles didn't follow Home Alone's success, O'Hara would find her groove with the crew of improv pros brought together by Guest...
How “The New Yorker Story” Became A Genre
“I hadn’t investigated this term in depth, but I understood it to mean ‘a short story that is meandering, plotless, and slight — full...
Lessons From The Aztecs: Rule By Coercion Never Works
The Aztec empire did not fall because it lacked capability. It collapsed because it accumulated too many adversaries who resented its dominance. This is...
The Real Oral History Of The Sundance Festival In Park City
“The sweetest, spiciest and most shocking Sundance stories are ones you don’t hear at Q&As inside the Eccles or Egyptian. … Who better to rewind the...
Perversely — AI Is Proving The Uniqueness Of Our Creativity
A great human artist, we’d like to believe, amplifies and defends the exceptionalist spirit of our species but, in an echo of the anxieties...
Painter Bob Ross, Public Media Rock Star
His painting are being sold to benefit public television. The latest, Change of Seasons (1990) led the sale, bringing in $787,900, more than 13 times...
If Radio Is Becoming Streaming What If NPR Ditched Radio?
What if NPR decides radio is no longer worth the hassle and puts all its efforts into streaming audio and podcasts? What if it...
Will Sundance Lose Its Magic When It Moves From Park City To Boulder?
While many acknowledge that the festival has outgrown the tiny ski resort where it started, “longtime Sundance-goers hope that the festival’s indie spirit won’t...
Welcome To The Era Of De-Social Media
Platforms originally defined by keeping up with people you know, or have at least heard of, become something fundamentally different. - Intelligencer
Why Our Cities Need More Places Of Serenity
Perceptual psychologists have long studied what happens when people stare at uniform fields of colour without visual edges or contrasts. Sometimes, experiencing this kind...
Why More Professors Are Making Their Students Read On Paper
“The English classroom is increasingly a kind of special place where it’s still possible to converse without the screen. AI only seems to make...
