Director Robert Garland On His Vision For Dance Theatre Of Harlem
“As a 10-year-old in Philadelphia, I experienced Dance Theatre of Harlem much in the same way that (today’s children) are experiencing it now. ......
Mexico City’s Maze Of Museums
Only one museum in Mexico, with comparable material, didn’t make me feel culturally exhausted or embarrassed by my ignorance in this way. - 3...
Painter Of Trump Portrait He Criticized Says Her Career Is Threatened
Sarah Boardman won a nationwide “call for artists” by the Colorado state government to paint its official portraits of Obama and Trump. At the...
The Case For Canada Growing To 100 Million People (It Currently Has 40M)
Proponents say that reaching the 100 million target would give Canada the centres of gravity it needs for such clusters to form; critics say...
Once “The Handmaid’s Tale” Became A Political Symbol, The TV Series Suffered For It
“Eight years after its premiere, the series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel is coming to a much lower-key close, indicative of all that's...
How Streaming Services Might Get Caught In Trump Tariffs
Generally, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ are just that: services, not goods, so they don’t face any kind of markup when they...
More Than 1,200 Humanities Grants Canceled By Trump’s NEH
The loss of potentially thousands of such grants has left recipients reeling and prompted some organizations to mobilize, as millions of dollars of previously...
Americans Say They Want To Read More Books. So Why Don’t They?
According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, reading is something a majority of Americans enjoy, and want to get better at. But it's nowhere near...
“Revivification”: A Reconstituted “Mini-Brain” Of The Late Alvin Lucier Is Creating Music
A team of artists and neuroscientists took white blood cells donated by the composer (who cooperated with the project), reprogrammed them to be stem...
The “Last Repair Shop” Instrument Repair Service For LA Schools, Gets A Big Boost
At the emotional core of “The Last Repair Shop” are the stories of the dedicated technicians and the students who benefit from the free...
Can The Kennedy Center Survive The Next Four Years?
So many artists have quietly pulled out of the 2025-26 season that the center has had to keep delaying its schedule announcements. - The...
Canadian Artists Are Canceling Gigs In The US
"Unfortunately I had to cancel all my upcoming events in the United States as I felt unsafe traveling, especially after watching students and university...
Frank Rich’s Brief History Of Broadway As Business
“The historic fantasy of the Great White Way as a glamorous montage of gleaming marquees, sparky backstage romances, and elegant audiences reveling in black...
Yorgos Lanthimos Denied Permission To Film Sci-Fi Comedy At Acropolis
“Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century BC site in April. But in a statement...
Some Of The Plainest Objects From Tutankhamun’s Tomb May Be Among The Most Interesting
“Call them what you like — mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen dishes — but the four 3x1½-inch dull-colored things hardly get the pulses...
US National Park Service Deletes, Then Restores, Harriet Tubman From Webpage On Underground Railroad
“The (NPS) on Monday appeared to restore its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after it was met with backlash for...
ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling Of Museum/Library Agency
“The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), whose members include museum and library workers nationwide,...
Only One In Six Attempts To Censor Books In US Is Originated By Parents
“72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups, government entities and elected officials, board members and administrators, reported the American Library...
William Finn, Composer-Lyricist Of “Falsettos” And “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Is...
“(He) became a heavily autobiographical musical theatre writer, folding his experiences as a gay Jewish man with a brain stem malformation into some of...
Only Ancient Greek Theater In Ionian Islands Has Been Excavated
“Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been excavated by archaeologists from the Ephorate...
Why The College Admissions Essay Is A Very Bad Idea
The college essay is a deeply unfair way to select students for top colleges, one that is much more biased against the poor than...
Russian Ballet Company Pretending To Be Ukrainian Toured Scandinavia
During 2023 and 2024, a troupe calling itself “Ballet of Ukraine” played dates in several cities in Sweden and Finland — but an investigation...
What It’s Like being A Librarian In The Time Of Trump
“I see all that being as a measure of: ‘If we fly under the radar, we’ll be safe,’” they said. “But it’s sad because...
San Francisco Agency Funding In Disarray, Payments Missed
The latest target is San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative, introduced in 2021 at the height of the “defund the police” movement... But now, a variety...
Are Our Storytelling Tropes Insufficient For The Complexity Of Today?
Unfortunately, the dominance of psychological narratives manifests in the misplaced hopes we cast onto individual leaders – whether in the political, technological, social or...
