England’s Theatres Are Open, No Masks Or Distancing Required, And Feelings Are Mixed
"How are theater fans feeling about this new normal? Has the pandemic changed what they're seeing, and how they're seeing it? We spoke to...
Report: One-Third Of UK Music Jobs Were Lost During Pandemic
The research said there were 69,000 fewer jobs in music in 2020 than in 2019 - a drop of 35% - due to the...
Shakespeare, Otello, And Race – A Complicated Issue
Art at its Shakespearean finest isn’t a repository for wisdom but an interrogation of what we think we know. It’s one of the rare...
How To Count Audience? Netflix Makes A Change
The streamer, in reporting its third quarter financials, noted that it will switch to reporting on hours viewed for its shows and movies rather than the...
Sotheby’s Launches An NFT Marketplace
The layout of the Metaverse website, similar in format to NFT-specific platforms such as OpenSea and Nifty Gateway, is designed to display the NFTs so that...
The Truth About Conspiracy Theories — By Those Who Study Them
True, we’re hearing a lot about Covid-19 and QAnon-related conspiracies. But just because they are more visible does not mean that belief in them...
How TikTok Is Spreading Learning Of Indigenous Languages
The platform best known for it's viral dance clips, is making learning languages fun. - The World
The Strange Journey Of South Africa’s Most Popular Magazine
Perhaps surprisingly in 2021, that magazine is in Afrikaans: Huisgenoot ("Home Companion"), founded in 1916 to help form a national Afrikaner consciousness in the...
Why The Dallas Symphony Is Making Significant Investments On Digital Content
“Audiences who were very reticent or uninterested in digital content became interested. I believe we cannot turn back from that whole process.” - Dallas...
The Mind-Boggling History That Shapes South Korea’s Popular Cultural Exports
Think about it: Parasite and Squid Game are pretty weird: intense drama, occasional shocking violence and dark satire jumbled with juvenile humor and an...
A Growing Chorus Demanding Safer Movie Production Rules
“It’s really clear from our survey, that it’s not just about the data; it’s the stories that people are telling about their experiences working...
Tom Lehrer, Remembered By Someone Who Was At His First And Last Public Concerts
Jeremy Bernstein: "When I was a graduate student Tom and I sometimes had lunch at the (Harvard) Graduate Center. On one occasion a student...
The Existential Dangers Of “Longtermism”
Longtermism might be one of the most influential ideologies that few people have ever heard about. I believe this needs to change because I...
Native American Radio In The Big City
There's a long history of radio serving indigenous Americans, but most of it involves dedicated stations serving individual tribes in rural areas. Here's a...
Facebook Gets Serious About Building The Metaverse
The company announced it plans to create 10,000 new jobs across the European Union in order to develop what it calls the metaverse. In...
Meet America’s Oldest Working Actor
In Chicago, Mike Nussbaum, 97, is "a part of theatrical history. And the people who run the theaters all know me. They know that...
The Wildly Popular Immersive Art Experiences Of The Late 1800s
"Never heard of cycloramas? Understandable, since they have all but vanished from memory. There are still a few around, though, reminders that, in their...
A Lifeline For Boys Who Get Tormented For Studying Ballet
"Through town halls and one-on-one virtual mentorships, which are open to dancers around the world," Boys Who Dance "aims to help students overcome bullying,...
First There Was Wall Street’s “Charging Bull”. Then Came “Fearless Girl”. Now There’s A...
Why? Because capitalism has gone bananas. So now there are 10,000 bananas (real ones) piled around Charging Bull, with a seven-foot statue of the...
WBEZ And The Chicago Sun-Times: Can Public Radio Really Rescue Print Journalism?
"Similar mergers and acquisitions have become a common way to bolster the struggling print industry, but if radio were to take on a major...
The Returning Broadway Audience Has A Whole New Set Of Pre-Show Rituals
"Coming back has entailed a few adjustments: the ability to deftly juggle proofs of vaccination and photo IDs and tickets to get inside; preshow...
Oslo’s Towering New Edvard Munch Museum
"Rebranded simply as MUNCH, it will open on 22 October following a decade of development drama, political U-turns and staggering logistical challenges. The result...
Motion Picture Academy Boss To Step Down After Ten Tumultuous Years
The news comes just weeks after the long-awaited opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a $480-million project that Hudson played a key...
Surprise: Graduate Enrollment At US Universities Increased In 2020
The CGS survey found that graduate applications increased by 7.3 percent and first-time graduate enrollment increased by 1.8 percent in fall 2020 compared to the year...
Why Music Is Not A Background Sport
Music — at least for some of us — is an engaged and engaging activity that involves your ear, your intellect, your memory, your imagination...
