We’re Living Through A Time Of Disasters. Will They Make Us Tougher Or…
After surviving a disaster, a minority of people become more resilient, so that, should another disaster strike, they are better able to cope. For...
The Grateful Dead Archive Contains Thousands Of Streamable Concerts. But What’s Really Cool Are...
Read in bulk, certain repetitions emerge. Recordings are “tasty” and “crispy,” “gifts” and “treats,” but also “killer” and “monsters.” Eyebrows bounce and mouths hang...
Wanted: Theatre Directors Without Vision
"The laser focus on a director’s vision is problematic. It sets the director up as a prophet rather than a leader. It focuses on...
Whistled Languages Are Not Dead Yet
In at least 80 cultures worldwide, people have developed whistled versions of the local language when the circumstances call for it. … By studying...
Martin Scorsese On Working With Fran Lebowitz
“My approach to our conversation was to listen to her; I would get angry, happy, inspired,” Scorsese explains. “Fran is, to me, asking very...
Color Wars: The Art World’s Silliest Feud May Have Produced Some Actual Good
When Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to Vantablack ("the world's blackest black"), Stuart Semple led a chorus of furious objections to the idea of...
Life, Death and Numbers: Ann Patchett on the Members Of The National Academy Of...
The two hundred and fifty members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters are writers, composers, visual artists, and architects. It is a...
Mass Exodus And An Unholy Mess At France’s Most Prestigious Classical Music Competition
The Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition is in crisis after its artistic directors — pianist Bertrand Chamayou, violinist Renaud Capuçon, and La Scala CEO Dominique Meyer —...
Dance Is Physical, Sure, But Why Don’t We Focus More On The Mental Preparation?
In this day and age, it has never been so important to have the tools to cultivate a mindset of self-belief. “Especially nowadays with...
UNESCO Calls For Preservation Of Afghanistan’s Heritage, But Who Will Actually Protect It?
As an executive of the Institute for Art and Law tweeted: "It would be for other states, or international bodies like the United Nations,...
Bret Easton Ellis’ Unconventional Podcast Model
Ellis’s storytelling approach, that of serializing his memoir on a podcast, allows him to exploit both types of unreliable narrator: the one who knows...
Under New Censorship Law, Hong Kong May Retroactively Ban Older Films
"Authorities are tightening their grip on the screening of films with a series of censorship law amendments that will include empowering the city's No....
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Makes ‘Spectacular’ Debut Before Dance World’s Elite
The company has played the Kennedy Center, and it performed at the Olympics in Atlanta (1996) and London (2012), but perhaps none of those...
“The Theatrical Arm Of The Civil Rights Movement”
The Free Southern Theater was founded by members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to travel around 1960s Mississippi, performing for poor Black farmers...
Blaxit: The African-American Artists Following In The Footsteps Of DuBois, Baker, Baldwin, And Simone
Taking advantage of the free movement a US passport provides, and tired of the disadvantages that come with dark skin at home, these performers,...
Texas Performance Venues In A Tight Spot Over Vaccine Passports
In June, Gov. Abbott signed a law making it illegal for most businesses to require proof of vaccination from customers. But a growing number...
Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie Reopens At Last
"Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie, an iconic modern art museum designed by Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, reopened to the public Sunday after a...
Josephine Baker To Be Instated In France’s Panthéon
The expatriate American singer-dancer, who arrived in Paris in 1925 and became a legend, will become only the sixth woman, and the first Black...
Broadway Power Brokers Sign On To Transformative Diversity Reforms
The agreement commits Broadway and its touring productions not only to the types of diversity training and mentorship programs that have become common in...
Some Detective Work: Company Says It’s Figured Out The Deepfakes In Bourdain Documentary
If the company’s analysis is correct, the deepfake Bourdain controversy is rooted in less than 50 seconds of audio in the 118-minute film. -...
A Universal Translator Powered By AI
Aleph Alpha, a startup in Heidelberg, Germany, has built one of the world’s most powerful AI language models. Befitting the algorithm's European origins, it...
Music Critics Make Errors In Judgment All The Time. Why?
Crudely put, it occurs when you don’t have the right conceptual tools for the job. The result is an inability to make sense of...
HipHop Joy Is A Powerful Protest
Hip-hop is so accessible to everybody – where maybe ballet and other styles of dance might have felt unattainable, with hip-hop, the only criteria is...
Getting To Know The Shocking Shirley Jackson
To one angry reader, Jackson responded with a single line: “If you don’t like my peaches, don’t shake my tree.” - Shondaland
What Makes A Song Great – Lyrics Or Music?
While a melody can tether you to a song, however, it’s the lyrics that make you want to excavate it. The best songs pull...
