Literary Culture Already Favors The Young
So why does a new Women's Prize have an age limit of 35? - The Guardian (UK)
Theatre Needs Help With Resilience As Much As With Fight Choreography
"We love trauma onstage. But while we have long understood that expertise is necessary to keep performers physically safe, the mental aspects of our craft...
All Of The Books Featured In White Lotus
Sure, they're aspirational - but maybe your reading pile is too. - LitHub
The Black Artists Leaving The United States
Following the legacy of Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, and others, Black artists "have often had to leave the States in order to activate the...
The Betrayal Of Jeopardy’s Core Nerdery
Yes, the show was a traitor its audience, but worse, it ignored its own values. The system that briefly elevated Mike Richards (and still...
Sundance Labs Should Be A Model For Other Studios
"From the outside of Sundance, one is aware of the noise and glitter and glamour and all that stuff at the beginning of each...
What Drove The 60s Boom In British Jazz
"In 1966, 1968 – this was a time of liberation. We were all involved in anti-apartheid marches, CND marches, embracing different cultures. It all...
Show Of The Year: Six Of The Most Beautiful Paintings In The World
Why would a display of just six Titian paintings at a small New England museum qualify as the art event of the year, and...
How Fan Fiction Is Changing Writing
In online communities, the number of voices informing a work grows as readers comment on one another’s posts and learn together. - The Atlantic
Cinematographers Call On Producers To Stop Dangerous Long Working Days
“Reasonable rest demands that the employers not treat our members like machines that can just work until they are broken and then be replaced.” -...
How Live Dance Came To Times Square At The Very Height Of Lockdown
In the spring of 2020, mad with cabin fever, Jena VanElslander and a few friends started meeting every so often just to dance in...
Folger Theatre Gets A New Artistic Director
Karen Ann Daniels, 45, has been director of the Public Theatre’s Mobile Unit since 2019 and before that had similar audience-engagement responsibilities for six...
The Tempestuous, Scandalous Life Of England’s First Female Fiction Writer
Lady Mary Wroth, a noble at James I's court, had two bastard children with an Earl who ignored them and dumped her. The cream...
Do Women Philosophers Do Different Philosophy?
Underlying this question is a sense that our voices are not seen as philosophers’ voices, but primarily as women’s voices. It is as if...
San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House Gets New, Roomier Seats
San Francisco Opera chief Matthew Shilvock: "The seats have historically been patrons' No. 1 concern for the building. Letters to me. Letters to the...
When The Wires Of Our Brain Get Crossed
Some 4 percent of the population experiences this kind of cross-sensory linking, and studies have shown it’s more prevalent in creative people. - Nautilus
The Supreme Court Threw Out This Filmmaker’s Suit Against North Carolina. Now He Has...
When Rick Allen sued NC for (ahem) pirating his footage of the salvage of Blackbeard's ship, the justices unanimously ruled that citizens can't sue...
New “Jeopardy” Host Steps Down
"Over the last several days it has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans...
The ‘Netflix Of Italian Culture’ Is Coming (And A Lot of It Will Be...
Operating along the lines of France TV's Culturebox, the streaming service ITsART.tv offers concerts, theater, dance, opera, virtual museum tours, cinema, and documentaries. It's...
Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Is Sending Art Out To Small Towns
"'Uffizi Diffusi,' or 'Scattered Uffizi,' an initiative concocted by the gallery's director, Eike Schmidt, … aims to build stronger ties between the famous Florentine...
“Pass Over”, Broadway’s First Play Since Lockdown, May Be In Trouble
One unnamed producer says, "The show is bleeding money," and not all of the initial capitalization had been raised when previews began on Aug....
Actors, Get Your Damn Shots Or Get Off The Damn Stage: L.A. Times
Charles McNulty: "Whatever excuses you may have for not doing everything in your power to avoid taking up a scarce hospital bed or putting...
Substack Is Becoming A Platform For Fiction
"Authors including Elle Griffin, John McWhorter, Maggie Stiefvater, and Matt Taibbi use the service to serialize new books or publish short stories exclusive to...
Artist Chuck Close, 81
"(His) larger-than-life portraits, some composed of thousands of small but intricate paintings that served as pixels, made him one of the most renowned artists...
Last Suspect In Dresden Green Vault Robbery Arrested
Six men took part in the theft of priceless historic jewelry from the city's Residenzschloss in 2019; all are now in custody. While their...
