Zaha Hadid’s Influence Has Only Grown Since She Died
Her presence continues to be felt across the contemporary design and architecture worlds. With around 1.2 million Instagram followers, Zaha Hadid Architects is now...
For Some Artists, Quarantine Has Been A Gift
The open secret among anyone who enjoys the pleasure of their own company, however, is that the public health strategy of sheltering-in-place to combat...
Why Withdrawing Dr. Seuss Books Is Just A Distraction
"Given these serious—and growing—problems, it’s not whataboutism to wonder why these old books get so much attention. Is it because attacking old books is...
How Our Concept Of Work Has (Is) Evolved
"Work, and the way it fits into one’s life, can be and often has been, less rigid and routinized than is common today. In...
The Archaeologists Of New York
Urban archaeologists can unearth 300-year-old trash, and turn it into narrative (and historical) treasure. "The biggest thing for me is saving something that would...
Is Hollywood Trapping Women Directors In The Franchise Machine?
Or are Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell, and others just getting their due like their young male counterparts? Hm. "Marvel, DC and co have awoken...
People Love Their Physical Music
Or at least, a Hollywood record store shuttered for many months by the pandemic: "'We’ve been waiting for a year,' said Silver Lake resident...
Slow Art Is More Than Just Taking Time With A Painting Or Sculpture
Slow Art Day, April 10, is about a lot more than getting lost in a Lee Krasner or a Betye Saar. Though that might...
The Hospitality Industry, Hard Hit By The Pandemic, Wonders If It Can Change Again
What's going to happen as more and more people are vaccinated to the industries that supported thousands of aspiring actors, musicians, and others in...
Keeping Ancient Music Alive, No Matter What
The Ashti Peace Choir, at the Yazidi refugee camp in northern Iraq, is trying to keep music alive despite the desperate history and circumstances...
While We Wait For The Oscars, Ranking The Best Picture Nominees From The Past...
With 43 to choose from, which movie will win? And which one can best be described as "self-conscious Scorsese imitation"? - Los Angeles Times
Winfred Rembert, Artist Who Survived A Lynching And Southern Prisons, Has Died At 75
Rembert's art "told the story of the Jim Crow South. It was exhibited in galleries and museums and helped support his family, though they...
Game Of Thrones: The Musical?
OK, we'll be honest, not a musical. A play. Or two? Seven? Hm. However, why Game of Thrones? "It was an epic, at times...
The SAG Awards, As They Happened
Kinda live, except pre-recorded, with a lot on the cutting room floor. In any case: All of the winners! Right here. - Variety
We Can’t Travel Much Now, But Here Are Some Literary Destinations For The Future
To paraphrase Shakespeare, "Work, work your thoughts, and therein see" ... anything from Paris to London, Lyme Regis to George Orwell's final destination. -...
Hey Literature, Women Can Stutter Too
There's truly, in the American literary canon, only one - Merry Levov, of Philip Roth's American Pastoral. What gives? And what do literary writers...
Arthur Kopit, Playwright Who Shook Up The Theatre, 83
Kopit "thrust Off Broadway into a new era with the absurdist satirical farce Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and...
Can The Huntington Change Its History Of Inequity?
Like most Gilded Age institutions, the Huntington has a lot to figure out. "Certainly, getting to a more equitable version of the future is...
The Subway Can Be Hilarious
Just ask these stand-up comedians, who have been doing sets on trains for months. There are tickets, but then there are also random subway...
Why The Duke Isn’t Coming Back
Listen up, Bridgerton fans, blame streaming (and the focus switch of each Bridgerton book, from which the series draws). At Netflix and other streamers,...
The Young Creators Of A TikTok Viral Dance Speak Out
Mya Johnson is 15 and Chris Cotter is 13 - and they're Black. A white TikTok influencer took their dance, and other viral dances...
The 20th Century Irish Playwright And The Secrets Of Her Green Suitcase
Teresa Deevy wrote plays about young women coming to terms with - and pushing back on - the restrictions of life in Catholic Ireland....
Ashleigh Gordon Shares the Castle of our Skins
The co-founder, Artistic/Executive Director and violist of Castle of our Skins, a collective of artists of all kinds dedicated to advancing Black artistry through...
Broadway Reopens For 36 Minutes
The pop-up event, where Nathan Lane and Savion Glover performed (one at a time) "before a masked audience of 150 scattered across an auditorium...
Riz Ahmed Explains How His Character In ‘Sound Of Metal’ Paralleled Life During The...
His character is a heavy-metal drummer who becomes deaf - very quickly. "You've got a character who is very focused on his daily grind....
