Douglas Turner Ward, Pioneering Black Theater Artist, Dead At 90
A writer and director as well as an actor, he wrote a 1966 New York Times Op-Ed titled "American Theater: For Whites Only?" that...
France Is Trying To Raise Millions To Buy De Sade’s Filthiest Manuscript
"The French government is appealing for corporate help to acquire the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's notorious The 120 Days of Sodom, valued...
It’s A 17,300-Year-Old Kangaroo: Australia’s Oldest Rock Art Identified
"A nearly-life-size depiction of a kangaroo — realistic genitalia included — is the oldest known rock painting in Australia. Scientists recently pinpointed its age...
Facebook Ends Australia News Ban After Deal With Government
The the government may not apply the code to Facebook if the company can demonstrate it has signed enough deals with media outlets...
Long Beach Opera Hires James Darrah As New AD
During the pandemic, Darrah’s affinity for film allowed him to pivot to digital content with ease. Over the last six months, the director has...
Australia’s Restless Dance Company Faces A Funding Crisis
When the Australia Council announced its latest four-year funding winners in 2020, Restless was a shock omission, as were La Mama Theatre in Melbourne...
Inside What Makes Tom Stoppard Tick
Anthony Lane: "Many folk, less deserving than Stoppard, and with scarcely a whit of his charm, are greeted with godsends. What marks him out...
Defining The Struggle Inside to “Do The Right Thing”
"From the first-person stance, you navigate the world as an agent trying to realise your projects and satisfy your desires. From the second-person perspective,...
Clarion
Someone’s calling, maybe me. C. C sharp? D? My scalp tightens, which makes me wonder where I am, and who, too. But this voice...
Jeff Alexander Shares the Importance of Live Orchestral Music
The President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra speaks about the importance of live, in-person concerts and the day-to-day leadership of a major symphony orchestra....
Think The Arts Stand Apart From Political Issues? They Can’t Be
As we are now experiencing in new ways with COVID-19, we cannot have a just arts sector within an unjust world. And moreover, we...
Philip Guston’s Daughter Speaks Out On Postponement Of Her Father’s Show
To Musa Mayer’s dismay, her father, an antiracist and the son of immigrants who had fled antisemitic persecution, was now having his complex images...
New Possibilities As Classical Music Explores Music By Black Composers
Somewhere, in an attic or a music library or maybe hiding in plain sight, are pieces by non-white-male composers that, with the right kind...
Jazz Is Dying During The Pandemic
The pandemic has wrecked an already vulnerable jazz industry by forcing live music shows to halt. Musicians and club owners have turned to online...
How Boredom Is Changing Us
Another way the pandemic has had an impact on the economy is by making people bored. By limiting social engagements, leisure activities and travel,...
The Phillips Turns 100
The museum in Washington, DC, founded by Duncan and Marjorie Phillips, was a sensation when it opened as a museum of modern art, and...
In Canada, The Supreme Court Is Facing A Major Case About Comedy And Freedom...
At issue: Whether the comedian Mike Ward harmed a disabled teenager by mocking his disability, calling him "ugly," saying that the youth would die...
Los Angeles Group Plays Its Way To Diversifying The Orchestra
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is the largest Black-majority orchestra in the country. But it doesn't want to be alone. The...
Certain ‘Muppet Show’ Episodes Get A Disclaimer At Disney Plus
The disclaimer, which runs on 18 episodes of the show (re-relased on Disney+ last week): "This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people...
Bringing The Joy Back To New York, Through Pop Up Music
As the leader of "NYPopsUp" explains, "This is what I like to call 'social music.' ... You can use music to minister to so...
Dali Was A Surrealist With Absolute Discipline And Scientific, Renaissance Style Perspective
DalÃ, art historians say, was "very deliberate" in his art - and sketches of unfinished works also show how he combined complex mathematical calculations...
Arturo Di Modica, Sculptor Of New York’s Charging Bull Sculpture, Has Died At 80
Di Modica was a "Sicilian-born sculptor best known for Charging Bull, 3.5 tons of bronze belligerence that he illegally deposited in Lower Manhattan one...
Monopoly Place Names Are Just As Redlined As Real Life Cities
To wit: Cyril and Ruth Harvey, "who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property...
Who Wrote A Mysterious Inscription On Munch’s The Scream?
Looks like the mystery's been solved - and the writer was (drumroll) ... the artist himself. "The text, 'Could only have been painted by...
If You’re A Special Effects Artist, You Might As Well Make Pandemic Isolation More...
Peter Quinn, VFX artist, has been making homemade special effects movies, and posting them online. "The whole quarantine and lockdown aspect, I find that...
