The Woman Trying To Rebuild Oakland’s Arts Program
Oakland currently allots its entire arts community only $300,000 in grants — in contrast to the combined $29 million that Grants for the Arts and...
The Meanings Of David Foster Wallace
The Bible warns that “all craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated.” American culture, perhaps in an effort to stave off potential embarrassment, often...
In Its Centennial Year, The Book Of The Month Club Has Become Kind Of...
Since its rebrand as Book of the Month (no more club) a decade ago, the subscription service has grown every year and now has...
Director of Production, The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)
The Director of Production provides executive-level strategic leadership, operational direction, and organizational oversight for all production and technical services across a complex, performing arts center.
The Philosophical Consequences Of Simulations
Students tend to have a low tolerance for fanciful hypotheses and abstruse thought experiments. All but the most philosophically inclined roll their eyes at...
New Brain Study Reveals How Bilingual People Process Language
When deciding how to make a word singular or plural, for instance, bilingual people exhibit strikingly similar brain activity regardless of whether they are...
Some Dance Forms Are Deeply Culturally Coded. How Can They Be Reinterpreted In Contemporary...
Choreographic researcher and artist Nazira Yerbolkyzy is among a new generation of practitioners working to reframe this relationship by exploring how traditional movement philosophies...
£1 Billion Film/TV Production Complex Approved For Brownfield Site In London
“A £1 billion regeneration project to transform an industrial site in North London into a ‘landmark’ film and television studio site has been given the green...
Louvre Is “Running On Fumes,” Its Director Tells French Senate
Christophe Leribault: “To put it bluntly: despite its imposing majesty and the daily dedication of its staff, the Louvre is running on fumes. Its...
Longtime ABT Principal Cory Stearns, Not Entirely By Choice, Retires From Performing
The 40-year-old wasn’t happy when artistic director Susan Jaffe told him to make room for someone younger, but he’s philosophical: “I’ve been with ABT...
Houston’s Menil Collection To Reopen Long-Closed Fresco Building And Fill It With Site-Specific Commission
The annex, opened in 1997 to house two Byzantine frescoes and closed since those works were returned to Cyprus in 2017, will reopen late...
U.S. House Committee Advances Measure To Axe Department Of Education’s Only Arts Grant Program
“The Republican-chaired House Appropriations Committee … advanced a proposal that could defund the Department’s Assistance for Arts Education program, … which was established in...
Troubled San Antonio Philharmonic Appoints Interim Music Director
Facing more than one court case and no scheduled concerts, the struggling Texas orchestra has promoted its associate conductor, Felipe Tristán, to the music...
BBC To Cut Hundreds Of Jobs And Cut $107 Million From Budget
“The U.K. public service broadcaster, will cut around 550 jobs, slash content spending by £80 million ($107 million) over two years and ‘review’ broadcast...
How Byron Allen Went From Standup Comic To Media Mogul To Stephen Colbert’s Time...
“He was one of the first entertainers to recognize that there was more money to be made in owning your content, rather than just...
Rex Reed Hated Everything
In my ongoing conversations with him, along with the despairingly pungent emails he regularly sent from his AOL address Rex seemed to interpret the...
New from MolokoA. Robert Lee’s Omnibus Edition Is Here to Go
The author won't need a headstone . . . This monumental omnibus will do . . . Five hundred and eight-six gorgeous pages of verbal pleasure . . . Intimate collaborations with esteemed artists . . . Landscapes of descriptive simplicity . . . Pure thought objectified . . .
The Song Company, Australia’s Leading Vocal Chamber Ensemble, Is Closing Permanently
Founded in 1984 in Sydney, The Song Company, which consisted of six to eight singers, regularly performed music ranging from the Middle Ages and...
Cincinnati Opera Launches Major New Opera Initiative
“Lalovavi” launches Cincinnati Opera’s Black Opera Project, a $6 million three-opera endeavor. The first of its kind, the project aims to tell Black American stories of...
Misty Copeland On Drive and Motivation
What people do not always see is the aspect of drive that is perhaps the hardest to name — the will to keep going...
Highmark Mann Center Opens On A Roll
The Highmark Mann opened five decades ago as the Robin Hood Dell West, the local summer retreat for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and it has...
Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela: The Exit Interview
“The amount of things that I didn’t get! … We will never get to fulfil the potential of what we want to achieve. There...
Why Older People Are Happier, And What We Can Learn From Them
Research spanning 145 countries has identified a U-shaped happiness-age curve, whereby self-reported wellbeing tends to dip in mid-adulthood and peak in old age. - Psyche
Generational Change In Australia’s First Nations Dance
Australian dance is undergoing a generational transfer of leadership. At the same time, First Nations choreography has never been more visible. Yet visibility and...
Publishers Sue Website For Pirating
Fresh off of last month’s victory against pirate web site Anna’s Archive, 13 publishers across all segments of the industry have allied to sue yet another...
