The Influential Women Movie Critics Of Boston
During the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Boston’s daily newspapers employed some of the nation’s best-known film critics. All of them were women. They...
Great News For Art Conservators: There’s A New Specialty Glue That Looks Like Rice...
“Art conservators were starting to panic after two critical ingredients for a glue called Beva 371 and used to line historical canvases were discontinued....
Mann Center, Philadelphia’s Outdoor Concert Venue, To Close This Fall For $70 Million Renovation
“After the close of the season in October, the Mann will begin the work of creating a roomier campus (in Fairmount Park) and constructing new or...
Russia Arrests Publishing Employees For Distributing “LGBT Propaganda”
“On May 14, Eksmo, Russia's largest publisher … sent a letter to ‘all interested organizations’ (including booksellers) with a list of 50 titles to...
A Klimt Painting Was On Sale For $16.4 Million. It May Have Been Exported...
“The 1897 canvas, Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona,” which was on sale at this year’s TEFAF in Maastricht, “had reportedly resided in Hungary for decades,...
Texas House Passes Another Bill To Remove “Indecent” Books From School Libraries
“Librarians, who normally curate book collections, would need the school board’s approval before buying books under Senate Bill 13. ... District officials could appoint...
Righting Old Wrongs: The Plan For Revamping Damrosch Park And The West Side Of...
Michael Kimmelman: “By far most promising aspect of the plan is to open the park up to a neighborhood it has long walled off....
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, One Of Africa’s Leading Authors, Has Died At 89
“In dozens of fiction and nonfiction books,” the Kenyan writer “traced his country’s history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only...
Local History Museums Are Overlooked Casualties In GOP War On Cultural Funding
“While organizations of all kinds were impacted, it is the small and midsized institutions that lack endowments, prominent donors, and broad outreach whose futures...
Diplomatic Row After Iranian Film Wins At Cannes
Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d'Or for his film It Was Just an Accident on Saturday, a political drama inspired by his time...
How The Cartoon Channel Made A Case For Animation And Fell Prey To Corporate...
Cartoon Network is an excellent case study for how the conditions of media conglomeration shape how media is made and curated. And in making...
New Hampshire Senate Wants To Gut State’s Public Art Program
The State Senate’s Finance Committee decided against eliminating the NH State Council for the Arts. Instead, by a 5-3 vote, the committee gave the...
The Point Of Mass Education? Obedience?
In the vast majority of education systems, you still see these disciplinary and coercive roots very embedded in the character of how schools today...
Fukuyama: As Science Helps Us Live Longer, The Downsides Multiply
There is a lot of happy talk among gerontologists about how people can remain open to new ideas and able to reinvent their lives...
Archaeologists Uncover Large Ancient Marble Workshop In Greece
Paros wasn’t just rich in natural resources. It was also a hub for artistry and culture. At a dig on the site of Floga,...
How The Rebuilt Doris Duke Theater At Jacob’s Pillow Differs From The Original
Says executive director Pamela Tatge of the original: “It didn’t have a lot of modern amenities. It was not handicapped accessible, and it did...
What’s The Rococo Remake Of The Oval Office All About?
A parade of golden objects march across the mantel, relegating the traditional Swedish ivy to a greenhouse. Gilded Rococo wall appliqués, nearly identical to...
Why Are Silicon Valley Tech Leaders So Obsessed With Tolkien?
How did a trilogy of novels about wizards and elves and furry-footed hobbits become a touchstone for right-wing power brokers? How did books that...
The West Prizes Individualism. But It Breeds A Mindset That Isn’t Always Best For...
Even when we criticise individualism, we remain entrenched in individualist modes of thinking. Liberal and conservative, religious or secular, hip-hop or punk or country...
France’s Most Argued-Over Feminist Author Pivots Into Theatre
Virginie Despentes: “I attend a lot of plays, and I realized that theater audiences are very curious. They really show up, even for demanding...
People Love Janacek’s Music When They Hear It. So Why Isn’t He More Popular?
They are as propulsive and viscerally affecting as Arthur Miller plays, but those who haven’t heard them often think they’re esoteric, strictly for connoisseurs....
Two Of Seattle’s Most-Established Theatres Have Merged. So What Does That Mean?
The hope among ACT staff members, both past and present, is that, as this entity prepares to launch, ACT’s artist-focused legacy continues on through...
“The Handmaid’s Tale”: An Oral History Of The Novel-To-TV Cultural Landmark
“More than 20 key stakeholders behind its success — from author Margaret Atwood and adapter Bruce Miller to producers, executives and the cast led...
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, The Great Lieder Singer, Remembered By His Last Student
The teenaged Benjamin Appl was Fischer-Dieskau’s last private student, working with the baritone for three years until his death in 2012. Here Appl recalls...
For 50 Years This L.A. Theater Company Has Kept The Flame Of Audio Drama...
Charles McNulty looks at the history of L.A. Theatre Works, which has drawn on Hollywood’s extraordinary talent pool to perform and record audio drama,...
