Chicago’s Brand-New Social Change Theater Festival
“All of the performances (are) staged readings, with actors working from scripts without the costumes and sets of a full production. The goal is...
Writing Opera For Children Is Serious Business (And It Can Be Lots Of Fun)
“For contemporary classical composers, writing children’s opera (is) like casting a spell that lets them be both big and small. Artists with highly experimental...
Holland’s Famous Art Detective Locates Brueghel Stolen 50 Years Ago
“Woman Carrying the Embers vanished from the National Museum in Gdansk, Poland in 1974. Journalists from the Dutch culture magazine Vind spotted what they...
French Government Cuts Funding For Culture Pass By Half
“The French Government has announced a 50 percent cut in their lauded Culture Pass, four years after its nationwide launch for young people aged...
See Video Of Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Being Stolen
“The heist of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.1 million gold toilet from a British palace was caught on video that was just revealed to the...
The New Rationalism Versus The Humanities
In many ways, rationalism is the result of people with STEM educations attempting to tackle questions that had long been the purview of the...
Canada’s Quiet, Efficient System Of Book-Banning
Not all these phenomena constitute “banning” per se, but they all fall under what we might call the new “censorship consensus,” in which books...
This Year’s Oscars Show The Hollywood Dream Still Lives
If there is something that unites “Anora” and “The Brutalist,” in terms both of onscreen story and behind-the-scenes process, it’s a masterful dedication to...
New Zealand University Students Protest Decision To Use AI To Replace Traditional Lecture Slides
Three AI programs are set to replace lecture slides in the University of Auckland’s Digital Marketing 304 class when the first semester of the year...
Rethinking Swan Lake From The Point Of View Of, Well, The Swans
“They say a classical ballet isn’t over until the female protagonist dies.” Sure, OK, but what about the rest of the women/swans? - Dallas...
It’s Expensive To Make Culture. We’re Falling Behind
"We’ve now seen years and years of austerity, and it’s not just the arts that have taken a hit – it’s anything that sits...
We’ve Gotten Into A Zero-Sum Mindset. It’s Dangerous
This is what’s called zero-sum thinking — the belief that life is a battle over finite rewards where gains for one mean losses for...
Worries About This Year’s Oscars TV Ratings
In the run-up to the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, worries about the size of the TV audience have rumbled through the movie capital....
Ditching The Ballet Tights As A Radical Act
The decision to forgo tights was the culmination of a conversation about equity and inclusion that began at the National Ballet in 2020. -...
Cultural Excellence Is Fragile (And Under Threat In America)
It can be fractured, confined, and eroded—perhaps not all at once, but over time if the conditions are not right for genius to...
Faith-Based Programming Is Coming To All Of Your Favorite Streamers
And we don’t just mean Greta Gerwig’s tangentially Christian Narnia work. - The New York Times
Gene Hackman’s Sense Of Humor Emerged, To The Photographer’s Pleasure, During A 2001 Photoshoot
“Once his jacket and shoes were off, he leaped onto the bed with surprising grace and struck the perfect pose. My only suggestion was...
Buildings Of The Future Will Have To Promote Climate Healing, Says The Dean Of...
“The Madrid-born architect is spending his time at the university rethinking how buildings and cities should face climate change. He believes that we must...
Thinking About The Impact Of The Sound Of Music As The Classic Turns Sixty
The film, especially its opening, combines “many types of beauty fused into one: photographic, geographic, choreographic, high kitsch and high camp. I’d distrust anyone...
Great Documentaries Uncover Truth, But Unregulated AI May Kill The Very Idea Of Truth
“With no standards in place for transparency, we fear this commingling of real and unreal could compromise the nonfiction genre and the indispensable role...
Marcel Duchamp: Still Relevant To The Art World?
"Duchamp may not be on the lips of many artists, over a century after his revolutionary moves in the art world, but he is...
The True Purpose Of Book Bans Isn’t Exactly Hidden
And, concludes a huge new PEN America study, it’s clear that “the current deluge of book bans we’ve been seeing these past few years...
There’s Still No Oscar For Stunts
But here’s who should have won this year, according to the stunt performers of Hollywood. - Washington Post
Why These Oscars Mean So Much To Brazil
Even though it’s unlikely (as of this writing) that Estou Ainda Aqui, or I’m Still Here, will win best pic or Fernanda Torres Best...
Is British Columbia Doing Enough To Help Musicians – And Music Venues – Survive?
Musicians say they and their venues are being priced out of Vancouver, and Victoria as well. - CBC
