Transport For London’s Elizabeth Line Wins Stirling Prize For Architecture
Oliver Wainwright: "The Lizzie line is a worthy winner, providing a dazzling demonstration that, for all chaos surrounding HS2, Britain is still capable of...
Classical Radio Host Says He Was Fired For A Disability
Dennis Moore, the morning host at Chicago-based WFMT, returned from a medical leave earlier this year and asked for schedule or other changes as...
This Revival Of Yellow Face On Broadway Is Not, In Fact, Bad
That’s because it’s the play Yellow Face, by David Henry Hwang, that "centers around a fictionalized playwright named DHH.” - Gothamist
Bozo The Clown Is Back In Action In Chicago
Chicagoans of a certain age have a lot of affection for him. “The show represents a time when the city itself felt simpler and...
Ousted Director Of LGBTQ Film Fest Sues Nonprofit For Defamation
Damien Navarro “sued Outfest in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging he was retaliated against after he raised discrimination and ethics concerns to the...
How To Become A Blue Man
"They must become expert drummers. They’ll also learn to spit paint onto a spinning canvas, catch a dozen rapid-fire marshmallows in their mouths and...
The Dancer And Choreographer Bringing A Hip-Hop Fantasy To The Big Screen
“Often in films, this type of dance can become commercial. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s a different type of beauty to the...
How “Pulp Fiction” Was Produced And Shot — An Oral History
"To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Pulp Fiction, Variety spoke with more than 20 members of the film’s cast and crew about their experiences,...
Saying Goodbye To The Minnesota Sinfonia
The orchestra, which was known for improving access for students and low-income folks in the Minnesota, will play its swan song concert this weekend....
Surrealism Wasn’t The Only Way World War I Affected The Arts
"Was it nihilism and defeatist anomie that the war ushered in? … Perhaps what the First World War released above all was a spirit...
Why Theatre Fans Should Check Out An Opera, From A Composer Who Writes Both
"(Jeanine) Tesori knows that it takes more than a familiar name to entice audiences to a show, especially in a medium that is unfamiliar...
The Arts Are Not A Meritocracy, But Should They Be?
“Evidence consistently demonstrates that regional artists predictably struggle for equal opportunities. 'Postcode matters,’ one regional artist with decades of experience tells ArtsHub.” - ArtsHub
North America’s Busiest Opera Librettist Gets A Company
Royce Vavrek, Brooklyn-based but Canadian by birth, has been appointed artistic director of Against the Grain Theatre, an experimental opera company in Toronto. -...
Breakdancers, Too Much Head-Spinning Could Give You A Tumor
"Neurosurgeons in Copenhagen said in a recent case study that the man had developed a tumor atop his head from years of head spinning,...
The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens For A Trial Run
"The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt starting this week ahead of the still-unannounced official opening. … The...
She Used To Be China’s Biggest Movie Star — Until The Government Tanked Her...
"Fan Bingbing, once one of China’s most famous film stars, is returning to the screen after a more than five-year hiatus following her alleged...
Taliban To Ban From Afghan Media Images Of All Living Things
"'The law applies to all Afghanistan … and it will be implemented gradually," (said) the spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue...
BBC To Eliminate 130 Jobs In Newsroom And End “Hardtalk”
"The BBC plans to make a net reduction of 130 roles in its news and current affairs department, ending (flagship) interview programme Hardtalk, tech...
TikTok’s Parent Company Will Start Publishing Hard-Copy Books
"ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant that owns TikTok, made an initial move into publishing digital books last year. Now the company’s publishing imprint, 8th...
Restoring The Colors In An Ancient Egyptian Temple
"Egyptian and German experts have successfully restored the lost colors and glimmering metals that once enlivened ancient Egypt’s second largest, and perhaps best preserved,...
The Unraveling Of Alice Munro
No writer who heard it would touch it. From bookstores to biographers to journalists, the literary world had everything to gain from an untarnished...
Aggressive Prediction: Music Streaming Revenue Will Double By 2030
By the numbers, that refers to $49.7 billion in paid streaming gross revenue for 2030, nearly double 2023’s $26.4 billion, and a cool 647...
“Easy Rider,” The Messy Movie That Changed Hollywood
The 1969 road movie had an unusually messy shoot, thanks largely to director/star Dennis Hopper. (Co-star/producer Peter Fonda later described Hopper as "a bit...
Atlantic Magazine Becomes Profitable, Reports 1M Subscriptions And Returns To Monthly Print
It’s an everything-old-is-new-again finding that also explains the continued success of some books, luxury magazines and literary journals. - CNN
Data: How Massachusetts Arts Sector Has Recovered From Covid Shutdowns
Organizations remain very reliant on declining revenue sources. In 2022, 65% of expenses were covered by contributed revenue. However, the rate of contributed revenue growth...
