Ian McKellen Withdraws From Falstaff Tour
Two weeks after the 85-year-old actor fell from the stage during a London performance of Player Kings, an abridged version of Shakespeare's Henry IV...
Minnesota Orchestra’s CEO Moves (Back) To Dallas Symphony
"Michelle Miller Burns, who has led Minnesota's largest performing arts organization since 2018, will take charge of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where she had...
The Reboot Industrial Complex
When we engage with nostalgic media, we are, in essence, engaging with media that attempts to take us home — often to our childhoods,...
Martin Mull, 80
Mull, who was also a singer-songwriter, rose to fame in the 1970s on Norman Lear’s satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and its...
Why Architecture Is Obsessed With The New
Regularly reinventing architecture is exciting, but it faces a number of challenges. Architecture is an art, hence creativity is important, but it is an applied art,...
We Need To Rethink The Whole Idea Of School Grading
Our current system of grading reinforces practices set in a time far different from that of the present, with different values and ideas. As...
Many Of Those Traditional Grammar Rules Are In Error
Many “rules” beloved of self-appointed grammar constables were simply made up quite recently by irritable ink-stained wretches. Using “hopefully” as a modal adjunct, for...
California Arts Funding On The Chopping Block
The first budget proposal the governor made suggested a 58% cut to California’s state arts programs. Among those cuts is a $10 million reduction...
Report: Why Desantis Canceled All Florida Arts Funding
DeSantis said the cause was Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival, which he characterized as being overtly “sexual” and therefore an inappropriate recipient of state funds. While...
The UK’s Next Culture Minister And Her Plans To Boost The Arts
Thangam Debbonaire, 57 — a former professional cellist who danced at raves in her college days and has lines of poetry tattooed on her forearm —...
French Court Rules Ravel Was the Only Composer Of “Bolero”
The heirs of Alexandre Benois, a celebrated stage designer who worked on the original performance of "Bolero", argued that he should have been credited...
What Ron Desantis Did To The Arts In Florida
"First of all, the legislature had already reduced the budget from $60 million to $30 million. But $30 million in the budget of the...
The Best Of Pop Shakespeare
Summer heat getting you down? The Bard’s got you covered: There’s a new collection of the coolest Shakespeare movies of our time, including -...
Percival Everett Isn’t Just A Novelist
The author of Erasure (on which the movie American Fiction was based) and James is also an artist. When he’s creating art, he says,...
Without Its Festival, What’s The Future Of Tap Dancing In New York?
“Tap City has been an important gathering each summer, a hub on a circuit of festivals that combine performances with classes. These festivals have...
To Be More Creative, Maybe Take More Showers
"The sudden flashes of insight we have in states of meditative distraction—showering, pulling weeds in the garden, driving home from work—often elude our conscious mind...
Can John Mulaney Save The Late-Night Emmys?
“The late-night categories are some of the most dynastic in Emmys history, but every reign has to end some time, and The Daily Show’s has...
Boston’s Cultural Institutions Face Climate Change Head-On
At the Gardner, it’s not easy to meet the city’s climate goals: “The building is strictly governed by Stewart Gardner’s will, which requires each gallery...
How Kathy Bates Became A Star
"When Daniel Day-Lewis read the name of Kathy Bates, there was some surprise in the Shrine Civic Auditorium. In the 1990 race to win the...
Why Fix Things When You Can Simply Shutter Your University Museum And Dismiss Its...
That’s what’s happening in Indiana, where "Valparaiso University has shuttered the Brauer Museum of Art and dismissed its director, Jonathan Canning, amid ongoing controversy...
The Other Most Important Music Event Of 1969
It took place the month after Woodstock, and it was in Toronto, but “the performances by each of the rock pioneers floored the young...
Between Netflix And TikTok, Comedy Is Booming
But comedians are exhausted. - CBC
What Happened When Writer Anita Desai Left India
She learned “to express my thoughts and opinions. I wasn’t used to that. I was never asked my opinion in India; I just kept...
Eric Hazan, Publisher And Historian Of France’s Left, Has Died At 87
Though his publishing house has a massive influence, his histories of Paris may be more lasting. “Hazan’s passion derived in part from his despair...
If An LGBTQIA Book Is Banned Anywhere, This Bookstore Will Send The Book For...
“In an effort calls ‘Books Not Bans,’ she sends titles about queer history, sexuality, romance and more — many of which are increasingly...
