The Loss Of The NEA Is A Loss For Civil Society
“Since he began his second presidential term in January, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to obliterate a relatively stable and successful system for...
At Cannes, Actor Pedro Pascal Tells Artists To Fight Back Against Trump
The actor said, “Fight back. And don’t let them win.” - The Guardian (UK)
Arts Criticism Is Not In Crisis, Actually
“It’s taking on new forms, shedding old skin, and adapting to novel venues. It’s as alive and relevant as ever, still generating conversation and...
Actor Eiza Gonzalez On How The Legend Of Zelda Shaped Her Life
“It’s so much more deep than anyone could imagine because it’s about thinking outside the box and resolving things in a nontraditional way. I think that...
Why Did Director David Fincher Turn A Classic Alt-Rock Band Into String Puppets?
“Fincher and a crew of animators from Culver City’s Blur Studio spent about 13 months working on ‘Can’t Stop.’ Fincher said the hard part...
Yes, Hollywood Is Hurting
And here’s why: "Most states have some sort of financial incentive for productions. So do nearly 100 countries, including Canada, the U.K., Ireland and...
Not Great News For Local Media In Colorado
The National Trust for Local News did what now? "The Times Media Group is, to put it mildly, an odd choice of buyer.” ...
Who Will Win The Tonys – And Who Should Win?
It’s the biggest night of the year for Broadway. How will plays like Oh, Mary do? - The New York Times
Luigi Alva, One Of The 20th Century’s Great Light Tenors, Is Dead At 98
His easy stage presence, comic timing and small but perfectly formed voice (combining lightly-sprung agility with a distinctive sweetness of tone), were ideal for...
CNN Will Live-Broadcast Clooney’s Broadway Murrow Play
CNN is planning a live broadcast of the penultimate performance, on June 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern. The performance will be preceded and followed...
This Year’s Cannes Film Festival May Be The Most Politically Charged Since 1968
With open letters and festival speeches referencing Gaza, the Trump administration, the Ukraine war, and #MeToo in France’s film industry, an event which used...
Neuroscientists Find Music Can Powerfully Reshape Memory
In other words, positive music increased the likelihood of recalling stories with added positive elements, and negative music increased the likelihood of negative elaborations....
Opera Australia Posts Dismal $10M Deficit
Australia’s largest performing arts company confirmed its Sydney winter season and its much-hyped run of Sunset Boulevard failed to meet box office forecasts but it had...
Harvard Law School Bought A Copy Of The Magna Carta For $27. Turns Out...
British historians were able to verify the document’s true authenticity after an academic stumbled across the item while looking through Harvard Law School’s online...
Willem Dafoe On His Upcoming First Season Leading The Venice Theater Biennale
Unsurprisingly, considering his decades with New York experimental-theater legends the Wooster Group (which will perform at the Biennale), Dafoe is focusing on the avant-garde,...
The Case For Salonen To Return To The LA Philharmonic
In L.A. he has a venue like no other in Disney Hall. The L.A. Phil is an orchestra more flexible than any other, and...
Texas Proposes Law To Punich Bookstores For Selling “Unsafe” Books
Specifically, the bill, HB 1375, authored by state Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, would hold bookstores legally liable for the "distribution, transmission, or display...
Is It Ethical To Buy Used Books?
Used-book stores or vintage-record shops, where hidden gems lurk like geodes waiting to be split open, play a role, too. Such venues don’t just...
Salman Rushdie’s Attempted Murderer Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
“A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. … Matar received the maximum 25-year sentence for the (stabbing)...
Why We All Need To Study History
When students, and school boards, ask, Why history? What are we supposed to be getting out of this? the best answer is still that...
The Oscars Want To Make Voters See Movies They Vote On. But How Do...
That might seem like an obvious rule for voters of any award: View the works you’re judging. But when I recently spoke with several...
Republican Tax Bill Would Allow President To Kill Non-Profits
Among those amendments, buried on page 380 of the draft, is a section that would enable Trump’s secretary of the Treasury to denounce any...
Dance World Surveys Damage Already Done By Withdrawal Of NEA Grants
“It was 5:45 pm on Friday, May 2, when Megan Kiskaddon, executive director of Seattle’s On the Boards, learned that the grant for that night’s...
Gauguin’s Final Self-Portrait May Not Be A Selfie After All
“The Kunstmuseum Basel …, which has housed Self-Portrait with Glasses (1903) since 1945, is re-examining the work following claims that it may have been painted not...
Auschwitz Memorial Creates Digital Replica Of Death Camp For Filmmakers’ Use
“Organisers of the Picture from Auschwitz project said they have harnessed ‘cutting-edge 3D scanning technologies’ to build a digital model of the concentration camp … ‘down...
