Liverpool Museum Cuts Ties To Sir David Adjaye
"Adjaye Associates had led the architectural design of the £57m plans. follows reports in the Financial Times three women had accused Sir David...
How The National Socialist State Saw Hannah Arendt
"In that first summer, after Hitler’s accession to power, there can have been few clearer illustrations than the example of Hannah Arendt that it...
North Carolina Theatre Ends ‘Redface’ And Hires Native Actors
"The Lost Colony is guided by Littleturtle, a Native American storyteller. Where the Indian characters that colonists confronted once spoke gibberish and pidgin English,...
We’ve Been Through A Whole Pandemic, And All We Got Was Lightly Improved Video...
"After all that, the actual experience of video chat is maybe in its most boring state ever. ... The market is largely run by...
The Right Wing Book Freakout Is Harming Librarians, Teachers, And Authors
"No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them. They're being shouted down by parents,...
International TV Series Won’t Save Streamers From Strikes And Other Worker Actions
"It isn’t just American actors and writers who want to be paid fairly. It’s all of them. ... Actors in South Korea, where Netflix...
Podcasts May Be The Sexy New Thing, But AM/FM Is Still The Preferred Choice
AM/FM radio is the top audio source in the U.S., with double the time spent listening of any other audio platform, according to the...
Software That Allows Conductor To Change Music Musicians Play On The Fly
A DJ will be able to adjust what musicians are playing what melodies and licks to create a unique arrangement on the spot. This...
Ukraine Sets Up Database Of Artwork Owned By Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Now accessible through the embattled country’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) is a new “War & Art” database of paintings, sculptures, and other...
Why Are Rappers Finding A Home With Right Wing Media And Politicians?
In discussions about money, gender identity, public health and a variety of social issues, rappers and rightwingers have a lot more in common than...
I Helped Write “Suits.” This Summer It Became A Big Netflix Hit. Here’s What...
Here, when you write for a show that becomes an unprecedented success, there is no such windfall. There is only a check for $259.71....
U.S. Ballet Companies’ Budgets Dropped By Almost A Third In FY2021
The first full fiscal year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in aggregate spending by the largest 150 classically-based companies of 31.62% from...
Why Has The Symphony Orchestra Endured In Such A Compelling Way?
The reason the symphony has maintained such heft since then is because it supposedly represents timeless values. It has a tricksy ability to tread...
Australia Will Be The Only Country With Holocaust Museums In Every State And Territory
In 2019, the country's right-wing Liberal-National government, encouraged by then-Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (a descendant of survivors), pledged millions of dollars to fund the building...
Studios Are Saving Billions While The Actors, Writers Strikes Are On
Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday the strikes will contribute to a projected $3 billion reduction in film and TV production costs this year. -...
Preserving Nigeria’s History by Digitizing Its Newspapers
"A nonprofit startup called Archivi.ng is attempting to digitise every edition of every newspaper – 50 in all – published in Nigeria since 1...
Retro As A Business – A New Newspaper On Newsprint Across America
The first issue of their 20-page, print-only broadsheet, which bills itself as “a magazine about America in the form of a 19th century newspaper,”...
Why August Wilson Matters
Through high-profile revivals and star-studded screen adaptations, Wilson’s work lives on powerfully and prolifically. Patti Hartigan’s book reminds us what it took for the man to become a monument. -...
“Hamilton” Has Now Become A Sims-Style Video Game
"In the Hamilton Simulator, players use their own avatars as they rub shoulders with the musical's characters through 10 levels set during the Revolutionary...
How To Capture The Magic Of Tanglewood: WGBH
Broadcasts from Tanglewood particularly bristle with presence — you can hear every detail of the orchestra, and sometimes even the stubborn starlings chirping in...
A New Music Director And New Approach At Dallas’s 102-Year-Old Classical Radio Station
WRR Classical 101, long owned by the city of Dallas, is now run by public radio outlet KERA: there are sponsorship announcements rather than...
Virtual Restitution: Activist Group Takes Scans Of Rosetta Stone And Benin Bronzes And Makes...
A collective called Looty "seeks to give people from former colonies who are unable to travel to the West three-dimensional replicas and knowledge of...
The New Yorker Has Chosen Peter Schjeldahl’s Successor As Art Critic
"Jackson Arn has written several pieces for The New Yorker, including reviews of a Georgia O'Keefe show at MOMA and a van Gogh exhibit...
Cleveland Institute Of Music Clears Conductor Carlos Kalmar Of Sexual Harassment
"(An administrator wrote that) 'the specific allegations against Carlos Kalmar did not violate the Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sex Non-Discrimination Policy Under Title...
Former Curator Sues Worcester Museum Of Art In Massachusetts For Discrimination
"Rachel Parikh alleges she was 'mocked and ridiculed because she is a brown-skinned South Asian' Indian woman and 'subjected to a hostile and offensive...
