Reviving The Only Known Opera In Yiddish
Composer Henech Kon, who went on to success writing scores to Yiddish films such as The Dybbuk, premiered his Bas Sheve (Bathsheba) in Warsaw...
The Decisions We Make Now Have Never Had Such Consequence
From now on, what we think as a planet is what our children get as a planet. However crucial policy and diplomacy may be, global...
Pushing Back Against Anti-Woke “Comedy” At The Edinburgh Fringe
Says one, "You can get away with most things if you're smart and funny. If you (aren't), then you're just an asshole on stage....
A Librarian Speaks Out About “Scary” Challenges To Books
Many librarians, rightly so, are incredibly fearful for their personal safety, for their family’s safety, for their job security. They don’t feel at liberty...
The Black Dancer In The Imperial Russian Ballet
Born in 1872 in St. Petersburg and possibly descended from African servants at the Tsar's court, Maria Skorsiuk was directly recommended by her teacher...
A History Of Consequential Editing Errors
Literature’s history is a history of mistakes, errors, misapprehensions, simple typos. It’s the shadow narrative of expression—how we fail because of sloppiness, or ignorance,...
A24 May Be The Only Movie Studio That Has Fans In Its Own Right
"The magic of the brand (is) that over time it has been able to sell the idea of A24 as synonymous with originality, idiosyncrasy,...
Study: Yes, You Can “Inoculate” People From Falling For Misinformation
In our new study we designed and tested five short videos that “prebunk” viewers, in order to inoculate them from the deceptive and manipulative techniques often...
The Young Creatives Who’ve Stayed Behind In Kyiv
"These are some of the brave young Ukrainians" — a cinematographer, a choreographer, an artist, an actor, a line producer — "who have remained...
The Trickiest Thing About Marketing Foreign Film In The US? Translating The Title
Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite). Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie). Sometimes the foreign title...
This Young Dancer Wants To Make Ballet As Exciting And Popular As Sports
Joel Burke, founder of BIG (Ballet International Gala) in Brisbane: "I grew up playing footy and cricket. There's no reason why ballet can't be...
It’s Not 1975 Anymore: Let’s Stop Printing Sunday Newspaper Magazines
Dick Tofel: "First, let me be clear: I am not advocating eliminating the best longform stories that continue to distinguish many of these magazines. ...
This Startup Wants To “Decentralize The Museum” By Becoming An Art-Lending Library For Far-Flung...
"(At) the Web3 start-up Arkive, ... members don't put down any funds to participate (at least for now); the works it collects are meant...
A Return Visit To The Theater At The Heart Of A Tiny Rocky Mountain...
Last summer, Elisabeth Vincentelli traveled to Creede, Colorado to see how Creede Repertory Theater was holding up through the ups and downs of the...
With Lodging For Traveling Artists So Expensive, One Bay Area Arts Center Is Building...
Berkeley Rep used to spend $300,000 to $400,000 per year on lodging for out-of-town artists; these days, it's more like $2 million. So it...
The Moral Question Of Our Time: What Do We Owe The Future?
When we ask what we should do to benefit others, we can’t ignore the disquieting fact that the others who occupy the future may...
The Cost Of Making Art Is Surging
"Over the last six months we have seen price increases from domestic suppliers that range from 7-15% on average, with some items as...
After 33 Years Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Founding Director Retires
Criss Henderson’s departure, which had not been widely anticipated, is part of a great wave of resignations and retirements in the Chicago theater community,...
The Towering Intellect Of Richard Taruskin
People with encyclopedic minds are often paralyzed by the sheer quantity of what they know. Taruskin could step back from the crowd of facts...
Australia Is Working On A New National Arts Policy. Here Are Artists’ Demands:
Battered by rolling lockdowns, key figures in the sector have said COVID-19 disruptions exposed job insecurity, poor remuneration, and a thinning of government grants...
Arts Journalism Is On Life Support
Arts criticism, which used to nurture the innovative, is on life support. Independence of judgment and expertise are in short supply. When it comes...
Portions Of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Temple Fresco Unearthed In Italy
Says the excavation's lead archaeologist, "It's the first time that the ruins of a shrine painted with such a wide palette of colors in...
What We Know So Far About Placido Domingo And The Argentine Criminal Cult
Further investigation will show if Domingo was aware of the Yoga School cult’s alleged crimes and of his friends’ connections to the group. But...
How Paul Robeson Became A Hero In Mao’s China
The great African-American singer-actor suffered a great deal in his home country because of his fervent Communism, but — starting in 1941, when he...
HBO Max Lays Off 70 (And Making Programmers Much Less Diverse)
One former employee says as many as 13 people of color previously in charge of developing shows like The Gordita Chronicles and the Spanish-language docuseries Menudo: Forever...
