Diana Kennedy, Who Popularized Mexican Cooking In The US With Her Cookbooks, Has Died...
Kennedy was a "British-born cookbook author and expatriate who became one of the world’s leading experts on authentic Mexican cuisine, influencing generations of chefs...
A Sport That Emerged From The Harry Potter Books Changes Its Name And Cuts...
Sure, the players might ride truncated broomsticks, and some of the images will look familiar, but the game played in 40 countries with 600...
The Important Things To Know About Baltimore’s New Music Director
He trained as a cellist, used to skip French to go to the symphony, can dance, and said that "as a young Black man...
Rethinking The Baker’s Wife
Or rather, rethinking who she is, and how we conceptualize her, with the three actors who have played her in Into the Woods on...
Watch Out For Resin Art
Sure, it's popular on TikTok - but "because this is a relatively new explosion in the craft scene, we don't know the implications it...
Why Isn’t Novelist Geling Yan Getting A Credit For This Movie?
She should be - but she's spoken out against the Chinese government. Still, Western film companies could do something. "Yan’s campaign, and the muted...
Is The Idea Of A Smart City Just Too Dumb To Exist?
Sidewalk Labs had big plans for Toronto's Quay, to "transform the neighborhood with everything built on top of the tech. It would be robotaxis,...
Finally, An Adapted Ballroom Competition For Dancers Who Use Chairs
The ballroom competition was also for dancers with prosthetic limbs, and was the first adapted competition in the U.S. One dancer's parent: "It's nice...
One Reason To Start A Publishing Business And Open A Bookstore
And that is to give your kids' kids books that your kids could never find. - Sahan Journal
Tanya Kersey, Who Founded LA’s Black Film Festival, Has Died At 61
Kersey "founded the Hollywood Black Film Festival in 1998, with the goal of spotlighting independent films and filmmakers from the African diaspora." The festival was often...
The Intensity Of Film Censorship In Iran
Panah Panahi, a filmmaker whose filmmaker father Jafar was arrested recently, says, "Who are you doing this for? ... What’s the point of this...
Feminist Zine Author In The 1990s, Canonical Comics Creator Now
How did Julie Doucet become canonical? Part of the reason: "French comics, too, had its #MeToo moment, or #BalanceTonPorc (#DitchYourPig) as the French say." -...
We Love To Connect, But Our Connections Make The Roads Dangerous
Knowledge (including arts administration) workers might improve the world when they work from home. Why? Knowledge workers say they use their phones to make...
San Diego Arts Orgs Assess Their Deep Pandemic Pain
The pandemic "significantly damaged San Diego’s arts and culture organizations last year, costing them more than $77 million in revenue and donations, shrinking their...
Frida Kahlo: The Musical
Actually, just Frida, the Musical, coming soon to regionals, with Broadway in mind for 2024. "The musical’s creators hope the show will offer a...
We’ll Be Hearing Her In All The Old Familiar Places
That is, our earbuds, Air Pods, headphones, etc. - Julia Whelan is an extremely popular audiobook narrator who's writing (and narrating) her own story...
The Green Man Music Festival Isn’t Actually So Green
The government of Wales is under fire for helping the supposedly environmentally concerned music festival buy a farm for the festival to use "as...
The Comics Industry Is Waking Up To A Huge New Trend
That is, comics that read from top to bottom, on smart phones - and whose audience is mostly young women. One author: "We have...
The Pandemic’s Limitations Freed This Dancer And Choreographer To Create Something New
Luke Murphy's Volcano is "performed for an audience of eight, with each audience member in an individual booth." Sure, "it looked like 'financial madness,'...
Classical Music Audiences Want Print, Not PDFs
"Those ushers who once carried proud armfuls of programs now wander the lobbies, outfitted (sometimes literally) with oversize QR codes, waiting to be scanned...
Farewell, California Institute Of Abnormal Arts
"The gallery of curiosities alone was well worth the price of admission on a Friday or Saturday night. Human fetuses in jars, a preserved...
The New Disney Series’ Biggest Problem With Its Depiction Of A Teenager In New...
Sure, Ms. Marvel absolutely nails the life of a Muslim teenager in the U.S. But "there’s been a cardinal unspoken rule when it comes...
The Long Journey Of British Street Art
Have murals finally matured in the UK? "Powerful street murals can enhance a sense of place and local identity, and reach audiences who may...
The Supreme Court’s Dreadful Dobbs Decision May Accidentally Spur Data Privacy Advances
"'The circle of people who have to act like they’re in a spy movie is getting bigger and bigger,' says Cindy Cohn, executive director...
Conductor Collapses From Podium And Dies In Munich
Stefan Soltesz, an Austrian conductor, was near the end of the first act of Richard Strauss' The Silent Woman at the Bayerische Staatsoper in...
