Kimmel Center Follows Through, Evicts Philly Pops
The arts presenter removed the Philly Pops as a resident company, "shutting the group out of Verizon Hall and removing customers’ ability to buy...
The Olympics Have A Detailed Plan For How To Score Breakdancing
"Officials compare each battle dancer’s moves and style to their opponent’s, with special scrutiny paid to categories called 'body' (physical moves), 'mind' (creativity in...
With The Alec Baldwin Charges, What Will Happen To The Set Of Rust?
"Producers and Hutchins’ family members have been eager for the film production to resume," but that was before the charges were revealed. -...
Everyone’s Missing The Point About Art History
Inside the story about Hamline University is a much deeper, truer piece of information: It's impossible to teach art history well without pissing people...
Evaluating, And Reevaluating, The Legacy Of Nikki Finke
The feared Hollywood journalist's "ambitions were sometimes thwarted by a slew of factors that, depending on whom you ask, included her being too tough,...
Lupe Serrano, ABT’s Former Prima Ballerina Of Stunning Power, Has Died At 92
"During a tour in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, one audience showered Ms. Serrano with rapturous applause during a dozen curtain calls....
Netflix Appears To Be Bouncing Back
Subscriber numbers are "providing an early sign that its shift to include ads in a cheaper version of its video streaming service is helping...
A String Of Lawsuits Tries To Slow Down Generative AI
Maybe. But, says one intellectual property lawyer, "Copyright law is the right to stop people making copies, right? ... It’s not the right to...
Expats In Paris Wish Emily Would Go The Heck Home Already
American expatriates know the French don't like Emily in Paris. Nor do they: They "complain that they have spent years perfecting understated elegance and...
Emma Straub Swore Online While Protesting For Freedom, So She Was Disinvited From Texas...
"This is just so monumentally dumb, though not entirely surprising in a state run by theocrats who’ve already banned the catch-all bogeyman of 'Critical...
Will Iran Release Jailed Filmmaker Jafar Panahi?
"Panahi, 62, who has won a number of awards at European film festivals, was arrested on 11 July last year and sent to jail...
What A Decades-Long Study Tells Us About Happiness
Since 1938, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been investigating what makes people flourish. After starting with 724 participants the study incorporated the spouses of...
How Supply Chain Issues Are Affecting Artists
When China shut down manufacturing and shipping ports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists felt it before American cities followed suit. Subsequent labor...
Canada’s National Gallery Lays Off Staff As Outside Consultant Makes More Than CEO
The National Gallery of Canada’s interim chief operating officer and human resources director is being paid annual fees potentially worth up to a third more...
An Intriguing Business Model For Presenting Concerts In London
Noisenights are run via a crowdfunding model—events are announced, artists and venues secured, and when audience members buy tickets, they are helping to create a...
Banned From Schools, Afghan Girls And Women Go Online
There were 40 Afghan female students before the Taliban’s takeover back in mid-August 2021. Now there are 382 girls at Rumi Academy amid increasing...
Professional Dance As Pure Silliness
"(With performers) wearing colourful inflated suits and roaming across streets, parks and city centres, La Grande Phrase (The Big Phrase) is a dance-work series...
Australian Arts Institutions In Funding Crisis
“We’re not start-ups. We have massive long-term responsibilities. And for that, we really need to have sustainable long-term funding, rather than the short-term injections.”...
Decorating Deities: How A Hindu Temple Artist Does His Work
The idols themselves are typically made of plain stone or metal alloy, but part of Hindu worship is adorning the statues with clothing, flowers,...
Is Asking Smart Questions Actually Kinda Dumb?
Smart Questions are, typically, kind of dumb. And, just as typical, questions that might initially seem dumb or underinformed, or downright unintelligent, are the...
A Book Critic Defends Prince Harry’s Memoir As Literature
Laura Miller: "At its best, (Spare) reads like one of those popular late-1990s novels about British singletons blundering their way out of solipsistic immaturity...
The Ridiculousness Of Trying To Pick Oscar Nominees (And Winners)
Those voters can never quite decide how much heed to pay to a movie’s popularity or accessibility. That’s how you wind up with absurd...
Film Festivals These Days Are Treating Controversial Movies As Radioactive
"For many in the indie film world, the drama surrounding Jihad Rehab (now titled The UnRedacted) marks a new status quo. ... (There's) a...
28 States Have Banned TikTok From State Devices. Users Are Rolling Their Eyes
Some tech experts argue that the sudden explosion of the bans, coupled with doubts over TikTok’s actual harm, is more a reflection of government...
“A Justin Peck Ballet Doesn’t Look Like Anything Else”
"He is mathematical like Balanchine, but there's more of a lightness, an everyday quality that feels playful, even when the steps are technically arduous....
