Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Declares Hunger Strike To Protest His Unlawful Imprisonment In Tehran
"(The award-winning dissident filmmaker) has announced a hunger strike to protest his continued incarceration in Iran's Evin prison, even after the country's courts voided...
California’s Next Proposed Budget Cuts $1.2 Billion From Arts Education. That’s Not Quite As...
$22.5 billion budget shortfall. However, the loss of that $1.2 billion) block grant money can be largely offset with the nearly $1 billion earmarked...
Tony Award Voters Won’t Have To See Every Show In A Category To Cast...
"The rule change, put in place for the 2022-2023 season only, will allow a voter to still vote in a category if they have...
Gawker Is Closing Down. Yes, Again.
"Gawker, the snarky pop-culture site rebooted in mid-2021, is shutting down — for a second time, with the CEO of parent company Bustle Digital...
Evicted From The Kimmel Center. The Philly Pops Find A New Concert Hall
For the orchestra's February program, at least, the venue will be the Met Philadelphia, a former opera house on Broad Street north of Center...
Tate Modern Neighbors Win Suit Over Museum’s Viewing Platform
The five residents had applied for an injunction requiring the gallery to prevent members of the public observing their flats by "cordoning off" parts...
How People Romanticize Their Childhoods
Considering the aspirations of so many people to return to it, you’d think the answer was a place, a spot in the world, with...
Why Pop Stars Are Selling Their Back Catalogs
For artists who are thinking about retirement, it’s a way to enjoy the fruits of their labour and create a pension for themselves. It...
How The Humble Tote Bag Became A Status Symbol
In the decades that followed, totes have grown from a journeyman staple to a ubiquitous literary trophy on the streets of many major cities...
San Francisco Symphony Contract Talks Escalate
“We, the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony, have been playing without a contract for months and are the only major American orchestra who...
LA’s Public Radio Station KPPC Rebrands After A Website It Acquired
The goal is to connect KPCC to the LAist’s presence online and in social media and in-person events. The rebrand for KPCC will be...
Considering “Schoolhouse Rock” at 50
"Unlike the dutiful news interstitials that vitamin-fortified other Saturday-morning cartoon lineups, Schoolhouse Rock harnessed the power of comedy and ear worms. The facts and...
Australia’s New Cultural Policy Stokes Optimism
With $286 million in funding over five years, ‘there is a lot to like in the new cultural policy, restoring cuts made under Brandis,...
Donatello Was The First (More-Or-Less) Openly Gay Artist In Western History
That's not only because he made the first life-sized male nude statue in Europe since the Romans. It's not only because of his David's...
We Think Of Skeptics As Unhappy People. The Ancients Believed Skepticism Was The Way...
Sceptics were pretty happy about it. They thought of their scepticism as a way of life – as a way of reaching ataraxia or tranquillity. In...
Lorraine Hansberry’s Other Play Gets Its First New York Revival In 50 Years
Why has The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window been neglected? "It's not a play about Black people. She was seen as going out of...
Movie Music In The Concert Hall Is A Hit
Even the most curmudgeonly of musicians and symphony-goers are coming to accept the value of these sorts of shows. And, most importantly, the music is...
Three Years After A Fire, The Museum of Chinese In America May Be In...
"News of the tragedy brought attention from all over the US, reminding people of the rich history that was at stake. It also brought...
Dance As Political Tool
Although few of us recognize dance performance as overtly political, using dance for political messaging is nothing new. - Washington Post
Book Twitter’s Crucial Role In Publishing — And What Could Happen If Twitter Goes...
"In the words of author and writing coach Paulette Perhach, 'It feels like the castle we made is being swept off the table by...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. On What Makes An African-American Work Of Literature A “Classic”
"(It) has the uncanny capacity to take the seemingly mundane details of the day-to-day African American experience of its time and transmute those details...
Ukraine’s Ballet-In-Exile Gets Settled In The Hague
No, it's got nothing to do with the International Criminal Court. The Netherlands' administrative capital is where the United Ukrainian Ballet, a company assembled...
The Academy Decides Not To Rescind Andrea Risenorough’s Best Actress Oscar Nomination
"No punitive action will be taken by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences against best actress Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough or those...
They Misspelled Poor Georgia O’Keeffe’s Name On The Wall Of The New Terminal At...
"After years of stuttered construction, the $11 billion Long Island Rail Road terminal in Grand Central has opened — and commuters have already noticed...
California’s Three Major Orchestras And Their Conductors Are Starting A Statewide Festival Of New...
"The November event — called the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music — is a collaborative project organized by three maestros: Gustavo Dudamel...
