Historic Wins At The Oscars Overshadowed In The Moment By Ableist Joke, On-Stage Slap
Ariana DeBose was the first out queer actor of color to win a major acting award. CODA? First Best Picture win for a streamer....
Oscars Live Updates, The Vanity Fair Edition
This one will be heavy on the red carpet and after-party updates; we'll add other live update news sites here (here's NPR; here's Washington...
It’s Hard To Make A Living As A Theatre Artist
The group Artists Who Code is trying to help artists (and not just theatre artists) make a transition to the world of actual remuneration...
The Charles Dickens Museum Got Shadowbanned On TikTok
It took a full-blown Twitter campaign to get the author's name, and the museum's name, and all of the museum's content, unbanned. You probably...
Is Streaming Going To Win Best Picture At Last?
"Three years ago, Hollywood was engaged in a knock-down, drag-out fight over the future of cinema — what, exactly, constitutes a film — with...
Darcy’s White Shirt Is Going On Exhibit In Jane Austen’s House
Yes, Austen lovers, that shirt. "Jane Austen Undressed focuses largely on the undergarments that Austen heroines would have worn under their Regency dresses, but one...
What Happens When Kids (And Some Adults) Learn History Through Video Games?
"Teachers may not even notice that the student asking why the Ottomans didn’t colonize America or what happened to Burgundy may have a view...
The Resurrection Of Andy Warhol
Not that his influence ever went away, "but if Warhol seems particularly ubiquitous right now, that’s because he is — onscreen, onstage, in museums and...
Fine, Let’s Rank All Of The Full-Length And Short Movies Nominated For Oscars
Yup: "There are actually 53 movies nominated across all 23 Oscar categories this year, ranging in quality from great to terrible." - Vulture
Oh No, It’s The Oscars, And Evening Gowns Are In Trouble Because Of Supply...
Gowns are out of stock everywhere. "It really has almost been like a roaring twenties situation," one store buyer said. - Fast Company
The New Novel For A Time Of New War, A Century Ago
Ali Smith: Take note of what happened when Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf's friendship addressed war - it changed everything for Woolf, her novel...
Two Men Are Now Helming Madison Ballet
Ja'Malik, the company's new AD: "A lot of people think is a very elitist art form. It’s only for a certain demographic, a...
Why 200 Workers At The American Museum Of Natural History Are Voting On Unionization
What the guest services workers say: It's the verbal abuse from guests, massive understaffing, and, generally speaking, a lot of stress. - Vice
Addicted Artists Don’t Seem So Glamorous Anymore
"So many artists have lived hard lives and had awful deaths that for years we seemed to expect this of them — that addiction...
Hollywood May Finally Be Paying Attention To Its Own Deaf Community
"This past year, there are deaf characters and deaf representation all over the place. A list that includes: Hawkeye, Eternals, A Quiet Place Part II, CODA, and Only...
Amsterdam Publisher Halts Publication Of Book About Anne Frank’s Betrayer
A report by Dutch historians refuted The Betrayal of Anne Frank. "The book had claimed to identify the informant who alerted Nazi police to...
Literature In Odesa Amid The Air Raid Sirens
"When I ask [legendary Odesa journalist Yevgeny Golubovsky how I can help, he replies, 'Ah, I need nothing, and when I ask again what...
If Some Topics In ‘Turning Red’ Shocked Parents, That’s Not The Movie’s Fault
That is to say, if you haven't talked about periods with your kids, you're gonna blame Pixar for that? - USA Today
Over Some Opposition, Laurie Cumbo Is Named NY’s New Director Of Cultural Affairs
Cumbo "takes the helm of the Cultural Affairs department at a delicate moment — with the arts sector still struggling to emerge from the...
Who Is Best Movie Nominee CODA Really For?
Let's talk about the film's use of music. "Though music is not intrinsically antithetical to deafness—deaf musicians are not unusual ... — CODA largely treats...
Museums Are Trying To Make Money On NFTs
Cash-poor museums to generate money by selling nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. Last year, NFTs, usually pegged to the high-flying but volatile Ethereum cryptocurrency, took the market...
Scientists Are Trying To Shape Dreams. Creepy? Or…
The Dormio enables a limited shaping of the images that appear during sleep’s first stage. Yet this is enough to give bite to the...
Pandemic Has Forced A Rethink Of Creative Uses Of Public Spaces
The regeneration of cultural destinations and tourism is a key objective, but more so, the pandemic has prompted a critical rethink on pressing concerns...
Have We Reached Peak Podcast?
“Because we have seen so much growth over the last few years, the No. 10 show is getting more downloads than the No. 10...
After 40 Years, SFJazz Director To Step Down
Randall Kline was the driving force behind the opening of the $64 million SFJazz Center at Franklin and Fell streets, which opened its doors in 2013 as...
