There’s A Rule Broadway Insiders Follow
It’s called the two-block rule, as in, if you need to trash the show, wait until you’re two blocks away. “You wouldn’t go to...
Why It Matters That We Can Interpret Symbols In Art And Literature
“Something profound is lost when we reject the symbolic, that well-spring of human communication since an Australopithecus some three-million years ago found a pebble...
Designing A Mostly Happy, Hippie Sci-Fi Apolcalypse
For instance, in Pluribus, “the music was designed to explore the tension between the pain of individuality and the comfort of surrender.” - Fast...
Heated Rivalry Is Not Just That Gay Hockey Show, It Also Can Teach You...
“Streaming numbers have reflected the craze, with multiple tracks from featured Canadian artists ‘jumping tens of thousands of per cent in streams and thousands of...
The Guardian’s Twelve Worst Films Of The Year
Worth a read just for the pans: “This listless and supercilious musical – ostensibly on the theme of heartwarming home town values – ......
The Ukrainian City Where ‘Carol Of The Bells’ Was Born Has Been Destroyed By...
Pokrovsk’s displaced choir had to distill “the complex choral melody for just three singers this Christmas, down from the usual 30. Hearing the arrangement...
Dear Mayor Mamdani: Here’s Your Art Everywhere
Dear Mayor Mamdani, We love your love of arts for all, and we swooned when we read that your favorite museum is the art...
Ancient Pharaoh’s Boat Is Being Reassembled In Public View
The vessel belonged to King Khufu (aka Cheops), builder of the Great Pyramid — near which the boat was discovered in 1954 and excavated...
How Hallmark Movies Impact British Columbia’s Economy
Love it or hate it, Hallmark movies are big business in B.C., where the company films the about 40 per cent of its content — Christmas...
The Most Important Archaeological Discoveries Of 2025
“While there were some new finds like the oldest blue pigment discovered in Europe, a rare hieroglyphic decree identified in Egypt, and an elite Moche residence...
Why Canadian Fiction Needs To Stop Talking To Itself
In Canada, the literary world tends to be inward-looking. It’s obvious why. For three-quarters of a century, the official position has been that if...
Broadway’s Greatest Season: 1957-58
The last hurrah of these bygone performers was the Broadway season of 1957–58, arguably the greatest season on Broadway of the last 75 years....
The Market Fantasy That Has Undermined The Art World From Within
The current erosion of the art market is not a cyclical contraction; it is the result of oversaturation and a speculative economy in which...
Yet-To-Be-Published “Tupperware Erotica” Novel Sparks Bidding War For TV Rights
“Wet Ink, a novel (about a 1960s housewife using Tupperware parties to smuggle erotic stories) by the 33-year-old London-based author Abigail Avis, is not...
Is The Music Of The Future One Unencumbered By Structures Of The Past?
Busoni proposed the notion of “Ur-Musik.” It is an elemental realm of absolute music in which composers have approached the “true nature of music”...
The Film Buffs Preserving Classic Movies
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, archives and other august institutions. But they are surviving, too, in the care of...
Your Spotify Wrapped Doesn’t Really Know You. But Your Reading Does
Listening to music can be a passive experience — one enjoyed in tandem with folding laundry, or driving a car. To really learn about...
Oh, Let’s Just Stop Worrying About Oscars Category Fraud
“Every year, studios, publicists and talent huddle to determine categories for the acting contenders on the bubble between lead and supporting. And many film...
The Books, Recordings, Culture Entering Public Domain January 1
Under U.S. law, the copyright on thousands of creations from 1930 — including films, books, musical compositions and more — will expire at the...
Can AI Help Put Back Together A Cimabue Ceiling Fresco Shattered In An Earthquake?
A joint project headed by the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria in Perugia, which has officially worked with the Basilica’s guardians for the past decade, and...
In Praise Of The Intelligence Of Aphorisms
Aphorisms are different. They are the antithesis of the half-baked hot take and nothing like the machine-made flattery that’s now permeating so many informational...
The World’s Supply Of Frankincense Is Running Low
Like maple syrup, frankincense is harvested by tapping the sap of a tree, in this case several varieties of the Boswellia tree, which grows...
Mohammad Bakri, Respected But Controversial Palestinian-Israeli Filmmaker, Is Dead At 72
“A Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic...
Chicago Classical Station WFMT Fires Longtime Host Bill McGlaughlin
Composer-conductor McGlaughlin, now 82, is known to public radio listeners as host of numerous classical music programs over several decades. He's been founding host...
The Little Nonprofit That Cleaned Up 42nd St. And Times Square
Young’uns under 40 may not realize just how sleazy the heart of Broadway’s entertainment district had become by the 1980s. Now it has The...
