When A Performer Runs Afoul Of TikTok’s Chinese Censors
This is not great. "It’s a fine line that creators have to walk. You can be a creator and true to yourself and true...
What’s A Crime In The Metaverse?
Probably things very similar to crimes offline - assault, murder, torture, etc. Unfortunately, the so-called Web3.0 isn't missing any of that, or the racism,...
So-Called Urban Fiction Shapes A Lot Of Culture, But It Gets No Respect
"Over the decades of its enduring popularity among Black people, street lit has consistently been treated like second-class literature" – at least by the...
Hollywood’s Basic Crafts Unions Reach Tentative Agreement
That's 7500 workers - plumbers, electricians, drivers, animal trainers, etc. - without whom Hollywood would have a very hard time pumping out content. -...
The Super Bowl Dance Kerfuffle
Much more than a kerfuffle - it's about skill, rehearsal, and money. The half-time dancers "frame the action. And in a space as vast...
The UK Is Looking Into The Pathetic Amounts Of Money Musicians Get From Streaming...
"The world’s three biggest music companies: Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music, control about three-quarters of the UK recording market, allowing them to strike...
Annals Of Fascism: Mississippi Mayor Withholding $100k From Public Libraries With All LGBTQIA Content
The libraries are steadfastly refusing to do such a thing, and the mayor is on thin - if any - legal grounds, but there's...
B Is For Broadway, And Bernadette
A new book rhymes ways to teach young children about theatre. "There are so many things in here that are favorite shows of mine...
How Spielberg Tricked Me Into Writing The “West Side Story” Screenplay
I love “West Side Story,” I always wanted to work with Stephen Sondheim, and I’ve come to realize that my writerly self-respect is tangled up...
Tubing Streaming Stars Are Burning Out
Twitch is now being criticised for encouraging streamers to spend an unhealthy amount of time on the platform and then not doing enough to...
How To Think About Being Online
The key to cutting through the confusion is to see that digital transformation is not a single thing, but a multi-faceted journey with differing...
Berlin Considers Plan To Ban Cars From City Center
Campaign group Berlin Autofrei has proposed a law to limit private car use within the Ringbahn train line in the German capital, an area of 34...
A Return To Western Liberalism?… That’s Problematic
When some commentators call for a return to classical liberalism, they forget that it rested on the moral foundations of Jewish and Christian monotheism...
Just How Does The Dallas Museum Of Art Expect To Pay For A Major...
The involvement of wealthy donors sets up a balancing act for the DMA at a time when patrons’ money is under more scrutiny perhaps...
Some Of The Best-Loved Scenes In Iconic Movies Are Only There Because Of Test...
Anne Archer shooting Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Julia Roberts dancing with Rupert Everett to end My Best Friend's Wedding. The freeway dance that...
How Do You Know You’re Not Living In A Simulation? (No, Really…)
Can you prove you’re not in a simulation? You might think you have definitive evidence that you’re not. I think that’s impossible, because any...
What Should Be Done With Fascist Monuments After The Fascists Have Been Ousted?
Most Nazi monuments in Germany were torn down after 1945, but in Spain and Italy many of the buildings and statues glorifying fascism are...
Just So You Know: This Is What Streaming Platforms Pay Artists Per Stream
I think we can all agree that this system is not set up for independent artists with a growing fanbase. The benefits of this pay-out scale are designed...
Theatres Are Experimenting With Varied Curtain Times — Again (And That’s A Good Thing)
It was only from the 1970s that American commercial theater settled on the rule: start at 8:00 for evening shows and 2:00 for matinees...
Data: Who Gets To Be A Resident Choreographer
The position of resident choreographer, while it does not exist at every company and varies between organizations, represents job stability, resources, and artistic opportunity...
There Will Be No Picasso NFTs After All
"After a granddaughter and great-grandson of the artist trumpeted the upcoming sale, lawyers for the family said Thursday that his heirs have not authorized...
The Essential Opera Quality
Opera demands engagement. It’s best if it accomplishes this by being creatively provocative or ravishing or infuriating, but as long as there's enough to...
An Alvin Ailey Star Choreographs His First Piece For A Big Ballet Company (New...
Jamar Roberts, who only stopped dancing for the Ailey company last month and who remains its resident choreographer, says that the new work is...
Remember When Damien Hirst Sold That Diamond-Covered Skull For $100 Million? Turns Out That...
The artist has now admitted that the very widely reported sale of the piece (titled For the Love of God) in 2007 never actually...
Even In A Scary Time Like This, The Head Of One State Arts Funder...
Massachusetts Cultural Council executive director Michael Bobbitt is "convinced the crisis presents an opportunity to restructure arts funding, transforming the sector into one that...
