Filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub Dead At 89
"Straub ... and his wife, Danièle Huillet, worked together as filmmakers for more than 30 years. Straub-Huillet, as they were often called by French...
The Remarkable Sphinx Organization Turns 25
Perhaps Sphinx’s most fundamental and meaningful achievement has been its simplest one, the part that crying mother caught onto: creating a community of people...
Singing And Playing Wind Instruments May Spread COVID Less Than Speaking Does
A Princeton University study involving singers and orchestral players from the Met found that "musical professionals have such fine control over their breath that...
Orchestra Impresario Bruce Coppock, 71
"It is no exaggeration to say that no single person had a greater role in the SPCO's artistic trajectory over the last 20 years...
With An Immersive Theater Piece, Irina Brook Emerges From The Huge Shadows Cast By...
After a lifetime "blindly" following the path of her parents — director Peter Brook and actress Natasha Parry — Irina realized she was in...
Leader Of Notre-Dame Cathedral Restoration Says We’ll Be Shocked When We See The Cleaned...
Yes, "a shock" is the term used by the army general overseeing the project for visitors' anticipated reaction to the interior stonework once centuries'...
Best International Feature Oscar Gets A Big Change In Its Nomination Process
In previous years, participating Academy members would rate the films they saw on a point scale ranging from 7 to 10. Now they'll rank...
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” And “Tár” Lead 2023 Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Everything Everywhere All at Once received eight nods: best feature, director, screenplay, and editing, as well as four acting nominations. Tár garnered seven nominations:...
Lucerne Festival Artistic Director Announces His Departure Date
Michael Haefliger will have run the summer event for 26 years when he allows his contract to expire at the end of 2025. Over...
Marcelo Gomes Will Be Directing Dresden’s Ballet Company
With Semperoper Ballett artistic director Aaron S. Watkins leaving this summer to take over English National Ballet, Gomes — who's been coach and ballet...
Italy May Have To Raise Museum Ticket Prices Because Of The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals
"Following a climate protest in which activists threw flour on a Warhol-painted BMW in Milan, Italy's cultural minister warned that museum admission prices could...
New Entertaining Bios Of Mary Rodgers And Stephen Sondheim Demonstrate The Power Of Voice
Two new brazenly entertaining works of theatrical biography are a reminder that “voice” is as essential to the stage as it is to a...
Why Streaming Can’t Be The Movies’ Only Revenue Stream
The problem with this—on top of the hope that each of these studios could replicate Netflix’s first-mover advantage—is that streaming never ever made sense...
A New Era Of Copyright Fights Is Beginning Over AI
Some people who make a living from their visual creativity are upset that AI art tools trained on their work can then produce new images in...
Esperanza Spalding Quits Harvard Faculty Over Curriculum Proposal
Spalding wrote she communicated with Harvard about a “decolonial education” curriculum she would like to implement as a course or initiative, but said what...
Playing Music To Treat Schizophrenia
“Having a mental health diagnosis is not a reason to not have a creative life." Schizophrenia can be disabling, but therapy, medication and even...
Finally: A Meaningful Treatment For Alzheimer’s?
The therapy slowed cognitive decline, the statement said, raising hopes that a drug might finally apply the brakes to Alzheimer’s and provide “a clinically...
Detroit Opera Names Its First Music Director Since The Company’s Founder Stepped Down
Conductor Roberto Kalb, who starts effective immediately, will work alongside artistic director Yuval Sharon and associate artistic director (and soprano) Christine Goerke. Kalb will...
China’s Grandparents Are Becoming Social Media Stars
In this corner of the Chinese internet, octogenarians croon, septuagenarians tango and gray-haired fashionistas strut down catwalks and offer makeup tips to millions of...
Pittsburgh Public Media Gets Quite A Donation: Another Radio Frequency
Martz Communications was operating WAMO (660 AM and 107.3 FM) as a hip-hop station until the company sold to the radio conglomerate Audacy, which...
Banksy Claims Clothing Brand Stole His Images, Urges Fans To Steal Clothing
On Friday, November 18, the anonymous graffiti artist took to Instagram to accuse the clothing retailer of using his work without his permission before...
How A Poor, Bullied Black Girl In Pasadena Grew Up To Be Octavia E....
"(Writing stories was) her own temporary escape hatch from a life of 'boredom, calluses, humiliation, and not enough money. ... I needed my fantasies...
Theatre Critic Michael Feingold, 77
Michael Feingold has twice received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. - Broadway...
After Painful Pandemic-Related Cuts, Philadelphia Prepares To Spend Millions Of Extra Dollars On The...
Thanks to a very unexpected municipal budget surplus, "about 15 city arts and cultural institutions would receive amounts ranging from $100,000 to $3 million...
The “Festival Of Brexit” Hoped For 66 Million Attendees. It Got Less Than 3...
Unboxed (as the bundle of events is actually called) attracted a total audience of 18 million, but the vast majority of those watched online;...
