Disney’s Not Alone In Dealing With Employee Revolt
As recent Netflix and Spotify (and now Disney) employee backlash shows, "Higher-ups are increasingly contending with a socially conscious and internet savvy generation of...
Museums Protest Russia’s War, But Rich Buyers Keep Buying Russian
The art world rarely wades so publicly into political upheaval, but the war in Ukraine is striking a nerve, particularly among museums in Europe that are...
Pixar Employees Say Disney Censors The Studio’s LGBTQ Stories
A group of LGTBQIA Pixar employees and allies released a statement holding the corporation accountable. "Even as employees have attempted to make inclusion a...
At The Kennedy Center, Mapping The Future Of Classical Music
The idea: "The Cartography Project, a multiyear initiative, will generate new works from dozens of composers and artists of color, each representing American communities...
Encanto Is Kinda Colombian, Mas O Menos
Colombia's culture minister: “What, for me, would be the greatest win or success for Encanto — aside from the three award nominations in the Oscars —...
Is Beloved Literary Journal Conjunctions Going To Survive?
Public pressure and a backlash might be convincing Bard College to pony back up: "The ever vibe-conscious Bard is now trying to figure out...
How To Form A Band Inside A Pixar Movie
"The stakes of the movie, the goal of the movie, is not to save the world. It’s not to save the princess. It’s to...
Artists Band Together To Bring The ERA Back Into The Spotlight
The Equal Rights Amendment, again? Yep. A new campaign "brings together a who’s who of creatives. ... The ultimate hope? To use the power...
The Director Of Kyiv’s Art Museum Takes Steps To Preserve Art And Artifacts
Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta is the director of the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex in Kyiv. "It doesn't feel very safe, as you...
New State Education Laws May Mean Movies Like Selma Can’t Be Shown In Classrooms
Of course, one might imagine that's the point of those "anti-critical race theory" laws. And "even when teachers decide to use clips, they must...
A Man Forced His Way Into MoMA And Stabbed Two Employees
The suspect had had his membership revoked because of recent unruly incidents. He jumped over the counter and stabbed the employees, who at press...
Techtopia: When Work Becomes The New Religion
The larger problem with worshipping work is that it sucks up employees’ interest and energy in any kind of civic engagement in neighborhoods, cities,...
Twelve Essential Books To Understanding Putin, Russia And Ukraine
In the two major library systems I patronize, every title on Ukraine, Russia and Putin I have sought in the last week is checked...
A Way To Save The Oscars? Cut The Cord!
Cutting the cord and streaming the Oscars is the obvious move for the Academy to get the show out of its current audience-dwindling funk....
Is Dudamel The Future Of The NY Philharmonic?
The symbolism was unavoidable. Van Zweden — who said in September that he would be leaving in 2024, opening up one of the world’s most prestigious...
What Has Happened To NPR?
Overnight, the network’s entire orientation had changed. Every segment was about race, and when it wasn’t about race, it was about gender. The stories...
Valery Gergiev Is Selling $150 Million Worth Of Properties In Italy
The properties include a villa on the Amalfi Coast, complete with Roman ruins and an Aragon tower in the garden, the Palazzo Barbarigo on...
Rachmaninov, Russian Culture, And Putin’s Atrocity In Ukraine
"It is desperately ironic that Rachmaninov's experience — being held personally accountable for the actions of a government he despised — is being repeated...
Kyiv Orchestra Performs In City’s Central Square
The very site of the outdoor concert by the Kyiv-Classic Symphony Orchestra symbolized their defiance: the Maidan, Kyiv’s central square, the focal point of...
Choreographers For Film And TV Are Forming A New Labor Union
"So what is owed to the creators of the choreography that's helping movies, television shows, music videos, and social media campaigns earn millions of...
Montreal Symphony Cancels Performance By Young Russian Pianist Even Though He Spoke Out Against...
The decision followed a request by members of the Ukrainian community that the orchestra cancel Alexander Malofeev’s performances. Initially, the OSM declined, noting that...
How Ukrainians Are Using Books To Defend Against Russian Attacks
After Putin invaded Crimea and the Donbas, the government in Kyiv began giving extra support to Ukrainian-language writing and media; publishing flourished, and Ukrainians...
Jazz Trumpeter Ron Miles, 58
Miles, a Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer who was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017, had recently canceled a public performance at...
This Is The Question About Black Life In America That Underlies Dominique Morisseau’s Plays
"Getting free in the past, it's just getting free. Like, you're literally in bondage. Getting free in the present is a very different thing....
The Cardiff Philharmonic Canceled A Tchaikowsky Performance. Its Reasoning Demonstrates A Moral Quandry
That list doesn’t make for a snappy headline, but it does demonstrate good sense — a quality that’s been in short supply as people...
