For The First Time, A Ballet Company Brings In An Intimacy Coordinator
Consultants who "choreograph" sex scenes and ensure actors feel safe performing them are becoming common in film, TV, and theatre, but this production at...
This May Be The World’s Largest Puppet
"Percy the Porcupine, the two-story creation, is covered in 2,000 foam quills and has an articulated nose the size of a 2-ton Volkswagen. And...
The Times Of Trouble Are Not Over At New York Public Radio
After several years of well-documented turmoil, WNYC had a new president and needed a new top editor. The newsroom badly wanted someone, preferably of...
Saving Atlanta’s Independent Arts Journalism Website When The Board Wanted To Shut It Down
Executive Editor Scott Freeman: "In the summer of 2020, we were in another bad spot and it became obvious that our board planned to...
Putin’s Government Shuts Down Russia’s Last Independent TV And Radio Stations
"Russia has blocked TV Rain (also known as 'Dozhd,' Russian for 'rain'), its last independent news network, along with Echo of Moscow, one of...
Clement Crisp, Doyen Of Dance Critics, Dead At 95
"For more than 60 years, his prose distinguished the arts pages of the Financial Times, always with eloquence, panache, expertise and astounding wit." His...
A Year Ago A Beeple Sale Started An NFT Gold Rush. So Has It...
In the 12 months since, something like $44 billion has been spent on about six million NFTs, usually issued to certify digital creations but...
Why The Sale Of Bandcamp Matters To Musicians
With Bandcamp’s model, buying an album feels like an investment in both the music and the artist, and as a result it’s the best...
New Dr. Seuss Books Inspired By His Sketches
Leaving nothing to chance after the previous book banning, the new works will be written, drawn and edited by what’s described as a group...
Spotify Quits Russia
Spotify said Wednesday it has closed its office in Russia indefinitely because of the “unprovoked attack on Ukraine.” Social media companies with more than...
The First TikTok War
The war has become content, flowing across every platform at once. A single tweet earned the clip more than ten million views, but it...
What If The Internet Is Actually A Living Thing?
Could it be that the internet is not best seen as a lifeless artifact, contraption, gadget, or mere tool, but as a living system,...
For John Cameron Mitchell, There’s Acting And “All The Other Stuff”
"'Acting is what pays the bills,' he says." (In fact, it just paid for a house in New Orleans.) "'All the other stuff is...
Do Birds Have Languages?
Both birdsong and language are passed culturally to later generations through vocal learning. Geographically distant populations of the same bird species can make small...
After A Stroke, Choreographer Ronald K. Brown Is Making Dances Again
The event happened late last April, though Brown is only now speaking about it publicly. He's had to relearn to walk and to choreograph...
Okay, So This Is Creepy: New Google Tech Monitors Your Movement Without Cameras
It sounds futuristic and perhaps more than a little invasive—a computer watching your every move? But it feels less creepy once you learn that these...
What Can, And Can’t, We Really Expect Gergiev And Netrebko To Say About Putin’s...
"At what point does cultural exchange — always a blur between being a humanizing balm and a tool of propaganda — become unbearable? What...
Even During COVID, State Of Georgia Rings Up Record Spending On Movie Production
Georgia film production in the 2021 fiscal year exceeded its pre-pandemic pace, setting a new record of $4.1 billion in direct spend from productions...
Met Opera Cancels Anna Netrebko’s Engagements
"'It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,' Peter Gelb, the company's general manager, said in a statement. 'Anna is...
Netflix Is Obligated To Carry Russian Propaganda In Russia. It Isn’t… For Now
News that Netflix would likely be forced to broadcast Russian propaganda sparked a furious response from subscribers in the West, with hundreds taking to...
“Rain Bomb” In Australia Floods Brisbane’s Arts District
An extremely slow-moving low-pressure system dumped about 60 inches of rain on the Queensland capital in three days. Most of the city's major cultural...
Podcasts And Radio Are More Persuasive When Listened To Through Headphones: Study
"Researchers from (three University of California campuses) have found that when people listen to auditory messages – like podcasts, audiobooks, and radio news –...
“To Make Space For A Real Teaching Of History, We Have To Get Rid...
"History textbooks are basically designed to alienate students. Instead of enlightening them, textbooks prevent students from understanding history and why it's important. ... If...
Last Year, Protesters Demanded Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater Address Racial Inequities There. And What...
Well, you can't say they did nothing whatsoever … - Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
Amazon To Close All Of Its Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores
The online retail behemoth has announced "it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods...
