Sotheby’s Pulls Flashy NFT Sale
The lot was composed of 104 “CryptoPunks,” a historic and popular PFP NFT collection designed by Larva Labs in 2017. The estimate for the...
Have You Heard Of “Sensitivity” Readers? Oh My.
The Readers were explicit that this was not to do with any actual words on the page, but because they could tell that I...
What Is It That Makes A Group Of Neighboring Venues Into An “Arts District”?
For a start, there should be multiple art forms available and multiple points of entry, both physical and metaphorical. - ArtsHub (Australia)
Munich Mayor Gives Valery Gergiev 3-Day Ultimatum
“I have clarified my stance against Valery Gergiev and urge him to also clearly and indisputably distance himself from the brutal assault, Putin against...
Long Wharf Theatre Is Leaving Its Building. So What Is My Relationship With The...
This forces me and so many others whose lives have included hours spent in the building to examine how we connect with a theatre...
Not Only Are TV Series Episodes Longer These Days, They’re No Longer At Standardized...
"Freed from the need to fill a half-hour (actually, 21 minutes with commercials) or an hourlong (e.g., 44 minutes plus ads) time slot in...
Why Do Some Teams Inspire While Others Sap Energy?
Why might a person let her team down in one situation but give it her all in a different one? Sometimes, as in the...
The Transcript Of The Emmett Till Murder Trial Is Put Onstage For The First...
The Chicago company Collaboraction has edited the proceedings of the 1955 case — in which an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted two white men who...
Scottish Ballet Is Latest Arts Company To Sever Ties With BP Funding
Campaigners have urged the arts and culture sector to cut all ties to oil companies over claims of greenwashing. BP said it was proud...
Seattle Arts Groups Say COVID Costs Are Crippling
To avoid costly shutdowns, they're shelling out for hospital-grade filtration systems, daily testing regimes for performers and crew, more staff to check vaccine cards...
Paloma Herrera Walks Away From The Helm Of Buenos Aires’s Leading Ballet Company
In 2017, after 20 years as a principal at ABT, Herrera became artistic director of the Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón, where she trained...
After 46 Years, San Diego Repertory Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Is Retiring
In 1976, Sam Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs launched a theater company "for a San Diego that didn't exist at the time" — cosmopolitan, with...
This Literary Journal Was Philadelphia’s Answer To The Harlem Renaissance
"Black Opals" had only four issues, in 1927-28, but it's now among the most requested items in the Free Library of Philadelphia's rare books...
Why Francis Ford Coppola Has Done A New Restoration Of “The Godfather” For Its...
"Paramount was very unprepared for (the film's) success. … Instead of saying, let's preserve the original negative because it's going to be a valuable...
San Diego Symphony Starts A Nine-Figure Renovation Of Its Main Venue
Ten months after inaugurating the Rady Shell on the city's waterfront, the orchestra has begun what's budgeted as a $125 million overhaul of Copley...
As Russian Troops Invade, Ukrainian Museum Workers Rush To Protect Their Collections
"Even if cultural sites are unlikely to be direct targets of Russian aggression, administrators worry about the security of their collections if fighting escalates...
At Last Minute, Valery Gergiev Dropped From Vienna Philharmonic’s New York-Florida Tour
Barely 24 hours before curtain time, in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Gergiev was replaced as conductor of three concerts at Carnegie...
Actor Sally Kellerman, 84
Among her notable performances in film and television were Welcome to L.A., Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Brewster McCloud, and the third episode...
The Role Of Fiction When “Facts” Don’t Mean Anything
The gap between the experiences of ordinary citizens and the perspectives of politicians and journalists widened throughout the long years of crisis. One damaging...
Watch How A Book Is Physically Made
While digital media completely upended industries like music, movies and newspapers, most publishers and authors still make the bulk of their money from selling...
North Carolina Symphony Picks New Music Director
Carlos Miguel Prieto, who will become the sixth Music Director of the NCS, has personal roots in North Carolina and has been a regular guest...
Exploring Dance As Therapy
Experts have said that exploring non-medical interventions which can be prescribed more quickly, such as dance programmes, should be considered as part of the...
Facebook Says It Will Build A Universal Translator
“The ability to communicate with anyone in any language — that’s a superpower people have dreamed of forever, and AI is going to deliver...
The Place Of Punning In Poetry
"Wordplay is an embellisher. It prettifies poetry's architecture, … but it won't keep your walls and ceiling from coming down. Still, … it turns...
Supporters Of Ukraine Protest Gergiev Concerts Planned For NY This Week
Activists who support Ukraine are protesting a three-concert series at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall this weekend featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev. - NPR
