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
Europe’s First-Ever Pop Star
"Charles Dibdin was no one-hit wonder, but a hugely prolific, extremely famous figure. He performed in operas and then wrote his own, composed more...
Madonna Banned Phones At Her Performance. Should Theatres Follow Her Lead?
The Queen of Pop had insisted that everyone attending deposit their phones into small pouches, which were then sealed, given back to us to...
What “The Music Man” Lost When The Broadway Producers Cleaned Up “Ya Got Trouble”
"Cutting the race-baiting from Harold's signature song feels like an easy enough fix, but … the elision leaves a vacuum at the show's center....
Does The Motion Picture Academy Have A Problem With Music?
It was a slap in the face to the hundreds of composers, arrangers, orchestrators, musicians, engineers and other professionals whose work provides the emotional...
An Unpublished Leonard Cohen Novel Is Coming
"Written in Montreal in 1956 – the year Cohen published his first poetry collection – A Ballet of Lepers focuses on 'toxic relationships and...
A Short History Of The Book Index
In the mid-15th century, the mass production born of Gutenberg’s press began to make the index a regular feature of the bound book. But...
The Artistic Director Who Transformed Opera Australia Is Stepping Down Next Year
"Among Lyndon Terracini's artistic achievements have been the staging of two complete Ring cycles – with a third scheduled for 2023 in Brisbane –...
“Artemisia Gentileschi Is The Frida Kahlo Of European Art”
Both were gifted painters who worked in the shadow of a famous male relative — now Artemisia and Frida are the famous ones, feminist...
Francis Ford Coppola Is Going To Spend $120 Million Of His Own Money To...
"It is a film called Megalopolis, and Coppola has been trying to make it, intermittently, for more than 40 years. If I could summarize...
All These Changes To The Oscars Telecast Aren’t Going To Bring Back Viewers
Three hosts, two fan-voted awards, eight categories cut from the live broadcast … "Too many of these Oscar decisions seem motivated by bone-deep insecurity...
David Hallberg Is Getting Back Onstage To Dance
When he became artistic director of the Australian Ballet in 2020, only to have COVID strike, Hallberg had figured his performing days were over....
1,800-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed In London
"The mosaic is thought to have adorned the floors of a Roman dining room, and the spot where it stands is near the Shard....
As The Rest Of England Gets More Arts Funding, London Will Get Millions Less
As it announced that arts organizations beyond the capital would get £75 million in additional funding over the next three years, Arts Council England...
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Banning Books
A new CBS News poll offers data that should prod Democrats into rethinking these culture-war battles. It finds that surprisingly large majorities oppose banning books on...
The Chinese Writers For The New Generation Of Chinese
Having come of age at a time of unprecedented prosperity and opportunity, many have been spoiled and are referred to as “little emperors,” doted...
Why More Cities Are Dismantling Rather Than Demolishing
Deconstruction, city officials say, is a green alternative to demolition, sending up to 85 percent less material to landfills. Building materials and construction account...
How Henry Louis Gates Changed The Literary Canon
As a literary critic, Gates made an impact on the field by helping to establish a canon of African American literature—one that was neither...
Why Subsuming The Australia Council Is A Bad Idea
The proposal to replace the Australia Council is evidence of why it is not– or at least, not yet – up to the task...
What Drives Your Art?
It’s not about the art. It’s not about the money. It’s not about the donors. It’s not about the audience. It’s not about the...
U.S. Bans Import Of Antiquities From Afghanistan
"The policy was conceived as a preemptive measure to prevent artifacts sourced illegally during last year's Taliban takeover from flooding the international market. However,...
Retirees At The Getty Object To Offloading Their Pensions
Former employees of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles have slammed its decision to hand its pension plan over to an insurance...
England To Spend An Extra $100 Million On Arts Outside London
"An additional £75m will be put towards creative arts outside of the capital between now and 2025, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and...
Long Wharf Theatre Giving Up Its Longtime Home
As the company remade itself, it faced a real estate quandary: whether to renew its expiring lease at the New Haven Food Terminal, just off...
