Defund English National Opera And English National Ballet, Argues Prominent London Critic
Rupert Christiansen: "This would allow them a rebirth – a radical rethink of their function and structure. Will this happen? No. But when the...
David Hallberg’s New Australia-Wide Dance Festival Is About To Begin
"An eclectic roster of Australian dance artists gathers together for the first time for DanceX. A new festival conceived and curated by David Hallberg,...
Geoff Nuttall, Co-Founder And First Violinist Of The St. Lawrence String Quartet, Has Died...
In addition to leading the St. Lawrence as it became one of the most admired string quartets in North America and artists-in-residence at Stanford...
Philadelphia Orchestra Cancels Next May’s Tour Of China
The trip would have marked the 50th anniversary of when the Philadelphians became the first US orchestra ever to visit China. The stated reason...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Newsroom Goes On Strike, Sort Of
The unionized journalists — well, most of them — voted to join their colleagues in other departments to protest what they say is the...
Editing: The Art Of Deleting (And Adding)
It’s a common misapprehension that “editing” is a synonym for “deleting.” Yes, by all means trim away what I call the Throat-Clearers and Wan...
Billionaire Russian’s International Art Hub Crashes As International Artists Pull Out
Less than a year later, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, it has become a symbol of the cultural death knell of the...
Winners Of This Year’s ArtPrize
“What makes ArtPrize unique is that awards and prizes are selected by both public visitors casting votes and also by jurors,” revealing “the intersections...
The World Within English Songs
There are more English songs to be discovered, past, present and future. Seams of gold run through those blue remembered hills and our modest...
Twyla Tharp Changes Her Mind – Consider The Context
Tharp, watching the world experience the pandemic, has changed her mind about “In the Upper Room” — not about what it represents, but where...
The Monuments Of Kyiv, Sandbagged For Protection Against Russian Drones And Missiles
"(They're) one of few reminders, along with an 11pm curfew and the regular wailing of air raid sirens, that this bustling city is at...
How Listening Habits Have Changed
“Ipsos' survey finds that affluents are spending significant time with audio, especially AM/FM radio. They report listening to the radio for 4 hours a...
Robert Wilson On The Importance Of Humor In Theater (Wait, What?)
"(Humor) can make a situation much more terrifying. And we shouldn't make theatre actually if we can't laugh or if we don't have that...
Want To Read This Book? In This Michigan School District, You’ll Be Sent To...
Students will now be put in touch with a school counselor if they want to check out the book. The counselor will then contact...
A Glimpse Of The Oldest Surviving Book In The Americas
"Dating from 1100, this codex — the work of a single artist, (written in hieroglyphics) on long sheets of amate, paper made from fig...
Netflix Rebound: Adds Subscribers After Losing Many
The company added 2.4 million new subscribers in the September quarter, after having forecast a net gain of 1 million customers. The subscriber growth followed...
Williamsburg And Bushwick Are Expensive Now. Where Are Brooklyn’s Young Artsy Types Moving To...
Sunset Park, a working-class Chinese immigrant neighborhood close to New York Harbor that has plenty of space in what used to be the Brooklyn...
Netflix’s Big Internal Debate: Do Its Movies Belong In Movie Theatres?
Some argued that Netflix is leaving hundreds of millions in box-office receipts on the table with its current strategy of showing only select movies...
Using A State Of Indifference
There are two kinds of things in the world: the good and the indifferents. Note that the first is singular, the second, plural. For there...
Netflix Has Stopped Hemorrhaging Subscribers And Started Pulling Them In Again. How Did They...
"(The company has) added 2.4 million households to its subscriber base after two consecutive quarters of losses. Its reversal of fortunes is especially surprising...
The Voice Actors For Video Games Have Had Enough Of Low Pay And Ridiculous...
They say they're expected to show up for days on end, giving movie-quality line readings from a script on a spreadsheet they've only seen...
Black Conductors Are Finally Making Some Headway In The US Orchestra Scene (Aren’t They?)
For instance, this season the Philadelphia Orchestra has four Black guest conductors in its main subscription series — and, in Philly and elsewhere, they're...
Broadway’s Racially Diverse “1776” Gets Some Offstage Racial Troubles Of Its Own
It was sure to be a fraught enterprise, reviving this somewhat dated musical in the post-BLM era — even with an all-nonwhite, all-nonmale cast...
Ever More Stories Of Bill Murray’s Bad Behavior Are Popping Up
Tales of inappropriately sexual behavior (described by the actor as joking), screaming at colleagues, and even dropping a nine-year-old Seth Green into a trash...
Saudi Arabia Is Evidently Building A New Museum Just For Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi”
The world's most expensive artwork has not been seen in public since it was sold at auction for $450 million in 2017. The anonymous...
