The Power Of Small Gestures: Small Bookstore Stages Fundraiser, Russell Crowe Responds
The bookshop, which opened in 2019, was in its infancy as a business when it was forced to close during Covid lockdowns. It managed...
Ukrainian City Stages Defiant Literary Festival
“I started to be a witness to events. This is a primal function of art … More talented writers of the next generations will...
How A High School’s Gender-Neutral Production Of “Jesus Christ Superstar” Went Off The Rails
Members from the Union County chapter of Moms for Liberty were quick to voice their horror at the gender-diverse casting and the fact the school’s logo...
Hermitage Curator Of Contemporary Art Quits The Museum
Dmitry Ozerkov, who had been at the Saint Petersburg museum for more than 20 years, explained his decision in a lengthy Instagram post, writing...
What’s Your “Q” Score? (No, Not That One)
Characters, sports figures, local TV news anchors: They all have a Q, and that Q Score was used by advertising agencies, TV studios, Hollywood...
Music Touring Is Broken. We Need To Talk About It
Amidst the misery of the pandemic’s peak, there were hopes that the effective shutdown of the touring industry would allow for the music business...
Streaming Reimagines Itself As… Cable TV?
Some companies are coming to the conclusion they will need a dance partner to pursue growth instead of going it alone. Other Hollywood giants...
The Problem With Land Acknowledgments
A land acknowledgment is what you give when you have no intention of giving land. It is like a receipt provided by a highway...
How Do You Translate A Word-Heavy Show Like “Hamilton” Into German?
In "Hamilton," those words go by at breakneck speed, full of English idioms and the rapping rhymes and rhythms of the musical's hip-hop roots....
The Former Director Of Boston’s MFA Worked With An English Art Collector On Trial...
"Malcolm Rogers, who led the MFA from 1994 until 2015, supplied 'more than a dozen letters of authenticity' for paintings owned by collector James...
The World’s Whitest Paint Is Coming For Your Car
And airplanes, and spacecraft. It could "coat cars, planes, and refrigerator trucks, where it could lower surface temperature by up to 42 degrees Fahrenheit....
The Boom In The Comic Book Market
Some gently owned comics are now selling for ridiculous sums. No surprise - you can thank movies and TV for the rise in prices....
Kevin Locke, Who Brought Lakota Music And Dance To The World’s Attention, Has Died...
Locke, who died after performing at the Crazy Horse Memorial, once said, "I have been able to teach countless Indian and non-Indian children to...
Why ‘Blonde’ Is Such A Mess, Both As A Novel And A Movie
"I wonder if the fact that Elvis relies on biographical research rather than a novel made it the more successful film for me (and most critics)....
How Disney Became A ‘Secular Religion’ For Some Superfans
For some people, Disneyland or Disneyworld (or the Disneys in other countries) are like church. "People don't just marry at Disney. They mourn lost...
Travis Hatton, Innovative Conductor In A Portland Suburb, Has Died Suddenly
"During the dozen years he led the orchestra, Hatton created its annual Young Artist Concerto Competition, and showcased at least one work by a...
How Colleen Hoover Rose To Bestseller List Domination
Yes, BookTok. But not only BookTok. The woman who self-published her first book while she was earning $9 an hour and whose books outsold...
So, How Does Geffen Hall Sound Now?
Justin Davidson: "I’m not ready to declare the hall a flop or a triumph. Acoustics are not a separate entity from the music that...
Nikki Finke, Once ‘The Most Feared Woman In Hollywood,’ Has Died At 68
Finke, the founder of the site Deadline, was "a tenacious journalist who revolutionized entertainment reporting." She "placed a singularly unforgiving spotlight on the studio...
Speaking Of Me Too, Harvey Weinstein Is About To Go On Trial In Los...
"Weinstein, who has been accused by more than 90 women of sexual misconduct, faces 11 charges in his Los Angeles trial, which is expected...
Putting Emily Bronte Back In The Narrative
Writer-director Frances O'Connor says, "Sometimes it takes us a while to get the courage to step into something that we really feel passionate about,...
The Intangible Effects Of The Me Too Movement
"As a worker’s rights movement, it brought about a slew of upgrades to industry standards and state law. As a major news event, it...
Streaming Services Want To Fill The Family Movie Void
A Netflix exec: "We loved going to see great original family films. ... Sadly, now when you look at what a lot of the...
An Artist Has Turned Iran’s Fountains Blood Red
"The Persian-language Twitter account 1500tasvir, which has been monitoring the state crackdown that has killed dozens, credited the red liquid in the fountains’ basins to an...
Without Italian Opera, Mexican Ranchera Would Be Very Different
It all started with tours: "In the early 1800s, opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country. 'It...
