The Latinx Sounds Of Hollywood
Latinx composers made Hollywood's scores, songs, and sounds, starting a century ago. Maria Grever "had studied with French composer Claude Debussy before returning to...
The Artist Who’s Been Drawing For MAD Magazine For 60 Years
As a young man, Sergio Aragonés was confused by MAD's offices. "Where was the whimsy? The MAD-cap frivolity? This was no clubhouse of high...
Biden Restores The President’s Arts And Humanities Commission
That's "an advisory board that was dissolved five years ago after its members resigned in protest over President Donald J. Trump’s reaction to the deadly white...
Ed Sheeran Will Stand Trial In The US Over Copyright Of Marvin Gaye Song
The trial is about "claims he copied his hit 2014 song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, after a federal...
Oh, The Humanities
Humanities departments have to face up to what's happening to their students, both undergrad and (here, the news is even worse) graduate students. Where...
Sue Mingus, Who Promoted Her Husband Charles’ Work, Has Died At 92
Sue Mingus "helped secure legacy as one of the 20th century’s greatest musical minds" after his death of ALS at age 56. Incredibly,...
What Did The Me Too Movement Do For Hollywood’s Craft Services?
Five years on, little has changed, say women behind the scenes. One woman in editorial says, "Realistically, you may have to be willing to...
Museum Directors Give Official Blessing For The Sale Of Some Art To Care For...
"Rules around deaccessioning have long been controversial, with some holding that museum collections should not be treated as liquid assets to weather difficult times." But...
A Conductor With Ties To Russia Will Eventually Step Down From A German Orchestra
Teodor Currentzis, who has ties to a Russian state-owned bank and has been criticized for it, will step down when his contract ends -...
Quick Q&As With The Authors On A Prestigious Nonfiction Award Longlist
Andrea Elliott: "The intensity of my reporting stems from a belief that well-told stories—those with depth and nuance—are the product of intimate knowledge. And...
Lyrics Can’t Be Considered Criminal Evidence In California Anymore
"The bill covers all forms of creative expression but is especially salient for hip-hop artists, whose slice-of-life lyrics have frequently been cited by prosecutors...
Zimbabwean Author Found Guilty Of Inciting Violence With A Six-Word Sign
Tsitsi Dangarembga held a sign in 2020 that read, "We want better. Reform our institutions." On Thursday, she was "convicted of participating in a...
What Cultural Appropriation Really Means
What people think it means: "A member of the dominant culture — an insider — taking from a culture that has historically been and is...
Hollywood, That Bastion Of Conservative Attack Ads
In 1934, Upton Sinclair shocked Californians by winning the Democratic primary for governor. Hollywood couldn't - and wouldn't - have it. - Los Angeles...
After Years Of Protests, The Victoria And Albert Museum Finally Drops The Sackler Name
"This weekend the signs that directed V&A visitors to the Sackler Centre for Arts Education, and to the £2m tiled 'Sackler Courtyard' on Exhibition...
Workers Strike At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Signs Of Unrest At Other Museums)
Since the Philadelphia union was formed, organizing efforts have succeeded at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, as well as the...
The Elusive Search For The Perfect Recording
Tom Port believes that records are like snowflakes — no two are the same. So many things can impact the pressing, including room temperature,...
Is Apple Music About Launch A Classical Service?
References to Apple Classical in code were previously found in a beta version of iOS 15.5, and an Android version of Apple Music. The...
Realigning: Ballet For The Rest Of Us
Founded in Los Angeles in 2011 by Michael Cornell, the Align Ballet Method was born out of a desire to make ballet approachable for...
Bruce Willis Becomes First Celeb To License His “Digital Twin” For Acting Work
Using deepfake technology, the actor appeared in a phone advert without ever being on set, after his face was digitally transplanted onto another performer. Willis...
Here’s Meta For You: A Play About Whether And How Working-Class People Can Do...
Class Act, based loosely on Shaw's Pygmalion and Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, is inspired by lead actor Mish Gregor's "bogan" (that's Australian...
How Your Brain Rewires Itself In Your 40s
The brain begins becoming less connected within those separate networks and more connected globally across networks. By the time we reach our 80s, the...
Bayard Rustin Wasn’t Just A Civil Rights Hero, He Was An Early Music Geek
He taught himself to play the lute while imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War II, collected antique instruments, and recorded, as a...
Simple Question: How Many Black Musicians Play In America’s Orchestras?
"We do not know how many Black people are in orchestras. And I say that as a representative of Black Orchestral Network. One of...
A Dance Version Of “The Matrix”, Staged By The Director Of “Slumdog Millionaire”
Danny Boyle is creating a "large-scale immersive performance" of the landmark science-fiction movie for the new performance venue The Factory International in Manchester next...
