Big U.S. Podcast Companies Turn Their Attention To Non-English-Speakers
Vice Media, Audible, iHeartMedia, and the children's podcast producer Tinkercast are all working to expand offerings in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, French, and other...
What Makes You – Your Body, Not Just Its Memories
Personhood is a property of the whole body, and the whole body is implicated in how both personhood and an individual person can persist in the face of...
Italy’s Turning A 233-Year-Old Prison Into An Arts Center
The panopticon-style jail, built in 1789 and closed in 1965, is on the tiny island of Santo Stefano, part of the Pontine Islands off...
Look Out, Disney! Mattel Is Coming For Hollywood (Yes, The Toy Company)
Greta Gerwig is directing a Barbie movie with Margot Robbie (Ryan Gosling plays Ken). Lena Dunham has a Polly Pocket film coming. Tom Hanks...
How San Antonio Symphony Musicians Are Keeping Themselves Fed Through A Months-Long Strike
There's teaching, church gigs, the occasional out-of-town sub job in another orchestra. The lucky ones have fully-employed partners. - KPAC (San Antonio)
Remember Trump’s Order That The Art At Federal Buildings Must Not Be Abstract?
"President Joe Biden has reversed a Trump-era order requiring that any visual art added to government buildings must portray American historical figures or ideals...
How Broadway’s “The Music Man” Has Worked Its Way Through A COVID Nightmare
Since the revival began rehearsals in October, five dozen cast and crew members have tested positive for the virus; at one point producers had...
Conductor Edward Gardner Gets A Big New Job
Currently the chief conductor of the London Philharmonic and Bergen Philharmonic and formerly music director at English National Opera, Gardner will become music director...
There’s A New Art Space At Berlin’s Old Airport, And Some Artists Want It...
"The exhibition space, called Kunsthalle Berlin, opened January 28 at the Tempelhof Airport, a facility that was built by the Nazis in 1923 and...
Why A New Focus On Black Writers Doesn’t Feel Like Victory
As a Black author, what do I do with the knowledge that the cruel and senseless murder of a Black human being led to...
Why More Musicians Aren’t Pulling Their Work From Spotify
The reasons why more artists haven’t abandoned Spotify include a stew of political hesitancies, music ownership complications and business incentives. The issues speak to...
Broadway Box Office Down Again Last week
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest...
Dudamel On Conducting For Leonard Bernstein Biopic
When the call came from Steven Spielberg to conduct Bernstein’s iconic score for his 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story, “it was the most ‘yes’ yes I’ve...
Art Gallery Of Ontario Plans Major Expansion
The expansion could prove transformative for the museum, which has in recent years made efforts to beef up its contemporary art offerings. - ARTnews
How $100 Million Shapes The New Vancouver Art Gallery
The design also includes more than 80,000 square feet of exhibition space, a theatre, a library, artist studios, space for a visual arts preschool...
Mirga Will Not Be Taking An American Orchestra Job Anytime Soon
"As administrators search for a conductor of her stature, as well as for someone to tip the scale of gender balance in the United...
Gas Crisis Threatens Famous Murano Glass Production
“After two years scanning covid charts, we’re doing the same with natural gas prices as the curve rises, with the life and death of...
The U.S. Now Has One Massive Spanish-Language TV Network
"Univision and the Mexican TV giant Televisa completed their $4.8 billion merger on Monday, (combining) Televisa's media content and production assets with Univision's assets,...
Little Joy (Or Buzz) In Hollywood As Awards Season Starts
With movies facing what feels to many like an existential crisis and the box office for adult-oriented films all but decimated, few in the business...
The Lady Who Wrote “Goodnight, Moon” Was No Gentle Madonna
Margaret Wise Brown "burned through her money as quickly as she earned it, travelling to Europe on ocean liners and spending entire advances on...
New Data: Streaming Subscribers Who Sign Up For Specific Big Shows Leave Soon After
All streaming services see a portion of U.S. customers unsubscribe every month and have been signing up more users than they lose over time....
Greece Is Restoring Its Ancient Amphitheatres And Returning Them To Use
From Epiros in the north down to Sparta and beyond, the outdoor venues where classical drama was born are being rediscovered: 25 are hosting...
How Method Acting Made Me Mad
The idea that an actor must authentically experience and feel the lived reality of the character he is playing—and therefore be infinitely present and...
All Over France, An Exhibition Shows The Sensuous Side Of Muslim Culture
"It is called 'The Arts of Islam: A Past for a Present', and each of its 18 participating venues contains 10 works intended to...
Public Libraries Are Offering Training In Starting And Running A Small Business
"As the pandemic has spurred an entrepreneurship boom, many public libraries have stepped in to meet a growing need among new business owners, particularly...
