Germany Is The Next Nation To Offer 18-Year-Olds A Free “Culture Pass”
"The €200 Kulturpass, which will be made available to all 18-year-olds, has twin aims: to encourage young adults to experience live culture ... and...
The “Velveteen Rabbit” As A Philosophy
First published in book form in 1922 by a little-known novelist named Margery Williams Bianco, it has now been in print for a century,...
Police Thwart Glue Vandals At Oslo Museum
The painting was not harmed, although some glue residue was left on the protective glass. The room was then emptied and closed to the...
Vandals Claiming To Be “Climate Activists” Throw Maple Syrup On Painting At Vancouver Art...
Police said no arrests have been made, but officers are investigating the incident. - CBC
Report: Numbers Quantifying Declines In Arts Attendance In 2020-21
Relative to pre-pandemic times, the 2021-22 season saw a 14 percent decline in the amount of seats sold, a 17 percent reduction in paid...
Conductor David Robertson Returns To Composing
My composition chops were extremely rusty and needed buckets of WD-40 put on them. What was interesting is how once you get started, you...
Why Do We Value Consistency? Consistently Wrong Isn’t A Good Outcome
Consistency isn’t of value, in and of itself. If the outcomes are bad, the fact that they were arrived at by employing a consistent...
Disasters Are On The Rise. We’re Going To Have To Think About Them Differently
Disasters compress time, and in a world besieged by them, dramatic shifts occur: For planners and architects and officials, whose work typically unfolds over...
The Marching Bands Of HBCUs Have A Lot To Teach Classical Musicians
"One of the main lessons we can learn ... is the ability to maintain musical traditions while also responding to the surrounding culture. While...
Misty Copeland Shares What It Took To Become A Star Dancer
"It wasn't until ballet came into my life that I started to feel that I could be a person, a person in the world,...
The Secret Of Mike Birbiglia’s Power
"One of Mike Birbiglia's simplest and best talents is his instinct for leaping from sprawling existential ideas to prosaic little experiences. ... (His) power...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Show: Does He Know What He Bought?
I’ve watched Elon Musk treat Twitter as a comedy club on the one hand, and the universal town square on the other. What he...
Seattle’s Once-Thriving Music Scene Is Broken. How To Fix It?
Seattle was a thriving, energizing, musical city. It was synonymous with Sub Pop and KEXP. It was home to literally hundreds of rock, pop, hip-hop, soul,...
The Recipe That’s Made “Yellowstone” The Best-Rated Drama On American TV
"(They) crossbred throwback Western with modern antihero drama, grazed on the myth of the West and hormone-injected it with rural-vs.-urban culture war. ... Yellowstone...
Brian Eno Explains Art To You
What happens when you go look at a painting you’ve never seen before? What I think happens is that you’re seeing it in the...
Pakistan Bans Its Own Entry For The International Film Oscar
"The Pakistan government has banned Joyland, the film that will be its Oscars contender, after pressure from hardline Islamic groups who called its depiction...
Choreographer Sean Dorsey’s Work Takes A Major Turn
"His four previous works, each two or three years in the making, have combined dance, music and storytelling to preserve LGBTQ history and illuminate...
A New Giacometti Museum Is Coming To Paris
"The Giacometti Foundation will take up residence in the former Gare des Invalides, better known in postwar years as the former headquarters of Air...
Boston’s Handel And Haydn Society, America’s Oldest Musical Group, Names New Artistic Director
Jonathan Cohen, a 44-year-old cellist, harpsichordist and conductor from Great Britain, begins his term next season. He currently leads his own London-based ensemble, called...
Roberta Flack, Stricken With ALS, Can No Longer Sing
The 85-year Grammy winner, whose biggest hits were "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song," has...
Jay Leno Hospitalized With “Serious Burns”
The former longtime host of NBC's The Tonight Show, who is now 72, reportedly suffered burns to his face in a gasoline fire which...
Leveling Up? Who Are You Kidding? Say Tory MPs About England’s Arts Funding
"A Tory revolt has emerged over 'patronising' claims that funding for established cultural institutions contributes to the government's levelling up pledge, amid concerns from...
Louisville Orchestra Names Graham Parker Chief Executive
Parker brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership roles at a range of arts organizations. Most recently, he was the president of Decca...
Jeff Bezos Says He’ll Give Away Most Of His Money. So How?
“The hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way,” he said. “It’s not easy. Building Amazon was not easy. It...
Science Defines The Modern Age, Right? So How Did We Get It So Wrong?
How is it that the dawning of the age of reason, which saw science and technology become preeminent in western culture, coincided with the industrial...
