My Life As A Cyborg
My elevator pitch goes something like this: “I know you think cyborgs are always imminent. But not here yet. However, I am a cyborg....
Christopher Newton, 85, Former Shaw Festival Director
Among Newton’s contributions were the development of distinctive festival seasons, the establishment of a permanent acting ensemble and the creation of an artistic training...
Confessions Of A Crossword Puzzle Constructor
What makes for a good word, in the eyes of a crossword-puzzle constructor? The language of aesthetic judgment is gustatory—one has good taste or...
How Do You Reconcile Being A Writer With Having A Career?
There is a contradiction here of both scorning a system that’s shallow and rigged, and also feeling bitter about not being able to succeed...
How Can You Recontextualize Confederate Statues? (There Are Challenges)
Hamza Walker conceived a fiendish idea: Why not stage an exhibition in which, removed from their places of pride, these statues could be evaluated...
A Case For The Universality Of Western Music
Jay Nordlinger: "What is the glory of Western civilization? Our political freedom, probably — the rights of individual man. But I would not put...
Just As With People, Orchestras With Co-Morbidities Get Hit Hardest By COVID
In particular, symphony orchestras, such as those in San Antonio and in Springfield, Mass., which have the twin problems of long-term financial distress and...
Biden Nominates Net Neutrality Champions To FCC
Biden is blazing a path that will make it harder for large internet service providers to exert their market control. The point of net...
The Most Adapted Of All Modern Ghost Stories (Excepting “A Christmas Carol”)
Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (1898) has inspired many a movie and television adaptation as well as a major opera. Adam Scovell...
New AI Software That Could Make Editing Podcasts As Easy As Editing Text
Shasta can record a conversation, automatically transcribe its contents in the cloud, and then make that audio every bit as easy to edit as...
The Real-Life Inspiration For “The Exorcist” Identified Publicly
He was known to a small group of Jesuits and reporters, but he spent his life afraid that more people would learn about his...
A Very Very Weird Year For The Art Market
The story of the Banksy neatly encompasses all three elements of the year: the impact of Asian buying power; the increasing influence of cryptos and those...
Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch In 2022
Choreographers and performers from Africa and its diaspora have a notable presence on the coming year's list, as do dancers blurring gender boundaries and...
The Guggenheim Preached Austerity During COVID, Then Gave Its Director A Forty Percent Raise
The Guggenheim’s 990 IRS Filings, a form the US Federal government uses to gather information about tax-exempt organisations, shows Armstrong’s total compensation increased from...
A New Sequel To “West Side Story” Will Take Maria Back To Puerto Rico
Long Wharf Theater in New Haven has commissioned Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp of the company Universes to create a musical, titled Maria, that...
Maybe The Problem With Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Is That Movie Audiences Are Tired...
Not sequels: people obviously love new installments in a franchise. The difference seems to be that fans want the characters they already know in...
Broadway Will Not Be Shutting Down Completely, Declares President Of Broadway League
"Yes, some shows are closing. we have absolutely no plans to shut down. We are paying serious attention to the protocols. The other...
Arts Groups Really, Really Hope Children Will Turn Out For Holiday Shows This Year
Ballet companies count on the income from parents bringing the kids to Nutcracker; same with the Met Opera's English-language children's versions of classics; many...
Lorne Michaels Sets A Timetable For Retiring From “Saturday Night Live”
"You know, I think I'm committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years," said Michaels, who'll be 80...
The Parthenon Marbles Stolen by Elgin? Not Our Problem, Says Boris’s Government
Yes, Prime Minister Johnson argued back in 1986 that they should return to Greece, but as recently as last month, he reiterated to Greece's...
Netherlands Shuts Down The Arts (And Most Other Things) Due To Omicron
Performance spaces and cinemas, bars and restaurants, and other non-essential businesses are closed until mid-January. This and a similar lockdown in Denmark are, so...
How Looney Tunes Got A Foothold In American Culture
Why did several generations watch old Looney Tunes alongside new work and actually prefer the stuff made before they were born? It was partly a historical...
What’s The Point Of Coming In To An Office?
The offices of tomorrow may have more in common with a café or a classroom or a maker space, IDEO's Sandy Speicher says. It’s...
The Art Of Museum Store Shopping
You must resist the siren call of logoed knickknacks. These items transmit either “I was there” (which, as the gift giver, you are already...
Culture Shift: Gen Z Kids Are Abandoning Real-World Sports For E-Games
It’s clear that the rise of e-sports has come at the expense of traditional youth sports, with implications for their future and for the...
