City Ballet’s Season Remains Just Out Of Reach
Thanks a lot, omicron. Not only is the season delayed, but "the canceled performances will not be made up; the season will still end...
The Department Of Justice Is Stopping Sellers On Amazon From Price-Fixing
But it's price-fixing of ... DVDs? Yes. There's millions in BluRay and DVD sales, apparently. "The conspirators communicated with each other to eliminate competition...
Max Julien Became A Cult Star After The 1973 Film The Mack
Julien starred as an ex-convict turned pimp, but he also wrote and co-starred in a feminist western. He didn't like the name "blaxploitation" and...
Do Today’s Golden Globes Matter?
We can't watch them - for very good reason, as the organization that put them on is ... problematic, to say the least -...
You Don’t Need To Be Rich To Assemble A Collection Of Art
Search out painters, sculptors, and other artists you like, and buy what you can. For fun. For your own space. For falling in love...
When A Critic Can’t Resist The Pull Of One Favorite Play
This New York Times critic didn't set out to see Caroline, or Change seven times. It just kind of happened. - The New York...
The Rise And Fall Of A Worldwide Dance Phenomenon
The year is 1995. And, well. "Every part of that song is a hook. That song broke every conceivable barrier in pop music. You...
Tilda Swinton Says She Never Wanted To Be An Actor
The star of many films says that she's ashamed she didn't go into poetry, and that she's thinking about retraining to be a caretaker...
One Potential Future For Giving Art Back
That is, the future of restitution. "Each object is a symbol of countless others lost to systemic cultural devastation." - Hyperallergic
You Can’t Change Your Self
So don't try. Instead, "figuring out how to do something a little less or a little more is likely to yield the best results...
Portland Loses One Of Its Brightest And Best Behind-The-Scenes Cultural Workers
Una Loughran had a strong guiding hand for decades with Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Portland, its successor Portland Center Stage, and BodyVox Dance. One artistic director...
Sidney Poitier Changed Hollywood, But Also Broadway
"When he returned to Broadway in 1959 for the premiere of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, he was already famous" - and the...
What It’s Like To Be A Chicago Software Engineer Dropped Into An Emergency Role...
File this under Covid stories: A woman who performed with Wicked's national tour and Broadway ensemble as Elphaba's understudy but left theatre in 2015...
Feels Like 2020 And 2021 All Over Again As A Pixar Film Skips...
Of course, the Mouse - Pixar's parent company - is putting a good spin on it: "Subscribers around the world enthusiastically embraced Pixar’s Academy...
Why A 2004 Two-Muppet-And-A-Rock Clip Went Absolutely Viral In Early 2021
Perhaps it's obvious, but just to be clear: "The rock is a metaphor for pandemic denialism, and Elmo represents the vaccinated — those who,...
In Britain, Indie Bookstores Had Another Fantastic Year
Can this last? "For the first time in almost a decade, more than 1,000 indies are open for business: it is a sector thriving...
The Non-Disney Version Of Winnie-the-Pooh Is In The Public Domain
What does that mean for artists who love the OG Pooh Bear? - Washington Post
Los Angeles Arts Groups Are Trying To Figure Out How To Go On Through...
Center Theatre Group and the LA Phil aren't canceling - and aren't planning to cancel - shows, at least not at the moment. CTG's...
Bookcore Is A New (Old) Look For A Weary New Year
"Bookcore is an amalgamation of the last five years of trends: normcore, gorpcore, dadcore, vintage, 1990s sportswear, American trad, Westernwear, Native American jewelry, pleats,...
Understanding The Role Of Emotions
Being in the throes of an emotion influences a great many things: your memory, what you see, the inferences you draw about the world,...
For A Long Time The Purpose Of Art Was To Shock Against Norms. But...
Somewhere in the 19th century the notion develops that a work of art can be most effective when it’s ugly, when it deeply mirrors certain social realities...
Want To Be A Successful Artist? Find A Rival
A study of composers during from 1750-1899 discovered that they were significantly more productive when they lived in close proximity to other composers. The most...
The “Change” Binary Of Music
The urge to be static rose concurrently with the urge to change. And so, in the twenty-first century, we’re presented with a choice: to...
Music Critic Richard Freed, 93
Mr. Freed was active for six decades, contributing regularly to The Washington Post, the New York Times and the old Washington Star, among many other publications. He...
IMAX: Time To Rethink What Movies Are
For the right kind of movie, people really want a cultural, theatrical experience. Period. And they want to see the right kind of movie...
