Some Hollywood Productions Are Filming Anywhere But California
“International sites often come with lower labor costs and more expansive tax incentives than those that California offers, making it much cheaper to film...
Can Architecture, And Urban Planning, Help Older People Age In Safer Neighborhoods?
“Cities are often defined by spatial ageism where environments are not set up for older people. The age-friendly movement aims to ensure older people can still play a...
Samuel Beckett Versus The Archbishop’s Censorship
“After the archbishop’s interference, Beckett withdrew all rights in protest, for all of his works in Ireland, indefinitely.” - Irish Times (Internet Archive)
Turner, 250 Years On, Is Still Britain’s Best Artist
That “is partly because he is so intensely aware of a defining fact about his country: it’s an island. For Turner, Britain is bordered...
More Cuts Hobble The Kennedy Center In A Variety Of Departments
Marketing, campus planning, and the entire social media team - gone as of Friday. “Kennedy Center staff members ... spoke on the condition of...
An Evening In The Life Of A “Drunk Shakespeare” Star
“Marissa Chaffee starts her shift by housing a Five Guys burger with pickles, mustard and ketchup. … Later tonight, she’ll chug (a "Witches' Brew")...
The Coachella Experience Has Declined. An Identity Crisis?
The livestreams haven't calmed the complaints about Coachella's lacklustre audiences — many who watch online have commented that the crowds aren't as hype as they believe they would be...
Ambient Music? An Online Archive Of Soundscapes From The Environment
“The Sonic Heritage project is a collection of 270 sounds from 68 countries, including from famous UNESCO-designated sites such as Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal,...
Trump Attacks Have Provoked Canadian Nationalism. But What Does That Look Like?
A more assertive Canadian nationalism than any we’ve seen this century has come roaring back, bringing with it not only a renewed patriotism but...
Climate Protesters Pardoned For Gluing Their Hands To Old Master Painting
The two protesters, members of the German environmental group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), entered the gallery and attached one hand each to the frame...
How Is It That Ireland Hasn’t Had A National Dance Company?
How is it that an island that has managed to produce one of the strongest theatrical traditions in the West could be without a...
All San Francisco Is Arguing About The 45-Foot Nude Woman, And That’s Wonderful
Supporters agree that “R-Evolution” by sculptor Marco Cochrane represents “feminine strength and liberation.” Critics complain that it’s just more of the male gaze and...
How Theatre Should Help Save Democracy
Culture is the sphere in which people debate and determine who they are, what they value and the kinds of lives they wish to...
How Curiosity Fires Up Great Leadership
Curiosity fosters openness and collaboration while reducing decision-making errors. Yet only 24% of organizations actively encourage it, leaving a wealth of untapped potential on...
How Trump’s Threats To Canada Shifted Its Election To All About Culture
Almost all unanimously say Conservative threats to tear up cultural institutions just as Trump aggressively seeks to recalibrate America’s relationship with Canada, whether through...
New York Public Radio’s “New Sounds” Saved From Cancellation For Second Time In Six...
The 43-year-old show, which has had a profound hold on New York’s new-music scene, was first slated for cancellation, evidently for non-budgetary reasons, in...
Saltz: The New Frick — What’s Not To Love?
There is a sexy underground auditorium, a 60-seat café, and the entire second floor of the mansion is now filled with art. There’s almost...
300 Customers Form Human Chain To Move Beloved Book Store
After announcing she was moving her independent bookstore about a block away to a new location, her regular customers all had the same question:...
The US’s Biggest Export Is Education. Is Trump Wrecking It?
In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and...
George Clooney “Good Night, And Good Luck” Sets New Record As Highest-Ever-Grossing Broadway Play
“The new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and directed by David Cromer has broken its own all-time record for highest grossing play...
“Phantom” Is Coming Back To New York, Says Andrew Lloyd Webber, But Not To...
“In a new Instagram video – watch it below – Lloyd Webber, pretending to speak for the Phantom character, says that the musical is...
Cleveland Has More Money For Arts Funding Than It Anticipated
“Despite a drop in cigarette sales in Cuyahoga County in the first quarter of this year, tax revenue is up, creating more funding for...
Chicago Loses A Key Dance Venue, Links Hall
“Since its founding in 1978 …, Links has been a cornerstone of the city’s dance scene, often giving a home to experimental new works...
Nasher Sculpture Center In Dallas Appoints New Director
“(Carlos) Basualdo, 60, comes to Dallas from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he rose through the ranks over 20 years to deputy director...
Jazz Critic Francis Davis, 78
Known for his work at The Village Voice and The Atlantic as well as for an influential annual critics poll, he, “more than many...
