Davóne Tines Is Transforming The Song Recital — And Maybe Even Classical Singing Itself
The bass-baritone has made programming an art in itself, building evenings around a sermon or a Langston Hughes poem, slipping from Bach to jazz...
Christie’s Ploughs Ahead With Controversial Pre-Columbian Sale, But a Third Fails To Sell
The house’s “Pre-Columbian Art & Taíno Masterworks” sale was preceded by an in-person protest, a slew of media articles, and a petition that circulated on change.org, signed by...
A Political Consultant Turns The Story Of His Downfall Into An Autofiction Musical
Hank Morris was a serious player until then-New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo prosecuted him. His new show, A Turtle on a Fence...
The Little Engine Trying To Chug Its Way Up The Hill: Literary Review Of...
Thirty years on, the LRC still feels like a very Canadian experiment, addressing the country’s challenges even as it faces them itself. - Toronto Star
As Audience For Foreign-Language Streaming TV Soars, There’s A Shortage Of Translators For Subtitles
Talk to some of the skilled professionals who do the translating, however, and it seems this is yet another case where there's not a...
A Climate Change Imperative For Artists
We have to find a new art and a new psychology to penetrate the apathy and the denial that are preventing us making the...
Why Dancing Is Good For Your Physical And Mental Health (According To Neuroscience!)
"Wouldn't it be great if science could confirm … that dancing is one of the best things we can do for our heath, joyful...
Some Encouraging Data On Whether And When Audiences Will Return
"In this blog, we first examine the historic impact of COVID on performing arts ticket sales and then we use the data to simulate...
As People Continue To Work From Home, Will Weeknight Performances Remain Feasible?
Fewer people than back in The Time Before will be able to swing by the theater or concert hall after leaving the office. Will...
Spotify Moves Into Audiobooks The Silicon Valley Way — By Buying A Company
The acquisition of audiobook platform Findaway lets Spotify "quickly bring a large catalog of audiobooks to its massive user base … in the way...
Strike Averted As IATSE Accepts Deal With Hollywood Studios
"The membership of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted to ratify a new three-year agreement, ending the threat of the first...
One-Day Strike Called At Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
"More than 96% of the union, which represents public-facing staff, library workers, educators, curators, conservators, and administrative and professional workers, voted to picket outside...
La Mama Theatre Rises From The (Literal) Ashes
No, La MaMa in New York didn't burn down. But La Mama in Melbourne did. Founded in 1969 and an important venue for developing...
Work You’re Ashamed Of? (The Cultural Implications)
Whether or not a certain line of work is shameful or honorable is culturally relative, varying greatly. Farmers, soldiers, actors, dentists, prostitutes, pirates and...
Dance Is Huge On Insta And TikTok. Is It Also Harmful?
Users who look at videos and pictures of bodies deemed attractive by broader society will be shown more of those images, potentially feeling worse...
45,000-Year-Old Painting Of A Warty Pig Upends History Of Art
The famous animal paintings in the Chauvet cave, of France, are dated at around thirty-five thousand years old; the Sulawesi warty pig outdoes them by...
Five Books That Will Change The Way You Think About Climate Change
In contrast to the simplistic idea that all we need to do is implement a set of technological and lifestyle changes, they offer a...
The Trope Of “Hot” Women In Literature
A cursory review of Western literature and fiction suggests that the instinct to render fictional heroines “hot” has both a long history and one...
We Each Process Color Differently. Here’s How
Colour has a life beyond any individual perception. It exists as both the quality of a thing as well as an approach to that...
Outsider Fashionista Passes Torch To 20-Year-Old, Takes Life, And A New Museum Is Born
Professionally, Steven Klein created logos and slogans for hotels and restaurants. But he belonged to no agency. Instead, as an independent consultant, he was...
Your Social Status Versus Your Moral Status
Within the state and between the state and those it governs, personal relationships are much less significant than they used to be after a...
Woman Interrupts Guthrie Performance With Half Hour Racist Rant
Patrons attending A Christmas Carol were seated and ready for the 7:30 p.m. showtime when a woman began screaming in the crowd. According to social media...
Tommasini To Step Down As NYT Classical Music Critic
At year’s end, Tony will step down as The Times’s chief classical music critic. It is a position he has held since 2000, giving...
Putting The Fun Back Into Franz (Schubert)
And the puppets; don't forget the puppets. Instead of a quiet recital hall, "Schubert’s songs grew from entertaining evenings of spontaneous, alcohol-fuelled interaction, with...
What To Learn From Being The Target Of (Deeply) Hateful Attacks For What You...
Nikole Hannah-Jones on what she's learned: "Power doesn’t flash what it’s going to do. ... It doesn’t signal what it’s going to do. It...
