Tag: 01.12.21
Founders Of Belarus Free Theatre Get Death Threats From Lukashenko Government
"We will definitely find you … and we will hang you side by side." So said a column in Sovietska Belarus, the more-or-less official...
Why Have Sea Shanties Become A TikTok Sensation?
Why sea shanties, and why now? I do not have any concrete ideas about this; all I can tell you is that it’s happening....
When Yiddish-Speaking Puppets Roamed The World
Puppetry had never been part of the Yiddish theater tradition, but in 1920s America, they were all the rage. So in 1925-26, a pair...
Howard Johnson, Pioneering Virtuoso Of Jazz Tuba, Dead At 73
"Before Johnson, in instances wherein the tuba was part of a jazz arrangement, it was typically confined to bass parts. Johnson demonstrated a prowess...
After High-Profile Robberies, Germany To Spend Millions On Security For Arts Venues
"The German government has announced that it will hand out €32 million ($38 million) this year to national cultural institutions undertaking modernization projects, including...
Caligula’s Pleasure Garden Has Been Unearthed And Will Open To Public
The remains of part of the notorious emperor's Horti Lamiani (as it was then called) were excavated from under the rubble of a derelict...
The Best-Selling Books Of 2020 – Obama Tops The List
"A Promised Land, the first volume of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs, was the top print title in 2020, moving nearly 2.6 million copies at...
Is Simon Rattle’s Departure From London A Sign Of Things To Come Post-Brexit?
Although glamorous plans were unveiled in 2019 , the new hall is looking more and more like a fantasy. And now it is losing...
Is This Finally The End Of Broadcast TV?
How much of the telly you watch this year will be on a live, linear channel, at the scheduled hour, with millions of others...
Jazz Pianist Frank Kimbrough Dead At 64
"Casual of gesture but deeply focused in demeanor, had an understated style that could nonetheless hold the spotlight in trio settings, or fit...
Earliest Recording Of Allen Ginsberg Reading ‘Howl’ To Be Released
"A 'lost' recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his then-fresh epic poem 'Howl' in 1956 will be released for the first time in April, thanks...
Gov. Cuomo Announces Plan To Revive New York’s COVID-Devastated Arts Scene
" announced on Tuesday a statewide program of indoor and outdoor shows over the coming months that will feature upwards of 150 performers —...
CNN Is Shutting Down Its Airport Channel
"The steep decline in airport traffic because of COVID-19, coupled with all of the new ways that people are consuming content on their personal...
San Francisco Art Institute Cannot Sell Its Diego Rivera Mural: It’s Being Landmarked
"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to initiate landmark designation for the 1931 Diego Rivera mural The Making of a...
Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Reimagined To Account For Climate Change
"Like the original music, some of the representation is fairly literal: Instead of hearing strings play what sounds like a thunderstorm once, you might...
The Subversion Of The Digital World
"I always go off of this dancing logic: for every system of control that establishes itself in a very direct and very antagonizing way,...