Tag: 01.26.21
78s Were More Than Just Caruso, Ma Rainey, And Dixieland — They Were Used...
In fact, outside North America and Europe, 78s were the standard record format well into the 1960s, and they hold an enormous variety of...
Public Radio And TV Face Looming Shortage Of Broadcast Engineers
"The workforce of broadcast engineers — those who know to fix broadcast transmitters, tubes and wires — is reaching retirement age. … Far fewer...
With No Mardi Gras Parade, New Orleans Creates Floats Out Of Houses
"Look around Rona, socially distanced float houses have become a thing. A really big thing. Apparently, if you to take the parades off our...
Is Choreography Is Protected By U.S. Copyright? Yes And No
It's a messy enough business that the first commercial choreography for a pop music video (an industry where you'd think there's enough money involved...
The Genius Equation (Or How You Can Become One)
"If you’re a prodigy with a great gift for something, you can simply do it – yet might not be aware of why and...
Wigmore Hall’s Free Streamed Lockdown Concerts Have Been Quite A Success. They’re Also Expensive.
The performances — by such well-known artists as Mitsuko Uchida, Steven Isserlis, and the choir Stile Antico — cost about £3,000 each for personnel...
New Online Dictionary Tracks History Of Science Fiction Vocabulary
"The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction includes some 1,800 separate entries, from actifan and aerocar to zero-gravity and zine. … A historical dictionary devoted...
A Need For Orchestras To Be More Nimble In Scheduling
Until the arrival of the coronavirus, the prevalent model was not particularly friendly to rapid response. Symphony orchestras did a good deal of planning...
‘It’s Muybridge on Steroids’: Herman Cornejo And A ‘Photo-Scientist’ Make A Totally Different Dance...
In DANCELIVE by Herman Cornejo, shot by Steven Sebring using his specially developed in-the-round camera system, viewers can "watch from up close and...
New Access: Super High Resolution Images Of Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Drawings
The V&A partnered with the Factum Foundation to create the high-resolution color, infrared and 3-D scans in 2019. And last year, in honor of...
What Happens To Whistleblowers Who Outed Their Arts Organizations?
After the open letters are published, the articles are out, and the declarations are made on social media, what happens to the people behind...
Season Three Of ‘Serial’ Is Headed To HBO
"The third season of the award-winning podcast, which arguably set in motion the current boom for non-fiction audio series, was set in the Cleveland...
What Small Chicago Arts Groups Have Learned About Working Online
Before the pandemic, in-person classes offered by the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company tended to be small, with only 8 to 10 students. But over...
Running The Prix De Lausanne Ballet Competition Despite The Pandemic
Since this year's 78 contestants from 20 countries can't travel to Switzerland, they're submitting pre-recorded videos. The jury members (masked and socially distanced, of...
Stand-Up Comedian Jailed For Jokes He Hadn’t Told Yet
On New Year's Day, Munawar Faruqui, a rising talent in India's relatively new comedy circuit, was starting off a two-week tour with a gig...
‘A $75 Million Bet That The Future Of Photography Won’t Always Involve Cameras’
"Leading stock photography company Shutterstock announced today that it has acquired TurboSquid, a digital media company that sells 3D assets, for $75 million. The...
In Rape Case, Filmmaker Luc Besson Is — Well, Not Exonerated, Exactly …
The charge by actress Sand Van Roy was first made in May 2018; it was dismissed for lack of evidence nine months later, and...
Pompeii’s Museum Is Completely Open For First Time In Decades
"The Antiquarium, a museum located on the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, fully reopened this week for the first time in more...
When Everything Is Seen Through A Screen, What Is Theatre?
"Digital performance has only exacerbated the definitional crises during this year of hard and soft quarantine. At a recent UCLA roundtable on the subject...
Andreas Delfs Named Music Director Of Rochester Philharmonic
The 61-year-old conductor spent a dozen years as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony (1997-2009). "Once reportedly accustomed to a few sellout audiences a...
The Case For Simpler Grant-Giving
“Are we giving to organizations that are actually doing the best work? Or are we giving to organizations that are giving us the best...
Cable TV Cord-Cutting Accelerates During Pandemic
In the interim, expect a flood of cable programming to start migrating over to streaming in anticipation for the day when cable is no...
While Lockdown Keeps The Hordes Away, The Louvre Is Fixing Itself Up
"The world's most visited museum — a record 10 million in 2019, mostly from overseas — is grappling with its longest closure since World...