Tag: 02.09.21
Are American Progressive Ideas A Threat To France’s Identity?
French politicians, high-profile intellectuals and journalists are warning that progressive American ideas — specifically on race, gender, post-colonialism — are undermining their society. “There’s...
Now That ‘The Great Gatsby’ Is In The Public Domain, Will It Be Understood...
The novel has been misinterpreted for a long time: just after it was published, Fitzgerald complained to Edmund Wilson that "of all the reviews,...
Criticism As Context
Understanding postcritique begins with understanding what has been the dominant mode of interpretation in literary studies for many decades: critique. Critique involves giving an...
In Praise Of The Most Underrated Punctuation Mark
"That semicolons, unlike most other punctuation marks, are fully optional and relatively unusual lends them power; when you use one, you are doing something...
Vancouver Art Museum Backs Down Its Major Expansion
Fundraising for the project has been at a virtual standstill for the past two years, since Vancouver’s Chan family, headed by Burrard International Holdings...
How Breakdancing Got Itself Into The Olympics
"The story of breaking's meteoric rise to the Olympic stage — it's set to make its debut at the Paris Summer Games in 2024...
What’s Actually In The Paris Opera Ballet’s Diversity Report?
Some of the recommendations are both obvious and overdue: no more yellowface/brownface/blackface, hire more diverse choreographers (but classical choreographers, not contemporary or hip-hop as...
Unproduced Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Coming To Screens
"Veteran producers Bruce Hendricks and Galen Walker have optioned the rights to the late Stanley Kubrick's unmade film Lunatic At Large, and have plans...
Oregon Symphony’s Next Music Director: David Danzmayr
The 41-year-old Austrian-born maestro, who recently completed his term as chief conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic in Croatia, takes up the baton in Portland...
More Monoliths. (Is This Irritating Yet?)
Even though it has a little more flair, I hope we can accept the Turkish monolith as a normal part of life in 2021....
Has Westernization In The Rest Of The World Been Over-Estimated?
The immense force of Western institutions – capitalism, democracy, Christianity – stamped itself on other parts of the globe, creating independent democratic nations committed...
8-Year-Old Complains About NPR’s Lack Of Dinosaur Coverage
"My name is Leo and I am 8 years old. I listen to All Things Considered in the car with mom. I listen a...
Why This Afghan-Born Poet Is ‘The Father Of Uzbek Literature’
Alisher Navoiy was born in 1441 in Herat, now in Afghanistan but historically a Persianate city. He wrote in Arabic, Persian, and Chagatai, the...
How’s New York’s Dance World Navigating A Year Of Pandemic? Better Than They’d Feared
"As they announce plans for the spring and summer — mostly digital, garnished with a little outdoors and in-person — many New York dance...
Last Summer, Museums Made Promises About Diversity. What Are They Actually Doing?
"Many workers regarded it as a positive step this summer when numerous leading institutions released detailed diversity, equity, and inclusion issues (DEI) plans. But...
The Comedy Industry’s Alt-Right Problem
"The mobs that descended on Washington, D.C., last month have intellectual roots in many places, going back to the bloody beginnings of this country....
Flory Jagoda, Living Storehouse Of Sephardic Song, Dead At 97
"A Bosnian-born guitarist and accordionist, brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American...
New L.A. Arts Recovery Fund Has $38.5 Million For Small And Midsize Nonprofits
"The J. Paul Getty Trust initiated the fund, to be officially announced Tuesday, and the California Community Foundation is administering it. Struggling arts organizations...
Frick Collection Set To Open At Old Whitney Museum Building
"The Frick Collection will open in the Breuer building as the Frick Madison on March 18, the museum announced on Tuesday, beginning a two-year...
Facing Another COVID Summer, British Theatres Are Building Outdoor Stages
Social distancing is easier outdoors and there's more air circulation, not to mention the fact that, as one director puts it, "Outdoor arts is...
Defying National Government, French City’s Mayor Reopens Museums
"Louis Aliot, the right-wing mayor of Perpignan, a city in the south of France, will let four museums begin welcoming visitors once more, effectively...
First Arab Woman To Direct A Feature Film, Moufida Tlatli, Dead At 73
" remains best known for her breakthrough 1994 feature The Silences of the Palace, a lyrical study of a woman's return to an abandoned...