Tag: 03.10.21
Revealed: The Masterful Sophistication Of The Aztec Language
New research by a British linguistic anthropologist, Gordon Whittaker, is revealing for the first time that the Aztecs' hieroglyphic writing system was one of...
The Paris Opera “Aida” That Got Caught Up In The Culture Wars
Verdi’s 1871 tragedy, a love story set in a time of war between ancient Egypt and Ethiopia, is often given the treatment of a...
What Does Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Have For The Arts?
"The relief bill includes $470 million earmarked for cultural organizations, with $135 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National...
Embracing Ambivalence
Even though ambivalence is a common experience, as a concept it’s frequently misunderstood. It doesn’t mean that you don’t care about something or that...
UK Theatre’s Darkest Year
Ridiculous as it might seem now, eight to 10 weeks was initially discussed as a likely closure period. The more pessimistic were talking about...
Boston Lyric Opera Chief To Depart
Esther Nelson added a fourth live performance to the BLO’s season, using the extra production to highlight contemporary works by both up-and-coming as well...
Eight Consequential Inventions Of Literature
"Project Narrative is the world’s leading academic think tank for the study of stories, and in our research labs, with the help of neuroscientists...
Hindu Supremacists Force Shutdown Of Indian Theatre Festival
"The annual theatre festival organised by the Indian People's Theatre Association in the small town of Chhatarpur became the object of abuse and violent...
For Digital “Creators” Everything Is For Sale
"Tens of millions of people around the globe consider themselves creators, and the creator economy represents the “fastest-growing type of small business,” according to...
Inside The Implosion Of ‘Reply All’: Where The Fallout Fell
The conflict over the podcast's, and producing company Gimlet Media's, diversity and equity problems unfolded amidst a fraught unionization campaign and negotiations for the...
The Implosion of ‘Reply All’ And How Gimlet Media Went Awry
When Reply All, Gimlet's tentpole podcast, began airing a four-part series about the reportedly unhealthy and racially exclusionary workplace atmosphere at Bon Appétit magazine,...
How Amazon Blocks Libraries From Lending E-Books
Librarians have been no match for the beast. When authors sign up with a publisher, it decides how to distribute their work. With other...
Men Dancing En Pointe: Why Should Only The Women Get To Do It?
Dancing on the tips of the toes has always been part of the ballerina mystique; traditionally, men have done it only for comedy. Now...
San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Creates Sing-Safe COVID Masks
The opera's wardrobe team crafted the mask from materials used in making its corsets -- with a billowy shape aimed at allowing ample room...
Yahoo News Is On TikTok? Yes, And It Has Over A Million Followers
Yahoo may be seen by much of the minivideo app's Gen Z core audience as a dinosaur, but Yahoo News has been on TikTok...
How The Arts Can Be A Tool In Community Wealth-Building
"Too often, arts-based approaches undermine rather than support equity, as Richard Florida … now acknowledges. … How does one ensure arts-based development avoids this...
These Fragments Were Dismissed As Fake 140 Years Ago. Were They Actually The Oldest...
An antiquities dealer in Jerusalem came forward in 1883 with what he claimed were fragments of the original book of Deuteronomy. After scholars at...
Netherlands Is Creating Master Blueprint For Returning Artworks Looted From Colonies
" On 29 January, the government of prime minister Mark Rutte became the first in Europe to approve a central mechanism for repatriating colonial...
Angry French Arts Workers Occupy Theatres, Demanding Reopening
"Theatres, cinemas, museums and other cultural spaces have been shut since France's last full lockdown in October, and … thousands marched in cities across...
Hollywood Made Out Big Time In The Stock Market
A month before "meme stocks" like GameStop and AMC Entertainment took flight and captured the public imagination, many of the world’s entertainment giants were...
What Has An Entire Year Lost To The Pandemic Done To Top Ballet Pros?
"In ballet when you lose a year, you lose a lot. It takes years of sacrifice and training to become a professional, and the...
Hollywood Stars, The Theater Needs Your Help!
"In one of the more surprising revelations of the shutdown, it turns out that the American theater has no towering figure even attempting to...