Tag: 04.02.21
The Complicated Benefits Of Reading Literature
"No one now can go on insisting on the usual beneficial effects of literature without taking serious and systematic account of Currie's arguments. Not...
Want Certainty? (It Might Not Be Good For You)
Philosophers have long warned that this desire for certainty can lead us astray. To think and learn about the world, we must be willing...
Want A Subscription With Top Seats To Broadway Shows At Philly’s Kimmel Center? Give...
"The Kimmel Center is instituting a mandatory $1,000 donation for access to the best seats in its Broadway series. That's $1,000 up front, before...
Game Of Thrones: The Musical?
OK, we'll be honest, not a musical. A play. Or two? Seven? Hm. However, why Game of Thrones? "It was an epic, at times...
Hey Literature, Women Can Stutter Too
There's truly, in the American literary canon, only one - Merry Levov, of Philip Roth's American Pastoral. What gives? And what do literary writers...
The Subway Can Be Hilarious
Just ask these stand-up comedians, who have been doing sets on trains for months. There are tickets, but then there are also random subway...
Why The Duke Isn’t Coming Back
Listen up, Bridgerton fans, blame streaming (and the focus switch of each Bridgerton book, from which the series draws). At Netflix and other streamers,...
Why Are Digital Ads So Obnoxious While Digital News Sites Keep Failing?
Like the so-called "pivot to video," a lot of the industry was built on a house of cards that one might, with some justification,...
Indoor Events Like Movies And Theatre May Return To California This Month
Restrictions both from public health officials and venues will be in place. "Venues can also choose to separate people into sections based on their...
The Pleasure Of Writing Actual Letters In The Era Of Email And Social Media
"A precise feeling of fondness accompanies the receipt of a letter from someone you care about. There are as many shades of this feeling as...
What Of Our Radically Reimagined Cities Will Remain Transformed, Post-Pandemic?
Public space is different now than it was 15 months ago. Streets have been turned to outdoor eateries and pedestrian malls; Paris removed tons...
Composer Constance Demby Has Died At 81
Demby was a composer of electronica and New Age music. Her 1986 album Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate sold more than 200,000 copies. "Pulse...
Ovation Awards Snafu In Los Angeles Sparks Exodus Of Theatres From LA Stage Alliance
The list of things that went wrong at the Ovation Awards is too long to list - though the venerable East West Players did...
Myanmar’s Latest Internet Shutdown Will Damage Everyone In The Country, Not Just Pro-Democracy Activists
The internet is as much part of our utilities as water and electricity. The shutdown in this globally linked economy is destructive, and only...
Regular British People Got A Slight Lockdown Escape Through Writing Music
One 53-year-old paramedic said, "I'd never written a song before. ... But I came home from work and said: 'I need to write this...
Just When We’re Tired Of The Whole Panini, Theatre On Camera Is Improving
Sort of. "Still, how these works fare on practical levels — such as WiFi reliability and technical mastery of a visual medium — reveals...
She Never Planned To Be An Actor, And Now She Has An Oscar Nomination
Yuh-Jung Youn didn't have acting on her life plan. "The self-taught thespian never envisioned a life in the performing arts. Her international breakthrough seems...