Tag: 04.04.21
The Tensions Between Meritocracy And Equity
"Between those who see meritocratic admissions as giving fair rewards to hard work and ability, and those who demand that schools focus on students’...
A Report From New York’s Wary Return To Indoor Shows
"Like budding flowers awakening just in time for spring, music, dance, theater and comedy began a cautious return this past week as venues were...
Is Network TV Done For?
According to Nielsen, through Feb. 28, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW, on average, showed a loss of 23 per cent from the...
Savage Beauty
 A generation of important Chinese composers, paradoxical beneficiaries of enforced rural relocation, wound up studying in the West. For many, Bela Bartok became a...
Slow Art Is More Than Just Taking Time With A Painting Or Sculpture
Slow Art Day, April 10, is about a lot more than getting lost in a Lee Krasner or a Betye Saar. Though that might...
The Hospitality Industry, Hard Hit By The Pandemic, Wonders If It Can Change Again
What's going to happen as more and more people are vaccinated to the industries that supported thousands of aspiring actors, musicians, and others in...
Keeping Ancient Music Alive, No Matter What
The Ashti Peace Choir, at the Yazidi refugee camp in northern Iraq, is trying to keep music alive despite the desperate history and circumstances...
Winfred Rembert, Artist Who Survived A Lynching And Southern Prisons, Has Died At 75
Rembert's art "told the story of the Jim Crow South. It was exhibited in galleries and museums and helped support his family, though they...
The SAG Awards, As They Happened
Kinda live, except pre-recorded, with a lot on the cutting room floor. In any case: All of the winners! Right here. - Variety
What Powered The Enlightenment
There was no single Enlightenment message: instead it was a cacophony of voices, speaking and writing in all the languages of Europe. There were...