Tag: 04.16.21
The Tech That Lets Opera Singers Rehearse With Accompanists Remotely
Says San Francisco Opera general director Matthew Shilvock of the platform, called Aloha, "It allows a singer and a pianist to essentially be in...
Here’s A Landmark For A Growing Company: Indianapolis Ballet Hires Its First Executive Director
"More than three years after its 2018 debut, the professional company … announced April 6 that longtime Indianapolis arts leader Don Steffy will take...
Preparing To Resume
"I think part of the answer is going to be for arts organizations to look in the mirror and ask themselves, “What really was...
Has NPR Recovered From COVID Cutbacks? ‘Not Completely’, Says CEO
"NPR cut spending in areas including staff and executive pay to offset a decline in revenue spurred by the pandemic, particularly in corporate sponsorship....
Jazmin Morales Talks About Being an “Intrapreneur”
The Assistant Director of the Colburn School’s Center for Innovation and Community Impact shares the impact of Colburn’s EDI initiatives and strategies on being...
What It’s Like To Edit A Legendary Beat Poet
Michael McClure's final editor, Garrett Caples: "As any editor can tell you, turning a manuscript into a book is an affair in itself. Michael’s...
Teens Use The Arts To Document Their Pandemic Times
If you want to know how young people are experiencing the pandemic, the assault on the Capitol Building in January, vaccinations, and more, what...
The Redesign Of The Hirshorn Sculpture Garden Has Hit A Wall
A rock wall, and a water feature as well, to be precise. "This is a debate in which everyone is a little right, and...
Budweiser Paints Lionel Messi Ads Over Iconic Murals In India
The outrage was so strong, including in statements by St+art India, that the beer company is backing down. Of course they can't fix what...
Joye Hummel, The First Woman To Write ‘Wonder Woman,’ 97
Hummel was 19 when she began working as an assistant for William Moulton Marston, the psychologist who had created the character and the comic...
Vartan Gregorian, Savior Of The New York Public Library, Has Died At 87
Gregorian, an immigrant from Armenia who became a scholar and leader of Brown University and the Carnegie Corporation, "was best known for resurrecting the...
A French Novelist Wins The LA Times’ Book Prize For Fiction
But the prizes are numerous, and many American writers won prizes in many other categories and genres, including poetry, history, current interest (where Isabel...
When John Adams’ Most Playful Piece Was Booed
Adams came up with the vision for Grand Pianola Music when he was tripping - literally - and audiences weren't sure what to do...
In New Jersey, A Closed Theatre Results In An Arts Incubator And Virtual Shows
There's no audience; there's no one in the building, but Newark Symphony Hall is busy. There's a new "career accelerator and business incubator" in...
Oscars Producers Say It’s A Good Thing The Pandemic Has Upended The Evening
Well: "Changing the Academy Awards, a 93-year-old American institution, has typically proven an exercise in futility. Tweaks have been tried along the way, yet...
Helen McCrory, Star Of Peaky Blinders And Harry Potter, Has Died At 52
McCrory's husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced the news of her death on Twitter. "I’m heartbroken to announce that after an heroic battle with cancer,...
The Teams That Save Spain And Portugal’s Shop Signs, From Neon To Giant Calligraphy...
Across the Iberian peninsula, more than 50 groups are working to save what they can of the cityscapes that are under what they feel...
The Accent That Most Actors Won’t Even Half-Try
Yes, it's Philly. Despite how much those of us outside the area might think we know it, "the characters in Rocky don’t talk like they’re...
What Does Dudamel’s Paris Opera Appointment Mean For Los Angeles?
For star conductors, of course, it's not unusual to have appointments both with an orchestra and an opera company. And Dudamel's contract with the...
A Scammer Is Targeting British Literary Prizes Via Paypal
The emails appear to come from the winning authors, and to connect to Paypal accounts that could conceivably be associated with them. "Over the...
Where Dance Is Online
Somehow, despite the continued strain and strife, many dance companies have successfully adapted to the evolving digital stage — reimagining Nutcracker seasons, digitizing never-before-seen...
Head Of New York Theatre Workshop To Step Down After 34 Years
James C. Nicola, the artistic director of New York Theater Workshop, announced on Friday that he will step down in June 2022. At that...
Key Arts Figure In Belarus Freed From Prison After International Campaign
"Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and had charges against her dropped following...
Gustavo Dudamel Is Paris Opera’s Next Music Director
The world's oldest opera company (founded in 1669 by Louis XIV) has signed one of the very few living conductors to become a celebrity...