Yearly Archives: 2021
Neil Sheehan, 84, NYT Vietnam Reporter Who Got The Pentagon Papers
"Mr. Sheehan, the son of impoverished Irish-immigrant dairy farmers, graduated from Harvard University and served in the Army before joining the United Press International...
A New “Arts Worker” Movement
Built on the concept of the “arts worker” — an immense labor category representing 8.8 million Americans doing everything from designing clothing to sweeping museum...
Why Are A Bunch Of Teens Convinced That Helen Keller Wasn’t Deaf-Blind?
Blame TikTok and the pathologies of social media in the age of fake news. A couple of (so-called) satirical videos were posted last year...
What Dallas Black Dance Theatre Learned About Virtual Performance And Charging For It
Dallas Black Dance Theatre envisions and is now developing a full complement of virtual activities. These include conservatory-level dance training at the same professional...
‘Now I’m Sounding Like One Of My Characters’ — Suzan-Lori Parks On Playwriting
"It's like what 'Michelangelo' said, right? He's working with the marble and taking away everything that's not the sculpture. And let's put Michelangelo in...
We’ve Become Much Nicer At Waging War
We have, in fact, become nicer and less violent as individuals. We may have domesticated ourselves by our choice of mates and by breeding...
‘Star Wars’ Fan Fiction Video Is All Over The Place — And Disney Is...
"Such films have existed almost as long as the franchise itself. Early examples were spoofs, like the 1978 short Hardware Wars and a 1997...
What Does It Actually Mean To Live In The Now?
The singularity of the now might appear to be a deep and profound insight. It’s the springboard for various more practical strategies for achieving...
Medieval Silver Hoard Unearthed In Polish Village
Archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences discovered a ceramic vessel containing well over 6,000 coins and rings as well as silver bullion near...
Connecting Learning Music With Medical Workers
In a six-week pilot collaboration between New England Conservatory and Massachusetts General Hospital this fall, the Boston Hope Music Teaching Project connected teaching fellows...
Venice’s Mayor Wants Museums To Stay Closed, And Half The Town is Furious
"The decision by Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, to extend the closure of the city's 11 civic museums — including the Doge's Palace,...
France’s Cultural Venues Will Be Closed All Month
"Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed … museums, cinemas, theaters, concert halls and gyms 'will not in the weeks to come'." Venues had...
Consider The Word ‘Sedition’
"Sedition — Merriam-Webster defines it as 'incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority' — is a word that echoes across American history,...
Simon & Schuster Cancels Sen. Josh Hawley’s Book In Wake Of Capitol Riot
From the company's announcement: "We did not come to this decision lightly. As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a...
Montreal Symphony’s Next Music Director Is Rafael Payare
A graduate of Venezuela's El Sistema, the 40-year-old music director of the San Diego Symphony begins a five-year term at the Maison symphonique in...
Nina Ananiashvili Sent To Siberia (For Her New Job)
Once one of the biggest stars at both the Bolshoi and ABT, she returned to her native Georgia in 2004 (at President Saakashvili's personal...
After A Year Away, Boston Symphony’s Music Director Is Back
Andris Nelsons, who has been in Europe since before the pandemic started, returned to Symphony Hall to record three programs pairing Beethoven symphonies with...
Record Streaming Music In 2020
The year 2020 ended up setting a streaming record in America, increasing 17% for the year to end with an unprecedented 872.6 billion streams....
The Dance Of Everyday Life
“The way we move has changed in the past year, indoor spaces seeming claustrophobic and our outdoor spaces not vast enough, backyards and gardens...
Record Number Of Women Directors For Big Hollywood Movies In 2020
The yearly Celluloid Ceiling report by San Diego State University found that women accounted for 16 per cent of directors working on the 100...
Claim: Our Music Theory Education Is Racist
"When we restrict ourselves to Western art music, we forgo the opportunity to speak about basic yet essential musical elements such as groove, timbre,...
What If We Put Everyone Into A Giant Multi-Billion City?
The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth's surface, freeing the rest of...
Is America Turning Out Too Many PhD’s?
The overproduction of Ph.D.s has been an issue for years in the U.S., which has a higher rate of doctorate holders than almost any...
The Ballet World In Degas’s Paintings Was A Mean, Sordid Place
"In Paris, its success was almost entirely predicated on lecherous social contracts. Sex work was a part of a ballerina's reality, and the city's...
What Editors Do
Lish’s job on Carver is perhaps too extreme to serve as an example of the role of the editor, but what any kind of...