Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Ojai: How To Create A Playwrights’ Festival That Matters
“Every Ojai play has a single plot. And that plot is: ‘Here, this thing that no one else has noticed—we have seen it as...
How To Kill The Internet In Australia: Websites Liable For Content On Pages They...
A lawsuit named Defteros v. Google argued that a website could defame someone without writing anything about them — or even knowing who they are. It was enough...
Philadelphia Loves Its Murals. But The City Has Targeted Them For Years
For young graffiti artists, their highly stylistic and calligraphic “wickets” were an alternative to gang life in communities abandoned by slumlords and the city....
In Seattle: How Do You Rebuild A Creative Culture?
Arguably, our culture of leadership is in disrepair. Our ability to recognize and celebrate excellence is in doubt. Our effectiveness at building consensus is...
Michael Heiser’s Stunning Masterpiece (50 Years In The Making) Ready To Open In The...
Half a century after Heizer stuck his first shovel in the ground, “City” is finally opening to visitors, which may be the most unbelievable...
The Endless Possibilities Of Site-Specific Dance
Every dance is site-specific in some sense, but, in a warming world changed by war, political upheaval and a pandemic, some choreographers forgo traditional...
Another Attempt At MoviePass
It’s been a bumpy road, one with high highs and low lows, for MoviePass. The company shot to notoriety in 2017 by offering customers...
Why Are You Reading This?
The white liberal reading style “has dictated that we go to writers of color for the gooey heart-porn of the ethnographic: to learn about...
What I Learned From A Week Hanging Out With Mensa Members
About 1,100 Mensans journeyed to the Reno area for this year’s convention. They came because they think they are smart, they care deeply about...
Why It’s So Hard To Define Who Is A Millennial
A Pew Research Center poll from 2015 found that, regardless of the parameters, only 40 percent of millennials say they identify with their generation’s label (compared...
Henry Mancini’s Genius
What makes him such an exemplary film composer is the adroitness with which he used style as a catalyst, conspiring with directors to illuminate...
Texas’ New Book Banning Rules In Action: Bible Gets Pulled From Shelves
Forty-two books in total—including the Bible, a graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe—were...
Why Are Paris Comedy Clubs Packed?
As a theater critic in France, I’m used to sitting in auditoriums full of all-white, older spectators. In the comedy world, the customers mirrored...
Auditions Suck: A Litany Of Indignities
“Directors are rude, look at their iPhones during the audition, run late and don’t apologise, they chat away to their casting director as if...
The Remarkable Carpenters Of Medieval Practice Rebuilding Notre Dame’s Roof
“There are people outside of here who can do it now, but I tell you they all came here to learn how. If this...
Drought Exposes Ancient Spanish StoneHenge
Experts believe the striking circle of dozens of megalithic stones has existed since 5000 BC. However, it was first discovered by German archaeologist Hugo...
Radical Rethink Needed For Australian Cultural Policy
The right of citizens to participate in, and contribute to, the cultural activities of the community is accepted in a number of the international...
What We’ve Learned From The Octopus About Kinds Of Intelligence
All these behaviors—as well as many more observed in the wild—suggest that octopuses learn, remember, know, think, consider, and act based on their intelligence. This changes...
Was Longtime Star Canadian TV News Anchor Fired Because Her Hair Went Gray?
Lisa LaFlamme, who started hosting the flagship show in 2011, was one of many women who stopped dyeing her hair during the pandemic, and allowed...
A First: Streaming Tops Cable TV For The First Time
It was only a matter of time before the milestone was reached, as streaming usage has continued to climb while traditional TV declines amid...
Should Disney Sell ESPN )And What Would It Say About American Sports-Watching?)
Fewer Americans are getting cable TV—and, by extension, ESPN—every year, but the network remains home to some of the most popular content on TV,...
How HGTV Changed The Look Of American Houses
Flipping and landlording are both seductive economic propositions—so much so that shows about successful, self-made flippers and investment-property renovators have become their own genre...
Why Pop Music Stars Are Signing Up For Extended Residencies Rather Than Touring
In a rebounding touring market, with concert-starved audiences buying tickets in record numbers — and at higher prices than ever — these bookings are deliberate choices...
Why Teachers Are Stopping Teaching
The solutions to every year’s teacher shortage makes the problem even worse. The teachers who stay wind up doing more work for less pay....
Charlotte Symphony Expands Pay, Season, Diversity
“There is more demand in Charlotte for our services than we can usually meet, so I’m very pleased we were able to raise the...