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Douglas McLennan

Douglas McLennan
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This Scientist Has Worked Out A Model Of Human History That Suggests Bad Times...

Peter Turchin has been warning for a decade that a few key social and political trends portend an “age of discord,” civil unrest and...

EU Approves Amazon Acquisition Of MGM

The European Commission, which reviewed the merger, said it would not significantly reduce competition. - Axios

Study: Pandemic Recovery Across The Arts Is Uneven

While reductions in sales and revenues in 2020 were universally catastrophic, the pace of recovery between and within nations in 2021 was very varied,...

Beloved Musical Theatre Coach Dies After Being Shoved

Barbara Maier Gustern, a celebrated Broadway singing coach who worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Justin Vivian Bond and Taylor Mac, has died...

William Forsyth: What Makes Great Dance

You have to ask: why are people in the theatre? With dance, especially classical ballet, it still often does have to do with some...

Remembering Dance Legend Yuriko, 102

Known simply as Yuriko, she could project innocence, serenity or a mystical quality onstage. Yuriko also starred on Broadway in The King and I...

NYU Offers A Class In Taylor Swift 101

In class, they re-examined the time Mr. West, the rapper who recently changed his name to Ye, jumped on stage and interrupted Ms. Swift’s...

Love At First Write

A great first line can spur intense readerly attraction—provoke a compulsion to know more. Let’s call this: love at first sentence. Such a reading...

Artists In Russia Are Chafing Under Sanctions

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking much of the world, Russians working in creative spheres have found themselves squeezed from within and without. - The New...

This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Breaks Ground

Francis Kéré has made a name for himself with a series of schools and medical facilities in Africa that appear grown out of their...

Long Beach Opera Cancels Productions After Director, Two Others Resign

According to the statement, Gedeon was among three staff members who announced plans to resign during a December 2021 board meeting, after expressing concerns...

Explaining The Manuscript Thief

It’s not just that he lied––told tales––to people in the business of telling (and selling) tales. It’s that, in doing so, he touched up...

Reconciling Awful People With Wonderful Art

There are a range of moral questions surrounding how we should respond to the immoral acts of artists whose work we love. But, for...

Sophie Calle Squatted In The Musee d’Orsay Before It Became A Museum. She Scavenged…

Calle set up camp in room 501. “It was a place where I could go and be alone to do what I wanted.” When...

Touring Musicians Press For Assistance

We are migratory birds, and our migration routes have been disrupted. Touring musicians—triply impacted by global venue closures, obstacles to travel and Covid-19 itself—have...

UK Charity Supporting St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Shuts Down

The charity was set up by conductor Valery Gergiev, a high-profile friend of Vladimir Putin, with the main goal of supporting St Petersburg’s Mariinsky...

How City Downtowns Will Have To Change

While employers rethink office buildings on the micro scale, cities and regions need to grapple with how to efficiently use their office-dominated downtowns, which are their...

The Power Of Ukraine Through Music

Similar to the way patriots might brandish the flag of their country in solidarity, Ukrainians in bomb shelters and bombarded cities or citizens living...

Learning From Outside Your Own Industry (Why It Often Doesn’t Work)

Looking outside your industry for strategy improvements and breakthroughs is a good approach. The core reason why it doesn’t work more often is inertia. -...

The Things That Do Not Exist

My guess is that there are more nameless things that don’t exist than there are nameless things that do exist. - 3 Quarks Daily

The Cultural Treasures Being Destroyed In Putin’s War

Across Ukraine, scores of historic buildings, priceless artworks and public squares are being reduced to rubble by Russian rockets, missiles, bombs and gunfire. -...

Who’s Making Money On NFTs

A fortunate handful of people now have their very own rags-to-riches stories thanks to NFTs. By investing in the right project at the right time, some...

A Need For Diversity In Ballet Hair

For Black artists, hair extends beyond aesthetic or presentation. It is a reflection of the self, an unassailable marker of cultural identity and all...

Why Warsaw Is Becoming A Creative Hub

“The costs of living, creating and doing business are much lower than in Western Europe." As a result, a creative flowering has begun, with...

Inspired Performances (Versus Phoning It In)

If your contribution to a project is not absolutely essential and if you are not especially motivated, you can coast and let others carry...
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