Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Has The Jazz Scene Survived The Pandemic?
The tentative return of gigs could not have come soon enough for jazz performers. A 2008 study on the economics of the genre found...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New ‘Cinderella’ Could Start Performances Despite Extension Of UK Shutdown
Declaring "Come to the theatre and arrest us," Lord Lloyd Webber vowed last week to reopen all his West End venues at full audience...
Literary Novelists Rediscover Historical Fiction
As students of history know, fashions ebb and flow; it’s increasingly clear that the historical novel is being embraced and reinvented. - The New...
More Evidence That Jane Austen Was Probably Anti-Slavery
"Austen's personal values — namely, whether she supported slavery — have been debated by literary enthusiasts and experts who read her work like a...
How “In The Heights” Made NYC’s Streets Dance
The last time I felt such a sense of release watching dancers spill onto the streets in a movie was in “Fame.” - The...
‘Miniature Pompeii’ Unearthed Under Derelict Movie House In Verona
"Construction workers renovating an abandoned cinema in the northern Italian city of Verona have stumbled upon what's been dubbed a 'miniature Pompeii' during excavations...
Why NYC Was Such A Creative Time For Music In The 1980s
“It was still a gritty city, before gentrification really took over. Artists could afford to live in the city – they didn’t have to...
COVID’s Toll On Argentina’s Tango Scene Has Been Heavy
"The empty, dark dance floor at the Viruta Tango Club is a symbol of the pandemic-induced crisis facing dancers and musicians of an art...
The “Other” Brains In Our Bodies
We get constant messages about what’s going on inside our bodies, sensations we can either attend to or ignore. And we belong to tribes...
Will Paris Supplant London As Europe’s Art Capital?
It could indeed happen. Christie's is owned by François Pinault, CEO of luxury-goods conglomerate Kering (which includes, among others Yves Saint-Laurent and Gucci) and...
Fire Destroys One Of US’s Leading Organ Makers
Sparks from a malfunctioning fan appear to have ignited sawdust at the factory of Dobson Pipe Organ Builders in Lake City, Iowa on Tuesday...
Justice Dept. Drops Trump Administration’s Case Against John Bolton And His Book
"The Justice Department has closed its year-old criminal investigation into former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and dropped a related lawsuit connected to...
CNN Is Selling News Clips As NFTs
In an initiative called the Vault by CNN, "the WarnerMedia-owned cable news channel … will 'mint' NFTs on the Flow blockchain of memorable moments...
MacKenzie Scott Is Now A Major Arts Philanthropist, Too
The total of $2.7 billion in grants announced this week "marks the third time in 12 months that Scott … has issued a wave...
Choreographer Cathy Marston Will Be Next Director of Zurich’s Ballet
"Particularly noted for her narrative work, … Marston will take over as new Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer for an initial period of two...
Opera Australia Lost A Big Pile Of Money Last Year
"Opera Australia has posted a $7.1 million trading deficit for the year ended December 2020, or almost $6.5 million after bequests are included. …...
How Too Much Information Can Make Things Less Clear
Sometimes, attention can mislead us about the world. This is not to say that attention always distorts our knowledge of the world, but it...
Jennifer Packer Talks About How Painting Works
I’ve never seen a painting that looked real, but I’ve seen paintings that felt real. - Cultured Magazine
Rethinking “Lord Of The Flies”
Responses to Golding’s work tend to be polarised, varying from the adulatory to the contemptuous. - 3 Quarks Daily
Of Course Networks Are Sexy Right Now. But You, Yourself, Are Not A Network
The network idea is so powerful in our connected world, that it's tempting to apply it to everything. But not to us... - 3...
Why This SF Symphony Cellist Is Eager To Perform In-Person Again
Whether you’re singing along with “Messiah” or rocking with Metallica, the common auditory input of the rhythm and melody, plus the visual input of...
Mapping Canada’s Indigenous Culture and Language
The online, interactive map divides the province up into Indigenous territories, including some areas where there is overlap, with sections featuring language, art and...
‘A Star Is Born’: The History Of The Asterisk
The little mark's use in texts goes back at least to Aristarchus, the second-century BC compiler and editor of Homer's epics; it continued through...
Big Thinker Edward de Bono, 88
Through his 60-plus books, including The Mechanism of Mind (1969), Six Thinking Hats (1985), How to Have A Beautiful Mind (2004) and Think! Before...
‘Choking On Sanctimony And Lacking In Compassion’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Slams Social Media’s Social...
"The assumption of good faith is dead. What matters is not goodness but the appearance of goodness. We are no longer human beings. We...