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Henceforth, The Main Unit Of Entertainment Is Not TV Or Film But Corporate Universe
The proof (as if Marvel weren't enough): Space Jam: A New Legacy — whose subtitle should be "Warner Media: We Own the Rights to...
In ‘The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas’, Gertrude Stein Depicted Great Artists And Writers....
"Such was the ire that the magazine transition published a Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. Matisse raged at his wife being described as having a...
From Cretan Bull-Vaulting To Simone Biles: A Brief History Of Gymnastics
Yes, circa 1500 BC, leaps and vaults were done on or from the back of a live bull, not an inanimate, leather-covered "horse." -...
France May Just Be A Bit Ambivalent About Teaching Its Regional Languages
In the 19th century, French schools were forbidden to teach in Breton, Basque, Provençal, Corsican, etc. Starting in the 1970s, interest revived and some...
Portugal’s Four Greatest 20th-Century Writers Were Actually One Person
Fernando Pessoa published not only under his own name, but under three different personas as well. These weren't pseudonyms (he called them "heteronyms"): the...
Scattered Parts Of 14th-Century Triptych Reunited At Getty Museum
The exhibition of works by Paolo Veneziano includes the reassembly, for the first time in decades, of pieces of the so-called "Worcester triptych," which...
Charles McNulty Panned A Play. The Playwright’s Hurt Father Wrote Him, And That Got...
"Generosity for generosity's sake will only hasten (critics') redundancy. But candor and compassion aren't antithetical terms." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
New Opera Company Debuts In Chicago
The Opera Festival of Chicago focuses on Italian works which may be somewhat familiar from recordings and broadcasts but rarely get professional productions in...
Host Of Public Radio’s ‘The Takeaway’, Tanzina Vega, Resigns
"The well-known journalist has been on medical leave for months at the same time the network has looked into human-resources complaints against her, including...
Stonehenge Could Lose UNESCO World Heritage Status, Too
Just days after the UN body stripped Liverpool's waterfront of the same title, UNESCO approved a report recommending that the prehistoric site be added...
‘Total Public-Led Reboot’ Necessary For Arts Sector In Australia To Survive COVID: Study
"Australia's arts and cultural sector needs a reconstruction program of substantial, coordinated and sustained public investment if it is to survive, let alone 'snap...
A Critic Confesses: I’ve Rarely Given Enough Credit To A Terrific Opera House Chorus
Joshua Kosman: "My reviews over the years have not always reflected the splendor of the Opera Chorus's artistry. … In my defense, most of...
From Street To Stage To School And Back Again, Philadelphia Keeps House Dancing Real
Philly didn't invent house, but it made the style its own. The city's home to several professional companies (notably Rennie Harris Puremovement, the world's...
OnlyFans Has Some Serious, And Maybe Dangerous, Moderation Issues
Some creators on the site, especially those with erotic content, have faced hacking, ransomware, piracy, revenge porn, stalkers, and threats of violence. And they...
American Carpenters Use Medieval Techniques To Help Rebuild Notre-Dame’s Roof
A group of about 30 young workers and students will gather at Catholic University in DC next month and use hand tools to build...
Spain’s Hot Young Poet Is A Hospital Laundry Worker
Begoña M. Rueda, 29, just won the prestigious Premio Hiperión (her seventh award, one for each of her books) for Laundry Service, a collection...
Portland Opera Names Priti Gandhi Artistic Director
"Gandhi, who has sung internationally and who comes to Portland from Minnesota Opera, where she has been chief artistic officer, will be one of...
‘Unprecedented’, ‘Historic’: California Budgets $616 Million For Arts
Yes, that's for a single budget year, 2021-22. (The board president of Californians for the Arts remembers 2003-04, when the state arts council had...
Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Appoints New Artistic Directors (Yes, That’s Plural)
Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, both members of the company's ensemble, "said that the pairing will allow them to ensure 'there is always somebody...
Italy, Like France, Will Require COVID Vaccine ‘Green Pass’ To Enter Arts Venues
The rule will also apply to stadiums, gyms, and indoor restaurants. Said prime minister Mario Draghi, "Without vaccinations, we’d have to close everything again."...
UNESCO Keeps Venice Off List Of World Heritage Sites In Danger
It seems that last week's announcement of a cruise ship ban had the desired effect. (Now the question is whether the ban will stick.)...
Oregon Ballet Theatre Acknowledges It Fired Artistic Director Kevin Irving
"It is true that the Board approved a resolution to end his tenure with the company," read a statement released by an OBT spokesperson....
Why I Loved The Video Of Greek Police Dropping A Picasso
Sophie Haigney: "I thought, before seeing this video, that I was tired of art. … It was only after watching this video repeatedly that...
Wallace Shawn, ‘The American Theatre’s Most Insistent Class Traitor’
"Other writer-actor types have played the upper-middle-class intellectual as a kind of sheepish hero, all the while hiding, or prettifying, or justifying the dark...
Who Figured Out How To Type Chinese Characters On A QWERTY Keyboard? A Political...
Zhi Bingyi had an engineering Ph.D. and a German wife, so when the Cultural Revolution hit, he was, of course, declared a reactionary. Trapped...
