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“Medium” Was A Hot New Publishing Experiment. Now It’s A Mess And Laying Off...
"Medium in all its complexity: a publishing platform used by the most powerful people in the world; an experiment in mixing highbrow and lowbrow...
Paul Theroux At (Almost) 80
“I was once a hot shot, I was once the punk,” Theroux said. “And anyone who has once been a punk, eventually you’re older,...
Have We Been Traumatized By The Proliferation Of Therapy-Speak?
"Around every corner, trauma, like the unwanted prize at the bottom of a cereal box. The trauma of puberty, of difference, of academia, of...
What Will Happen To NYC’s Thriving Burlesque Scene?
Many burlesque entertainers pull together a living in New York through a variety of performance gigs, while others use it as a release from...
What Powered The Enlightenment
There was no single Enlightenment message: instead it was a cacophony of voices, speaking and writing in all the languages of Europe. There were...
How The Oakland Symphony Built Its Record Of Social Justice
Michael Morgan believes the power of the symphony orchestra lies in its ability to be harnessed for a diversity of musical styles and genres....
Fans File BBB Complaints Over Confusion in Multiple “Immersive” Van Gogh Shows
Nearly 200 complaints have been filed on the BBB site against Fever, the ticketing company for the event, with at least two dozen about...
A New “Golden Era” For The Arts When Things Reopen?
Antonio Pappano, music director at the Royal Opera House, said he expects “an explosion of desire” from audiences when they return to theatres, concert...
Here Are The Winners Of This Year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards
The organization’s annual awards, which it typically gives out in the spring to works published the previous year, are unusual in that book critics,...
Regal Theatres Owner Cineworld Posts $3 Billion Loss
The U.K.-based company also said it has secured binding commitments for $213 million in additional cash via a bond to boost its financial flexibility...
Cancel Philip Johnson? MoMA Tries
Opened 27 February and running through to the end of May, a new exhibition, Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, challenges and seeks to...
Director James Darrah: You Can’t Design Yourself Out of Something That Doesn’t Work
The new director of Long Beach Opera talks about making more with less. "There are people who are really comfortable with being very elite...
More Fun With NFTs: Virtual House Sells For $500k
Mars House—which is staged on Mars in the promotional video—was designed in May 2020 using what is called “Meditative Design” principles. Jeff Schroeder, guitarist...
We Need To Stop Treating Literature As Self-Improvement Projects
"We experience art as a repository of our humanity, a representation that tries to capture the meaning we seek in our lives. Treating art...
Tony-Award-Winning Lighting Designer Pat Collins Dies
"She was brilliant, funny, warm, and sometimes quite daunting. I have a memory of Mark Lamos and John Conklin hiding from her at one...
Dream Big, Sure. But It Can Paralyze You
Sure, audacious goals can be energizing. But a fixation on them can lead to big disappointments. Worse, when your eyes are constantly on the...
How The Pandemic Has Changed Audio Quality On Public Radio
Producers and engineers have come to rely on specialized apps, and they’ve developed workarounds for the shortcomings of Zoom’s recording functions, among other solutions....
LA’s Music Center Is First Arts Center To Get “Healthy Building” Designation
The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles says that it is the first performing arts organization in the country to receive a UL “healthy...
Connecting Dance And Nursing
Devynn Emory, 40, sees nursing as “not so far away from dancing,” they said in a video interview. “It’s really just another understanding of...
NYC Mayor Orders Vaccinations For Theatre Workers
At a news conference, Mr. de Blasio said that in addition to the Broadway vaccination site, there would be a mobile vaccination unit to...
Debates Are Roiling The Translation World — Who Gets To Translate?
Debates ensued about whether the choice of a translator should be only merit-based or whether identity should play a part. Another thread was about...
UK Arts Organizations Have Bled Memberships During COVID. What To Do?
The decline in cultural memberships has undoubtedly been accelerated by Covid-19. Just this month, the Royal Academy (RA) reported a loss of 18,000 members...
Can We Preserve Brains? Can We Preserve You?
The implications surrounding a human brain-preservation technique that can keep the entire connectome intact are profound. If indeed, you are your connectome, defined by...
How The Meanings Of Words Flip From Negative To Positive
"Today innovation is one of the most hallowed words in the contemporary lexicon. That onetime pariah term is now revered. Linguists call this process...
Michigan Opera Theatre Charts A Bold New Course
"This is a moment for change. Casting singers of color is really easy, but my focus has been on composers, librettists, conductors. I’m thinking...