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Yuval Waldman, Violinist And Conductor Focused On Music Composed During Times Of Oppression, 74
Waldman's parents survived WWII and the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and "his career in some ways reflected his multinational upbringing and his sense of...
How Is The San Francisco Symphony Staying Afloat Right Now? [VIDEO]
"We can make music online and everything, but it's not the same as being onstage together." But there are benefits - like practicing in...
Reframing Nature Photography
Nature photography means what - Ansel Adams? The National Geographic's contests and covers? Or ... the nature that's around us all of the time...
Why Having No Blockbusters Contending For The Oscars Is Actually Great For The Movies
The year of no movie theatres meant the year of no blockbusters; most have been pushed off for a year or more, and that's...
President Biden Reverses The Truly Terrible 45 ‘Classical Architecture’ Order
The executive order, which the former president signed "in December after losing his bid for re-election, was titled 'Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,' and...
The Phillips Turns 100
The museum in Washington, DC, founded by Duncan and Marjorie Phillips, was a sensation when it opened as a museum of modern art, and...
In Canada, The Supreme Court Is Facing A Major Case About Comedy And Freedom...
At issue: Whether the comedian Mike Ward harmed a disabled teenager by mocking his disability, calling him "ugly," saying that the youth would die...
Los Angeles Group Plays Its Way To Diversifying The Orchestra
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is the largest Black-majority orchestra in the country. But it doesn't want to be alone. The...
Certain ‘Muppet Show’ Episodes Get A Disclaimer At Disney Plus
The disclaimer, which runs on 18 episodes of the show (re-relased on Disney+ last week): "This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people...
Bringing The Joy Back To New York, Through Pop Up Music
As the leader of "NYPopsUp" explains, "This is what I like to call 'social music.' ... You can use music to minister to so...
Dali Was A Surrealist With Absolute Discipline And Scientific, Renaissance Style Perspective
Dalí, art historians say, was "very deliberate" in his art - and sketches of unfinished works also show how he combined complex mathematical calculations...
Arturo Di Modica, Sculptor Of New York’s Charging Bull Sculpture, Has Died At 80
Di Modica was a "Sicilian-born sculptor best known for Charging Bull, 3.5 tons of bronze belligerence that he illegally deposited in Lower Manhattan one...
Monopoly Place Names Are Just As Redlined As Real Life Cities
To wit: Cyril and Ruth Harvey, "who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property...
Who Wrote A Mysterious Inscription On Munch’s The Scream?
Looks like the mystery's been solved - and the writer was (drumroll) ... the artist himself. "The text, 'Could only have been painted by...
If You’re A Special Effects Artist, You Might As Well Make Pandemic Isolation More...
Peter Quinn, VFX artist, has been making homemade special effects movies, and posting them online. "The whole quarantine and lockdown aspect, I find that...
Longing For The Challenges Of The American Booksellers Association
Sometimes, virtual isn't going to cut it - and certainly won't replace "the interstitial socializing, the sidewalk conversations on the way to the next...
Did The Post-Earthquake Rebuild Of Central Christchurch Fail?
Pretty much, yes. "Downtown Christchurch isn’t empty because of COVID. It’s empty because of twin catastrophes: Ten years ago an earthquake leveled much of...
The Artist Painting Baltimore’s Winter Salt Boxes
Juliet Ames couldn't resist decorating her first salt box, back in December. Then she got permission from the city. "In the past two months,...
Facebook’s Ban On Australian News Has Harmed Small Aussie Arts Orgs
Small arts organizations got caught up in the massive trawler net of Facebook's rush to react to a new Australian law meant to generate...
Women Are Getting Stronger, Deeper Roles In A New Generation Of Bollywood Movies
Some of the change is due to a worldwide audience. Netflix and other streaming services "have a certain sensibility that they want to see...
The British Family Providing Lockdown Relief With Musical Parodies
The Marsh family of Faversham are dealing with Britain's lockdowns by performing parodies. "This six-voice choir, with its sweet harmonies and the occasional wobbly...
A Reckoning With Racism In Canada’s Country Music Industry
There's no Indigenous Artist of the Year award in Saskatchewan this year, and when a committee was discussing why not, well: "Somebody made a...
Getting In The Archive Sub-Basements To Discover How Librarians In Paris Resisted The Nazis
A researcher comes up against French bureaucracy: "To learn more about the day-to-day life of Parisians during the war, I turned to the Bibliothèque Nationale...
The Remarkable, And Continuing, Artistic Career Of Lorraine O’Grady
Before she burst onto the art scene with performance art with an edge, O'Grady "had worked for the Labor and State Departments, including as...
Bust Of Black Member Of Lewis And Clark Expedition Appears In A Park In...
York was enslaved by William Clark and remained enslaved after the expedition returned. The memorial bust, which is on a pedestal where a statue...