Stories

Performers fanned out across the city to play Billy Joel's 1976 hit in a new music video meant to improve, er, New York's state of mind. - The New York Times

Broadway isn't back, baby. Thanks, Delta. - CNBC

Yes, it's because of all of the Indigenous rep. - NPR

In case you were worried, Disney's doing much better now, which is possibly a good sign for the economy. - Los Angeles Times

And if you're one of the legion who adore Lizzy and Jane, or Meg and Jo, or ... etc., here's a list for you. (If you're not there yet, here's a starting point.) - LitHub

Yeah, no thank you, a lot of Americans don't want to reckon. Better, some imprints think, to make a lot of money off of conservative books like Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe or American Marxism. - The New York Times

"Multiculturalism was the response to civil rights demands, which required a revised narrative of U.S. history. For this scheme to work—and affirm U.S. historical progress—Indigenous nations and communities had to be left out of the picture or somehow woven into the story." - Boston Review

Artist Martine Gutierrez plays all the parts of goddesses, queens, and other icons on bus shelters in NY, Boston, and Chicago. "I think confusion is delicious," the artist says. - The New York Times

Historian Litwack "illuminated dark corners of the American past by exploring the bitter legacy of slavery and segregation and by confronting the lingering presence of white supremacy in the national consciousness." - Washington Post

Though some in the Deaf community are criticizing the new movie CODA for centering the concerns of a hearing character, the movie is (perhaps shockingly) "the first major Hollywood release to feature multiple Deaf leads, its hearing director, Siân Heder, endeavored to make the set as accessible as possible." - Los Angeles Times

And that's because the resident choreographer - with three upcoming ballets in the 2021-22 season - was the AD's partner." - Oregon ArtsWatch

The owner "said he was in a state of shock after the famed artist confirmed the model stable was one of 10 artworks left in Norfolk and Suffolk during his so-called Great British Spraycation." Now, how to keep it safe? - BBC

As four Mi'kmaw artists painstakingly sew and bead an outfit that replicates 180-year-old regalia, they wish they knew more about the woman who made the original." - CBC

Jewish artists brought the annual festival to life, before the Nazis swept them away. But even before the Nazis came to power in Austria, "There was much hostility against the ‘theater Jews’ from Vienna." - The New York Times

A (very) recent negative test will also do. But it's not just audiences: "Additionally, all artists, staff, ushers and volunteers will be required to be vaccinated." - Washington Post