With the delta variant in our lives now, studios and film distributors who have the nerve to require in-person screenings for review are being reckless. Selfish. Wrong. - Chicago Tribune
Last month in the Bay Area, rumors that the actors in a two-hander were performing unvaccinated in a 99-seat house led to the cancellation of the rest of the run. As theaters reopen and the Delta variant spreads, questions arise about safety and enforcement. - San Francisco Chronicle
The collection of flats and drops had been languishing in the attic of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville. The theater was built by Horace Tabor, whose marriages and financial ruin were chronicled in Douglas Moore's opera The Ballad of Baby Doe. - The New York Times
A "Freedom to Publish" report from the International Publishers Association covers hundreds of examples of censorship since the start of the COVID pandemic — not only in such countries as Belarus, Hungary, and China, but also in the US, France, and the UK. - Publishers Weekly
The three guys who brought Maastricht's TEFAF to New York are turning the Madison Avenue building into Art House, which will host exhibitions and rent space, short- or long-term, to small and midsize dealers based outside New York. - ARTnews
The two concerts he gave with Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall last week were his finale, says his son and manager, and a tour scheduled for this fall is cancelled. Bennett revealed last year that he is living with Alzheimer's. - Variety
This week the country's parliament passed a bill barring ownership of a broadcaster by any entity outside the EU. Discovery, which owns TVN, Poland's largest independent network and news outlet, says the law violates that nation's investment treaty with the US. - The Hollywood Reporter
Mark Ball, currently Creative Director of the Manchester International Festival, will be directing the programming at the British capital's equivalent of Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. - Arts Professional (UK)
Newly close colleagues and friends, they have shared ideas, problems, strategies and solutions, and for the first time will present a series of performances together. - The New York Times
Despite this surge in support for privacy, we’re looking at a situation where routine surveillance of citizens will continue to become normalized—not through coercion, but through convenience. - Fast Company
Eliminate the distinction between collegiate and professional improv, because there is none. We henceforth reject the label “amateur improvisers.” “Improvisers” is embarrassing enough, we have been told. - The New Yorker
More and more observers are agreeing that a wholesale rethinking of how news is produced is necessary if rigorous, trustworthy journalism is going to survive—both financially (as an economic institution) and culturally (as a civic one). - Boston Review
Ephemerality is the intractable problem plaguing most writing about the internet... Even if we’re stuck with social media for the long haul... its trends and user behaviors change so quickly that any attempt to trap them in amber becomes instantly dated. - The New Republic
No, this isn't a polemic against the less-than-heavyweight material stereotypically enjoyed on a blanket on the sand. This is a polemic against reading at the beach. - The Atlantic
