Some authors and publishers are wary. “We have seen it all before. … A few people are championed and then people lose interest because they think the issue has been addressed. And then it all reverts back to the way it was before.”
Sarasota’s New Principal Cellist And Her Beloved Ricky
“You’re not going to luck into this career. … You have to work for it, nonstop, even once you have a job. And you have to be careful not to let that change your love of music.” (Ricky is the cello, y’all.)
What Movies Will We Be Watching In 2017?
Here’s what lies ahead after we all catch up with this year’s Oscar nominees and winners.
Immersive Art Has Taken Over Music Festivals
And social media is to blame: “People just want to share what they’re experiencing, even if it’s unsharable.”
Carrie Fisher, Performer, Writer And Activist, Dead At 60
The woman who played Princess (and General) Leia, wrote Postcards from the Edge, spent decades punching up scripts in Hollywood, and made it OK to publicly speak about mental illness, suffered a heart attack on a plane ride from London to Los Angeles on Dec. 23 and died on the morning of Dec. 27.
Technology Has Betrayed Our Privacy, And Artists Are Inspired
Artists tangle with the implications of our trackable lives – including a widely used app called “Churchix,” that surveills and records the identities of anyone who goes into certain churches. “Because many artists — all of us, really — were so captivated by the initial promise of the internet, they were blinded to its potential problems.”
How Did Television Address ‘Black Lives Matter’ In 2016?
From “Empire” to “Blackish” and, in new shows, from Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar” to Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” TV approached the new civil rights movement with varying degrees of success.
The Antiques Business Is Shrinking, And Dealers Try To Adapt
Many of the well-known storefronts in New York and London have moved or closed, and some estimates say that the entire industry has shrunk by half. (Sotheby’s income in the category has shrunk by more than 80% since 2007.)