Tag: 02.19.21
Union Is Actively Campaigning Against Donations To Met Opera
As the pandemic and the consequent furlough of Met employees drag on, and as negotiations over a new contract have broken down (the old...
Why Literary Canons Are Important
"For those who view the very notion of the canon as inherently elitist, it’s worth noting that the phenomena mostly clearly implicated in its...
What Is Native American Comedy?
"I’ve debated different scenarios in my life about “What is Native?” And that is like the million-dollar question, at least within Indigenous communities at...
The Group Of Seven Has Defined Canadian Art For 100 Years. It’s Time To...
After 101 years of reproducing the Group of Seven’s art to the point of saturation, it feels like the time has come to give...
He Invented New Instruments To Express The Soul Of His Troubled Homeland
Joaquín Orellana, one of Guatemala's leading composers, calls his creations útiles sonoros ("sound tools"), and many of them are de-and-reconstructed versions of his country's...
Defining The Struggle Inside to “Do The Right Thing”
"From the first-person stance, you navigate the world as an agent trying to realise your projects and satisfy your desires. From the second-person perspective,...
Think The Arts Stand Apart From Political Issues? They Can’t Be
As we are now experiencing in new ways with COVID-19, we cannot have a just arts sector within an unjust world. And moreover, we...
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...
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...
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...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Of ‘Fleabag’ Fame Is Now The President Of Edinburgh Fringe Society
It's an honorary, spokesperson role during a year when Fringe Fest may be online or may be in-person, or both, depending. Fleabag got its...
Art House Pulls 19th Century Romanian Jewish Community’s Burial Register From Auction
The register of Jewish burials in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca between 1836 and 1899, is one of very few documents left after more...
Peter G. Davis, Classical Music Critic For The New York Times And New York...
Davis "presided over the field during boon years in New York in the 1960s and ’70s, when performances were plentiful and tickets relatively cheap,...
The Show’s Going On Down Under
This sounds wildly exotic and dangerous to most theatregoers in the U.S. right now: "A few days ago, Kylie Estreich went to a theater...
Is There A Way To Change, And Improve, Arts Nonprofits?
Issues: "Change will feel snail-like as long as white organizational leaders, tenured professors, board members, and funders control and dictate, the pace of inclusion...
Why Are So Many Writers Having Difficulty Writing During COVID?
“The problem with writing is it’s just another screen, and that’s all there is … I can’t connect with my imagination. I can’t connect...
Cancellation Of New London Concert Hall Adds To UK Musicians’ Woes
“It’s a further confirmation of the parochialization of British music and the arts,” said Jasper Parrott, a co-founder of HarrisonParrott, a classical music agency,...
American Shakespeare Center Loses Director, Will Be Actor-led
Ethan McSweeny has served as artistic director of the American Shakespeare Center since 2018. He announced his resignation effective Feb. 11, 2021. - Washington Post
Dolly Parton To Tennessee: Please Don’t Put A Statue Of Me In The State...
"I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any...
New Concert Hall For London Was A Doomed Project
Martin Kettle: "Justifying the cost, the priority, the location and the uses to which the hall would be put were all delicate tasks in...
Arts Groups Get Snagged In Facebook’s Australia News Ban
As the Australian government pushed the social media giant, along with Google, to pay news outlets there for use of their material for links,...