Tag: 03.11.21
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Will Happen This Year, But Outdoors Only
"Even by the standards of 2020, Jacob's Pillow had a tough year. Not only did the dance center in Becket, Mass., have to cancel...
A Losing Proposition For Independent Bookstores
Despite the pandemic, book sales were up over all last year, but mostly for places like Amazon; bookstore sales fell by more than twenty-eight...
A Year Into COVID, Canada’s Performing Arts Have Been Devastated
The performing arts, heritage sector and spectator sports – areas of the economy that depend on ticket sales– have lost more than 60 per...
We’re Longing For The Communion That Only Theatre Can Provide
We mourn together for our lost months and years. "Every day the theatre is dark, an opportunity for transformation is lost—yes, for the performers,...
How ABT Pivoted To TikTok
At least a little bit: "'The expectation of an elite ballet company is that it's going to be really cutthroat and really scary and...
Netflix May Be Trying To Make Password-Sharing Harder
Here we go: "When users open the Netflix TV app, they will be asked to verify their account with a code that is either...
Hollywood’s Deliberate Refusal To Center Black Stories And Actors Costs It Billions Of Dollars
Every time a Black-led film makes tons of money - say Girls Trip or heck, even Black Panther - the same stories pop up....
How The Uffizi Is Modernizing
It is an investment in the future. We have been stepping up our education programs for kids and youth quite a lot. We continued...
The Shocking Case Against Private Prep Schools
Parents at elite private schools sometimes grumble about taking nothing from public schools yet having to support them via their tax dollars. But the...
How The Revenue From Music Streaming Gets Parcelled Out To Artists (And Why It’s...
"Clearly, the 'every track play pays the same' model (known in the jargon as 'platform-centric') has the potential to seriously damage classical music and...
How The Breakdancing Competition At The 2024 Olympics Will Work
"Sixteen b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete in Paris, chosen through qualifying events organized by WDSF on five continents. There will be no numbered...
Between Budget Cuts And COVID, Mexico’s Arts Sector Is In Full-On Crisis
"Citing corruption and waste under previous administrations, centre-left President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced hefty budget cuts across all government departments in May 2019....
It Was A Mosaic From Caligula’s Pleasure Yacht. It Became A Park Avenue Coffee...
"Officials unveiled the mosaic at the Museum of Roman Ships, which was built in the 1930s specifically to house the treasures of two huge...
Theatre In America After A Year Of The Pandemic
Rob Weinert-Kendt: "So what happened — what changed — in this past 12 months, and how will this lost, frantic year be remembered? I...
‘Culture Of Fear’ At Detroit Institute Of Arts, Outside Study Found
"The Detroit Institute of Arts is taking steps to improve its workplace culture following a critical review by outside investigators who said they had...
A Beeple JPG File Sells for $69 Million At Auction
The price was a new high for an artwork that exists only digitally, beating auction records for physical paintings by museum-valorized greats like J.M.W....
Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Lou Ottens, Dead At 94
As chief of new product development for Philips in 1960, Ottens invented the first portable tape recorder. But it was reel-to-reel, a format which...
Touring Broadway Shows Are Gearing Up To Restart In The Fall
"Subscription packages for some of Broadway's biggest hits are being sold at a handful of the nation's performing arts centers, while a host of...