Tag: 03.13.21
NFT’s Explained: A New Funding Model?
Known as NFTs, such tokens have taken off in recent weeks in what’s either an ecologically destructive speculative bubble or a promising new funding...
Irish Dance As A Sport (On Tik Tok)
The brothers frequently refer to Irish dancing as a “sport”. “It’s not that we don’t consider Irish dancing an art form because obviously it...
Mad Magazine Artist Al Jaffe Turns 100
He started drawing for the magazine 65 years ago. “Hitting the century mark in age, it’s a nice number” for the brain to consider,...
TikTok Is Now Where Musicians Go For Rough Drafts
TikTok has dramatically changed how songs, pop in particular, get made. "In some cases, performers are trying out ideas on the platform to see...
A Dance Program To Help Unhoused Women Find Home Boosts Itself Online
A formerly in-person series of dance workshops in Portland, whose profits go to aid women and marginalized gender people experiencing homelessness, actually expanded during...
Patrick Dupond, French Ballet Star And Former Director Of The Paris Opera Ballet, 61
Dupont was a household name in France, where his death was major news and occasioned a press release from the president's office. He was...
The Grammys Slid In Under The Pandemic Wire Last Year, But They’ll Be A...
The head of the Recording Academy, perhaps even downplaying the disastrous pandemic for most musicians: "This has been an extraordinarily challenging year for everyone...
The Co-Collaborator Behind John Le Carré
Nick Cornwell, the son of both people who created John Le Carré: "It was easy to misunderstand her as just a typist – and...