Tag: 05.21.21
The Art Of Power Dressing – How Our Wardrobes Came To Define Us
Centuries have gone into the making of these rules and assumptions — and a bit of sleight of hand, as well. Men were not...
Lauren Lovette, Retired NY City Ballet Star, Moves Into Her Next Career: Choreography
"For Lovette, becoming a choreographer was something she grew into. 'When I was 18 and I had just joined the New York City Ballet...
What Made Ida Lupino The First Lady of Film Noir
"In The Bigamist, … no one gets beaten up or shot. No one robs a bank or a payroll, and the culprit's downfall is...
Yiddish Theater Was Basically A Historical Accident
The great flowering of Yiddish-language drama in the late 19th and early 20th centuries reached its apogee in New York, but it was born...
Smaller Museums Across U.S. Try To Reach Communities They’ve Missed Before
"This is an existential moment for museums across America, with many facing yawning budget deficits alongside calls for deep structural change — and visitors...
France Takes Its €300 Culture Pass For Young People Nationwide
"After a regional trial run, French president Emmanuel Macron is launching his program to fund cultural activities for young people nationally. Culture Pass, as...
What Happens To Literary Culture When Book Reviews Go Away
"The ubiquity of social media is often offered up as a solution to the paucity of mainstream book criticism. While it is no longer...
Media Companies Are Consolidating Again. Sound Familiar?
For decades before the internet, TV was dominated by the Big Three: CBS, ABC, and NBC. Movies were probably brought to you by Paramount,...
Colleges Give Record Average 59 Percent Discount On Tuition This Year
The average discount rate for first-time undergraduates reached 53.9 percent -- an all-time high -- during the 2020-21 academic year, according to NACUBO’s preliminary...
COVID Protocols In Place, Canada’s Movie, TV Production Is Busier Than Ever
Canada's film industry has managed to continue through the pandemic, in many cases as busy — or more — than before global industry shutdowns. In...
How The Crowd Amplifies And Defines Art
Until last year, the crowd was the trademark of the city. All through the day and night, people shoaled together, hurrying through streets, dawdling...
How James Bond Complicates Amazon’s $9 Billion Bid To Buy MGM
Other companies have kicked the tires on MGM at various points during a stop-and-start sales process that has been dragging on for months. Industry...
Why Conservatives Are Afraid Of The 1619 Project
For the past five years, conservatives have been howling about the alleged censoriousness of the American left, in particular on college campuses. But the...
Are Christie’s Warhol NFTs Fake?
Christie’s is collaborating with the Andy Warhol Foundation to stage an NFT sale comprising little-known digital art works from the Pop master’s archive. After the...
San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income For Artists Program Gets A Financial Boost From Twitter Founder...
StartSmall’s gift will extend the pilot, administered by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in partnership with Mayor London Breed, in two ways. The...
Adapting A Bestselling Historical Novel For The Stage During A Global Pandemic Isn’t Easy
But, of course, Hilary Mantel isn't really into easy. She and actor Ben Miles had to figure out their newest Thomas Cromwell adaptation: "You...
Should We Call Great Women Artists By Their First Names?
Maybe. It depends entirely on the scholarship, and the artist. And then there's research: "The same artist with different names can be confusing even...
When An Actor Agrees To Take A Subject’s Secrets To The Grave
Actor Diego Boneta could only play famously secretive musician Luis Miguel for Netflix after studying the musician for years - and hiring both an...
Librarian Ruth Freitag, Who Helped Isaac Asimov And Carl Sagan With Research, 96
Freitag, "a reference librarian at the Library of Congress for nearly a half-century, was unknown to the general public. But she was, in more...
Please Stop The Streaming Wars
It may be time to just quit everything. "My eyeballs are considering taking themselves off the market entirely. They’re sick of being courted, coaxed...
What Might Opera Look Like In A Post-Pandemic World?
Let the Long Beach Opera show you. "Guests have the choice of watching this production “tailgate-style” or from inside their automobiles. The action occurs...
Show Our Arts Orgs The Money, Please
U.S. arts organizations are still waiting for that cultural institution money to flow. "Business owners are wary of the promise after weeks of delay...
Alix Dobkin, ‘Head Lesbian’ And First Star Of Womyn’s Music, Dead At 80
"In the early 1970s, long before the rise of lesbian or gay-friendly acts such as K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, Ani DiFranco and the Indigo...