"The kinds of movies that traditionally contend for awards " mid-budget dramas with recognizable stars and respectable historical subjects or social themes " were thin on the ground througho…
"Look around Rona, socially distanced float houses have become a thing. A really big thing. Apparently, if you to take the parades off our streets, our streets become the parade. From Gretna…
Deborah Cullinan: "The events of the past year, and the shocking insurrection that took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6, have reinforced the value of art in our society. We have always known …
After years of planning, the long-awaited Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California, has finally received the green light …
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre (Civic) is one of the country's preeminent community theatres and has been center stage in the Kalamazoo community for 91 years.
"So, uh, how " and why " did all of this happen? Here is the oral history of The Emperor's New Groove, an irreverent, pratfall-heavy, non sequitur of an animated movie that so defied Disney'…
"At a moment of rampant disinformation and conspiracy theories juiced by algorithms, we can no longer turn a blind eye to a theory of technology that says all engagement is good engagement "…
"I do not consent to being part of an arts community that engages in witch hunts of people who don't think like me," Carmen Aguirre says in the nearly 30-minute video, which she posted to Yo…
"At the darkest hour, with concert halls shuttered and musicians facing visa hell, Rattle's defection is being regarded, rightly or wrongly, as a loss of faith. I have heard the word 'betray…
With the country splintered, its institutions shaken, a book documenting a classic American play affirming shared life experiences and bedrock values seems especially timely. Published Jan.�…
"The danger of Trump using a presidential library to burnish his image is far more serious, with the ex-president and his surrogates still promoting the idea that his electoral loss was some…
She will be reciting at the Super Bowl pre-show on Feb. 7, before the Kansas City Chiefs play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. " NPR
At its best, music theory creates simplified models that help us understand how compositions are conceived and constructed while leaving space for the mystery of artistic intervention. At it…
There's a village meeting each year to decide the theme. Village officials make a simple computer mockup and then ask art teachers to make more detailed drawings. Next, color-coded markers a…
The study surveyed 104 organizations, including 91 in the United States and 13 in Canada, from Dec. 12, 2020 through Jan. 12, 2021. The study found that, among U.S. organizations, companies …
Asheville Symphony seeks next Executive Director
Jonas Loeb, communications director of IATSE, says this time around turning music venues into a vaccination center would require a new configuration. "It doesn't use any unusual technique." …
"No one is going to want to see my Donald Trump" now. Anyone who is seeking Trump comedy after Jan. 21, I just feel bad for them." " Washington Post
Three national lockdowns in Britain, as well as tough social distancing guidelines, have hampered the business of England's court system this past year, creating a huge backlog of cases. Sin…
What does it look like when a small-scale, long-term community effort in Detroit is connected to a small-scale, long-term community effort in Seattle or Dallas? What is there to learn and ex…
"Everything about the experience of using a computer is still flat, everything uses these windows, but then we also have high-speed processes that allow for these windows to actually be func…
"Since pay equity leads to higher quality work, any company interested in having the best product to share with their community will center pay equity within their company because the benefi…
"While there have been times during the past year when theatre and all who work in it have felt helpless, unloved and ignored, there is also plenty of evidence that it does matter and can ma…
"Time will tell if theater grantmakers adopt the coalition's demands en masse, and some of the demands have yet to make it into grantmakers' toolboxes in a meaningful way. But at the very le…
At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation of the 2007 animated Oscar-winner, this "Ratatouille" is a mere appetizer. But with a w…