Once she understood the training that goes into distinguishing such voices, she began to fully appreciate the difference in acting styles from what the audience might expect in a non-musical…
This is the hipster effect"the counterintuitive phenomenon in which people who oppose mainstream culture all end up looking the same. Similar effects occur among investors and in other areas…
"Given the longstanding historical exclusion of African American composers, Price's sudden rise to stardom might raise a few eyebrows. Is the sudden widespread interest in Price's music a co…
It's a question worth asking. To imagine a better version of our mediated world, we need to acknowledge these alternatives and to embrace their multiplicity"and often to retrace our steps to…
Reporting to ACG's President as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Senior Vice President, Revenue Enhancement (SVP-RE) will oversee ACG's contributed and earned revenue enhanceme…
"Of course, nondisabled people appreciate this moment. But what it actually means to see and feel strapping on stage, to hear and recognize the sound of Velcro unfurling is different, more c…
American Theatre Magazine takes a look: "Theatres across the U.S. are staging a wider array than ever of plays reflecting varied experiences of the African American diaspora. But are Black-r…
The Constellation system relies on 62 overhead loudspeakers; 10 compact subwoofers; four floor box speakers; two PA speakers; 28 miniature overhead microphones; four handheld microphones; an…
Newly published research debunks the notion that listening to music can increase creativity. Its three studies suggest precisely the opposite, indicating that background music, with or witho…
The Atelier des Lumières, a 2,000 sq. m former foundry in the 11th arrondissement, was launched last spring with a 30-minute immersive audiovisual experience of Gustav Klimt's paintings, fe…
"Now that I've expanded beyond the business of writing about people with tattoos and tinnitus in a daily paper, I look around and see there's almost nothing left of that business. Dwindling …
The New York Times has communicated with seven former or current members of the Staatskapelle. All highlighted examples of Mr. Barenboim's behavior that they said was bullying and went beyon…
The money, doled out over five years, will go toward Indigenous leadership programs and social impact and social innovation courses. It will help pay for faculty, program design and scholars…
It was 1923, and Francesco Ruffini was going to rescue science. The Italian senator's plan was simple: Give scientists an ownership stake in their discoveries"a sort of patent on the laws of…
The President & CEO will partner with and report to the board of directors in advancing the programs, visibility, and impact of Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc.
"I used to look up line dancing videos on YouTube and learn them in my living room by myself. And I was like, that's one way to do it, but also, this form is meant to be done in community, s…
The blowback has been brewing online among comedians, many of whom rely heavily on the royalties and exposure provided by the station to make ends meet, says the Canadian Association of Stan…
We can't resolve disagreements about how much the information we possess supports a hypothesis just by gathering more information. Instead, we can make progress only by way of philosophical …
Since last summer, Wyden has been locked in a battle with local officials who want to name the Strand's eleven-story building, which Wyden's family owns, a city landmark. They argue that, in…
Daniel Felsenthal: "I spent high school writing papers I never risked neglecting in order to play the drums, reading books I never lied about reading so I could go to a concert instead. I co…
"We have two streams of data: inspiration and aesthetics. The machine explores the space in between them. We're giving artists more control of the process and pulling back on the autonomy." …
Charles Desmarais: "SFMOMA's new collection initiative is hardly in the vanguard of such efforts, but it may keep the museum from falling further behind. And we, the public to whom the museu…
Online communities build campaigns around "correcting" what they see as artistic errors. "A depressingly large number of these campaigns are defined by grievances against women and minoritie…
Elspeth Franks is just one of an increasingly visible number of trans singers in the classical world who are challenging long-accepted notions about the intersection of gender and music. Ope…
The economists of the early 20th century did not foresee that work might evolve from a means of material production to a means of identity production. They failed to anticipate that, for the…