The foundation has only pledged $25,000 for COVID relief. "The Poetry Foundation's IRS filings between 2016 and 2018 suggest the Foundation averaged about $213 million in assets that weren't…
Sir Thomas Beecham used to say that there are no good or bad orchestras, only good or bad conductors, and to an extent he has a point. " Toronto Star
The project includes virtual tours of the theater, backstage and museum, along with 240,000 archival photos and 16,000 documents, more than 40 digital exhibits and close-up views of costumes…
"The best analogy I can provide is the changes we've seen in travel since 9/11. Once it was clear that security screenings were here to stay, new airports were designed with that reality in …
We should not fear being bored, say psychologists James Danckert and John D Eastwood, the authors of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom. Their research has revealed boredom to be wid…
Time's elasticity has perplexed philosophers for millennia. It has inspired writers for centuries. More recently, it has captured the attention of psychologists like Ogden, who have crafted …
"I would only say that some artists feel a curiosity about examining the phenomenology of those things. It is investigative work, not just emotional work, that can enable an artist to determ…
Domhnaill Hernon: "I believe that the arts could be (should be) more transformational in the way they inform more human-centric design. I believe that the arts should be deeply integrated in…
Pianist Kirrill Gerstein and composer Thomas Ades have been in a musical conversation of the sort that happens only when two people intrinsically seem to understand what the other is trying …
He said the coming months should be ones of "learning and culture," as opposed to travel and leisure. (France has also imposed limits on international travelers for the summer months). He ad…
Before the coronavirus crisis, the drive-through had been fast losing status, often deployed as a symbol of obesity and the worst of car-dependent urban design. In many cities, it had been s…
The Television Academy ruled in March that effective in 2021, programs that have been nominated for an Oscar will no longer be eligible for the Emmys competition." says the TV Academy in a s…
With author events cancelled, titles delayed and bookshop sales severely hit by lockdown, the survey of 72 small publishers reveals almost 60% fear closure by the autumn. The Bookseller said…
"We will ultimately return to enjoying such collective experiences " as they "appeal to the human nature" " but only after most people in the country have either been infected with the disea…
Police officers in Spain recovered several rare pre-Columbian objects at Madrid's Barajas airport, including a unique Tumaco gold mask, gold figurines and pieces of ancient jewellery. All ha…
In New York"and likely everywhere"the venues best able to answer these questions are the smallest ones. They are so because they present music often at the edge of economic and cultural viab…
That's what happened in the depression. "What prompted this public investment in higher education was neither sentimentality about the poor nor a noblesse oblige of good works. It was a visi…
The theatre historian J. Leeds Barroll III, who carefully sifted through the surviving records, concluded that in the years between 1606 and 1610"the period in which Shakespeare wrote and pr…
Before the shutdown, the museum had around 960 staff members, director Glenn Lowry said. Through a combination of voluntary retirement packages and general attrition, the new staff count wil…
"I thought it was really bad that they called for an international competition," says another heritage architect, Charlotte Langlois. "The message it sends is we need international architect…
The scenario that pays off in the end is the Leviathan Scenario, where everyone makes sacrifices and is mobilized to develop local solutions, creating bottom-up experimentation with governme…
Actors' Equity Association is rethinking almost every direction: How can more space be added to dressing rooms? Which costume fabrics resist the virus better? How many people need to touch a…
To date, the company's outstanding debt stands at $467 million (plus interest), according to the latest documents. It has to pay more than one quarter of that"$119 million"in interest and pr…
When at last the chamber was empty, the team was surprised to discover that it wasn't a tomb. The room had a raised, table-like area and shallow channels cut into the bedrock along the base …
Without touch, humans deteriorate physically and emotionally. "We know from the literature that lack of touch produces very negative consequences for our wellbeing," says Alberto Gallace, a …