3,336 stories by "Artsjournal2"
Every way possible. In this video, the folks at Wired dig into research and find out things like "why the prefrontal cortex shuts down during improvisation. 'It's not just something that hap…
So The Perfectionists " a show on Freeform "about a scandal involving college students striving for excellence by any means necessary" " premiered Saturday night. The pay channel's president…
Go read the entire (short) story that the booksternet (Liternet?) is flipping out about. " Twitter
Marlon James knew he was gay from a young age, but he believed he shouldn't be, so he underwent an exorcism through his church. "He describes the exorcism process as 'a kind of mental contro…
Alumni from the academy, which began in 1972, have gone on to American Rep, City Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada " but the university is claiming low enrollment means it's closing …
The new mosque, designed by the architects who created the London Eye, isn't the typical style of mosque in Britain, where the driving force has usually been somewhat utilitarian. This one "…
To be real, many book-lovers can't afford the books, or even the ephemera, at the Antiquarian Book Fair. But hey, information wants to be free, right? That seems to be true at the fair, with…
Yes, even in 2019, a magazine article " in this case, in Wired " can make a difference. For instance, "Kerry Rivera's Healing the Symptoms Known As Autism, which advocates dosing autistic ch…
Tracy Letts, who was one of the performers in playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's Nassim, didn't get a rehearsal ahead of time (no actor does), and he was a bit worried he might cry while actin…
As true-crime podcasts, books, and films explode onto Netflix and many, many other platforms, ethical questions should arise. "It may be impossible to make documentaries or write about horri…
Sharmat was the author of more than 130 books, but the Nate the Great series " inspired by her love for detective stories and her dislike of boring children's books " was her most well-known…
Dang, Chicago. Here's the story's start, when actors get to the theatre, but the set doesn't: "The cast arrived at the theater and got into costume. No wrestling ring. It's 5 p.m. and gettin…
To do that, we first need to go down a rabbit hole of, well, history (recent history). Do we remember this? "In 2013, [the owner] made plans to tear down the building and replace it with con…
Arquette's willingness to take on ferocious characters is serving her well " and so is TV. "Television's artistic renaissance"and its willingness to tackle complex stories about older women"…
Yes, this happened (will it lead to new fundraising opportunities for symphonies?): A musician's boyfriend and the DSO, working together, "created a fake networking event for young musicians…
The CBS Corporation's directors agreed to a payout of $1.25 million for an investor lawsuit over money paid to Redstone after his health deteriorated in 2014. Is this the last lawsuit around…
Oti Mabuse is one of the professional dancers on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing " and then she got the call to choreograph a new production of Ain't Misbehavin'. " BBC
Iglauer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, went to Canada for an assignment about the salmon fisheries of British Columbia, and she fell in love. She was also a war correspondent and, betwee…
Silenced at LA MOCA last year, curator Helen Molesworth lets loose. " Lee Rosenbaum
And yes, it's in Captain Marvel too: White superhero, POC sidekick. To be fair, "The characters would probably balk at the classification of 'sidekick.' Yet they're designated by the films a…
In a new movie, a little girl imagines a roller coaster (and an entire amusement park) into existence. The glamor and thrills of amusement parks, and roller coasters in particular, can lead …
Christopher Knight on why this isn't going to work " with a review of a new show embedded within the commentary: "Art museums have two audiences " one general, who may or may not have a genu…
One of his accusers "said that this case was 'always the word of a low-level assistant and a perceived eccentric woman of color against an extremely powerful and wealthy TV personality,' so …
Hammer " profiled in this New Yorker story just a few weeks ago " made 75 short and longer films over the course of her career, winning prizes and praise. Now, "Hammer's legacy lives on in h…
Why is true crime so hot right now? Ask an agent: "I suspect the true-crime podcast thing is driving the current interest." " The Guardian (UK)
