CB1 will close when the current show closes, after claiming they were having cash-flow problems. "Those cash-flow issues are what prompted a group of artists to publish an open letter allegi…
Why? Well, the previous owners sold the building to a development corporation - which asked for a $1 million per month increase in rent after the lease expires June 30. So, according to new …
Rosie Lee Hooks has been director of Los Angeles' Watts Tower Arts Center since 2010, and she has grown programs, attendance, and attention by leaps and bounds. Now, supporters say, there's …
Yes, there's even a name for this phenomenon. "In recent years, so-called Anglocreep, the subtle adoption of British phrases into everyday American speech, has become a tic (or some might sa…
Though many podcast networks are on the move right now, one has been dominant since its founding, taking advantage of "a quirk of the iTunes chart, which appears to reward an influx of new l…
Writer Renno Eddi-Lodge: "Design is something that seamlessly slots into your life: my clothes, the tech I use, the bike I ride, kitchenware. I try to prioritise function; I am not someone w…
Whew, Met Museum. Some people are not thrilled with your selection of Max Hollein: "It feels like a very ho-hum decision on the part of the Met, almost like electing an old pope who will onl…
One American anthropologist asked for a file kept on her by the secret police in Romania - and she was shocked to find that more than 70 people had informed on her during her time there, and…
For a National Geographic documentary, astronaut and engineer Paolo Nespoli turned into a cameraman - with a famous trainer. But that didn't help much when space intervened: "The sensor seem…
A summary would include several committee resignations after a failed vote to exclude a poet whose husband - not who, herself - has been accused of rape and sexual harassment. But wait: "It …
Historians may rejoice, while fans of mythology might be a little sad: "One driving force behind the renovation was to put artworks into proper historical context. Mr. Potts and his team hav…
The Echo prize went to Kollegah and Farid Bang, whose lyrics include claims that their bodies are "more defined than Auschwitz prisoners," which they say is not anti-Semitic. The upshot: "Th…
Not every book needs to be splashy. Author Silas House: "To me, good literature examines the way the biggest moments of life happens in the quiet moments. I think the characters I create ten…
French law forbids the exclusion of any children, but the singer left his estimated £100 million estate only to the daughters he adopted with his fourth wife. But he made his will in Cali…
There's an old bromide that people want certainty in uncertain times - and crime fiction usually ends with a very certain solution, that of the main mystery. In addition, "while the essence …
Ayres "used her hands, brushes, parts of cardboard boxes and brooms to arrange the vivid images that distinguished her work for more than 60 years. She often spent more time staring at a wor…
She created a performance themed around HBCUs - historically Black colleges and universities - and educated, while entertaining, the audience. "Coachella has come to be known for an easygoin…
Of course, he also drew his own covers and illustrated his own books, but he had a longtime gig with Doubleday Archer, illustrating "serious" paperbacks, for a while. "As collector Lance Cas…
That's right, a theatre performing a musical Titanic had to cancel when debris started falling on stage "shortly after the ship hits the iceberg."
The increasingly popular, and increasingly subtle and detailed, style comes from prison culture. "Black and gray used to be referred to as joint-style or prison-style, because of its roots i…
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra has launched a new education program, and half of the students will be Latinx and African American, by design. Executive Director Patrick Nugent said, "There…
And no auditions in "private residences" either. At least, that's the SAG-AFTRA goal, part of a #MeToo result: "The hotel audition guidelines build on the union's Code of Conduct on Sexual H…
Filthy Rotten T.S. Eliot When my staff of thousands sent me this book cover, APRIL IS A MOTHERFUCKER, by none other than T.S. Eliot, it put me in mind of Inventions of the March Har…
It's an ironic question, or rather it could be an ironic result, considering that Disney essentially built the modern cinemagoing experience. "To save the kingdom, however, Disney may have t…
She's definitely not happy with Netflix and Amazon Prime video turning moviegoers into watch-at-home fans. Mirren "said the 'communal' experience of cinema is in danger of dying out. 'An aud…