Seriously: Dance is doable in-the-house exercise. Though the five dancers in this article all have extensive gym and group class routines, one also says that "dancing helps me appreciate my …
Gregotti helped design the 1992 Olympic Stadium in Barcelona and designed the Marassi stadium in Genoa for the 1990 men's World Cup. He also designed the Grand Thèatre de Provence and Lisbo…
One moviegoer in Manhattan: "We understand what all the drama is, … but we felt that if we went to the first movie of the day, it wouldn't be that crowded. And we wanted to just change the…
Mistake. "Not long after she started working again at the academy, she misappropriated $1.5 million from its coffers." " The New York Times
Sorry to every movie that opened last weekend " or, heaven forfend, this one. " Variety
" Did you think the owner of Hobby Lobby paid too much for something that wasn't authenticated so he could put it in his museum? You were correct. "Experts have confirmed what has long been …
Here's part of the letter (note: not a lot of actors are "middle-class" either) for the campaign as shared in tweets on Sunday: "Now is the time for Congress and local governments to put wor…
At Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., the staff hired a crew to film a new play whose run was supposed to last until March 29 " and the theatre is shut until March 30. The idea is not 100 …
It's not a surprise, considering that everything else is canceling, but it's a massive blow. "Gaffney said the decision will have a 'multi-million-dollar impact on our organization and the s…
No one was injured in the theft, but what the heck is going on? "The loss of the paintings was a fresh blow to [Christ Church] college, which had already made headlines this weekend after it…
Kathryn Morgan, who spoke on the Today Show about mental health and the ballet world, went viral for that " but had much more to say. On her own YouTube channel, she gave a lot more details.…
First came the comments from actor Lawrence Fox; then came the tweets labeling him "a disgrace" after his appearance on the show Question Time; then came Equity's official apology for the tw…
Kana shodo, which is more than a millennium old and in which the first known novel was written, has fallen out of use for Japanese women today " but artist and master calligrapher Kaoru Akag…
And then there's the social-media-scheduled applause for hospital workers as well. In Rome, one neighborhood sang the anti-fascist anthem "Bella Ciao." And "elsewhere in the city, pop triump…
Of course, they're not alone, but the virus has especially terrible timing in a country hit by sudden so-called austerity measures. "The Australian arts industry operates on a knife-edge at …
What it feels like to abandon communal reading and working in one of New York's most glorious public spaces " not good. Said one retired professor: "I see we'll have digital access for…
Lyn Gardner: "I think theatre is wonderful, but I don't think it is worth dying for." " The Stage (UK)
In other words, maybe don't go for Netflix's Pandemic or Outbreak. Instead, grab some popcorn and stay calm with Great British Baking Show or Planet Earth II. " Time
This 1915 monument to coal mining is going to live on, by luck (and a heritage fund). "The crowning glory was a spectacular debating chamber, nicknamed the pitman's parliament, in which each…
No, nothing can replace live theatre, but since we can't (or shouldn't) be at the theatre together, at least we can stream a lot of live performances that were recorded for posterity. " Lou …
Though he never reconciled his love for books with the need to make money " the landlords seized his inventory in 2006 " Brown ran a place that was devoted to writers, readers, and lovers of…
What a shock; it's mostly TikTok. (But funny, funnier than that rhyme.) " The Boston Globe
Meteorites are the hot new thing at Christy's. The auction may (OK, probably will) be rescheduled over virus fears, but the fact remains that meteorites are becoming more popular to collecto…
There are the terrible " quack "guides" to combatting the virus that causes COVID-19 " and the amusing: "Coronavirus Zombies Volume 1: The Living Dead Apocalypse by one Maximus Williams invo…
As local and state governments try harder and harder to urge social distancing and isolation, internet usage will naturally increase from private residences. And "while it'll be difficult fo…