In other words, it doesn't work very well for writers. The Writers Guild of Great Britain: "'Things are stacked up, not necessarily in favour of the writer.' It added that funding, which is …
Racists would love to co-opt the term "for their ethno-historical myths," but that doesn't mean historians and archaeologists have to abandon it altogether, argues one. "When researchers and…
OK, that's nice and optimistic, but "Telluride organizers promised that safety would be paramount. 'We are not ignorant of the devastation facing the world,' festival organizers wrote. 'We f…
Graham Greene talks about writing and boredom in a 1983 interview: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related interviews that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, …
"Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered." Graham Greene, A Sort of Life Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on morality at About Last Nigh…
Christo, who with his wife Jeanne-Claude created massive art projects requiring dozens of years to pull off, including wrapping the Reichstag and creating The Gates in Central Park, has died…
Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, whose The Exonerated and Coal Country are powerful documentary theatre, talk about how it all works " and why it works. " Slate
The power of one man's divine vision … and the internet. " The Guardian (UK)
Hey, parents, when your kids are using video games to deal with the pandemic, you may think they're not doing schoolwork. True, but games like Assassin's Creed, Minecraft, and Roblox have a …
Note to authors: Don't go on GoodReads. Just don't. But when a dog-themed book group reads your book on Instagram, well, things might be different. " The Guardian (UK)
Amos's "careerlong belief in art as a form of ethical resistance carries new weight when the promises of the civil rights era seem again under threat." " The New York Times
When directors, cast, and crew make decisions about a movie like High Note, they're aimed at the big screen. So this weekend's on-demand streaming release is a bit of a technical let-down, e…
The awards, announced in a socially distant livestream, contains "A final work that continues on like a river" and poems that "bloom with the beauty the world has to offer as well as those w…
Morris on creating during the pandemic: "The idea that our lives are on hold irks him, he said. Or 'the idea that you're waiting to come back to your life, and I'm sorry everybody: This is y…
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced more than a week ago that counties could set reopening plans for the entertainment industry. That hasn't happened because Hollywood's various union…
Some have become a combination book exchange and pantry. One is cat-focused; another (at a church) has mostly Christian texts. Says one LFL caretaker, "People have been adopting and donating…
This is the scintillating way auctions will happen this summer (and perhaps beyond, of course): "The Sotheby's auctioneer, Oliver Barker, will be live, by video, in London, looking at screen…
In short: "COVID-19 is likely to reshape the ways in which today's architects design houses and offices, transit hubs and medical facilities. It will have architects reaching for new technol…
How bleak is it out there? Well, how many politicians are quoting Yeats's "The Second Coming"? And the poet made it that way deliberately: "Early drafts of the poem illustrate Yeats's dedica…
The work is part of the controversial Panza Collection. "In the mid-'70s Panza acquired from Judd a paper 'certificate' for an unconstructed work known as Untitled [Seven plywood boxes: open…
Kendrick Sampson of Insecure and The Flash was streaming LA's protest on Instagram Live "when the officers began firing rubber bullets at protestors. He was also hit by police multiple times…
Dorfman began with the giant Polaroids in a pushcart in Harvard Square. When the police tried to chase her away, she won a civil rights case against them. "Her work is widely praised for sho…
Well, perhaps not orchestral music in Britain, but with club music of all kinds, "We transcend this realm. It is a secular spiritual experience. The energy with which Britain has pursued tha…
Take a look at Taiwan: "A livestream of the May 24 concert offered a possible crystal ball for post-coronavirus concerts: temperature checks, face masks and enhanced disinfection protocols. …
What's the point, they say, when social distancing restrictions would mean they wouldn't survive more than three months anyway? " BBC