It's only shocking because it's against everything about automatic payments and online sign-ups. "The general imperative of any subscription service is to wring a monthly payment out of y…
Not just for this year, when the change makes sense due to the coronavirus, but forever? Well, says one critic, "I believe there's something sacred in the moviegoing experience that I can't …
Does this have implications for other systems that aren't working well for the people who actually do the work? Perhaps. At the least, the industry "offers a very important lens to examine t…
Perhaps that's obvious, but a new book "will argue that many assumptions previously made about the origins of scenes from the sagas are wrong." " The Observer (UK)
Macurdy's rich voice and stage presence won him accolades over his 38-year career at the Met. "Though he achieved success in key roles like Gurnemanz in Wagner's Parsifal, King Marke i…
The director of the National Theatre and the Tate convened (by screen, natch) to figure it out. "At the beginning, it was shocking but people thought the crisis would last three weeks. Possi…
And that's partly because of who's controlling the narrative. There's a small, but perhaps growing, "cultural trend in which black women, especially those of medium-to-dark-brown complexions…
That's what Orchestra Kentucky says, anyway. And if you don't have your own instrument, no problem: "Even just listening to music and watching other musicians can have positive effects." " W…
Not everyone's first reaction, is it? But: "After two of her most prized paintings were stolen, Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova came face-to-face with thief Karl-Bertil Nordland i…
Dallas, who had pancreatic cancer, was a playwright, musician, teacher, and, most notably, a director. He led Philadelphia's Freedom Theater, one of the nation's pre-eminent African American…
Honestly, we don't know yet " but we do know that every past crisis has changed our urban lives and architecture. Some changes may be good, but others? Horrible to contemplate. Still: "If th…
The musicians asked to take a 50 percent pay cut. Instead, while two-thirds of the administrative staff stayed on with a 20 percent pay cut, "the board opted to temporarily stand down its mu…
Kazik Staszewski is a rock legend in Poland, and his song, "Your Pain Is Better than Mine," hit a chord last week " or perhaps too many chords when it hit number 1 on a popular show. "Within…
Some things may change until there's a vaccine " constant testing, small pods of workers instead of a huge crew, no craft services table " but others, like board meetings by Zoom, are here t…
Of course, it all begins in Texas, where (as in other areas), Houston's Fine Arts Museum has coordinated with other museums to create shared ideas of just how to do this. "The Fine Arts muse…
Take Daughters of the Dust, for instance. "Â Julie Dash's astonishing debut is a portrait of a multigenerational South Carolina Gullah family as they prepare to migrate north in 1902." (Bu…
Tyler Perry wants to start filming in early July, and Georgia seems amenable " as long as the actors follow guidelines including dealing with clear barriers between them until just before a …
You might (or might not) consider wolf erotica a niche market. It's a bigger niche that is now walking through a minefield of copyright questions, with larger implications for genre writing.…
Unlike those who write dry, hyper-specialized academic criticism, Greil Marcus isn't afraid, as one reader of his once put it, to let "everything remind him of everything else." While discus…
For the moment, the eyes of the concert industry are on the Arkansas city of Fort Smith. There, at a venue called TempleLive, blues-rock singer Travis McCready is set to perform a solo show …
Following the Black Death in the 14th century, outbreaks recurred throughout Europe and the Mediterranean for centuries. The spectre of plague was significant not just in the history of medi…
The real question may not be "How can you possibly teach art online?" but "How can you possibly understand art online?" My simple answer to that complex question is: "At best, imperfectly. A…
Not your own rant, mind you. A pair of teachers recommends using one of those vehement complaints that turn up every so often in advice columns or blogs. "[The instructors] "note that heated…
I've heard administrators insist that online instruction is just a "change in delivery system," not a diminution of content. But this bureaucratic bromide wilfully ignores the wisdom of Mars…
With high profiles, comparatively secure government funding and established philanthropic networks, major arts festivals are in a position to make a difference. At one point in Getting Their…