Kirchherr, a 22-year-old art and photography student, captured the young lads when they were in Hamburg, playing scruffily in the red light district. " The New York Times
The eternal debate about what books are good for " "I feel that literature is rarely of immediate practical help. I think the kind of knowledge reading fiction imparts is stealthy and slow-b…
Shelton created and directed many small-scale, intimate indie films, funding those well-reviewed passion projects with tons of TV show work, including, recently, four episodes of Little Fire…
Professional playwrights still need commissions, and honestly, people still need theatre even when we can't go to the theatre, so: "Theater companies big and small across the country, includ…
Carefully, with medical staff on set and stringent guidelines, and in one case, by essentially taking over a small town in Australia. "For Foster, who said that the extra precautions added a…
His collaborations with Christopher Guest and Guest's mockumentary ensemble were epic. "He played an Air Force colonel in This Is Spinal Tap (1984), then was travel agent/amateur actor…
Or maybe … exhibition catalogues are created for whom, exactly? "Most catalogues, however, no matter how good they may be, are fairly formulaic: introduction, essays, works shown, works de…
Or, more usually, why writers instruct others to do it after their deaths. "The elemental annihilation of destruction by fire is so absolute, and this is where the horror lies for me. If wri…
Ballet dancers don't know when they'll perform again, or even when they can dance with others again (aside from those in their own homes). One advantage to online classes: Dancers can join t…
The Getty won't open even though it has quite a few outdoor spaces, because those must be access from indoor spaces. But elsewhere: "The Huntington will institute a timed ticketing system, i…
At Tanglewood, "the organization explored various alternatives to canceling the season, at one point sending a drone up above the expansive lawn to think about how social distancing might wo…
Sure, it can be lonely " and nothing can replace being in the room where the art happens " but, well, it could be a lot worse. "I'm only being semi-facetious when I say that a Thursday night…
Author Robin Sloan: "I think you need to tread lightly, and really disguise your intentions"even to yourself, if possible"or you end up producing a sci-fi after-school special, the 'moral of…
Delsarte's large-scale public murals are his best-known works, but he also painted and created drawings and prints. His murals, though, they're the ones that everyone in New York (and elsewh…
If the internet has come to rely not entirely, but very near universally, on visual culture and then Facebook buys that visual culture, what does it mean? " The Verge
With 93 percent of those polled saying they miss live theatre, it's perhaps a surprise that only 19 percent of those polled said they would buy tickets immediately when theatres and other li…
A funny, sweet message from a theatre in Oregon caught on with the Instagram crowd, and it's not the only one. Its creator, who says his small movie theatre provides a true home for cinephil…
Jayne Blanchard isn't into the National Theatre's (wildly popular) streams. He's not thrilled with the general flatness of screens compared to, well, face to face. It is, he says, mostly lik…
If you're a Janeite, you already know this. If not, truly: "To be a woman of a certain class in Regency England was to be socially distanced by default"isolated in the country-side, living a…
According to the nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults, surveyed from 29 April to 1 May, the nation has also increased the amount of time it spends reading books from around 3.5 h…
Beyond simply creating art for art's sake, or for school credits, many of the young people I encountered are building social movements and creative projects around a different vision for our…
Art lovers will drive into the 4,000 square foot downtown industrial space and will stay inside their vehicles. It's quite a change from the original concept, which permitted 700 peopl…
"Seeing ourselves as pitiable requires rethinking fundamental ideas about America's history, purpose and destiny. It obliges us to do something that is intolerable, to accept our weakness, e…
Now " when yearly upfront presentations would normally take place " networks are instead deciding whether to move forward with or completely scrap prospective shows, despite having barely an…
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada will pay musicians $150 per online performance for its members. The project is backed by $200,000 in funding every three months f…