Carriageworks, Australia's largest arts center devoted to contemporary work, has entered voluntary administration (as it's called there). A statement from a spokesperson said, "The sudden ca…
The average scientist's acquaintance with philosophy tends to be of the passing variety. This is a great pity. Deep-rooted, seemingly intractable problems in foundational theoretical physics…
"Of course, people are doing everything possible to avoid that fate. But fears of folding are, understandably, creating major anxiety right now. To gain some perspective, [we] spoke to a few…
During the COVID-19 shutdown, live-streamed concerts have grown from a novelty born of necessity into a fixture of cultural life. D-Nice's dance parties (known to include a presidential cand…
Whitehead received his second fiction Pulitzer for The Nickel Boys; Brown's The Tradition took poetry honors; the biography prize went to Moser's Sontag: Her Life and Work; McDaniel's Sweet …
"Jackson's win marks the first time the committee has awarded a black writer for a musical. … That's particularly poignant given the material itself: a discursive meta-tale about a young, …
"[The work,] which debuted last June at Long Beach Opera, … chronicles the racially and politically charged New York trial and conviction of one Latino teenager and four black teens " who …
"In partnership with the Los Angeles Times and Vice News, This American Life won for an episode called 'The Out Crowd' " which illuminated the personal impact of the Trump Administration's '…
"A Border Force officer at Heathrow Airport discovered the hundreds of clay figurines, pots, and tablets covered in cuneiform script in a pair of metal trunks last July. Intercepted en route…
"[Festival management] had previously cancelled all performances up to and including July 14, but the festival was due to continue until August 30. A virtual festival, Glyndebourne Open Hous…
Sotheby's new leaders, who took the publicly traded company private, are understandably eager to reopen their New York saleroom for post-pandemic business. Having disclosed a $71.2-million n…
From 2004: My friends all take vacations, and swear by them. I don't, and after due consideration I've decided to blame this idiosyncrasy on my late father, who planned the family vacations …
"Best thing to do with memories is"forget 'em." Dudley Nichols, screenplay for The Long Voyage Home (based on the plays of Eugene O'Neill) Continue reading Almanac: Dudley Nichols (and Eu…
"The jury said Knight's work demonstrated 'extraordinary community service by a critic' through the application of 'his expertise and enterprise to critique a proposed overhaul of the L.A. C…
The Danish city of Aarhus allowed popular singer Mads Langer to perform a drive-thru event at a newly constructed venue just outside the city. With six days' notice, the event sold 500 ticke…
"There are systems we had before that are good and coming in handy, but there are new systems that are popping up all the time, too. I think it's going to change us for the better in the lon…
Called United We Stream, the combined live-streaming and fundraising platform hosts live music, DJ sets, performances and other live experiences from a growing roster of venues across Europe…
The rationale is clear enough. With families trapped inside by COVID-19, and children out of school and starting to climb the walls, a hyperactive new movie ought to be just the ticket. Also…
According to Nielsen, play time was up by 45 percent during the last week of March, while worldwide sales were up at least 44 percent. " FiveThirtyEight
In his new budget to cope with the revenue loss driven by the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Jim Kenney on Friday proposed the elimination of the city's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative…
It's no great mystery why. Poetry is sticky. Prose slips. Barbed and spurred, poems catch in your chest; they get stuck in your head like songs. Still, to admit to liking poetry is faintly e…
Atlanta's Plaza movie theatre is famous after its vociferous opposition to Governor Brian Kemp's decision to reopen theaters. But the theatre has been adapting its operations, offering onlin…
Horchow was the first retailer to sell high-end goods by mail-order catalog " without first opening a bricks-and-mortar store on the street to establish its reputation with buyers. He was so…
Among the USPTO's arguments is the fact that US patent law repeatedly refers to inventors using humanlike terms such as "whoever" and pronouns like "himself" and "herself." The group behind …
Olivia Jackson was gravely injured on a Resident Evil set in South Africa in 2015. But who should pay?. "Jackson's ordeal highlights the vulnerabilities of performers on sets, especially on …