"The Irish Museum of Modern Art … announced last week that it had been 'requested to facilitate the construction of a temporary mortuary' on its grounds as the 'country prepares Public Hea…
Let's hope this is the start of a trend. "Two weeks after temporarily laying off staff and musicians, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is offering them reduced hours. Everyone will be able…
Warning that there are up to five times as many jobs in the city indirectly affected by the festivals and the tourism industry as there are directly employed in them, the head of the Edinbur…
Cultural institutions and restaurants, whose revenue has been largely wiped out by the coronavirus epidemic, have been among the biggest underwriters of local public media outlets. Reporter …
"[He] was revered for the technical aplomb that enabled him to combine intricate runs, full chordal accompaniment and even his own walking bass lines. His rock-solid rhythmic footing and bro…
'The man next to us is honking like a seal,' whispered my friend Mel at the interval of One Man, Two Guvnors at the National Theatre back in 2011. Tonight the National Theatre will stream th…
In today's Wall Street Journal I review a pay-per-view webcast performance by Houston's Alley Theatre of a stage version of 1984. (This review was written before the death of my wife Hilary.…
This is, first of all, an expression of profound gratitude. I knew that many people were following the unfolding story of my beloved Hilary, but I had no idea how many until I posted this tr…
The New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble plays the original chamber-orchestra version of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring in concert in 2014: (This is the latest in a series of …
"'I used to think I couldn't let you go, but I'm learning to feel that I don't lose you, that you'll be more to me than ever, and death can't part us, though it seems to.' "'I know it cannot…
How did this building, initially embraced as promising, if not visionary, come to ignite a scorched-earth debate in its final stages? The story of LACMA's campus reconstruction"and the curre…
The era of peak globalisation is over. An economic system that relied on worldwide production and long supply chains is morphing into one that will be less interconnected. A way of life driv…
It's certainly true that people have been reading Shakespeare's plays for almost as long as they have been watching them. Within two or three years of his first, collaborative efforts on the…
In a 2016 study, the median small business had enough cash to last just 27 days, while a 2018 survey found that 21 percent would fail after a month without cash flow. Bookstores run on even …
"It's definitely less trouble. You can stroll around the masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, while seated at home in front of your laptop. Naturally, it's far less crowded that way t…
Said Chay Yew, "We've always complained about how the American theatre doesn't work. I for one find the blank slate exciting. We either repeat what we did before or we don't. The structure w…
"Many see the period of isolation as an opportunity to pursue passions that might have otherwise lain dormant. Music-learning apps and sheet music sites like nKoda have boomed, and, contrary…
"A researcher at the University of Göttingen, Sebastian Kruss, has used [Egyptian Blue], which is also known as calcium copper silicate, to produce a new nanomaterial that improves infrared…
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced $60M in advance funding to arts organizations that have approved funding from the 2019/20 season. This amounts to the equivalent to 35% of the a…
"When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public in ways as novel as the virus t…
Put simply, the state's dance scene has taken a body blow. Indeed, industry leaders fear that some companies won't recover from this crisis at all and others could come back in a weakened or…
"The [project], which is being called 'Play at Home,' is a website (playathome.org) featuring new plays, intended to take no more than 10 minutes to read, that are free so that anyone can re…
"The 20-year-old BPT, which has grown from a local company to an international ticket broker, handles tens of thousands of events around the world each month. But in the past few weeks, a…
"Ella Marchment, stage director of the International Opera Awards, is behind the scheme, which is called #OperaHarmony. … The [project] will pair composers with librettists to create piece…
"In the eight years since it was founded, the Underground Museum has become not only one of the most important destinations for black art in the country but also a crucial gathering place fo…