"Book festival Wordplay, originally slated to take place in Minneapolis in May, will now happen virtually in April and May in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the original 100+ part…
If an earthquake now hits India or Iran, like in 2001 and 2003, respectively, killing over 20,000 people in each country"or if we witness a repeat of 2005's Hurricane Katrina in the US or 20…
"First, you should know that neither group is on the brink of institutional disaster. The Playhouse has $10 million more to raise [out of almost $50 million] before the fall. The ballet's pr…
The ball parks are closed, but baseball will move online. It will happen Thursday, on what would have been opening day across baseball. The virtual event will feature a classic game for all …
"[Online conference calls] come with problems " technical, cultural, and practical. And a lot of the challenges we have with [them] come down to the many small quirks of the internet. … De…
"Since March 16, the [Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale's] four ensembles have been hosting nine Zoom rehearsals every week, while its sister organization, Philadelphia Girls Choir, is run…
Adrian Ellis: "The sector is economically significant"we have the data on all those jobs created; on the new investment the arts attract to urban areas; and on those high-end cultural touris…
Yes, 50 billion-with-a-b. The package, which covers both small enterprises and the self-employed, "will come in the form grants designed to help with overhead costs like venue rentals and ar…
"The opera company's drivers have been using their cabs to help deliver food to Tesco stores in Scotland, as supermarkets face unprecedented demand from shoppers during the coronavirus crisi…
"We are deeply troubled by the far-reaching repercussions of [the school's closure]," wrote the students to the dean, "which has … severely curtailed the viability of the unrivaled visual …
"Arguably the most widely read film critic in the town most associated with the making of movies, … Turan is known as a soft-spoken gentleman … in a [city] filled with brash and attentio…
"Earlier this month, the theater industry announced that Broadway venues would go dark through April 12, and as the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down, that date is expected to be pushed…
A new episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening …
In order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I've been posting images of some of the prints and paintings that hang on the walls of our Manhattan apartment"the …
"When no idea seems right, the right one must seem wrong." Marvin Minsky, "Music, Mind, and Meaning" Continue reading Almanac: Marvin Minsky on uncertainty at About Last Night.
I am ecstatic to report that I just got off the phone with Mrs. T. It was, of course, a one-way conversation, since she's intubated, but her nurse informed me that she is now fully conscious…
At a moment when museums around the country are shattered, shuttered and bracing for hard times, what could be more shockingly tone-deaf than Holland Cotter's 3,000-word "manifesto"? " Lee R…
They are asking for a $2 trillion commitment for programs that will create living-wage jobs, amped-up public health and housing sectors, and a pivot away from a fossil-fuels-based energy fra…
Even during past recessions, consumers still flocked to theaters to forget their troubles. With ticketing and concession sales now evaporated, many analysts fret that some cinemas will not b…
I am overjoyed"hell, ecstatic"to report that I just got off the phone with Mrs. T. It was, of course, a one-way conversation, since she's intubated with a ventilator and a tracheostomy, but …
"From a very early age, I understood that my skin had a lot of meaning," he told National Public Radio in 2005. "It made me different in the projects, but it gave me power in the outside wor…
"Like in journalism, in all the creative occupations, there's no stability unless you're a superstar of some sort. " " New York Times Magazine
To find out, you have to go back 102 years to the 1918 influenza epidemic. "Even when people knew in advance the closures were imminent and that deaths were surging, they didn't relinquish t…
It has not been an easy sell, coming at a time when many pillars of the economy, from airlines to restaurants to public transportation, are facing existential crises and needing handouts the…
Laura Cappelle has plenty of good things in her profile as well, but yes, this happened: "In a matter of seconds, Huppert is on her feet and walks away from me, manifestly irked. 'Listen, he…