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Inspired by Italy, Rogers Park got itself together to sing the popular 1980s rocker's "Livin' on a Prayer." The singer himself joined in via Instagram, and a local radio station changed its …
Er, maybe move online this year, film festivals? "Cannes organizers are looking at the possibility of postponing the event by about six weeks, until late June, in the optimistic hope that th…
This week's edition of what we can watch while stuck at home and missing all of the culture outside our walls. " The New York Times
Hatch and his wife, artist and filmmaker Camille Billops, "created a vast archive of interviews with black actors, singers, writers and artists. … He became an expert in the history of bla…
Says one professor of media psychology on why so many people are watching, say, "The Great British Baking Show" and other comfort watches or re-watches: "There's a lot of comfort in knowing …
This story came out before Sir Patrick Stewart performed "Let us not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments" (aka Shakespeare's Sonnet 116) on Instagram, but there are plenty of oth…
After days " and lots of angry tweets, posts, and other pushback from staff who said they had no masks, no gloves, no hand sanitizer, and were still being forced to take cash " and the CEO s…
His double music life: "As William O. Smith, he pioneered unorthodox techniques for his instrument and developed ways to notate them for other players. Composers like Luigi Nono, Pauline …
The Northridge Earthquake didn't even stop box office reporting. But COVID-19 has, as almost all movie theatres have closed. " Los Angeles Times
Yew, who was ending his run as artistic director of Victory Gardens in Chicago: "We will emerge with new stories to tell. We will revisit old tales that give our lives new meaning and susten…
That's not its official name, and it won't be a competition, but EuroVision organizers said "the show will 'honour the songs and artists' that were due to take part of the contest this May."…
The "emergency relief agreement" negotiated by the Broadway League and 14 different unions created an agreement "to pay hundreds of actors, musicians, stagehands and others for the first few…
Delair starred in Laurel and Hardy's last movie, but she was best known for starring in 1940s thrillers directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, some of which were made during the Nazi occupation …
Debbie Allen, star and choreographer of Fame, has been hosting dance lessons and classes since Wednesday. "'While all of us are dealing with this uncertainty and darkness, we will bring the …
Why? Because everyone's at home " and everyone needs bandwidth. "European Commissioner Thierry Breton had asked streamers to take measures to prevent congestion on the internet. One of the s…
You can read an awful lot for free through libraries' online services. Also, here are some tips on how to find reading community when your book group can't meet in person. " The Washington P…
One film art director: "Over one hour, everything was cancelled. That's £28,000 gone in an instant. My head started spinning. I realised the knock-on effect this would have in the industr…
Rogers was the original country star selling out arenas, long before Garth Brooks or Shania Twain in the 1990s. "Rogers's popularity stemmed partly from his genial persona and rugged good lo…
Luisa Roldán revolutionized the use of terra cotta for small devotional figurines and was a court sculptor for the final Hapsburg Spanish king " in the 1690s. Her work was sent to Mexico …
First of all, theatre can acknowledge the uncertainty, anxiety, grief, and pain of this time " and the resilience that so many people are bringing right now. "Some theatres … have recorded…
I spoke to Mrs. T's nurses by phone at midday Saturday, and they had nothing but good news to give me. In addition to nodding her head when spoken to, she is now able to squeeze her nurses' …
This kind of reflexive self-doubt is not so much a 'syndrome' as it is a widespread state of psychological distortion, with roughly 70 per cent of people experiencing it at some point in the…
Crossword editors are strange arbiters of cultural relevance. Read tweets by Awkwafina or Olivia Wilde on learning that they've been immortalized in the black-and-white grid"it's the bookish…
Though the organizers of the fund wanted to start with New York because of the city's importance as a cultural center, they know the need spans the country, extending to individuals as well …
Box office revenue limped to a historic low of $300,000 or less on Wednesday as the vast majority of cinemas in North America closed their doors indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis. T…
