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Most seminal event in classical music since global onset of COVID-19 on August 14th in Vail, CO!
The problem is that urban nightlife " no matter how risky " isn't something that just allows itself to be canceled. The need to socialize, relax, mingle, hear music and dance is a powerful f…
Fans come to see themselves not just as the audience for, or patrons of, a given "intellectual property" but (to paraphrase the old WestJet slogan) as owners too. This feeling of ownership i…
"The reluctance to produce shows with casts that are all or largely non-white disproportionately affects shows written by Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) playwrights and composers…
The artwork appearing on the toonie honouring his legacy is known as Xhuwaji, Haida Grizzly Bear. Reid painted it in 1988 on a ceremonial drum belonging to the Sam family of Ahousat, B.C. " …
Being unable to see real works of art in person for months has made me realize just how much I have come to depend on seeing works online"and how I get more from that experience than I'd bee…
"The need for accessible streets and sidewalks has utterly reshaped the contemporary cityscape, and the most profound change is also the most modest: the curb cuts that you'll find now at ma…
A white supremacist on YouTube will tell you all about race and IQ but if you want to read a careful scholarly refutation, obtaining a legal PDF from the journal publisher would cost you $14…
The Lyon Académie de Musique officially went bust on New Year's Day 1693, but it was back in business two years later. "How did Académie musicians transform hardship into productive creati…
If white-collar workers are told the downtown office is forever optional, some will take their superstar-city jobs out of superstar cities. That much is obvious. But these shifts, even if th…
"From her house in Amsterdam, she has taken to creating dance films, all three to five minutes in length, with performers around the world. Dancers from Tulsa Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Dutch N…
The truth of Fleisher is in his own questions, his dogged pursuit of answers (from spiritual healers to experimental treatments) is more interesting than the answer itself. You can't help bu…
"To find out, we chose one reality dating show that debuted every year from 2000 through 2020 " shows that were particularly popular, controversial, influential or taught us something unexpe…
"Hundreds of New Yorkers submitted proposals earlier this year to design eight-by-five-foot flags. This past Saturday, the 192 winning designs were unfurled on the [flagpoles] surrounding th…
Looking at non-representational art tends to induce what's called "psychological distance." As one of the lead researchers put it, "This means that art has an effect on our general cognitive…
"With their ability to elevate a dancer both literally and metaphorically to a superhuman realm, [they] are the ultimate symbol of a ballerina's ethereality and hard work. … The shoes carr…
While the pandemic has revealed the power of our shared public spaces, it has also magnified enormous disparities in quality and access to them. Demand has outstripped supply, in some cases …
"[His] carefully cultivated image " a vigorous martial artist, his commitment to bushido, the code of the samurai and his fixation with masculinity, beauty and glory " has remained more nota…
"Radish, which has offices in Seoul and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original seri…
That's what Actors' Equity president Kate Shindle said (via video call) to the cast of the Berkshire Theater Group's Godspell, the first live-with-audience musical Equity has approved since …
"Dozens of pantomimes across the land have been cancelled or postponed due to uncertainty about easing lockdown restrictions for theatres. … Though it is only August, pantos take months to…
"[He] was among that select breed of scholar who moves easily between academic and public spheres. His criticism found its way into classroom syllabuses and general-interest magazines. And m…
"Music is essentially useless, as life is."
George Santayana, The Life of Reason
Continue reading Almanac: George Santayana on music at About Last Night.
If we want to trace bullshit back to its origins, we have to look a lot further back than any human civilization. Bullshit has its origins in deception more broadly, and animals have been de…
You don't think minimalists can be virtuosos? Tell it to Ernest Hemingway. Tell it to Thelonious Monk. Tell it to the Japanese calligrapher who spends his entire life perfecting a straight l…
