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At a moment when culture could vitally contribute to national pride and resilience, the arts are newly challenged financially. The reverberations, internationally, disclose a sudden, naked d…
To hold public officials accountable, in other words, "intelligent men""all people, in fact"need reliable reporting about the activities of government and politicians. But these days, local …
The COVID-19 lockdown, which has caused overall unit sales to drop by 27 percent, places Canadian publishers under huge financial pressure. Indigo's continued delays in payment could push th…
"How did I learn to judge between one work and another? By looking and reading and looking and reading and looking. It is not a matter of mere subjectivity. You acquire the skill to transmit…
In October 2018, Mark Royden, 47, went equipped with a claw hammer, gloves and safety goggles, tampered with a CCTV camera and set off a fire alarm to cause a distraction before smashing the…
Dan Kois: "What are these displays? Whatever they are, they are not authentic expressions of rage. … Rather than citizens pushed too far by onerous mask policies " finally sent over the ed…
You may not think of architects as the problem-solvers we need now. But now that interacting with people in any enclosed space is fraught, they are who you need. Though we have been living i…
"What is wrong with the theatre fandom is the belief that objectively, some musicals are better than others, and that if you like a certain show, you aren't the right kind of theatre fan. Ga…
"Blaming people on the internet " as most of us are, helplessly " for not engaging in 'good-faith debate' doesn't just misdiagnose the problem; it's stunningly naïve. Have you met the int…
Tom Scocca: "The promoters of the letter cast themselves as persecuted heroes, putting their names on the line to defend an embattled conception of liberty. The people putting themselves in …
Suddenly, the profession was at a crossroads. Was this a time for quick, targeted, pragmatic responses to a built environment that no longer felt safe, or was this a revolutionary moment, a …
The Three Tenors franchise was hardly great opera, but it was effective, and Yo-Yo Ma's various crossover projects are genuinely good. So how did we get from The Silk Road Project to Hildega…
"It was a novelty for a week or two," said Catherine Keen. "But it was really tough on the kids. They were on their computers all day with their home classes. And then to have to come to an …
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) says it is immediately terminating the contract of director general and chief curator Nathalie Bondil following what it describes as "disturbing testi…
Organizers of the June 18 event, for which the company's dancers gathered to tape performances which were streamed for attendees, say they followed all CDC and local health guidelines. Never…
"PW reached out to dozens of literary agents, authors, and editors to ask. While all the editors contacted declined to respond, many agents and authors were willing to speak on the condition…
"An accomplished artist and creative director, Walentas played a critical role in nurturing DUMBO's artistic renaissance for more than 30 years." As her husband, David, redeveloped the distr…
"The huge yellow floodgates immediately started to work after being activated on Friday, rising simultaneously to separate the Venetian lagoon from the sea. More tests will be carried out ov…
"While carrying out renovation work on the Nacional Monte de Piedad building " which dates back to 1755 and is now a historical pawnshop on Mexico city's central plaza " workers came across …
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society will offer an online hub with workshops and panel discussions as well as a guide to the streamed performances offered by independent Fringe venues; Frin…
"[The museum's press] release cites a 'toxic' work environment and 'several departures of key employees' over the last year " as well as an external evaluation of the museum's internal clima…
"Whitehead, 50, is the youngest winner of the lifetime achievement prize, which the library has previously given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Denis Johnson, among others. He is the firs…
Sometimes it takes a while to catch up. Case in point: Carla Bley's, Andy Sheppard's and Steve Swallow's Life Goes On. ECM released the album on Valentine's Day. " Doug Ramsey
Though a prominent British reviewer of the current Met production of Porgy and Bess called Gershwin's 1935 opera "a period piece," it loudly resounds today. Consider the first act confrontat…
From 2010:
Somebody compared me to a Holocaust denier the other day for having spoken ill of Elie Wiesel. While I wouldn't dream of dignifying such a remark by responding to it, I was …
