Thursday, February 11, 2021
If computers could do literature, they could invent like Wells and Homer, taking over from sci-fi authors to engineer the next utopia-dystopia. And right now, you probably suspect that compu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:33PMLos Angeles, where the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly severe, is the largest city in the nation whose museums have yet to reopen even temporarily since the pandemic struck last M…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:33PMIn a category that has historically overlooked female directors, this feels like progress. After all, only five women have ever been nominated for the best-director Oscar, and if Zhao, King,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMFor several years in the 1950s, starting in 1952, Oscar night featured simultaneous gatherings in Los Angeles and New York. One can imagine something similar happening this year — maybe ev…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMFundraising for the project has been at a virtual standstill for the past two years, since Vancouver’s Chan family, headed by Burrard International Holdings founder Caleb Chan, committed $…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMWednesday, February 10, 2021
“If we artists had a basic income, that stress and fear over basic necessities would no longer weigh over our heads and we could be much more productive. It would help grow the economy, be…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMChristopher Rudd’s creation is the first romantic same-sex pas de deux in ABT’s history, and one of the first—if not the first—to celebrate queer lust so explicitly in ballet. Such a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PM“We are thinking that we will have a slate of work with both digital and in-person opportunities. Because digital is not going away. We’re in a digital space. There’s a lot to figure o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PM“My name is Leo and I am 8 years old. I listen to All Things Considered in the car with mom. I listen a lot. I never hear much about nature or dinosaurs or things like that. Maybe you shou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMEven though it has a little more flair, I hope we can accept the Turkish monolith as a normal part of life in 2021. It is not a mystery — even though we don’t know who exactly put it the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMThe immense force of Western institutions – capitalism, democracy, Christianity – stamped itself on other parts of the globe, creating independent democratic nations committed to freedom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMHungary, Poland, and now Slovenia are assembling and executing a “playbook” to shift cultural institutions to the right. Often, the rhetoric around this has blended fears of anti-communi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMIt started with a standing ovation. “At this point, allegedly, the gentleman swatted Academy award-winning Kidman with his program, prompting Urban to accuse the man of assaulting his wife…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMAwards don’t help us quantify these qualities, but for a composer who burst onto the operatic scene so spectacularly with X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the New York City Opera in 1…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“The mobs that descended on Washington, D.C., last month have intellectual roots in many places, going back to the bloody beginnings of this country. But they also have roots in specific a…
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06AMThe Phoenix Chorale seeks an individual with a passion for the arts with vision and commitment to bring the Chorale to new and lasting vitality to serve as its new Executive Director.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06AMTuesday, February 9, 2021
Rereading “Hamlet” after the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, I was struck by how fears of insurrection permeate the play. Every age sees itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, but li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMSpano, 59, is best known for his 20 seasons as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he’s leaving in June. Since 2011 he has also been music director of the prestigi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM“The inner voice, which is also an inward-turning voice, tends to linger over negative content. What’s more, it can call our attention to processes that run more smoothly in the dark, de…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMThus far, only a few local music venues have signaled their interest in reopening under present conditions. In a statement on its website, the Washington Nightlife Music Association — a co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMTheir embrace of internet sales appears to have paid off, allowing them to meet surging demand spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement and the holiday shopping season, cementing the loyal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMThe attorney general does not comment on ongoing audits, but Hyperallergic has acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and misuse of tax-exempt bonds that nonpr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMIn a city that devours restaurants the way diners down hamburgers, Mr. Allen founded and ran not just one successful New York restaurant but two: Joe Allen and Orso, next to each other on We…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMUsed to hiring artists who work as independent contractors in exchange for program or project fees, it’s been tough for these small nonprofit arts groups in particular to adapt to AB5, the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PM“Would I go see a play and sit in a playhouse with 150 people? If the 150 people were tested, and they were all negative, yes, I would do that,” Cuomo said during a press briefing. “I …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMIf hygiene theater were actual theater, it would exist in the genre of catastrophic improv. Hundreds of millions of people are ad-libbing their way through a crisis in the absence of a clear…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMMonday, February 8, 2021
Jean-Daniel Bouchard said although his twin passions may seem like something of a contradiction — farming can be gruelling physical labour and involves plenty of financial mathematics,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMFrom “The Elephant Man” to “Chicago,” “Cats” to “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Huntley was the designer behind the wigs and often-elaborate locks that helped define the lasting …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54PMBy emptying stages and dancefloors, the pandemic has generated an urgent need to reimagine the live music experience – both for artists and the audience stuck at home. So, how is Covid res…
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