6,111 stories by "Artsjournal1"
"Austen first emerged in penny editions in the 1890s. Penny versions were modeled on the sensational Penny Dreadfuls, those cheap stories of violence on which Britain's lawmakers were known …
"Sometimes comic, sometimes earnest, always indignant, Chilean theatre repeatedly gives voice to the abused, the angry and the dispossessed. … All this is consistent with a festival that h…
"Alberta Ballet's longest-serving artistic director, Jean Grand-MaiÌ‚tre, will step down after a three-year transition period that will see him passing the torch to [company ballet master…
With 23 items exploiting the portraits currently arrayed for sale on the NPG's website, the Smithsonian's merchandising masterminds have found a way to turn an uplifting event into something…
Los Angeles singer Lyn Stanley frequently appears in L.A. with a big band of Swing Era veterans. But in this recording, her accompanists are six of Southern California's busiest veteran play…
The Claw, founded by authors Carmen Maria Machado and Liz Moore, "is comprised of 19 published and professional fiction and nonfiction writers. Not unlike a book club, it meets roughly once …
"What was still considered a left-field artistic proposition a decade ago, popularised by the likes of Punchdrunk and dreamthinkspeak, has become one of theatre's biggest commercial money-ma…
"His name was William Dorsey Swann, but to his friends he was known as 'the Queen.' … Beginning in the 1880s, he not only became the first American activist to lead a queer resistance grou…
"Unlike science and math, engineering and technology skills aren't typically included in the standardized tests used to evaluate students and their teachers. Because the stakes are high, sch…
"Both are 69 now. As the wife and husband who founded the Los Angeles dance company in 1980, the two continue to strike the delicate balance between artist and administrator" " a job Erwin g…
"Years from now, when school groups visit the National Museum of American History, they might learn about the impeachment of a president through a fidget spinner. And they will have Jon Grin…
"Though her work has evolved beyond the minimalist choreography that first garnered her critical notice in the 1980s, [Anne Teresa] De Keersmaeker remains a formalist. Throughout this produc…
"An essayist, fiction writer, teacher, scholar and literary critic … Mr. Steiner both dazzled and dismayed his readers with the range and occasional obscurity of his literary references." …
"[A recent] study identifies numerous reasons: Singing in groups has been linked to better mental and physical health, a sense of belonging and feeling connected to others, better social ski…
For the first time, Google and its corporate parent, Alphabet, broke out from overall revenue reports the income from its video platform " and that income is enormous. What's more, YouTube a…
"Missouri House Rep. Ben Baker introduced the bill, dubbed the 'Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act,' in January that calls for the creation of a panel made up of non-library workers …
Recently we had a small dinner party at Millwood Farm, the excuse for which was to drink a special bottle, one that had been in my cellar for a very long time. It was in its own, individual …
Classical Greek and Latin writing didn't use punctuation at all, or even spaces between words; that sort of thing was left to the person who'd be speaking the text. St. Isidore of Seville sy…
Often, gangs of far-right nationalists will do it instead " burning books, protesting outside venues, bursting into buildings to disrupt an exhibition or performance, or even (in one instanc…
The technology to transmit color television signals was first developed in the 1920s, and all three of the major U.S. networks had switched to color in the 1960s. But in the mid-1970s, nearl…
"The National Asian American Theater Company is starting a partnership with regional theaters across the country, aiming to foster inclusion of more Asian-American theater artists, technicia…
A specialist in operatic villains, he only began performing in his 30s and developed a major-house career in his 40s. Even so, he had a six-decade career, switching as he aged from major to …
"Movies and TV can't capture what's special about Amy. She's not an actress, exactly, or a comedian, but more like someone who speaks in tongues. As opposed to myself, and just about everyon…
"The Super Bowl isn't just a game. It's the halftime show; it's the ads; it's the chips and guac. It is sport but also music, dance, costumes, TV production and stage design " a pop culture …
"When officials with the Shanghai Oriental Art Center informed BSO that they were canceling the concert and other events because of the outbreak, BSO followed up with their presenting partne…
