Reassuring: "The theaters are pushing hard the argument that moviegoing is safe more broadly, or at least as safe as going to a restaurant, flying on an airplane or worshiping in a church." …
Kanstantsin Shyshmakou, the 29-year-old director of a military history museum in Vawkavysk, refused to sign anything certifying the re-election of Lukashenko " and was found dead in a river …
It wasn't easy to film Love in the Time of Corona. But it was doable, with a lot of care " and a lot of house-cleaning for the actors whose homes hosted the shoots. Some of the details: "Fil…
So here we have a movie, Cuties, that "has been praised for questioning how society and social media pressure young children into acting in sexually explicit ways." Best way to advertise it,…
Shutdown theatre cool idea number 458: "A postcard slips through the letterbox and lands lightly. While rural touring can't take place, Nottingham-based company New Perspectives have c…
Assuming that it ever ends " with a vaccine or some kind of terribly expensive, in human life terms, herd immunity " Covid-19 may leave a theatrical legacy that's hard to shake, at least for…
Horror movies sure seem to think so. A lot of them seem to exhibit "this idea that if you have enough free time, you're going to just start rounding people up and killing them." " Wired
And then there are the outdoor performances, with masks: "When a performer speaks a lot onstage, … masks become damp and stick to the skin, so each cast member goes through four or five of…
The Hollywood Bowl couldn't have audiences " but the musicians could be there, distanced, and the orchestra took advantage of its city's geographical advantages. The concerts were only "poss…
Unless you already live in Venice, in which case, sorry, you'll have to read something other than Invisible Cities. " The Economist
The first concert since lockdown is definitely special (not that it's weird to be masked and distant anymore; it's simply exciting to be there). "It's been difficult but clarifying to see ho…
In the UK, for instance, with social distance requirements in full force as they should be, "only around 100 of the country's 900 small music venues would be able to operate." And it's not a…
When Aesha Ash got hired as a City Ballet dancer, she felt the weight of her people on her back. "I wasn't just dancing for myself, and I wasn't just dancing to rise through the ranks and be…
Sure, one might wonder why one of the United States's greatest traitors has a statue in the United States Capitol Building, but that's a long (racist) story. In any case, it's time for the s…
How he feels playing to an online audience: "You can't touch, you can't hug, you can't shake hands. But what music does, its sound moves air molecules. So when air floats across your skin an…
Sarah Cooper is a UX engineer who, during lockdown, decided to take advantage of TikTok and the United States president's, er, unique response to the pandemic, earning her a huge response an…
Well, why not let a video game provide a virtual mosh pit, virtual vendors, and a musical experience that lasts for days? "The super fans eat it up because they're excited in a time when the…
Lion Forge is a Black-owned animation studio, the only Black-owned animation studio. For founders and staff, that makes its mission different. "It's representation on the screen. It's repres…
Comedian Tig Notaro is replacing disgraced actor Chris D'Elia in Army of the Dead, but how exactly does that play out during quarantine? It doesn't. "The film will mix full reshoots of Notar…
Clemency Burton-Hill works as the creative director at WQXR, New York's classical station, and has been a BBC presenter, including a lot of Proms coverage. In early 2020, she had a massive b…
Yes, obviously, humans are animals, and also obviously, we don't truly know how to get into the mind of a hyena or a fox or a dog, but still: In these books, readers can "expand their taxono…
The murals were, as one versed in the history of white supremacist rhetoric in the U.S. might guess, created in the 1930s. In one, "Development of the Sciences by artist Albert C. Runquist, …
In 2020, some things to remember about M.A.S.H., and especially Hawkeye: "Hawkeye taught us that when your world is disintegrating, it is not only possible but utterly necessary to crack a j…
Or so says the director of an arts production company in the UK. "It's a brave new world out there, and we're all going to have to adapt. There are no limits to what our artists, technicians…
Remote learning isn't all about what articles and resources teachers can cobble together from the internet " especially when a lot of students can only get online occasionally, or in the par…