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To be fair, she wasn't lost. The system was. "Representation isn't the same as legitimization. When Girlfriends aired, shows featuring Black casts were categorized as 'Black,' a label …
Some ideas: "Study the chokepoints, bottlenecks, and pinch points that museums share"such as the entrances, queuing zones, and access area for exhibits. … Look at ways that all food may be…
On reading, and really feeling, Virginia Woolf as a middle-aged writer. " LitHub
In other words, the painting fragment consigned to the basement of the Ashmolean at Oxford may be a real Rembrandt. " The Guardian (UK)
Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection first formed the basis of the museum, gained much of his wealth by enslaving people. The museum moved his bust "from a plinth to a smaller display case acco…
"Eight years ago, Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba were struggling New York actors working service jobs when they auditioned for a new series from a movie-rental service-turned-streaming site call…
Sure, they're joyful, but … "the viral popularity of this display of intergenerational sympathy " Black 20-somethings professing love for a white boomer's pop-rock chestnut " may also tell…
There's no summer season of music for the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl. But there are food banks, a take-out restaurant from those who usually make food for the concerts, and a lot of mus…
It's 2020, so video games, of course. "History games can spark interest in learning more, says Bob Whitaker, a professor of History at Collin College and host of the podcast History Respa…
Koller, author of An Unknown Woman, inspired many women to consider their lives as full and complex " but she wasn't necessarily pleased with her own experience. "It is a paradox that her li…
Truly, one more discussion? As a Gen-Xer might say, big whoop. Here's a list of action points for when theatre resumes " or to work on right now. " American Theatre
Is it time for, say, Beethoven reaction videos? Because this was the experience of someone hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the first time: "Watching the full gamut of human emotions " gentle…
This is the way of powerful literature, across hundreds (or thousands) of years. "It landed in the hands of a schoolgirl who would one day fall in love with it. At first, she pushed it away,…
Sources say that the "major issues are testing protocols, sick pay and travel to work sites." Studios cautiously say they hope to resume shooting after Labor Day, September 7. " Variety
The term was coined, by a white writer, in 1993. It might have been a good start, but there are issues: "It lacks room to conceive of Blackness outside of the Black American diaspora or…
The RNC asked for permission, and the Cohen Estate said no. According to estate's legal representative, "if the organizers had requested to use Cohen's 2016 song 'You Want it Darker' then 'w…
Workers from the Tate, the Southbank Centre , and the National Theatre rallied for their jobs and against what they call callous job cuts on Saturday. One explained that now, "You've got the…
First of all, this timeline is a terrible one; can we jump to another one? But basically, this all hinges on how Tenet performs in theatres versus how Mulan performs on Disney+. " Vulture
What we think we know about the fight for women to get the legal right to vote is only a sliver of the history " and of our present. "There's a lot of that still hanging in the balance. And …
Trans dancers are challenging the conventions. Hayden Moon says it's not easy: "I'd spent years learning to be high on my toes and not make any noise and never let my heel touch the ground, …
What it was like to watch Tenet in Toronto: A little nervewracking, a little weird, a lot enjoyable. "For 45 years, the summer blockbuster has given us something to orbit around, a Movie Eve…
This may not be easy, and a lot of theatre artists may not want to think about it " but a Google Doc can help. "If there's an instance where the word 'slave' does harm and the word 'knave' d…
Just a year after a protracted and bitter lockout, the musicians approved a multiyear contract that, while it includes COVID-19 related wage cuts (for administration as well as for musicians…
Ruth Mackenzie was the first woman to run the Théâtre du Châtelet, the first woman to hire a Black artist to direct a play at the French theatre, and also, she says, the first woman d…
To be blunt, as kids go back to school, it's more obvious than ever. "Despite the truly heroic efforts in some communities, 17 million children in our country still do not have the tec…
