Last spring, a group of black middle school students had an ugly encounter with a few museum patrons and a guard. "Critics rightfully pounced, and the museum moved swiftly to contain the dam…
"The push for inclusivity has angered some women who say their comfort and safety is being put at risk " and argue men are still being left with a better deal. Here's why toilets have become…
"The website issued a statement on Twitter today saying it had taken the articles [about the battle of the loos] down after receiving what it described as 'strong responses' from readers, ad…
Frederick Ashton rehearses Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in his 1956 ballet Birthday Offering at London's Covent Garden in 1968. The score is by Glazunov: (This is the latest in a ser…
"Above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning." Anthony T…
A friend of mine sent me this color photograph the other day, remarking that he suspected it was the only time that Louis Armstrong and George Bernard Shaw appeared in the same painting. " T…
Artis"Naples is the premier destination for the visual and performing arts in Southwest Florida. We are driven to inspire, educate and entertain by presenting world-class events that enric…
The gold standard and the pop-up worth getting on line early to score tickets for is probably "Saved by the Max." After its launch last year, Eater Los Angeles described it as a "ne…
Whatever the reasons for its decision, AAU received significant blowback not only from the Canadian institutions but from some of its U.S. members, who argued that it seemed tone-deaf for an…
Orphaned protagonists are so common that an online encyclopaedia of narrative tropes has more than 25 pages on orphan-related themes, including 'Street Urchin' (Oliver Twist), 'Disappeared D…
"To regard one's opposition as being on the wrong side of an important political dispute is to regard them as being on the side of injustice. Thus, heated tones, raised voices, and spicy lan…
"The question goes beyond whether or not Whitman should be banished from the literary forum, if such a thing were even possible. If America can be said to have a national poet, if "O Captain…
"In his over five decades in entertainment, Taylor would make over 2,000 guest star appearances on shows like The Monkees, The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Lett…
The company has decided to eliminate the title of General Director and fold its duties in with those of the President and CEO, Christopher Koelsch. " Los Angeles Times
"With just three solo shows and a handful of star turns in group exhibitions, Wong established himself as a quicksilver talent, with an almost preternatural sense for creating gripping, idio…
"African historical fiction is far from a new genre " is there a more globally known work of African fiction, after all, than Chinua Achebe's 1958 classic story of Nigeria at the moment of B…
"Njaimeh Njie, a Pittsburgh-based artist who works primarily with print and photography, set out on a journey in 2016 to document black lives in her city, focusing on the Hill District, the …
Aisha Harris: "At one point during the performance " as the white woman … used a black dildo on her [black] partner … while they pretended to be the mistress and slave on a plantation " …
"At the time I wrote this, I had lost my job after 37 years with an engineering firm. They called me in on a Wednesday afternoon and said, 'We got to let you get, a reduction in force.' So h…
"The … public artist whose work ranges from sculpture to landscape design has won the annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which comes with $250,000 and honors a United States-based arti…
"It was hilarious. I showed up in tracksuit and trainers, didn't know what ballet was. The atmosphere was sterile, the other kids were preppy and well prepared. I was nothing of the kind. Bu…
John Seabrook does a deep dive into how artificial intelligence programs learn the rules of English grammar and syntax and teach themselves how to predict what you, at the keyboard, might wr…
"Meaningful activity might be an essential component of youth homelessness prevention. This includes resources that encourage social inclusion (e.g., community and recreation centres) and na…
Dan Brooks: "Ostensibly too sophisticated for superhero stories, our critics have accepted the Joker's power to corrupt the masses in real life, on a more literal level than the most addled …
The organization works with theatre companies and professionals at all levels, including amateur, professional, and educational, with advocacy, education, and training, and has run many prog…