"A singer herself, Minnesota Opera's Priti Gandhi sees diversity as a way to 'open people's imaginations' " not to mention a matter of survival." " The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
"The word 'decolonization' has been bandied about all over national and regional arts outlets lately, but it is often misused or misunderstood. In Seattle, the term was used frequently to de…
"Same sex and gender-neutral couples will now be allowed to compete with opposite-sex couples at all of its events. … But the question has come up: Will that lead to an unfair advantage wh…
"Rameau's Les Indes Galantes was designed to show the triumph of Enlightenment order over the exotic 'other.' Can hip-hop dance make it feel less toxic?" " The New York Times
Euzhan Palcy's A Dry White Season earned Marlon Brando an Oscar nomination, but that didn't impress Hollywood executives, she says. When she pitched other films with black leads, "'They were…
There's a lot of glitz going on in the college library funding race. A media room! A media room with a green screen! No, a Maker Space! And " perhaps the best idea of them all " a library es…
The Yorkshire greeting card company said it wasn't trying to own his work, but "Banksy claimed he had been forced to open a shop in Croydon, south London, this week, as a result of the dispu…
Long before tourists came to Dijon in search of mustard ("Dijon" mustard actually comes from Canada, but never mind), pilgrims were heading to the area temple to buy mass-produced icons of a…
Is this the most discouraging development ever, or is it just a sign of how many writers are forgotten as the relentless pressure of the new takes hold? Nancy Hale holds the record for the m…
Carroll was the first Black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series in the U.S. "NBC executives were wary about putting Julia on the network during the racial unrest of the 1960s,…
If you're tired of other people's "Month of Gratitude" posts on Facebook, sorry to tell you this, but that's the secret " gratitude. Wildly, if you want to save for retirement or something, …
The last time The Beatles' Abbey Road was #1 on the charts, a U.S. president was laying the groundwork for his later impeachment, and Harold Wilson was Prime Minister of the UK. This return …
Though many in France said Koons' sculpture "donation" " more on that in a minute " was "opportunistic and cynical," the artist said "he hoped his tulips would become part of the local lands…
Jane Campbell, who died in March at 87, served as the managing director of Honolulu Theatre for Youth for more than four decades. "At a time when theatre for children was seeking a place at …
The National Theatre joins the Royal Shakespeare Company, which had been deliberating for quite some time before ending its longtime "relationship" with BP (formerly British Petroleum). Pres…
And for the big sequel, Before Sunset, Delpy got half of her co-star's salary. For the third movie in the trilogy, Before Midnight? She refused to do it without equal pay. " Variety
People love museum selfies, and here's the logical conclusion of that love: A museum designed expressly for uploading cute artsy self-portraits to Instagram. The museum in Vienna "joins a nu…
Argentine feminists are fed up with the patriarchal, rigid roles of traditional tango, and they've published a new protocol that breaks old rules " and reinforces new ones. "The protocol pro…
The French architect also designed the Olympic Pool and the vélodrome for the Olympics, a building that has become the Montréal Biodôme. The stadium was controversial at the time, and h…
Giordani sang hundreds of performances at the Met and, at a relatively young age, stepped back from the spotlight and began to mentor younger singers. He was the son of a prison guard who ow…
Indeed, it has about one year to make itself sustainable: the musicians' new contract expires next September, and the $1.6 million donated to cover the players' pay while the orchestra is da…
"People arrested on low-level misdemeanors in Brooklyn will now have the option to complete a one-day arts course at the Brooklyn Museum instead of ever having to appear in court, thanks to …
Rebecca Sugar earned six Emmy nominations before she was 30 for her work on the animated series Adventure Time. Now, on her own Cartoon Network series, Steven Universe, she has an entire squ…
After ten years, and as the ever more popular show expands from the US to the UK (with plans for Canada and Australia), it's impossible to deny that Drag Race has brought drag a once-undream…
"Music industry figures have said a no-deal Brexit would make touring 'simply unviable for many artists', after new government guidelines for cultural, heritage and sporting professionals to…