Tom Greyeyes' art career started in a jail cell after an activist installation he created was considered vandalism by the Flagstaff police. Now the artist, who has had residencies and big ga…
Dewey is a legend " you know, the Dewey decimal system for ordering library books? " and perhaps was responsible for the entry of women into the profession. Yay, but, he also was censured an…
Sometimes, if you're a US person and have British friends, the Brits will enjoy talking about how long the US had slavery. An important discussion, no doubt " but guess what? The British are…
Tim Page: "To those who knew only Mr. Bernheimer's prose, it came as a surprise to learn that he was a gentle, gracious and tender man to his colleagues. He supported the early careers of ma…
From 2010 to 2018, approximately 882,000 new jobs were created in the Bay Area, but only around 100,000 new housing units were built throughout the region. The resulting white-hot competitio…
Heidi Hall, an old friend of mine from Smalltown, U.S.A., died last week. She left behind a self-written obituary that is characteristic in every way and says far more about why I loved her …
Solomon plays Schubert's A-Flat Impromptu, D. 899/4, on the BBC in 1956: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday,…
"Those few politicians of the last decades who were more intimate with the historical past"like de Gaulle and Churchill"were not protected against blunders; but if their influence was more p…
Author Fatima Bhutto thinks so. "Hollywood is no longer the center. America is no longer the center. Now we have a multipolar world. So Turkey is a center. India is a center. Pakistan is a c…
His career spanned four decades and millions of albums, and the singer was nominated for six Grammys, though he never won. (The Los Angeles Times has collected five of the best of José's pe…
"A conductor has started a youth orchestra on Chicago's South Side to serve many young musicians of color who had to commute long distances to take part in music programs downtown or in the …
"Jason Ikeem Rodgers, founder and music director for Atlanta's Orchestra Noir, has captivated audiences with his fusion of classical music and contemporary genres like hip-hop and R&B. â…
"In the world of art, political turmoil can sometimes provide inspiration. In Mexico, the echoes of revolution 100 years ago can be seen in the work of a contemporary artist." (video plus te…
"With its title …and other such stories, the third Chicago Architecture Biennial signals its commitment to addressing the histories of displacement, privation and segregation that inform t…
Nicole Brewer: "ED&I is an ineffective tool for forwarding social justice because it's outward-focused. The idea of ED&I is valued more than the practice of ED&I, and success is …
The museum's director, James. Rondeau on why the institution is bringing Barcelona architects Barozzi Veiga on board to rethink the whole campus." " The Art Newspaper
"Bakehouse Art Complex, an arts facility in Miami's Wynwood district, is planning to build 250 units of affordable artist housing on its two-acre campus. … Today, the building houses 60 st…
"Martha Leebolt is the co-artistic director of Southern California Ballet, which was awarded a grant to start an adaptive dance program for adults with special needs, beginning Oct. 9. … T…
Wendy Duke, co-founder of the Center for Applied Drama and Autism: "In Akron, Ohio, you'll discover Theatre on the Spectrum, a day-theatre company for adults with disabilities that operates …
Conchi León and her touring cast and crew had been making Chicago-specific plans since March, building a special traveling set for her Yucatán- set play La TÃÂa Mariela. It was set t…
Bloom "was horn royalty. As Szell's principal horn in Cleveland for more than two decades, he appeared on many of the orchestra's celebrated recordings, and was the soloist in its classic…
A "comic strip" of the time shows that "although the work of the great Italian was popular in his time, an extensive new study of the artist to be published this week has outlined evid…
In 2013, in the war-ravaged town of Daraya, people collected books after shelling and wrapped them in blankets to take them to a secret basement location. "The self-appointed chief librarian…
Seriously, excuse us? "A prison in Ohio blocked an inmate from receiving a biology textbook over concerns that it contained nudity. In Colorado, prison officials rejected Barack Obama's memo…
And so, it seems, are audiences. What's the deal with these less than biopics, more like thanatopics? Ah: "Each movie is too enamored of its legend, of her talent and beauty, to acknowledge …