The author of White Teeth and Swing Time says we should all read a 700-page nonfiction book about technology and capitalism. "If a book's importance is gauged by how effectively it describes…
Says artistic and music director Jeffrey Brillhart, "No single concert is going to change the world. But I think if audiences can be sensitized to the humanity rather than to labels, if they…
"Over the course of 2 years, we conducted a three-part study to determine the demographic make-up of arts and cultural organizations' workforce and audiences compared to the demographics of …
"Lee Francis IV is a self-proclaimed 'Indigenerd.' The comic book writer, a member of Laguna Pueblo, helped establish Albuquerque's Indigenous Comic Con several years ago, and believes story…
"'We are as close to a town square as Oakland has,' says Lori Fogarty, the director and chief executive of the Oakland Museum of California, founded 50 years ago by the city as a 'museum for…
"When nonbinary actor Rae Hamilton-Vargo first began their career in Chicago, they had two resumes: one with their pronouns, and one without. … These days, Hamilton-Vargo has one resume, a…
"They may look like a professional dance company but they're actually students from Esperanza College Prep, a high school located in the primarily Hispanic East Los Angeles. Students there a…
"More than 60 years after Marian Anderson broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera, black singers still face unique obstacles in building their careers within the industry. … Stil…
And why it's a problem: "What we're looking at right now, this extreme marginalization of classical music, is really the chickens coming home to roost." " Joe Horowitz
The writer Ismail Muhammad says, "You can't disentangle blackness and California" " and nowhere, he explains through books, movies, and memories, is that clearer than in the history of Los A…
Composer Kenji Bunch had what he called a weird idea while watching the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings: Why not create music in response to "such a fraught moment, a watershed event"? He to…
They're thinking we don't have a choice; we must adapt. But "while everyone is experiencing the effects of climate change, it's easy to write 'Our undoing is also the making of our becoming'…
Well, at least his "Poetic and Religious Harmonies." Why? Pianist Jenny Lin: "This is definitely a very private Liszt, one who's retreated to his inner self. … I don't think you could do t…
Shamsie says it's an outrage that her support of the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement would lead to this end. "The eight-member jury had decided on 6 September to make the British-Pakista…
Not that Woodson hasn't written for adults " she has. She's written memoir, poetry, prose, essays, and just about everything else for every age, including a recent picture book that grew out…
Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are charming millions on the show Schitt's Creek and are nominated for some major Emmys, but … what to say if this is the first time you've noticed them? W…
Rouse advised the Baltimore Symphony, served as composer in residence for the New York Phil, taught at Juilliard and Peabody, and won a Pulitzer in 1993 for a concerto dedicated to Leonard B…
Comparing a 1967 collage to a Photoshopped image in the current New York Times: Are both art? " Jan Herman
Hint: It's just as racist, sexist, fatphobic, and all of the other problems as any human " but more so, because it's been trained by a LOT of problematic human data. " The New York Times
All five longlists rolled out this week. Are you ready to read 10 books in each of the categories? Get your poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translated fiction, and young people's literature rea…
Whang dealt with breast cancer for more than a decade, and she incorporated the resultant health care experiences into her comedy " while also hosting House Hunters International and acting …
The union ratification vote is Monday, and the public won't hear details of the proposed contract until then. But late Friday night, "a brief, joint statement by the BSO and the Musicians' A…
A lot of new shows are constantly churning through the pipeline, Netflix and Amazon are awash in television bucks, and old sitcoms are doing nine-figure streaming deals because for some reas…
Nina Revoyr's books "juxtapose the jambalaya of Los Angeles's people, neighborhoods, cultures, and social classes into complicated stories that surprise at every turn, entertain, and then il…
Apparently, we can't stop being fascinated with the momentary feel that perpetual motion could happen, if only we spun perfectly. " Aeon