Art and Culture

Like the blues in the US, samba in Brazil, rumba in Cuba and plena in Puerto Rico, candombe, Uruguay’s Afro-descendent music, was once reviled, marginalised and even banned – but managed to endure.But while other such genres have for…
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“Though Christianity’s relationship with dance remains tangled, the full-bodied nature of Shaker devotion, revolutionary in the 18th century, is now an ideal for some Christians — and some dance artists.” – The New York Times…
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Even if a new mug – or a clone – is identical to the original in every visible way, the fact that it is not the same alters the directionality of love: the fact that it is not the same has an impact on what we are affectively able to…
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For many in Marseille, the far right in France’s second city will be for ever associated with the killing of Ibrahim Ali.In 1995, the teenager was leaving a rap band rehearsal with friends when they crossed paths with three National…
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“As their profession is thrust into the spotlight with a new Oscar for their work being awarded on Sunday, the casting directors I spoke with acknowledged that the digital migration of their process has in some ways globalized the…
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BRAVO Youth Orchestras is one of more than 50 arts organizations asking the City of Portland to start spending an accumulated $8.5 million in Arts Tax money. BRAVO’s Community Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 20, at…
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Chilean conductor Paolo Bortolameolli, who was associate conductor under Gustavo Dudamel at the Los Angeles Philharmonic through 2023, begins his term in Phoenix with the 2027-28 season. He will maintain his other current position,…
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Bill Kurtis, a former CBS-TV news anchor whose on-air career spans seven decades on radio and television,…
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In the Darfur region, three museums suffered complete destruction and looting during the first months of the conflict. The Nyala Museum was robbed of its antiquities and destroyed, followed by the looting and destruction of the…
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The forthcoming Venice Biennale will see the first Russian Pavilion since the onset of the nation’s war in Ukraine in 2022, and few outside Russia seem happy about it. Ukraine itself issued a blistering statement about the…
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