Art and Culture

The widespread episodes of pro-Palestinian antisemitism on American college campuses calls to mind an old blogpost about European antisemitism. “I find it shameful,” Fallaci begins, “that in Italy there should be a procession of…
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Journalists at LAist have been offered buyouts ahead of a potential round of layoffs at the local public radio station that broadcasts under the call sign KPCC-FM (89.3).Kristen Muller, chief content officer at LAist, informed donors by…
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For years, the numbers of fully-employed faculty have fallen as universities use poorly-paid adjunct professors instead. Yet tuition prices keep soaring. Why? Because the number of paid administrators keeps soaring, too. Maybe students…
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The soon-to-be-renamed venue “will now boast significantly improved acoustics, state-of-the-art new audio, visual and lighting systems, new aisles and seats angled to face the stage — plus an array of other key new design elements…
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“In the four years since making the seemingly counterintuitive decision to leave his native New York for Dallas — moving his DASH Ensemble dance company along with him — the former child actor, born risk-taker and master networker…
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“In nine years, the show (Critical Role), hosted on Twitch and YouTube, has become the team’s full-time job, spawning a transmedia kingdom of novels, comic books, animated series and original games, as well as a new membership…
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We look at what ails theater, still struggling to recover four years after the pandemic.Image courtesy of Unsplash/Jan Antonin KolarThe dark days of the pandemic are several years behind us now, but the performing arts world is…
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Heavy rains brought by climate change have caused serious damage to the 14th-century rammed-earth monasteries and temples of Lo Manthang in far northern Nepal. With the help of Western art conservators, Lobas have relearned traditional…
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Across 200 years of competition, Sotheby’s and Christie’s have adopted daring and surreptitious tactics in pursuit of securing consignments. None stranger, however, than those employed in a…
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On a recent Sunday, Lauren Groff got out of bed at three in the morning, jolted by a mix of anxiety and adrenaline.It was opening day for The Lynx, Groff’s new bookstore in Gainesville, Fla., and her mind raced with all that could go…
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