Art and Culture

The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since before the founding, the colonies had been ever short of metallic currency. Our 18th-century forebears substituted credit for cash. They bought goods ‘on account’,…
Read More...

The self-organized group of musicians playing under the No Name Pops banner is negotiating with the family of late pianist and conductor Peter Nero to acquire the Philly Pops name. – Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN) Source link
Read More...

Previous research has shown that our perception of time is linked to our senses.Credit: Karol Serewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty How the brain processes visual information — and its perception…
Read More...

We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with 2021 NEA Literature Fellow and poet Leslie Sainz who discusses her debut poetry collection, “Have You Been Long Enough at Table.”  Sainz reads from her collection and talks about its major…
Read More...

Royal Opera House chief executive Alex Beard, Papatango executive director Chris Foxon and Battersea Arts Centre artistic director Tarek Iskander. Photos: Helen Murray/Richard Davenport/Alex BrennerLeaders from across the sector have…
Read More...

SFCM’s Oak Street building | Courtesy of San Francisco Conservatory of Music“If there’s one thing I want to put across,” declares David H. Stull, “it’s that exciting new ideas lead to resources.” He repeats this twice, seated at a…
Read More...

The rewriting of old books is hardly a new practice, though it’s one that critics often like to complain about. Doesn’t anyone have an original idea? Can’t we just leave the classics alone? – The New York Times Source link
Read More...

Employers have been banned from adopting or enforcing clauses restricting workers’ ability to move to competitors, marking a pivotal change to the employment landscape that could improve working conditions in Hollywood.…
Read More...

Among the encouraging stats, participation in the arts has reached its highest level since the survey began in 2005, up to 54%. Young people, deaf and disabled, Māori and Pacific peoples participate in the arts most frequently.…
Read More...

Comedian Arj Barker’s interaction with a mother who brought a seven-month-old baby to his comedy show in Melbourne on Saturday night has sparked outrage, sympathy and debate about the woman’s decision to bring her infant to the gig and…
Read More...