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Leonardo da Vinci: After 500 Years, Still a Man in Full
For the quincentenary of his 1519 death, a dazzling display of exhibitions and new books honor the master's capacious vision.
Death of ‘Chicago’ Actor Jeff Loeffelholz: Updates, Debates
Who has legal standing to know the results of an investigation? What about a moral imperative?
Bass Reeves, Overlooked American Hero, Gets Hollywood Close-Up
The story of the first Black deputy US marshal west of the Mississippi is coming to the screen.
What We Should Know About Immigration, Refugees and the Arts
There are more forcibly displaced persons worldwide than ever before. Arts have a role in easing the crisis.
‘Our Symphony with Animals’ Views Uneasy Kinship
A new book asks if cruelty and indifference toward animals leads to the same toward humans.
How Abortion Narratives Are Changing in Hollywood
Amazingly, encouragingly, the subject is suddenly everywhere.
Post-Pride Reflections Through POC, LGBTQ Arts Lenses
June is not the only month in which we should have these conversations.
Handler With Care
An entrepreneurial composer returns to full-time composing.
Was Mom Right? I Hope Not
Mom thought the arts were fun and games, frivolous, with no real worth but immediate entertainment.
‘Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow’ Stay Home
There must be method to playwright Halley Feiffer's current madness.
Warren/Buttigieg: Progressive 2020 Fantasy League, Part II
A combination of legal, legislative, financial, military and executive experience that would be very attractive.
‘The Rolling Stone’: Ugandan Homophobia as Modern Tragedy
Despite predictable drawbacks, Chris Urch's theatrical indictment is an important work of art.
In Search of a Gentleman
Not distrusting the patriarchy -- but having very different reactions to Buttigieg and Sanders.
Am I Still a Dancer If I Don’t Dance For a Living?
Let's reject the antiquated idea that you're either entirely in or out of the arts.
We Survived the Massive Military Parade!
Let's recap the dumpy Trumpy politics of June.
Mulling Monterey: Steinbeck, Class and ‘Big Little Lies’
Do you know the way to Monterey? Reflecting on different perspectives of a familiar place.
For Quality Cultural Diplomacy, Watch Hulu’s ‘Ramy’
With laughter and understanding across religions and culture, 'Ramy' is the future -- for the next generation and beyond.
For Indie Artists, Does the Daisie App Match the Hype?
It's the wild, wild west (of Westeros).
Pip with Pizzazz: Ethan Mordden Assesses Barbra Streisand
Diversity, inclusion and curious sins of omission in a new book on the "greatest star."
Native Playwright and Others Fear a New Trail of Tears
With the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) under right-wing attack, Mary Kathryn Nagle sounds the alarm.
It’s Good to Be Alive
How a US military intelligence officer survived catastrophic injury and found a path to Hollywood.
Why Must Arts Workers Equate Long Hours with Success?
If your art cannot get done in the hours you have budgeted for it, you have lied. To everyone.
Getting Arts Into Global Politics? Look to the Mekong
Here's to the up-front, unapologetic inclusion of arts and culture within larger discussions of war and peace, prosperity and poverty.
The Art and Politics of the Flip-Flop
It seems that each election year, presidential candidates find out the hard way that their personal belief may not align with the voters they are courting.
How a Michael R. Jackson Musical Throws Us for a ‘Loop’
An autobiographical musical about an autobiographical musical about -- well, you know.
12 Plausible Creators of the Deplorable Coin
Yes, the Deplorable Coin is a real product! Who designed it? No one knows! Or maybe we do...
‘Convention’: Staging a 1944 Progressive-Moderate Slugfest
Danny Rocco's sprawling experimental history play proves that everything new is old again.
Biden Is Really the Best Democrats Can Do?
After the supposed front-runner's no-good, very very bad week, it's an open question.
A Little Bird Told Me: Announcing the Trump Presidential Aviary
To be located in a drained swamp surrounded by a big, beautiful wall, paid for by Mexico.
‘Long Lost’: New Margulies Play Should Stay Undiscovered
The playwright thinks he’s offering us shocks. They register more like mild nudges.
New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a Dick
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
The Bronx Fires as Metaphor for Community Erasure
Reflections on a documentary about the structural racism that erased a community -- and the people who rebuilt it.
Does Your Nonprofit Arts Board Always Vote Unanimously?
Unending total agreement can hurt nonprofit arts groups. There are better ways to be a board.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
How Halston Predicted the Future and Became a Pariah
Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary retraces the rise and fall of an iconic, enigmatic American designer.
What I Got Out of My Lunch with the New NEA...
In June 2018, President Trump appointed Mary Anne Carter to be Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. The press at the...
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What I Got Out of My Lunch with the New NEA...
In June 2018, President Trump appointed Mary Anne Carter to be Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. The press at the...
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