Commentary
A reconsideration of the Kennedy Center’s unrealized national mission—and what its future could yet hold.
When corporate thinking dominates cultural institutions, the art often pays the price.
Early promise, enduring vision, and a lifetime of well-timed reinvention.
Revisiting the Eameses’ modular dream at a moment when policy, economics, and architecture are under pressure to deliver.
How Stephen Colbert’s late-night run became a casualty of corporate power, political retaliation, and the thin skin of America’s oligarch class.
To appreciate Sonny Rollins is to marvel at the casual ordinariness of his blazing genius.
After a year of safe revivals and recycled material, companies hint at change—but caution, celebrity casting, and déjà vu still dominate the lineup.
What happens when the rebel archetype outlives its ideals—and finds new, troubling champions.
Why festival programming—and humanities partnerships—can help the BSO.
Arts Commentary: The Kennedy Center and the Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Tale of Two Crises
A court-ordered reset in Washington and a self-inflicted rupture in Boston expose deeper failures of leadership, transparency, and trust.
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