Commentary
Today, our perception of the environment has become narrowed, defensive: the outside world has become worrisome, dangerous, aspirational, and changing.
It seems evident that hardly anyone knows about the centenary of a moviemaker who, in earlier days, was universally revered, whose hallowed name was synonymous with art-house cinema.
The opportunity to see the culture-changing Broadway phenomenon Hamilton on Disney Plus, sucked up all the arts oxygen over the Fourth of July weekend.
A reassessment on the 40th anniversary of A Confederacy of Dunces, a novel that many consider one of the funniest ever written by an American.
What lies beyond COVID-19 for the arts community?
Dance critic, scholar, performer, activist Sally Banes died on 14 June in Philadelphia.
Boston’s most celebrated piece of public art was one of 16 monuments irresponsibly defaced during the recent protests.
The advantage of localism enjoyed by a club down the block disappears in cyberspace.
“Malcolm X and MLK evolved over time and came to converge in surprising ways. Malcolm’s movement for radical black dignity became a global human rights touchstone in a manner that made King’s struggle for radical black citizenship both necessary and more expansive.”
Arts Reconsideration: “Pinocchio” at 80
Now that the real live boy is an old man, how’s he holding up in 2020?
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