With Sara Watkins — of Nickel Creek, I’m With Her and Watkins Family fame — there isn’t any way of knowing… which direction she is going, as Gene Wilder might say. For 2021, she’s taking a perhaps surprising turn toward children’s music with the forthcoming release of “Under the Pepper […]
Day: January 27, 2021
Maritime Aquarium’s new 4D theater opens for showings
NORWALK — The “soft opening” of the Maritime Aquarium’s 4D theater officially took place Friday, with the venue screening two short films and showing off its new cafe and aquarium entrance. What helped the aquarium spead the word was a meme of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at President Joe Biden’s […]
The American Art of Choosing Sides
The US has always proclaimed its dedication to freedom of expression as the founding virtue of its vaunted “exceptionalism.” Children learn in civics classes that the only brake on freedom of expression is the irresponsible, antisocial act of crying “fire” in a theater. In such a culture, the question of […]
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem : Shpilman Photography Prize Awarded to Sara Cwynar
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem has awarded Sara Cwynar as winner of the 2020 Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography. The Canadian artist will receive an award of $40,000 in recognition of her powerful activation of the photographic medium and her original critique of its political histories and to support […]
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati Announces 102nd Season
After a much smaller, socially-distant season inside the company’s Showtime Stage on Red Bank Road, The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati is ready to roll out the red carpet and welcome patrons home to the Taft Theatre in Downtown Cincinnati starting this October 2021. The previously announced Disney Channel smash hit […]
Five highlights from London Art Fair
Five highlights from London Art Fair Marie Claire Chappet 2 days ago Since 1989, the London Art Fair has been a bastion of emerging talent and a showcase for those at the forefront of the global […]
‘Your Ego Is Not Your Amigo’: Fort Lauderdale Art & Design Week Is Still On Next Week With Bike Tours, Virtual Events
It’s been a year of cancellations for big cultural events around the world, including Art Basel on Miami Beach, but the third annual Fort Lauderdale Art & Design Week begins Saturday. Yes, it is still on. The week is modeled around hybrid events — more virtual events and safety guidelines […]
American Folk Art Museum Celebrates Sixty Years Of Promoting Self-Taught And Underrepresented Artists
(L to R) Sam Doyle (1906 – 1985) ‘Rocking Mary’ (double – sided) St. Helena Island, South Carolina, … [+] United States (circa 1983) enamel house paint on corrugated roofing tin, 52 × 26 × 1 /2 in.; Gift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson 1985.35.23B; Sam Doyle (1906 – 1985) ‘Dr. […]
How Dua Lipa Kept Us Dancing Through the Darkness
When Dua Lipa’s disco-drenched Future Nostalgia came out on March 27th last year, the timing could hardly have seemed worse. With the terrifying scale of the Covid crisis just coming into focus, and much of the world going into lockdown, who wanted an album of high-energy, dance-all-night club music? As […]
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre abandons plans to stage 101 Dalmatians this year | London
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed it has abandoned plans to stage 101 Dalmatians this year. The London venue said it appears likely that coronavirus restrictions will be in place when rehearsals are scheduled to begin in March, and that social distancing will remain in force during the performance […]