Film
Whining As Performance Art: Tales of 'Valituskuoro'
If you’ve ever sung in a choir you know the wonderful feeling of oneness with others. There is the solidarity…
Editor's Greeting
It's a great joy to be spending my days and nights finding out what's going on here and now in…
Pittsburgh arts scene
First in a series of portraits of the arts scene in regions around the US, beginning with Pittsburgh, PA, a…
Getting Covered: Health issues in the arts
An exploration of how artists deal with health issues in the US, where getting and paying for health care is…
An Actor's Business: Location Matters
On January 8, 2007, Canadian actors went on strike in a dispute over how they should be paid for performances…
The Collectors: Museums and the ethics of acquisition
A former curator at the Getty Museum is on trial in Italy for receiving stolen antiquities; governments of Italy and…
Taking Off
The concept behind Sky Orchestra was inspired by a research trip to Tunisia in 2002. I was staying in a…
Travelers voices
We know that one way an ethnic group holds onto its heritage is to preserve its art, even as it…
Guilding Arts Ed
As public schools across the nation discontinue art, music, theatre, and dance programs due to budgetary constrictions, a glimmer of…
Cultural Diplomacy? Too little too late?
Many pundits have argued that the Bush administration squandered the global goodwill expressed toward the U.S. in the months following…