Met Opera Opens With Medea

Met Opera Opens With Medea

The Met Opera season opens for 2022, with a lushly dark staging of a play written over 200 years ago. “Medea” by Luigi Cherubini and François-Benoît Hoffman premiered in Paris in 1797, and turned heads then. It’s based on a much older play, written in the 400s...
Jay-Z and Beyoncé Unleash New Music Video Featuring The Louvre

Jay-Z and Beyoncé Unleash New Music Video Featuring The Louvre

Pop culture and Parisian museums mixed when Jay-Z and Beyoncé—also known as “the Carters”—debuted their joint music video, “Apesh**t,” on June 16, 2018. During the music video, the pop stars can be seen with a posse of dancers, grooving and grinding in front of famous...
Artist ‘Sees’ Music, Paints Songs

Artist ‘Sees’ Music, Paints Songs

Some artists paint what they know: still life, portraits, and landscapes. Other artists take a more abstract approach and paint whatever they dream up. Artist Christina Eve takes a unique approach. She paints sounds as she “sees” them. But Eve isn’t just painting what...
60 Public Pianos to be Placed Throughout NYC

60 Public Pianos to be Placed Throughout NYC

Sing for Hope is a New York City community service organization. “New York City is the cultural capital of the world–and yet too many residents lack regular and affordable access to high-quality arts programming,” a statement from their website reads. As a small part...
Not So Fast: Kendrick Lamar is Not the Feminist You Think He Is

Not So Fast: Kendrick Lamar is Not the Feminist You Think He Is

When Kendrick Lamar rapped about the beauty of stretch marks in “Humble,” many lauded him as a feminist. But does this one body-positive line make up for the 40 times that he uses the word “bitch” in the same song? And does it make up for the line in which he says,...