Music
TF Selections Vol 2
With our ears to the ground, Ticket Fairy is always on the lookout for the newest, most exciting artists dedicated to making genre-bending, experimental, one-of-a-kind music.
Writer
Ananya Ghosh
Fragmented reveries, scribbled quotes in foreign languages, ink-stained fingers, and cautious doodles in my journal; I believe in "nihil sub sole novum" —there is nothing new under the sun— so I write to better what exists.
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Arts & Culture
NY PopsUp— Series of Pop Up Concerts in New York
After Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced plans in early February to “bring arts and culture back to life” and that the economic revival of New York would be brought forth by the same, a series of pop-up shows called NY…
Entertainment
Sunset Cinema Club’s Drive-in Movie During COVID
In a pre-pandemic world, a wee ritual my flatmate and I had practiced every fortnight was to rush through the late evening traffic to catch a movie with overpriced buttered popcorn— which always smelled more delectable…
Arts & Culture
NY Phil Bandwagon— Philharmonic’s Pop-up Concerts
With global lockdowns in place to control the coronavirus outbreak, the famed New York Philharmonic had their last live performance back in March.
Arts & Culture
ENO’s Drive & Live Drive-in Opera— La Bohème
Amidst the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, this September Europe saw its first live drive-in opera, the ENO Drive & Live.
Arts & Culture
Organ²/ASLSP – World’s Slowest Running Concert
In 1998, when a group of composers, musicologists, organists, and philosophers in Germany pondered over the fact that an organ can hold a note indefinitely, they came up with the idea of a performance calibrated to the…
Events
Eschaton – A Virtual Nightclub on Zoom
Originally meant to be an immersive theater experience, Eschaton now works as a virtual nightclub on Zoom for an online audience.
Arts & Culture
Virtual Commencement Ceremony for Class of 2020
Following a viral tweet, the world’s biggest celebrities came forward for the virtual commencement ceremony of all 2020 graduates.
Arts & Culture
Disability Futures Fellowship for Disabled Artists
A year-long research and several conversations later, the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted $50,000 to twenty disabled artists under the Disability Futures fellowship.
Arts & Culture
Arts On THE ROOF— Arts On Site’s Rooftop Series
In a world where live performances and events have either been canceled or taken to some form of digital platform— owing to the global Coronavirus pandemic— Julliard graduate dancer, Chelsea Ainsworth, and her husband…
Arts & Culture
Studio Berlin— Club Berghain’s Art Exhibition
In March, when Germany put a nation-wide pause on nightlife in nightclubs owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Berghain techno club shuttered too.
Entertainment
MTV Video Music Awards 2020— Highlights
Pre-recorded performances on green-screen sets and sound stages, piped-in crowd noises, and an outdoor makeshift show constituted the 2020 MTV Music Video Awards.
Arts & Culture
ReGeneration— Italy’s 4th New Generation Festival
When the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in effectively canceling all outdoor festivals for the rest of the year, some of Europe’s summer festivals returned virtually while others staged outdoor events for reduced…
Arts & Culture
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2020 Goes Online
In early April, the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe was canceled owing to the threats of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Arts & Culture
London Mural Festival 2020
In a time when the global Coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of major art fairs and exhibitions, the London Mural Festival promises to offer accessible art while social distancing, reported Lanre Bakare…
Arts & Culture
Salzburg Festival’s 100th Anniversary
The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic prompted the cancellation of mass cultural events all over the globe.
Arts & Culture
Walk-Through Theater Performances in Parks
The eruption of the Coronavirus pandemic led to the closing of theaters in the US for the summer.
Entertainment
The Michelle Obama Podcast on Spotify
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, announced a partnership with Spotify last summer.