JOURNALISTS ON DEADLINE need to
find reliable information about arts and entertainment — and
find it fast. Below are some sights on specific areas of the arts
that journalists in our network reccommend highly to their colleagues.
More sites will be added in the future. |
Policy & Research |
C-Panda
A comperehensive database of arts research, searchable
and complete with summaries of the latest research on current
issues in the arts
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Americans
for the Arts
Economic impact studies, polls, information on arts policy, and
practical research about the arts. |
Music |
Pause
and Play
Source for upcoming CD release dates, both new releases
and reissues
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Pitchfork
Source for indie-rock news and an impressive bank of reviews
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Pollstar
Database for touring bands and concert news which is searchable
by act, city or venue |
Architecture |
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archINFORM
Good resource for contemporary architecture and architects
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ArchiNed
Informational offerings on recent news/events in contemporary architecture |
Visual Arts |
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Louvre
Database
The Louvre's database covers the holdings in the museum's
numerous permanent collections.
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The
Unwritten History Project
Franklin Furnace Archive is an extensive online database, featuring
basic data and links to numerous documents covering the history
of the visual arts and performance art avant-garde of roughly the
past three decades. |
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Film |
Box
Office Mojo
Offers all of the box-office statistics you could ever
want.
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IndieWire
Covers the independent-movie scene and offers in-depth
coverage of upcoming releases and festivals, as well as exclusive
interviews with actors and directors.
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IMDb
The internet movie database. |
Rotten
Tomatoes
Averages film reviews from hundreds of respected sources to give
each movie an overall rating. |
History and General
Reference |
Infoplease
Offers general or statistical facts about everything.
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Theater |
Dance |
Books |
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Searchable site contains synopses and reviews
concerning every book ever written. |
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