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DANCE
IDEAS
- Vince Paul talks about building strong connections with community through strategic facilities
Vince Paul, President & Artistic Director of Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, talks about building facilities and strong connections with community.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Now Ships With Microsoft Office
Good Morning,
Michelangelus, a typeface drawn from Michelangelo’s manuscripts, is headed into Microsoft Office with more than 500 glyphs in four styles. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican body that maintains St. Peter’s Basilica, commissioned it from the design studio studiogusto (Il Messaggero). In Tupper Lake, New York, Thomas Dambo’s giant troll sculptures at the Wild Center, an Adirondack natural-history museum, gave a doughnut-shop owner her busiest summer in 37 years: “Amazing what trolls can do. They’re instigators” (The New York Times).
The Met’s Macbeth has Georgian dancers whose jumps, the Times says, “originate from — and land on — the kneecaps” (The New York Times). Q Division Studios, the Cambridge, Massachusetts studio where the Pixies and Aimee Mann recorded, has gone analog, pushing its computers aside for a week of two-inch tape, with the $400 reels thrown in free (WBUR).
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is selling streams of its shows through Watch Wilma at $35 each. Under its union agreement, access to each stream ends four weeks after the live run closes (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Frank Gehry’s last concert hall, the 1,000-seat, in-the-round Kohl Hall at Los Angeles’s Colburn School, opens next September two blocks from Disney Hall, with a John Williams fanfare for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Los Angeles Times).
All of the stories we collected below.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Has Been Made Into A New Typeface
The font, called Michelangelus, is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican entity responsible for the preservation and upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. – Il Messagero (Italy) (in English)
- The Minimalist Anne Carson
Translation is Carson’s primary art form. One way to describe it is as the art of sustained metaphor: a word in one language is similar, but not identical, to a word in another language. – The New Yorker
- Inside The Book Review Problem
The little magazines can start to fill the review void. Each can, at the minimum, review five new novels in an issue. These reviews needn’t be overly long, or challenge the critic to consume every word the writer has ever written. – Political Currents
ISSUES
- The Trolls That Took Over A Town And Charmed Everyone
“I’ve been here 37 years and I’ve never had a busier summer,” said Tina Merrihew, 59, who owns a half-laundromat, half-doughnut shop. “Amazing what trolls can do. They’re instigators.” – The New York Times
- Indy’s Newfields Museum Director Steps Down
Belinda Tate began at Newfields in 2023, days before the surprise exit of former CEO and president Colette Pierce Burnette and after a years-long spotlight had been on Newfields in part due to controversial language in a 2021 posting of the director job, which led to the resignation of then-CEO and president Charles Venable. – Indianapolis Star
- Stolen Renoirs Have Been Recovered, Six Suspects Arrested
Two paintings, “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano” and “Young Woman at the Well,” have been reclaimed by police after having been stolen last month from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice. (Two other paintings were dropped and left behind by the thieves while they were absconding.) – AP
- Van Gogh Museum And Dutch Government Settle Dispute; Renovation Can Begin
“After almost three years of negotiations, the Van Gogh Museum … and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have finalised a successful mediation and settlement agreement, paving the way for the €104 million ‘Masterplan 2028’ renovation project,” which will begin in the fall of 2028. – ThePrint
- What The Bayeux Tapestry Is Really About
One might subtitle the embroidered narrative “The Importance of Respecting an Oath.” Or, perhaps, simply “FAFO.” – Prospect (UK)
MEDIA
- Artist Manager For Rock Stars To Be Kennedy Center’s Next Programming Chief
“Rick Canny, … a longtime talent manager who worked with several prominent rock stars from the 1980s and ‘90s, … will soon be elevated to an executive artistic director position, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.” – CNN (MSN)
- Cooper Union Finds A New Lessee/Owner New York’s Chrysler Building
“New York’s iconic Chrysler Building, standing on land owned and leased by the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, is transferring ownership to the commercial real-estate company Tishman Speyer and other investors, who are planning an extensive overhaul of the Art Deco landmark after years of neglect.” – ARTnews
- How Defunding Arts Education Brought About Civic Unraveling
The Bicentennial offered everyday people in the middle of the map novel opportunities to appreciate and deliberate what America was, and it succeeded in this because it conducted more than a history lesson: Art was surprisingly paramount in this event of collective self-identification, historical commemoration, and political convocation. – ARTnews
- How Venice Built The World’s First Ghetto
In 1516, the Venetian Senate voted to create the world’s first ‘ghetto’. All Jews then living in the city – as well as any others who might come later – were ordered to move immediately to a small island in the northeastern sestiere of Cannaregio. It was anything but appealing. – Aeon
- UK Conservatives Plan To Cut £1 Billion From Culture Budget If Elected
“Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has revealed that her party plans to cut budgets extensively if it wins the next election, including slashing £1bn from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.” – The Stage (UK)
MUSIC
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Has Been Made Into A New Typeface
The font, called Michelangelus, is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican entity responsible for the preservation and upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. – Il Messagero (Italy) (in English)
- The Minimalist Anne Carson
Translation is Carson’s primary art form. One way to describe it is as the art of sustained metaphor: a word in one language is similar, but not identical, to a word in another language. – The New Yorker
- Inside The Book Review Problem
The little magazines can start to fill the review void. Each can, at the minimum, review five new novels in an issue. These reviews needn’t be overly long, or challenge the critic to consume every word the writer has ever written. – Political Currents
- Frankfurt Book Fair: State Of The Publishing Industry
Declining turnover, a rise in reading in the original language, second-hand book sales and the shift to audio and digital subscription models were all “putting pressure on the profitability of the sector.” – The Bookseller
- Pangram Says Use Of Its AI Detector Is Increasing
Many still dispute the validity and accuracy of AI detection tools. The Atlantic’s Matteo Wong wrote that “while Pangram is accumulating the power to end reputations and careers, the tool does make mistakes, perhaps to a greater extent than is currently understood”. – Bookseller
PEOPLE
- Vince Paul talks about building strong connections with community through strategic facilities
Vince Paul, President & Artistic Director of Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, talks about building facilities and strong connections with community.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Now Ships With Microsoft Office
Good Morning,
Michelangelus, a typeface drawn from Michelangelo’s manuscripts, is headed into Microsoft Office with more than 500 glyphs in four styles. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican body that maintains St. Peter’s Basilica, commissioned it from the design studio studiogusto (Il Messaggero). In Tupper Lake, New York, Thomas Dambo’s giant troll sculptures at the Wild Center, an Adirondack natural-history museum, gave a doughnut-shop owner her busiest summer in 37 years: “Amazing what trolls can do. They’re instigators” (The New York Times).
The Met’s Macbeth has Georgian dancers whose jumps, the Times says, “originate from — and land on — the kneecaps” (The New York Times). Q Division Studios, the Cambridge, Massachusetts studio where the Pixies and Aimee Mann recorded, has gone analog, pushing its computers aside for a week of two-inch tape, with the $400 reels thrown in free (WBUR).
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is selling streams of its shows through Watch Wilma at $35 each. Under its union agreement, access to each stream ends four weeks after the live run closes (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Frank Gehry’s last concert hall, the 1,000-seat, in-the-round Kohl Hall at Los Angeles’s Colburn School, opens next September two blocks from Disney Hall, with a John Williams fanfare for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Los Angeles Times).
All of the stories we collected below.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Has Been Made Into A New Typeface
The font, called Michelangelus, is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican entity responsible for the preservation and upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. – Il Messagero (Italy) (in English)
- The Minimalist Anne Carson
Translation is Carson’s primary art form. One way to describe it is as the art of sustained metaphor: a word in one language is similar, but not identical, to a word in another language. – The New Yorker
- Inside The Book Review Problem
The little magazines can start to fill the review void. Each can, at the minimum, review five new novels in an issue. These reviews needn’t be overly long, or challenge the critic to consume every word the writer has ever written. – Political Currents
PEOPLE
- Vince Paul talks about building strong connections with community through strategic facilities
Vince Paul, President & Artistic Director of Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, talks about building facilities and strong connections with community.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Now Ships With Microsoft Office
Good Morning,
Michelangelus, a typeface drawn from Michelangelo’s manuscripts, is headed into Microsoft Office with more than 500 glyphs in four styles. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican body that maintains St. Peter’s Basilica, commissioned it from the design studio studiogusto (Il Messaggero). In Tupper Lake, New York, Thomas Dambo’s giant troll sculptures at the Wild Center, an Adirondack natural-history museum, gave a doughnut-shop owner her busiest summer in 37 years: “Amazing what trolls can do. They’re instigators” (The New York Times).
The Met’s Macbeth has Georgian dancers whose jumps, the Times says, “originate from — and land on — the kneecaps” (The New York Times). Q Division Studios, the Cambridge, Massachusetts studio where the Pixies and Aimee Mann recorded, has gone analog, pushing its computers aside for a week of two-inch tape, with the $400 reels thrown in free (WBUR).
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is selling streams of its shows through Watch Wilma at $35 each. Under its union agreement, access to each stream ends four weeks after the live run closes (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Frank Gehry’s last concert hall, the 1,000-seat, in-the-round Kohl Hall at Los Angeles’s Colburn School, opens next September two blocks from Disney Hall, with a John Williams fanfare for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Los Angeles Times).
All of the stories we collected below.
- Michelangelo’s Handwriting Has Been Made Into A New Typeface
The font, called Michelangelus, is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican entity responsible for the preservation and upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. – Il Messagero (Italy) (in English)
- The Minimalist Anne Carson
Translation is Carson’s primary art form. One way to describe it is as the art of sustained metaphor: a word in one language is similar, but not identical, to a word in another language. – The New Yorker
- Inside The Book Review Problem
The little magazines can start to fill the review void. Each can, at the minimum, review five new novels in an issue. These reviews needn’t be overly long, or challenge the critic to consume every word the writer has ever written. – Political Currents
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Is AI A Brain Or A Database?
Human intuitions and mental models about how technology works govern how people use it. The idea of AI as software – deterministic, fact-retrieving – causes people to misinterpret the outputs they provide. – The Conversation
- For Lifelong Learning, It’s Better With Partners
The internet is full of resources for self-directed learning: for any subject, you can easily find blog posts about essential texts, links to university syllabi, and hours of YouTube lectures. When I attempted to make use of these guides, however, I often found myself disengaged and unfocused. – Psyche
- How Data Visualization Tells Stories
Because data, and how we present it, tells a story, it’s important to transform results responsibly into visuals. A good visualization can show you really interesting patterns in your data; however, a bad visualization, like truncating the Y-axis or choosing the wrong type of plot, can lead you or your audience to the wrong conclusions. – The Scientist
- Our Billionaire Problem
Where billionaires in the past operated in the physical world, ushered in societal change as a byproduct of their innovation, and used their sizable largesses to try uplifting lives, today’s billionaires stretch the limits of technological reality (and law) with sheer glee, with a meagre spirit of altruism. – The Walrus
- The World Of Science Is Being Overwhelmed By New Studies
In 2025, academics worldwide published about 7 million scholarly articles – that’s more than 19,000 each day. On the surface, that might seem like a number to celebrate, but it also poses a problem. As the volume of research balloons, it can be hard to discern what these millions of papers actually tell us. – Aeon