Yearly Archives: 2021
The Tempestuous, Scandalous Life Of England’s First Female Fiction Writer
Lady Mary Wroth, a noble at James I's court, had two bastard children with an Earl who ignored them and dumped her. The cream...
Do Women Philosophers Do Different Philosophy?
Underlying this question is a sense that our voices are not seen as philosophers’ voices, but primarily as women’s voices. It is as if...
San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House Gets New, Roomier Seats
San Francisco Opera chief Matthew Shilvock: "The seats have historically been patrons' No. 1 concern for the building. Letters to me. Letters to the...
When The Wires Of Our Brain Get Crossed
Some 4 percent of the population experiences this kind of cross-sensory linking, and studies have shown it’s more prevalent in creative people. - Nautilus
The Supreme Court Threw Out This Filmmaker’s Suit Against North Carolina. Now He Has...
When Rick Allen sued NC for (ahem) pirating his footage of the salvage of Blackbeard's ship, the justices unanimously ruled that citizens can't sue...
New “Jeopardy” Host Steps Down
"Over the last several days it has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans...
The ‘Netflix Of Italian Culture’ Is Coming (And A Lot of It Will Be...
Operating along the lines of France TV's Culturebox, the streaming service ITsART.tv offers concerts, theater, dance, opera, virtual museum tours, cinema, and documentaries. It's...
Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Is Sending Art Out To Small Towns
"'Uffizi Diffusi,' or 'Scattered Uffizi,' an initiative concocted by the gallery's director, Eike Schmidt, … aims to build stronger ties between the famous Florentine...
“Pass Over”, Broadway’s First Play Since Lockdown, May Be In Trouble
One unnamed producer says, "The show is bleeding money," and not all of the initial capitalization had been raised when previews began on Aug....
Actors, Get Your Damn Shots Or Get Off The Damn Stage: L.A. Times
Charles McNulty: "Whatever excuses you may have for not doing everything in your power to avoid taking up a scarce hospital bed or putting...
Substack Is Becoming A Platform For Fiction
"Authors including Elle Griffin, John McWhorter, Maggie Stiefvater, and Matt Taibbi use the service to serialize new books or publish short stories exclusive to...
Artist Chuck Close, 81
"(His) larger-than-life portraits, some composed of thousands of small but intricate paintings that served as pixels, made him one of the most renowned artists...
Last Suspect In Dresden Green Vault Robbery Arrested
Six men took part in the theft of priceless historic jewelry from the city's Residenzschloss in 2019; all are now in custody. While their...
Yeah, Truth, Reality And Facts. But Our Culture Runs On Feelings
A pragmatist ethics calls for prioritising feelings instead of facts, because a truly humanist democracy is sentimentalist rather than rationalist. - Aeon
Disney Adds AI: Are You Ready To Speak With Your Favorite Fantasy Character?
How long before Disney replaces the humans who portray characters in its parks with machines? Today, impressive robot stuntman; tomorrow, creepy robot Cinderella signing...
Music Teacher Makes Interactive Map Of 500 Forgotten Women Composers
“We’ve never given them the place they deserve in history. They don’t appear in musical history books, their works aren’t played at concerts and...
How International Students Are Propping Up Higher Education
International students the product of a system that has blurred the lines between immigration and education in an unofficial, ad hoc arrangement meant to...
What Do Students Need To Know?
The anodyne blandness of the term “general education” should not distract us from its critical place in the curriculum. General education forces a question...
Ravinia Recreates Leonard Bernstein In An Immersive Experience
What sticks, at least on a first viewing, is the technology at play—the light, the sound, the figures that look real enough to embrace. -...
A Cultural History Of Color
The Optical Society of America lists 2,755 primary colours, while paint manufacturers now offer more than 40,000 dyes and pigments, so many, says Fox,...
The Five Native American Oklahoma Women Who Conquered Ballet
They became known collectively as The Five Moons, though they rarely appeared together: Maria and Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, and Moscelyne Larkin...
What The Cuttlefish Might Teach Us About The Ability To Remember
Most elderly people would have flunked a human version of the team’s experiments. But all of the cuttlefish passed, “an incredibly complex thing for...
The Case Of The Dresden Jewel Heist And The Fearsome Berlin Crime Family
Joshua Hammer (author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu) does a deep-dive into the royal gems stolen from the famous Green Vault, the Remmo...
What’s In A Name? Why Parents Are No Longer Naming Their Kids Alexa
Seven years ago, Amazon released Alexa, its voice assistant, and as the number of devices answering to that name has skyrocketed, its popularity with...
A Leader Of Afghan Music’s Revival On Whether 20 Years Of Progress Will Disappear
"I'm hopeful that the Taliban learned that music is part of the cultural identity of any nation. And I hope that the Taliban also...
