Yearly Archives: 2023
Even Rhiannon Giddens Didn’t Know That Black People Invented The Banjo
"But if you weren’t lucky enough to know somebody who knew the real story," she asks, "why would you know that? I didn't know...
The Struggle To Save Ballet
Ballet is a particularly stark example of a broader system that conditions women to be obedient, to suffer for perfection, and never complain about...
Sydney Modern Has Had Its Splashy Opening, And Now The Kvetching Has Begun
Most critics are impressed, the public likes it, but some observers have complaints: it looks like a mall, the gallery spaces are cramped, the...
Building A Canon Of American Prison Literature
"The American Prison Writing Archive … plans to increase the number of (its) digitized first-person accounts to more than 10,000, start a book series,...
There Will Be Ten Female Conductors At This Summer’s BBC Proms
"The opening and closing nights will be led by Dalia Stasevska and Marin Alsop respectively. … Meanwhile, 11 of this year's 21 premieres are...
What The Dominion Case Has Revealed About The Nature Of Fox News
"All this makes clear what Fox News really is. It's a service provider. That service is the maintenance of a reality bubble and the...
18 Months After On-Set Shooting, Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” Restarts Production
"Filming on the Western movie Rust could resume this week in Montana, the production company said Wednesday, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting...
North Carolina Lawmakers Propose “Mickey’s Freedom Restoration Act” (In Case Disney Gets Tired Of...
"Certain 'state governments,' the bill reads, 'have recently begun to prioritize 'culture war' politics over economic development.' It also quotes Walt Disney CEO Bob...
Britain Has A Growing Problem With Library Book Censorship, Too
"Research (has) found that a third of librarians had been asked by members of the public to censor or remove books, indicating that such...
This Year’s International Booker Prize Shortlist
This year’s six chosen books include two translated from languages that have never featured before in the prize. - The Guardian
Music Industry Worries About Threats From AI
Universal Music sent letters to Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms asking them to block AI platforms from sifting through their copyrighted material...
Soon We Won’t Be Able To Tell What Music Is AI-Generated
The fear is: could the AI end up doing a better job than the artists it is imitating? - The Guardian
Is It Still Possible To Be A Free Thinker?
Thinking for yourself has never been easy, but the question of whether it is still possible at all is of some moment. The key...
Have Podcasts Peaked?
There are currently around three to four million podcasts internationally, but just over half of those have more than three episodes, with only 720,000...
RISD Workers Two-Week Strike Settles With A 20 Percent Pay Hike
A video posted on Twitter by a union “member and contractor coordinator” showed Teamsters and RISD students who were invited to attend the ratification...
Florida Legislature Proposes Law To Let Citizens Sue Local Governments For Removing Confederate Memorials
"A new Florida bill would make local governments financially liable for removing public statues. The 'Historical Monuments and Memorials Protection Act' would allow civilians...
How AI Will Make Everyone A Designer
AI has the potential to become a “digital teammate” that can encourage design literacy across the workplace. This technology is poised to expand everyone’s...
Hong Kong Cancels Arts Funding For Two Projects Deemed To Violate Beijing’s “National Security”...
The Hong Kong Arts Development Council confirms that it withdrew HK$1 million ($127,000 US) from the projects, but it won't say what those projects...
The Conceit Of Thinking You’re A Free-Thinker
Free thinkers and sceptics, they imagine themselves as emancipated from imprisoning beliefs. Yet most of what they, and you, know comes not from direct...
A Critic Gets To “Edit” Her Personality Flaws At An Immersive Theater “Clinic”
Change Your Mind, by the collective Say Nothing and Leave, "fashions a psychological experiment. ... Answer some questions, take a 'pill' that looks suspiciously...
Art As Aesthetic Experience, Sure. But Does It Also Move The Needle On Climate...
In the growing sector of the contemporary art world which focuses on environmental issues, participants in the art (artists, critics, and the general audience)...
100 Years Of 16-Millimeter Film, Which Made Both Home Movies And Independent Cinema Possible
"Today, 16mm is no longer optimal for the amateur. Analog film is expensive, fewer labs can process it, and it doesn't allow the (flexibility)...
Some Theatres Are Equipping Staff With Body Cams To Deal With Misbehaving Patrons
"Duty managers are also equipped with bodycams, which – along with the training – often helps to lower the temperature when customer interactions become...
How Dutch Engineers Dug Out And Built An Entire Museum Underneath A 17th-Century Palace
"In a five-year renovation, Het Loo" — the hunting lodge built by King William III to rival Louis XIV's Versailles — "has been lifted...
Nina Ananiashvili Brings The National Ballet Company She Transformed Back To The US
In 2004, the longtime ABT star was personally invited by President Saakashvili to direct the State Ballet of Georgia, which had fallen into late-Soviet...
