Yearly Archives: 2023
Edward Koren, Whose Shaggy Characters Peopled “New Yorker” Cartoons, Is Dead At 87
"(His) cartoons were an unmistakable fixture in The New Yorker and other magazines for more than 60 years. … He considered his work a...
Lydia Davis Is Blocking Her Next Book From Sale On Amazon
"We value small businesses, yet we give too much of our business to the large and the powerful," says the award-winning author, "and often,...
One Of New York’s Major Cabaret Venues Is Going Nonprofit
"The owners of 54 Below, a popular forum for both Broadway stars and rising performers and composers, say they intend to raise close to...
End Of An Era: Netflix Is Discontinuing Its DVD-By-Mail Service
"The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows in the red-and-white envelopes that once served as Netflix’s emblem, plans to mail its...
Music Director Of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Adds A Post In Florida
Effective immediately, Alexander Shelley, a 43-year-old native Londoner who's also Principal Associate Conductor of that city's Royal Philharmonic, has been appointed artistic and music...
The Insidious Harm Of “Beauty Filters” In Social Media
My findings suggest that girls are internalising and aspiring to the beauty ideals that they are consuming via social media. There is a pressure...
Might Movie Theatres Switch From Projectors To LED Screens?
A projection system, true to its name, projects images onto the big screen. An LED wall is akin to a sophisticated, massive TV screen,...
Can Apple’s New Classical Music Streaming Service Solve The Business Model?
While Apple Music Classical is a step in the right direction, classical music’s streaming problem will not be so easily solved. - MusicBusiness Worldwide
The Pure, Simple Mathematics Of Great Poetry
Baumgarten’s theory of good poetry had a kind of absurd, computer-sciencey brilliance to it: good poetry is simply a large quantity of sensate thought. The trick...
How Game Creators Are Thinking About Their Craft Right Now
Each year a number of key trends stand out. For 2023 it was applications of artificial intelligence (AI) for game development, with the future shape...
Louis Menand: Grappling With The Root Of Creativity
Do you study creativity by analyzing people commonly acknowledged to be creative and figure out what they all have in common? Or could someone...
The Director Who Saved Dance Theater Of Harlem Bids The Company Farewell
"While she didn't do it alone, Virginia Johnson" — who had previously danced with the company for 28 years — "played an important role...
I Am In A Relationship With The Internet
Barely more than a decade later, the internet is not the tool. I am the tool. Somehow, I have been instrumentalized by the internet,...
Garth Drabinsky’s Libel Suit Against Actors’ Equity Is Thrown Out Of Court
"The defamation lawsuit Paradise Square producer Garth Drabinsky filed against Actors' Equity has been dismissed with prejudice. … Drabinsky sued the union, claiming defamation,...
How We Might Look At Vermeer
One reason we keep missing the mark is that Vermeer’s era straddled two quite different ideas of what painting might be—the old one of religious...
Alec Baldwin And Producers Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over “Rust” On-Set Shooting
"The judge hearing the wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and an array of producers linked to a fatal film set shooting agreed...
A Growing Movement To Change The American Kids Learn To Read
The movement, under the banner of “the science of reading,” is targeting the education establishment: school districts, literacy gurus, publishers and colleges of education,...
Nielsen’s National TV Ratings Finally Get Their Accreditation Back
"Nielsen's national ratings, arguably the standard in tabulating TV audiences, (had) been without industry backing since September of 2021, after TV networks complained that...
A Literary Magazine Dies — What That Says About Our Culture
The American magazine is in a state of decay. Now known mostly as brands, once sumptuous print publications exist primarily as websites or YouTube...
The New Hampshire Muffin Mural That’s Challenging A Definition Of Public Art
High school art students painted a bakery at the owner's invitation - but "the painting was cited by the town code enforcement officer in...
For British Publishing, 2022 Was A “Record-Breaking” Success
"Trade body the Publishers Association found that sales were up 4% from 2021. In 2022, 669 million physical books were sold in the UK,...
RISD Students And Faculty Stage Walkout In Support Of Striking Workers
"Over 600 students, faculty, and Providence locals joined a walkout at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design last week in support of...
Playwright James Ijames Steps Down From Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater
The author of the Pulitzer-winning Fat Ham was one of a trio of revolving artistic directors who succeeded Wilma cofounder Blanka Zizka in 2020....
Peter Gelb And Yannick Nézet-Séguin Talk About The Met’s Pivot To Contemporary Opera
Gelb: "It's not contemporary opera. It's the right contemporary opera." YNS: "Now, composers are more aware of how to appeal to audiences. It's not...
In Record-Setting Numbers, Writers Guild Members Vote To Authorize A Strike Against Hollywood Studios
"Nearly 98% of the 9,218 votes were cast to authorize the strike, with nearly 79% of guild members voting. … The writers' three-year contract...
