Yearly Archives: 2023
How Cirque Du Soleil Became The Backbone Of Live Entertainment In 21st-Century Las Vegas
The French-Canadian company ... opened its first permanent show, Mystère, at Treasure Island three decades ago. … Cirque has since grown into a billion-dollar...
As Newspapers Drop Their Editorial Cartoonists, Nonprofit Newsrooms Are Hiring Them
As the CEO of the San Diego-based nonprofit newsroom inewsource says, "People want to ‘see’ more in the news, as is evidenced by the...
A New Public Radio Show Aims For America’s Center, Geographically And Politically
Jeremy Hobson, the creator of the weekly evening show called The Middle, "found much of modern public radio’s heavily produced, pre-recorded nature grating, as...
Actress Frances Sternhagen, 93
She's known to wider audiences for playing formidable mothers in the series ER, Cheers, Sex in the City, and The Closer, but her greatest...
After $167 Million in Renovation And Asbestos Removal, Bristol, England Has An Excellent New/Old...
After a baby seagull under the roof dislodged a bunch of asbestos in 2017, what was then a very decrepit Colston Hall was closed...
London’s Royal Court Theatre Opens An Online Archive Of Every Play Ever Staged There
"Almost 2,000 plays by more than 1,000 writers are accessible on the theatre’s Living Archive, along with lists of their casts and directors. Vicky...
Comedians Are Complaining About Cancel Culture. But Then, They Always Have
Social media “gives the impression that people are more irrational, humorless and overly sensitive than in the past,” but vintage letters to the editor...
The Damaged Music From Auschwitz, Heard In Public For The First Times
“Jews being held in concentration camps were unable to document what was happening to them by conventional means. Writing down or photographing this would...
British Library Hacked, User Data Offered On The Dark Web
The attack, which took place on 31 October, is continuing to affect its website, online systems and some onsite services, a statement said. The...
Music Genres Mean Little To Most Fans These Days
In the digital age, around 100,000 new tracks are uploaded to Spotify every day, and they're sorted into one of more than 6,000 genre classifications....
How AI Is Deciphering Ancient Languages
Because the technology works on the basis of image analysis, it is in theory applicable to any writing whatsoever, from Egyptian hieroglyphs to copperplate....
Morality In AI? Is That Even Possible?
Human moral judgment is rich and subtle, emerging through the complex interplay of reason and emotion—not the sort of thing that you’d expect a...
Our Notions Of What Constitutes An “Adult” Are Changing
Setting aside their feelings about being an adult, what did people say defined adulthood for them? They in fact tended to place little emphasis on the...
Iowa Public Radio Listeners Take Over Funding After State and University Slash Funds
The network is nearly entirely funded by listener donations after its budget was slashed by state lawmakers and the Iowa Board of Regents discontinued funding the station in...
Can We Just Do Away With The Genre of Literary Fiction?
"Genre is a confining madness; it says nothing about how writers write or readers read, and everything about how publishers, retailers and commentators would...
Report: Israel Has Destroyed More Than 100 Cultural Sites In Gaza
Historic religious sites, museums, and archaeological sites have been destroyed, the report says, noting that Gaza has been a cultural hub for every civilization...
Who Says We Can’t Write New Music In A Thoroughly Baroque Style?
"Nuova Pratica, a group of up-and-coming performer-composers who aim to re-open the book on Baroque composition, … reject the idea that what they do...
A Second Mona Lisa Goes On Display. Was It Really Painted By Leonardo?
“We have proved beyond reasonable doubt that Leonardo painted two Mona Lisas and this is the only candidate to be the second,” said Joël...
This Public Radio Sleep Podcast Is Guaranteed To Send You Into Dazed Oblivion
"Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep, a pledge-drive special released in October, features station staffers reading snooze-worthy documents related to public broadcasting and...
The Jewish Foundations Of American Theatre
Though Jews had been an integral part of mainstream theater for decades — creating, presenting, teaching and consuming it — and had found in...
Robert Battle Brought The Alvin Ailey Company Into The 21st Century
Gia Kourlas: "He updated Ailey’s repertory without hogging the choreographic spotlight for himself. And his taste in choreography was mercifully broad. After years of...
The Ukrainian History Global Initiative: 90 Scholars Come Together To Reclaim The Nation’s Story...
"The historians want Ukraine’s history to take its place among a wealth of global stories – from the part it played in the history...
How The Borders Brothers Transformed The Bookstore Business
"By adding to the (original) store space piecemeal, the brothers drifted into the 'superstore' concept by accident. Mathematically, the formula they discovered was astounding...
Italy’s Last Government Appointed Foreign Directors To Run Some Leading Museums. The Current Government...
"The then-culture minister, Dario Franceschini, sought applications from foreigners to shake up the museum sector, … appoint(ing) seven foreigners and several Italians with experience...
The Guardian Signs A Movie/TV Deal With Sony Pictures Entertainment
"The deal will give SPE’s film and television production groups, which include Columbia Pictures, TriStar, Screen Gems and 3000 Pictures as well as TV...
