Yearly Archives: 2023
Rick Newman, 88, Founder Of One Of America’s Seminal Comedy Clubs
"(He was) the founder of Catch a Rising Star comedy club in New York City where a generation of stand-up comics — Billy Crystal,...
Neo-Nazis Demonstrate Outside First Broadway Preview Of “Parade”, A Show About A Lynching
Members of a group calling itself the National Socialist Movement yelled slogans and accosted theatergoers just before the first preview performance of Jason Robert...
Palm Beach Art Dealer Pleads Guilty To Selling A Warhol Forgery
"Daniel Elie Bouaziz ... pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, referencing a sale of counterfeit Warhol works to an unnamed victim. ......
NPR To Lay Off 10% Of Its Staffers
"National Public Radio will reduce its workforce by 10 percent as it grapples with what CEO John Lansing says is a 'sharp decline' in...
New Scottish Government Reverses Millions In Arts Funding Cuts
"Cuts of around £6.6m," made by the cabinet of recently departed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, "to Scotland's arts and culture sector funded by the...
The Joyce, A Leading New York Dance Venue, Gets A Second Space
"The Joyce, which since 1982 has presented dance companies from all over the world at its home in Chelsea, has signed a yearlong lease...
Is Intelligence Really Our Best Feature? Or Is It Holding Us Back?
Rather than being our crowning glory as a species, is it possible that human intelligence is in fact a liability, the source of our...
AI Is Getting Awfully Good At Designing Buildings. So What Happens To Architects?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly advancing to a point where it can generate the design of a building completely autonomously. With the potential to...
Archaeologists Discover 4,500-Year-Old Palace In Iraq
During a press conference at the Iraq embassy in London on Friday, Tablet Hill was described as the “cradle of civilization” and “one of the most...
Police Link Prominent Now-Deceased Horn Player To String Of Rapes
As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the first French-horn soloist competition in America, inspired by the performances of European players....
Before We Get All Artificial About It, Consider Intelligence…
Most experts acknowledge that we are a long way off from seeing what AI researchers have termed “artificial general intelligence”: the kind of intelligence...
In English: The Importance Of The Words From Elsewhere
Emily Dickinson thought that words start a new, discrete cycle of life the moment they are uttered. While American English can be perceived as a threat...
Wisconsin Governor Proposes $100 Million Endowment For Arts Funding
In the budget proposal he submitted to the legislature, Gov. Tony Evers has called for $100 million from the state's general fund to be...
The Most Troubling Thing About ChatGPT Writing? The Endless Cliches!
ChatGPT, the popular bot released to the public by OpenAI late last year, is obsessed with clichés and uses them all the time. Perhaps...
In Washington State, Exotic Dancers Have To Pay To Perform. Here’s Why, And What...
The Evergreen State forbids the sale of alcohol in strip clubs; without that revenue source, club owners instead charge the talent for access to...
Now Come Tools To Detect ChatGPT Writing. Do They Work?
We dug into several proposed methods and tools for recognising AI-generated text. None of them are foolproof, all of them are vulnerable to workarounds,...
Alan Gilbert Extends His Contract With Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie Orchestra For Five Years
The native New Yorker's term as chief conductor will now run through the 2028-29 season. A former music director of the New York Philharmonic...
What Might Dudamel’s Move To The NY Phil Mean For San Francisco Symphony?
Salonen’s ambitious plans for San Francisco, conversely, have gotten off to a rocky start because of COVID-19. There’s still plenty of time to get...
Why The Alex Murdaugh Case Has Spawned A Media Boom
There's a hit podcast, three primetime TV specials, three documentary series, and the livestream of the trial. (Scripted dramas are coming, no doubt.) Says...
Netflix Doesn’t Seem To Understand The Difference Between Hard And Soft Products. It’s Finding...
The distinction between hard and soft products helps explain the controversy about changes Netflix is making to its streaming service—along with many other changes...
Evita And Imelda: The Problem With Making Real-Life Malefactors The Protagonists Of Musicals
Jesse Green: "Their harm is political, epochal, even as the songs they sing, encouraging empathy that may not otherwise be earned, invite us to...
In “Rust” Shooting Case, Alec Baldwin Will Probably Opt For A Jury Trial: Legal...
Following a legal victory for the actor — prosecutors had to downgrade the involuntary manslaughter charge because the enhanced charge they sought was not...
In France, Roald Dahl’s Books Will “Remain Intact”
"Gallimard, ... the French publishers of Roald Dahl, have ruled out any changes to the late British author's translated books after it emerged that...
The World’s Oldest Surviving Christian Church And Turkey’s Oldest Mosque Were Ravaged By The...
"In the ancient Turkish city of Antakya" — known in the early years of Christianity as Antioch — "the domes and walls of the...
These Looted Artifacts Aren’t Being Repatriated Yet Because It Genuinely Isn’t Safe
"In January, the State Department and the Yemeni Embassy approached the National Museum of Asian Art with an unusual query: Would the Smithsonian museum...
