Yearly Archives: 2023
Canada’s National Gallery Lays Off Staff As Outside Consultant Makes More Than CEO
The National Gallery of Canada’s interim chief operating officer and human resources director is being paid annual fees potentially worth up to a third more...
An Intriguing Business Model For Presenting Concerts In London
Noisenights are run via a crowdfunding model—events are announced, artists and venues secured, and when audience members buy tickets, they are helping to create a...
Banned From Schools, Afghan Girls And Women Go Online
There were 40 Afghan female students before the Taliban’s takeover back in mid-August 2021. Now there are 382 girls at Rumi Academy amid increasing...
Professional Dance As Pure Silliness
"(With performers) wearing colourful inflated suits and roaming across streets, parks and city centres, La Grande Phrase (The Big Phrase) is a dance-work series...
Australian Arts Institutions In Funding Crisis
“We’re not start-ups. We have massive long-term responsibilities. And for that, we really need to have sustainable long-term funding, rather than the short-term injections.”...
Decorating Deities: How A Hindu Temple Artist Does His Work
The idols themselves are typically made of plain stone or metal alloy, but part of Hindu worship is adorning the statues with clothing, flowers,...
Is Asking Smart Questions Actually Kinda Dumb?
Smart Questions are, typically, kind of dumb. And, just as typical, questions that might initially seem dumb or underinformed, or downright unintelligent, are the...
A Book Critic Defends Prince Harry’s Memoir As Literature
Laura Miller: "At its best, (Spare) reads like one of those popular late-1990s novels about British singletons blundering their way out of solipsistic immaturity...
The Ridiculousness Of Trying To Pick Oscar Nominees (And Winners)
Those voters can never quite decide how much heed to pay to a movie’s popularity or accessibility. That’s how you wind up with absurd...
Film Festivals These Days Are Treating Controversial Movies As Radioactive
"For many in the indie film world, the drama surrounding Jihad Rehab (now titled The UnRedacted) marks a new status quo. ... (There's) a...
28 States Have Banned TikTok From State Devices. Users Are Rolling Their Eyes
Some tech experts argue that the sudden explosion of the bans, coupled with doubts over TikTok’s actual harm, is more a reflection of government...
“A Justin Peck Ballet Doesn’t Look Like Anything Else”
"He is mathematical like Balanchine, but there's more of a lightness, an everyday quality that feels playful, even when the steps are technically arduous....
Keeping Aztec Sacred Dance Alive In Los Angeles
"Twenty-two Indigenous dancers move as one in a circle with a man dancing in the middle. They call him 'el general.' Lazaro Arvizu has...
UNESCO Is Training Law Enforcement To Spot And Intercept Looted Ukrainian Art
"The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of...
New York City’s PBS TV Station Is Buying A Radio Station On Long Island
WNET, one of the flagships of the entire PBS system, will pay $100,000 for WEER, an FM station in Montauk on the eastern tip...
Philly Pops Gets An Eviction Notice From The Kimmel Center
"(The venue) has told the Philly Pops that unless it immediately comes up with rent from its just-finished holiday run, as well as advance...
Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In On-Set Shooting
"Actor Alec Baldwin, who fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie Rust in 2021, and the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez...
Performers In London’s West End Threaten A Major Strike
"Equity is calling for a pay increase of 17% in year one, and a further 10% in year two. Other demands include a five-day...
The French Have It Right: The Right Not To Be Fun At Work
In another win for workplace dignity, one of the nation’s highest courts recently suggested that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in office...
Sure Students Could Use ChatGPT To Cheat. But Maybe We Should Be Rethinking How...
While there will always be a need for essays and written assignments – especially in the humanities, where they are essential to help students...
Repositioning Culture In Everyday Life (Warning: It’s Radical)
For Herbert Read, “culture” is capitalism’s breaking apart of life and art, and the subsequent fencing off of the poet, the architect, and the...
Expanding The Definition Of Libraries
A makerspace in a small central New York village; a network of food pantries in Canada; recording studios with instruments in the Netherlands; resources...
French Legislature Considers New Radical Laws On Cultural Restitution
In what would be a first, one of the bills also offers an opportunity to legally acknowledge crimes committed against Jews during World War...
A Well-Known Tech Site Used AI Bots To Write Lots Of Features. Now It’s...
"It turns out the bots are no better at journalism — and perhaps worse — than their would-be human masters. On Tuesday, CNET began...
Drinking Game: What If Alcohol Was What Sparked Civilization?
What if alcohol was not merely a vice, but one of the triggers that sparked the dawn of human civilization — in essence, the...
