Yearly Archives: 2023
Why Are New TVs So Amazingly Cheap? Your Data!
Whatever you’re watching on your smart TV, algorithms are tracking your habits. This influences the ads you see on your TV, yes, but if...
A Use For Empty Downtown Buildings: Universities
I’ll say straight off: It’s not architecture for the ages, but it’s an interesting, high-end model of an urban quad and a good example...
University Finally Opens A New Concert Hall, Just As It Shuts Down Its Music...
“One of the ironies of Brookes history will be that the university will finally offer a proper performance space, at the same time that...
Young Person Goes To Her First Orchestra Concert. This is What She Thought
"I can totally admit that these questions highlight my naivety. But overall I really did enjoy my first experience at the orchestra, and although...
Behold The League Of Live Stream Theatre
The League of Live Stream Theater, the nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing live performances to audiences around the world via livestream, can play a...
Syracuse Opera Suspends Operations
Syracuse Opera board chair Camille Tisdel said ticket sales are down 40-60% from where they were prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The opera company...
Ticket-Sellers Beware: We’re Coming After Your Junk Fees!
“We know that junk fees resonate with American consumers. They don’t like being taken for suckers,” said Lael Brainard, the director of the White...
Redefining And Redeploying Expertise
The phenomenon is sped by automation, which usurps routine tasks, leaving employees to handle the nonroutine and unanticipated—and the continued advance of which throws...
No One Knows Joan Baez Like Her Friend Of 37 Years, Who Made The...
Somehow, the friendship has survived - and "honesty, even at its most uncomfortable, is far more compelling than just another celebrity swan song." -...
If Gens Z And Alpha Can’t Read Cursive, Will Brands Change Their Logos?
Coca-Cola. Coors. Hallmark. Even Instagram - all with cursive script logos. Are they distinctive enough to stay, or will they follow Eddie Bauer and...
The Wallace And Gromit Claymation Studio Is Running Out Of Clay, Quickly
When the factory that made the very specific sort of clay Aardman Animations uses, the company bought up all the backstock - but now...
Will Gen-Z Bring About The End Of Dating Apps?
In a recent study, most college students "are forgoing regular app usage (79 percent) in favor of in-person connection." Time truly is a flat...
The United States Has A Ballroom Dance Guy
That guy is Derek Hough, who's barnstorming across the country, sharing his joy in competitive (and expressive) dance. - The New York Times
The Vatican Makes It Easier To Visit An Ancient Roman Necropolis
"In the past, organized tours of the necropolis were generally only granted to approved groups of academics, students and other specialists." Now, anyone with...
Athletes Are Reshaping Parts Of The Art Market
"Many sports figures are being courted by galleries, auction houses, art shows and museums." - The New York Times
Season Six Of The Crown Started Off With Some Very Weird Choices
The script choices were so disturbing that Vulture's critics called "an emergency discussion" to thrash out why the season's early episodes are haunted. -...
The Musical About A Finnish-Candian Socialist Island Utopia Opens In Finland
"Although set at the start of the 20th century, play producer Mika Kaartinen says the theme of searching for a better life resonates just as strongly today." -...
In This Climate, And With The Strikes, The Marvels Didn’t Ever Stand A Chance
You didn't read this in the headlines last week, but hey, The Marvels was "the biggest debut ever for a Black woman director." -...
The Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Is Gorgeous
But is it the right place for art? - Hyperallergic
The Now-Former Poetry Editor Of The New York Times Explains Her Resignation
"I can’t write about poetry amidst the ‘reasonable’ tones of those who aim to acclimatize us to this unreasonable suffering. No more ghoulish euphemisms....
The Backlash Against Univision For Its Friendly Trump ‘Interview’ Has Gathered Steam
The interview with the former president "was conducted by Enrique Acevedo, an anchor from Mexican network Televisa who is not a Univision journalist. The...
Has Sony Revealed The Secret Of Its Terrible Spider-Man Spinoffs?
We're all in on this now, right? It's all one big meme? - The Guardian (UK)
Ridley Scott Couldn’t Care Less About Being Historically Accurate In Napoleon
But he does care if audiences get "bum ache" from sitting too long, so his imperial movie is a mere 158 minutes. - BBC
Nora Roberts Has Been Laughing All The Way To The Bank
"Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men. Roberts changed all that by thrusting...
An Epic Pandemic Theatre Trek
Part I, in which "a Lakota playwright, 7 Indigenous actors, and an L.A.-based ensemble survive a pandemic, cross thousands of prairie miles, and confront...
