Yearly Archives: 2023
Classical Languages In Learned Circles Of The 18th Century – All For Show?
Early eighteenth-century readers cannot necessarily have been secure in their ability to understand the books they read, and they were not necessarily encouraged to...
National Theatre Wales Says It Will Close In Six Months If Its 100% Funding...
In an overhaul of its priorities last month, Arts Council of Wales (the national funder) eliminated its entire £1.6 million annual grant to the...
After More Than 140 Years Of Construction, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia In Barcelona Is Nearly...
Well, that depends on what exactly one means by "nearly." And, for that matter, what exactly one means by "finished." - The New York...
Will Banksy’s Identity Finally Be Revealed — Thanks To A Greeting Card Company?
"British greeting card company Full Colour Black and its owner Andrew Gallagher have filed a libel claim against anonymous artist Banksy in the Queen’s...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Podcasting Company Lays Off Almost A Third Of Its Staff
"Pushkin Industries is laying off over 30% of its staff and shaking up its leadership team as the broader podcast industry continues to recalibrate...
Chicago Performing Arts Venues, Still Struggling, Ask The City For A New Stream Of...
"Claire Rice, executive director of Arts Alliance Illinois, ... is asking (Mayor) Johnson to tap the city’s corporate fund for nearly 35% of the...
James Jorden, Opera Critic And Founder Of The Blog Parterre Box, Is Dead At...
He went from self-publishing a renegade gay-oriented opera fanzine, mimeographed and distributed by hand to — under the identity La Cieca — operating what...
National Book Awards Finalists For 2023
The five nominees each for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature, and literature in translation were revealed on Tuesday. Winners will be announced at...
Why Science Researchers Need Artists On Their Teams
Over a decade of merging science and art, I’ve discovered three major advantages to such collaborations. - The Conversation
San Francisco Symphony Musicians Finally Got A Contract. But There’s An Existential But
Like the 45-day budget bill passed by the U.S. Congress the day before, this new contract seems likely to serve as little more than a stopgap...
Why Boredom Matters
Just as a person cannot be talked out of serious depression or anxiety, rational arguments against boredom seldom avail. A person must take interest in something,...
Netflix Will Raise Subscription Price After The Actors Strike
The streaming service is discussing raising prices in several markets globally, but will likely begin with the U.S. and Canada, according to people familiar...
We Need A Lot Better Thinking On AI And The Arts
I’m not foolish or backward enough to think that AI is a passing fad. It’s a tool that we’ll see incorporated and integrated, like...
A Letter To North Carolina Classical Radio: Banning Opera Broadcasts Is An Odd Logic
These “time-tested and great operas” that you tout in your letter are rife with misogyny, violence, racism and casual pedophilia. You say you are...
There Are Two Kinds Of Science Writers
Artists are big on literary science writing; craftsmen are big on explanatory science writing. Artists write beautiful prose; craftsmen write clear prose. Artists write...
“The Miller’s Daughter And The Deadbeat Dad” — A Deep Dive Into “Rumpelstiltskin”
"There is plenty to uncover in this fairy-tale-noir story of illicit sex, betrayal, obsession, and suicide, but you have to believe it is worth...
Streaming Is Looking More And More Like The Old Cable Bundles (And It Costs...
The “new” media landscape is starting to look a lot like the “old” media landscape. - Shelly Palmer
What Do You Get When You Cross African Dance With Arab Dabke?
Palestinian choreographer Sharaf DarZaid decided to find out after befriending a Cameroonian dancer while studying in Paris. Now he performs and teaches Afro-Dabke in...
Research: The Intellectual Abilities Required To Lie
Research suggests that, in addition to more obvious factors – such as moral beliefs about honesty and corresponding emotions such as guilt – the tendency to...
One of Turkey’s Major Film Festivals Is Canceled After Directors And Jury Protest The...
"'I regret to inform filmgoers that we canceled this year’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival… due to events beyond our control,' Muhittin Bocek, Antalya’s...
Spotify Is All In On AI – Now AI-Created Playlists
Following the successful launch of Spotify’s AI-powered DJ feature and, more recently, added support for AI-translated podcasts, Spotify now appears to be developing another means of using...
One Of Russia’s Greatest Living Stage Directors Found Himself Marooned In The US. He...
Dmitri Krymov had nine different shows running in Moscow when he left for Philadelphia to stage The Cherry Orchard. Then Putin invaded Ukraine, and...
In Test Of Watermarks For AI, Researchers Were Able To Break Them All
In addition to demonstrating how attackers might remove watermarks, the study shows how it’s possible to add watermarks to human-generated images, triggering false positives....
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says That Social Media-Driven Sanctimony Is Stifling Today’s Literature
"You can see that even in the small space of a workshop — I constantly have to say to people, 'It’s okay. You can...
Pianist Russell Sherman, 93
"(He) was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace. In his prime, he was compared with 20th-century luminaries such as Maurizio...
