Yearly Archives: 2023
Federal Judge Puts Hold On Texas Book Rating/Ban Law
"During a brief online status conference on August 31, federal judge Alan D. Albright said he will issue a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of...
Authorities Seize Ancient Roman Statue From Cleveland Museum of Art
"A headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius was ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art by...
Major Layoffs At Steppenwolf Theatre
"Steppenwolf Theatre Company, one of Chicago's most storied arts institutions and long a crucial part of the city's identity, said Thursday that it was...
Tiananmen Musical Announces Casting While Its Star Is Touring China. He Drops Out The...
Zachary Noah Piser, a Chinese-American actor, was to play the lead in Tiananmen: A New Musical when it debuts in Phoenix in October. The...
Creativity And Brilliance Seem To Cluster In Certain Places In Certain Times. Why?
A survey of the past shows that genius is not randomly scattered about, like the seeds of a dandelion, but concentrates: ancient Athens, Renaissance...
The Problem With Criticism: As A Culture We’re Rejecting Hierarchy?
“Today the mere suggestion that some things are better than others, particularly in the arts, is met with confusion and hostility.” - Artnet
What’s At Stake: Artists Sue Over AI Training On Their Work
The lawsuit may serve as an early bellwether of how hard it will be for all kinds of creators — Hollywood actors, novelists, musicians and computer programmers —...
Fight Over “Woke” Coverage Is Tearing Apart Atlanta Magazine
“ use terms like ‘woke’ and we shouldn’t be taking on issues that are divisive and we can ill afford to lose any...
Riccardo Muti, Unbound
"I was learning from them, because a good conductor – and I don’t know if I am a good conductor – but a conductor who is wise knows...
Film Producer And Alleged $245 Million Fraudster Remington Chase Is Dead At 65
"Chase's death leaves a long trail of litigation, with numerous parties accusing him of defrauding them out of investment funds, real estate and loan...
Professor Engages ChatGPT As Participant In Class
ChatGPT is the oversized A.I. elephant sitting front and center in every classroom. Instructors can try to ignore or prohibit it, but doing so...
Star YA Author John Green Never Wanted To Get Caught Up In The Library...
"But a recent dust-up over whether his books are appropriate for teens feels more personal, and like an escalation of a growing movement to...
Study: YouTube May Have Solved Its “Rabbit Hole” Recommendation Problem
In early 2019, YouTube announced tweaks to its recommendation system with the goal of dramatically reducing the promotion of “harmful misinformation” and “borderline content”...
“She’s A High Priestess Of Silence And Stillness” — Playwright Annie Baker
"Her scripts call for comfortable pauses, uncomfortable pauses, weird pauses, confused pauses, horrible pauses. … It's worth contemplating what's going on between the lines...
Study (For What It’s Worth): 84 Percent Of The General Population Would Like To...
This new data comes from a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra study. A previous survey from 2018 found that 79 percent of the population was interested in seeing...
Trying Out Virtual Reality At Birmingham Royal Ballet
"A pioneering 'virtual stage' launched by Birmingham Royal Ballet will use immersive technology to help neurodivergent audiences access their shows for the first time....
Teacher: Perhaps AI Will Let Us Focus On Teaching What Matters
"Starting this year, the center of gravity in my classroom is not teaching writing as an “essential skill” that all students need to master;...
Algorithmic Theatre: Artists Need To Consider Their Role In Using AI
As the downsides to our increasingly mediated world become more apparent, working with AI no longer seems quite as defensible as it once did....
John Eliot Gardiner Withdraws From All Concerts For The Rest Of This Year
After making headlines worldwide by punching a bass soloist after a performance last week, the conductor says, "I am taking a step back in...
The Myth That Has Let Conductors Like John Eliot Gardiner Get Away With Punching...
"Replace charismatic leadership with technocratic good manners and the whole edifice comes tumbling down," wrote one London critic. Responds Michael Brodeur, "This brings us...
Can Visual Design Defeat NIMBY? (On The Aesthetics Of Wind Farms)
"How can developers appease locals worried about supposedly industrial wind farms taking over their idyllic landscapes? If other forms of infrastructure offer any clues,...
Bookstores’ Author Events Are Changing In The Post-Pandemic Era
"Many publishers have scaled back on national author tours, … (so there's) a different kind of thinking about store programming: bookstores are scheduling earlier,...
A Cut Or Just A Rearrangement? New England Media Moves Its Flagship Radio Stations...
The two highest-power frequencies in the western Massachusetts network, one FM and one AM, are moving to the news/talk format familiar on most NPR...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandal Strikes Canada’s National Gallery
"Climate activists have once again targeted a famous work of art, with a member of the group On2Ottawa throwing pink paint on Tom Thomson's...
New Jersey Symphony Cuts Staff And Concert Dates
The weeks of core classical programming will be reduced, 15% of administrative staff jobs will be eliminated, remaining staff are getting mandatory furloughs, and...
