Monthly Archives: May 2024
Condé Nast Staffers Approve Their First-Ever Union Contract
"On Tuesday, 97% of Condé Union members voted 'yes' on a three-year deal" settled after 18 months of negotiations. "The agreement, which averted a...
Roman Polanski Exonerated In French Defamation Case
"A French court on Tuesday acquitted film director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when...
The Art Of Memory: Forgetting Might Be A Tool For Remembering
Thinking of memory as an adaptive trait has a less obvious and perhaps more interesting corollary: “Viewed through this lens, it is apparent that...
Like, These Filler Words Have A Purpose
They call it “filler,” and it’s hard not to regard it as something bordering on the sublinguistic, an almost intolerable torturing of the magnificent...
Saxophonist David Sanborn, 78
Sanborn was known for luxurious saxophone melodies on songs including "Maputo," but his sound — informed by R&B and global funk— and his legacy...
New Visions For Broadway Choreography
This broader vision of theatrical choreography is worth noticing and applauding. - The New York Times
Kathleen Battle Returns To The Met. Tim Page Reports
Ms. Battle was greeted with an immediate and prolonged standing ovation—the first of many—from her eager audience as she walked onstage in a black...
Alice Munro, 92
A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario....
The Bedazzling Bookbinders Of TikTok
"The videos often begin with … a person ripping the covers off a book. They are not vandals, however; they are bookbinders, taking part...
The Underground World Of Collecting Movie Memorabilia
It used to be an underground hobby. People did it, but nobody talked about it—not only because it was embarrassing to admit that you...
In Search Of Two Lost Shakespeare Plays
We'll never know what scripts by the great playwright disappeared forever because they were never printed and their manuscripts didn't survive. Yet there is...
TV Advertising Is Dying
TV commercials have long stood as the cornerstone of modern advertising. This dominance was owed, in part, to TV’s capacity to reach vast and...
When Real Estate Developers Actually Help Dance Companies (Yes, It Can Happen!)
"It's true that developers’ motives are rarely altruistic: Many have found tax and other benefits to pairing up with dance companies. And not all...
Why Hasn’t The Seattle Symphony Chosen A New Music Director?
Krishna Thiagarajan, president and CEO of Seattle Symphony, said the Symphony’s search for Dausgaard’s successor began in earnest between one-and-a-half and two years ago,...
Turkey Arrests Curator At American Museum Of Natural History For Allegedly Smuggling Dead Spiders...
"Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachnids at the New York-based museum, was held by police at Istanbul Airport while allegedly trying to take about...
The Art Of Collecting Classical Music Memorabilia
That signed Stravinsky photo will set you back £1,850. For a collection of eight lavishly illustrated Ballets Russes souvenir programmes or a copy of Porgy and Bess signed...
Things Are Still Dire For Hollywood Scriptwriters A Year After The Writers Guild Strike
"The Times checked in with multiple writers of varying experience levels spanning film and TV. … All said that they or their colleagues have...
Vatican Museums Staffers File Class Action Suit Against Vatican
"The complaint, dated April 23 and made public this weekend in Italian newspapers, alleged that staff faced health and security risks due to cost-saving...
Iranian Filmmaker Who Was Sentenced To Prison And Flogging Escapes Iran
"The Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has secretly fled Iran after he was sentenced to prison amid pressure over his latest film, The Seed...
Katharina Wagner Renewed For Five More Years Directing Bayreuth Festival
"Wagner, who turns 46 on May 21 and is a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, became co-head of the festival in September 2008, along with...
Climate-Protesting Vandals Go After The Magna Carta
"(Two octogenarians) entered the British Library in London on Friday morning and 'smashed the glass enclosure that surrounds the Magna Carta.' After this, the...
Rudy Giuliani Loses His New York Radio Show, Probably For Good
John Catsimatidis, the supermarket mogul and perennial New York state Republican candidate who owns news/talk radio station WABC-AM, canceled Giuliani's one-hour weekday radio show...
Melinda French Gates Leaves Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation To Start Her Own Philanthropy
She leaves the foundation, which she started in 2000 with then-husband and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, three years after the pair announced their divorce....
Wilderness, A Concept
Rooted in the thinking of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and David Brower, this idea influences people who love wild...
AI Can Now Create Music On Demand. What This Means For Music
"To me this highlights something sometimes missed about musical expression: AI doesn’t need to experience emotions and life events to successfully express them in music that resonates with people." -...
