Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
The Old Are Taking Over America
Samuel Moyn argues that the oldest Americans, because of their retrograde politics and ever-increasing presence, are profoundly reshaping our collective life. - The New Yorker
Reimagining The Benefits Of Music In Dementia Care
Music has a unique capability to engage multiple areas of the brain that can function in sync with one another. This includes areas involved in hearing...
Study: There Are Cognitive Benefits To Reading Paper Books
Reading a book involves a complex series of mental tasks. A reader must decode words, interpret pictures, and connect new information to what they...
Sagrada Familia Might Have Topped Out, But Big Challenges Ahead
"The biggest will be Glory Facade, which is the main facade. Maybe it will take 10 years, but we don't yet have a...
Fox To Acquire Roku
The transaction combines Fox’s sports, news, and entertainment content and the Tubi streaming service with Roku’s connected TV platform, The Roku Channel, first-party data...
Attack: FCC Opens Early Comment Period On ABC License Renewal
The early renewal order represents one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken against a media company, a potential regulatory death-blow to go...
AI Company Makes Industry-Wide Licensing Deal
David Israelite said the Udio agreement is the first industry-wide licensing deal struck with a major AI music company, and the first to “value songs and sound...
The Kennedy Center Sign Is Restored. But There’s A Bigger Issue
My biggest concern is that the Kennedy Center will remain nominally open—as in, I’ll be free to walk through the doors and perhaps buy...
Behold The New Obama Library
After standing in the glow of this new South Side landmark, I admittedly feel like a buzzkill focusing on documents, kind of like visiting...
What The Kennedy Center Might Have Been
Imagine a scenario in which Bernstein and the Kennedys — John and Jackie both — bequeathed a proactive White House arts component prioritizing American...
Treasure, Trash, And A Blood-Drive Symphony
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Where does art actually get its value? Not always where you'd expect. The Chicago Symphony is now part of the soundtrack at a...
Kennedy Center As De-Trumpification Warning
Trump’s threat to walk away from the Kennedy Center suggests an additional danger: He could lose interest and doze off, as if at yet...
Biggest Hits On Spotify Are From The 70s And 80s
On May 14, almost exactly 43 years later, Michael Jackson's Billie Jean was No. 1 again, prancing to the top of Spotify’s global chart...
Spotify Ditches Its Much-Hated Disco Ball App Icon
On Thursday an update to the Spotify iOS app switched the icon back to the well-known logo users are familiar with. That did away...
Please! Bring Back The Gatekeepers
Gatekeeper, here, doesn’t mean the patriarchal bogeyman of progressive fever dreams. It means the picky curator who maintains a necessary membrane between your half-formed,...
Landmark Ruling: German Court Rules Google Is Liable For What Its AI Overview Says...
The court also found that the AI overview made claims "that are not even made in the search results." None of the linked sources...
What’s Behind The Intense Interest In Celebrity Estate Sales?
The growing trend for auctions of deceased famous people’s personal items – which has boomed ever since the hugely popular Marilyn Monroe estate sale in...
Why Impressionists Were So Fascinated With Gardens
One answer lies in the sheer ubiquity and sensory intensity of gardens by the second half of the 19th century, when impressionism came into being. Social...
The Great Divide: Creativity Before And After AI
 On one side are texts produced before the arrival of generative LLMs. On the other, everything that has followed—texts that might still be useful,...
Cleveland Museum Of Art Launches $600M Campaign To Sustain Its Future
“Visitors rightly expect exceptional exhibitions, meaningful educational experiences, digital access, welcoming spaces, and opportunities for deeper engagement. Those expectations require sustained investment. That challenge...
Trump Kennedy Center Board Appeals Judge’s Order On Removing Trump’s Name
The board voted Thursday to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper's May 29 ruling that said Trump's name was illegally added...
Northwest Choirs – Executive Director
Northwest Choirs seeks a dynamic Executive Director to guide a leading youth choral organization into its next stage of growth, visibility, and sustainability.
AMC Postpones Interactive Movie Theatre Concert Series
The chain is partnering with live entertainment company Arena One to bring new technology to theaters. This tech would allow artists on a remote...
Demand For Workers With Creative Skills Is Growing
Nearly 50% of employers are looking to expand their workforce in the next three to five years. Video games, music, design and fashion were...
Has The 21st Century Been A Creative Blank Space?
The years from 2000 to 2025 as a period of creative emptiness and stagnation so intractable that it will be remembered (or, rather, is...
