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Giller Prize 2026 Goes To “Pick A Colour” By Souvankham Thammavongsa
This is the second time that the Laotian-Canadian author has won Canada’s top literary award; she is only the fourth author to do so,...
Is The World Really Getting Dumber? “Yes, And We All Know It.”
Across the developed world, since the 1930s, there’s been what’s called the Flynn effect: IQ scores overall have been rising by about three points...
How Software Has Changed Choreography, And How AI Could Change It Further
Julie Cruse is a pioneer of “computational choreography”: in 2007 she created a piece titled Choreobot in which she used software she coded to...
India Could Be Poised To Develop Its Own Musical Theatre
“If authentically delivered, the potential is colossal. India’s population of 1.4 billion includes a fast-growing urban middle class … (with) a rising appetite for...
Michael Andor Brodeur Analyzes The 2026 Classical Grammy Nominees
Most notably, composer Gabriela Ortiz, who won three Grammys last time, could do it again, as she’s a triple nominee this year. Overall, in...
Here Are The Classical Grammy Nominations For 2026 (In Case You Missed Them)
And, unfortunately, they’re easy to miss, since they’re always stuck all the way down at the end of a very long list of categories....
Taylor Sheridan’s TV Series Have Earned An Astonishing Amount Of Money For Paramount+
“Since the first of his Paramount+ originals premiered in 2021, Sheridan's titles have generated more than $800 million in global streaming revenue for the...
Two Early Organ Works By Bach Performed For First Time In 300 Years
“Researchers discovered the anonymous, undated works in Belgium's Royal Library in 1992, but it wasn’t until recently that they were able to authenticate Bach...
Bill Ivey, Who Calmed Conservative Fury At The NEA, Has Died At 81
He was a guitar-playing folklorist who had run the Country Music Foundation in Nashville for 26 years, when President Clinton nominated him to chair...
How The Ushers At New York’s Top Performing Arts Venues Shoo The Audience Back...
First, they repeatedly play a little melody on a glockenspiel or dinner chime or marimba as they stroll through the lobbies. Then, says one...
“Parasocial” Is Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word Of The Year
Taylor and Travis, podcast hosts, even chatbots — this has been a year full of intense but one-sided relationships between some ordinary individuals and...
Louvre Closes A Gallery Because Its Floor Might Cave In
The museum has shuttered some office space and the Campana Gallery (which showcases ancient Greek ceramics) due to “particular fragility of certain beams holding...
Can Paris’s Iconic Zinc Rooftops Be Adapted To An Ever-Hotter Climate?
Some four-fifths of the city’s roofs are covered in the lightweight, malleable, low-maintenance metal. Many of them now need replacing — to prevent leaks...
Mali’s Capital City, Beset By Jihadi Militants, Cheers Itself Up With Marionettes
Bamako, a city of 3 million, is being squeezed by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militia which has blocked fuel imports and made travel beyond the capital...
Margaret Atwood On Being A “Feminist”
“So we have to be a bit careful with that word, right? Because I do think words are important. And that word has been...
Five Takeaways From The Dallas Black Dance Theatre Fiasco, Now That It’s Over
Bad publicity, funding lost and regained, a change in leadership, “community trust,” and so on. - KERA (Dalllas)
Ireland’s Basic Income For Artists Program Proved That It Works. Why Is The Government...
The results from the three-year pilot were clear: artists were able to make work and less dependent on other government assistance, and every €1...
Hilary Mantel’s Most Notorious Short Story Is Now Being Staged
“’The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher – August 6th 1983’ was published in The Guardian in 2014 and gave the title to Mantel’s collection of short stories...
Brooklyn Public Library Is Now Lending Out Contemporary Art The Same Way It Lends...
“The institution has announced an experimental art lending program that coincides with its new exhibition ‘Letters for the Future,’ created in collaboration with the artist-organized...
China Cracks Down On Gay Male Romance Novels That Young Women Adore
“Fans of the popular danmei same-sex romance genre, written and read mainly by straight women, say the Chinese government is carrying out the largest...
BBC Offers Trump An Apology But Balks At Financial Compensation
“The BBC says it has apologized to President Donald Trump over an edited interview clip that suggested he encouraged violence ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The...
Disney Co. To Add Yet Another Billion Dollars To Its Content Budget
The entertainment behemoth is increasing its spending on content to $24 billion for fiscal 2026. Does this mean more work for underemployed creatives? Actually,...
International Opera Awards 2025 To Dallas Opera, Glimmerglass, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Agnes Baltsa
Grigorian and Brownlee took male and female singer of the year honors; Theater an der Wien is company of the year; Agnes Baltsa was...
The Book That Shaped The Modern Revival Of Wicca
In 1899, Charles Godfrey Leland published, with the help of Roma Lister, Aradia, or the gospel of the witches, which purported to record an ancient...
Chicago’s Unofficial Arts Czar Is A Daughter Of The City’s Most Famous Political Dynasty
“Amid (Trump-era) turbulence, Nora Daley — who generally prefers to avoid the spotlight — has quietly built a reputation as one of the city’s...
