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U.S. Carmakers Are Eliminating AM Radio From Their Dashboards
"Despite protests from station owners, listeners, first-responders and politicians from both major parties, automakers … are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because...
Two Florida Moms At The Center Of The Fight Against Book Bans
"Jen Cousins and Stephana Ferrell track school board votes and the fates of books across Florida's 67 districts. They file public records requests, appear...
Nicholas Hytner’s Plan For Reforming British Arts Funding
The stage and film director, former head of the National Theatre in London, argues for two different (and, of course, generously financed) government funding...
Ten British Classical Luminaries Suggest Ten Ways To Save Classical Music
Antonio Pappano, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Sarah Connolly, Edward Gardner, and others offer suggestions from turning off the cell phones to incentivizing philanthropy to restoring music...
The Torch is Passed At Dance Theatre Of Harlem
"As they prepared for the leadership transition, (outgoing artistic director Virginia) Johnson and (successor Robert) Garland spoke with Dance Magazine about their deep, shared...
New York Stock Exchange Moves To Delist Radio And Podcast Giant Audacy
"NYSE notified the company that it is not in compliance with its continued listing standards" because of its low share price (down 13% to...
Politically Sensitive Titles Are Getting Yanked From Hong Kong’s Library Shelves
"Books about the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong protest movements, and other subjects deemed politically sensitive by Beijing have been removed from the former...
Court Convicts Five Men In Dresden Green Vault Jewel Robbery
"(In) the biggest art heist in modern history, the thieves made off with a haul worth more than €113 million ($123 million) from the...
Greece’s Prime Minister Seeks An “Innovative,” “Win-Win” Solution To The Parthenon Marbles Dispute —...
"We will never recognize that these sculptures are owned, legally owned by the British Museum,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. "But again, we have...
Neutraface — The Typeface Of Gentrification?
"Maybe you recognize it from the Shake Shack nameplate. ... Even if you think you've never seen it before, if you step outside, you...
Lumberyard Is Selling Its Upstate New York Headquarters And Pivoting Away From Dance
The facility only opened in 2018, and by the following year, demand for its technical rehearsal residency was nearly outrunning supply. Then the pandemic...
Salman Rushdie Gives Rare Post-Stabbing Public Speech
"Nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, (he warned) that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat...
A Florida Teacher Is Under Investigation For “Indoctrination” Because She Showed Her Class A...
"Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade Florida teacher, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after showing her class the animated Disney movie Strange...
Claire Chase, Flute Superhero
She's commissioned an extraordinary amount of new repertory for the flute (in all its ranges, from piccolo to contrabass), her colleagues are thrilled by...
A Student Warns Professors: We’re Already Using ChatGPT Far More Than You Realize
"In reality, it's very easy to use AI to do the lion's share of the thinking while still submitting work that looks like your...
How The Barnes Foundation Fights Off The Hordes Of Tiny Art Vandals
No, this isn't about young protesters from Just Stop Oil gluing themselves to Renoirs. It's about moths, mostly, and other pests that might eat,...
Tony Awards Broadcast Will Go Ahead, But Not As Usual, With OK From Writers’...
"Organizers 'are altering this year’s show to conform with specific requests from the WGA, and therefore the WGA will not be picketing the show.'...
Vice Media Declares Bankruptcy And Will Be Sold
"After weeks of speculation, Vice Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. … The company added that a consortium that includes Fortress, Soros...
L.A. Phil Chief Chad Smith Named CEO Of Boston Symphony
"Chad Smith, who ... traces some of his most formative musical experiences to Boston's Symphony Hall, was named Monday as the next president and...
Seven Great Paintings And The Pigments That Made All The Difference
"Every colour we encounter in a great work of art, from the ultramarine that Johannes Vermeer wove into the turban of his Girl with...
After 33 Years With Nashville Ballet, Artistic Director Paul Vasterling Is Retiring
"During his 25-year tenure as director he transformed the dozen-member troupe into the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee, with 33 dancers and a...
The Big New Thing In Reality Programming: Actual Therapy Sessions
It started with Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin?, continued with Showtime's Couples Therapy, YouTube's Blue Therapy, Audible's podcast Sex Therapy, and the...
A Ramshackle Philadelphia Church Sold Its Grimy Old Stained Glass Windows for $6,000. ...
Last summer, Emmanuel Christian Center bought a 1901 church so dilapidated that the pastor decided on a gut renovation and sold all the furnishings...
Who Was William Shakespeare? William Shakespeare, And The People Who Argue Otherwise Are “Truthers”
Isaac Butler gives a hearty smackdown to the "anti-Stratfordians" he calls "Shakespeare Truthers," pointing out how they use the same techniques that 9/11 Truthers,...
This Librarian Who Was Shushed By A Patron Argues That It’s Fine For Public...
"These days libraries are bustling community centers, where being at least somewhat noisy is the new normal, especially when kids are involved. As someone...