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Remember Redbox? It’s Dying
In another blow to physical media, Redbox's owner just filed for bankruptcy protection. Why? “The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and...
Somehow, In 2024, It’s Still ‘Experimental’ To Add Music By Women To Concerts
In Berlin, “although every program booklet had a portrait of a female composer on its cover, her piece was usually a small fraction of...
New Zealand’s Quirkiest Architect
Roger Walker says that in many cases, he was just reacting to the fact that so many houses looked essentially the same. Why not...
An Iowa State Senator Has Been Telling School Districts To Use A Hate Group’s...
Iowa’s censorship law has been suspended under appeal. And while there is no list “designated for schools to determine whether or not materials are...
An Appreciation Of Comedian, Actor, Musician, And Painter Martin Mull
Mull, who died Thursday at age 80, "was a comfortingly disquieting presence -- deceptively normal, even bland, but with a spark of evil” in...
Leonora Carrington Is Finally Getting Her Due
“Her concerns – unusual and even eccentric in her own times – are now ubiquitous. Ecology, feminism, the interconnectedness of all life forms, spirituality...
An Oral History Of Napoleon Dynamite
“The thing with the cow really happened. My mom was a hobby farmer raising a beef cow and it just got too aggressive, so...
The Entire Hallmark Channel Staff Could Not Have Dreamed This One Up
But thanks to what looks like reality, art will imitate life: There will be a Hallmark Christmas movie about a Kansas City Chiefs player...
Ukraine Passed A New Law Directly Supporting Bookstores
The bill "provides subsidies for renting space to open bookstores and the introduction of book certificates (worth 908 hryvnia, or about $22) for 18-year-olds...
When Mikhail Baryshnikov Left Everything He’d Ever Known
“I remember feeling a sense of comfort and security after seeing some very friendly faces in the getaway car. But I also felt fear...
The Joys Of Reading Books That You Don’t Fully Understand
Molly Templeton’s desire is “for us to have the time, the space, the mental bandwidth to welcome uncertainty, to crank up our curiosity and...
Seattle Libraries Are Still Months Away From Full Service After Ransomware Attack
Just a portion of the issues: “The library’s public computers have been unavailable for a month. So have its public Wi-Fi networks. Books are being...
We All Speak Phone Now
We’re in a language crisis. "The discourse that produces new slang is not only publicly available online, but also amplified based on its ability...
For Writer Tomi Adeyemi, Getting To Book Three Was A Long, Fraught Journey
Finishing a trilogy or a series isn’t easy for most writers, but Adeyemi faced physical challenges along the way. She says, "I like that...
With Rents Soaring And Property Developers Circling, Can Artists Afford Studios Anymore?
British artists are suffering: “Nearly one in three artists doubted that they would be able to continue working professionally in five years’ time, and...
The Internet Archive Shrank Last Week By Half A Million Books
Thanks, publishers, we love that you removed access to 500,000 titles from public access. - Ars Technica
The French Horn Teacher Who Works In Music To Support His Hobby
Andrew Westberg says his wife is "happy it's not tractors. … Pencils are so much easier to store.” - MPR
Suffice It To Say Stephen Sondheim’s Auctioneer Did Not Understand Theatre Kids
“There was a customer on the phone who said something along the lines of 'Just throw out $20,000,' and reported to our staff member...
The Washington Post Is Burning Through Its One Asset
And that is its credibility. "The reputation of the Post newsroom has been built upon readers’ trust that reporters do not pay sources, much less steal...
A Little Money Can Benefit An Aspiring Writer With A Buffer
Jeremy Cooper, the winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Prize, remembers when he had a little cushion of money from selling art and a lot...
Online Trolls Tried To Bully A 20-Year-Old Actress Out Of Playing Kate Middleton
Not that this is unusual, sadly: Meg Bellamy “described the comments from internet trolls as ‘a glimpse into being a woman in this industry.’”...
They Tracked This Musician’s Heartbeats During Her Marathon Rachmaninoff Performance
“These five pieces include two-and-a-half hours of music, 621 pages of score, and more than 97,000 piano notes.” - Open Culture
Top Dealers Of Old Masters Accused Of Bigotry, Sexual Harassment, And Other Workplace Violations
"Previously a curator at the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, where she led the European paintings department, Brilliant claims that Voena and...
Sheryl Crow Says Using AI For Musicians’ Voices Is Hateful
She’s not having it. “It is antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us,” the singer-songwriter says. - BBC
Chinatown Is Fifty Years Old
And no, “there has been no greater original screenplay in the last 50 years than the one Robert Towne wrote for Chinatown.” - The Guardian...
