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AI-Based Plagiarism Is Easy To Spot, And Right Now, Impossible To Stop
Bad news for writers and artists: As AI improves, the plagiarism will become less apparent. "There’s no quick technological fix to these issues. As...
Novelist And Playwright Cai Emmons, Who Maintained A Blog On Dying, 71
Emmons - her obit is in today's Boston Globe - "was furiously busy in the months leading up to her death," including publishing two...
American Dance Institute Decides To Sell Lumberyard Performing Arts Center
Blame the loss of the Catskills incubator for city dancers on, what else, the pandemic - and donor priorities. - The New York Times
Writing Kills Memory, And So Does Google
But, alert, the trade-offs may be worth it. - The Atlantic
How Los Angeles Arts Organizations Are Dealing With The Storms And Flooding
Cancellations due to flooded theatres, reschedulings, and an art project that was about rain but needed a dry site for the actual installation. Feels...
When Actors Become Directors
Marlee Matlin, Billy Porter, and Michael Chiklis discovered the other side of the camera with TV episodes in a new series. Chiklis: "One of...
The Norwegians Who Find Bronze Age Carvings In The Snow And Dark
"Since making petroglyph hunting their collective hobby, in 2016, the three enthusiasts have transformed knowledge about prehistoric art in Norway, more than doubling the...
Hanif Kureishi’s Vivid Dispatches From His Hospital Bed
The writer "is narrating his ongoing drama but also conjuring past memories, musing about writing and art and describing the terrifying, sometimes transcendent profundity...
Yet More Cutbacks And Restructuring At The Oregon Shakespeare Festival
This summer's season will have six shows, down from 11 pre-pandemic and eight in 2022. AD Nataki Garrett: "Our numbers have come in between...
Is This The Year That Film Directors Revolt?
Or at least that film directors go on strike? - Los Angeles Times
The Dangerous Decline Of The Profession Of History
"Without professional historians, history education will be left more and more in the hands of social media influencers, partisan hacks and others unconcerned with...
How Michael Tilson Thomas Carries On
The conductor survived brain cancer surgery and has been conducting at a furious clip - but he's also been "trying to dig out his...
Hugo Ball Prize Halted As Organizers Address The Artist’s Antisemitism
The prize, named for the influential German Dadaist, was awarded - but at the request of artist winner Hito Steyerl, and agreement of writing...
Publisher Withdraws Coloring Book Based On Popular Novel About Domestic Abuse
No, not even Colleen Hoover's popularity can win this one. "The coloring book, which was set to be published by Atria, was, according to...
Riverdance’s Michael Flatley Diagnosed With An Aggressive Cancer
The long-heralded "Lord of the Dance" (who retired in 2016) once had his feet insured for $30 million, at the height of the traditional...
The Wait For Prince Harry’s Memoir Stretches Into Years At Libraries
At Orange County, the wait is more than 55 weeks (or was when the article was written, as "more than 700 people are on...
Some Historical Fiction Is Only Kinda Based On A True-ish Story
And lawsuits are quick to follow. - The New York Times
Some Film Sets Are (Finally) Getting Therapy
Why? "Film and TV sets can be stressful and dangerous places to work. The pandemic added a raft of anxieties as cast and crews returned...
Dance Is Easing Some Pain For Survivors Of Civil War In Peru
The dance program Buenas NotÃcias, for those who suffered during the Shining Path insurgencies of the 1980s and '90s, "helps women connect with others...
The Latest Chapter In The Saga Of The Italian Man Who Stole Unfinished Manuscripts...
Filippo Bernardini pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court last Friday, admitting he "had engaged in an elaborate email-impersonation scheme aimed at duping others in...
American Historical Society Embroiled In History Wars
And at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, the argument over how to treat "history" has flared up into fierce battles over...
The Intimate Opera Of PROTOTYPE
Call it intimate opera, call it black-box opera, but the small-venue opera festival is making a post-COVID shutdown return. - NPR
Warner Bros Thinks We’re Ready To Pay More For Streaming
Sure, heck, it's only a time of rampant inflation. Tell us, current CFO, just how much more should we be paying for Warner Bros....
Outrage Spreads At An Author’s Faked Death And Recent Online Resurrection
After someone claiming to be the daughter of indie author Susan Meachen wrote that the author had died by suicide in 2020, her community...
Russell Banks, Award-Winning Author Of ‘Cloudsplitter’ And More, 82
Banks's "vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists." His...
