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British Jazz Musicians Talk About Making A Living Out Of Their Passion
Post-COVID, "There’s a real demand for this music now. ... I’m really enjoying it, but I’m also finding it hard. We’ve had these two...
Even Jane Austen Almost Gave Up
"Money is the problem. It usually is, in Austen’s world." - LitHub
How ‘The Walking Dead’ Transformed TV
Prestige TV was already happening, but fantasy TV was new - and The Walking Dead was perfectly timed for "the convergence of television and...
Michael Butler, The So-Called ‘Hippie Millionaire’ Behind Hair, Has Died At 95
"Butler was from a moneyed Chicago family ... and he was comfortable in the world of polo and debutantes and expensive clothes." Then, "he...
A Small Studio Powers New Netflix Animation Joy
When two Pixar art directors worked together on an independent short, they decided to found their own company. "We had a very similar ambitions...
Working More Does Not Equal Being More Successful
Studies on the four-day work week prove it, too. "Instead of seeing time as a vacuum that needs to be filled, what might it...
The Intense Impact Of Britain’s New Arts Funding Plans
While some organizations are thrilled to have new funding, others are shocked at the harm planned cuts will do. - The Guardian (UK)
Christie’s Stops The Auction Of A T. Rex Over Questions Of Authenticity
How much of the skeleton is actually a replica of another T. Rex that sold two years ago? - The New York Times
Most Climate Change Art Doesn’t Involve Splashing Oil Or Tomato Soup
Eco-artists aren't trying to shock, generally speaking: "The climate crisis has inspired visual artists to create works that challenge viewers—and themselves—to move beyond shock...
The Ways Language Can’t Be Divided From Activism
Writer Ryan Lee Wong: " This is a metaphor for the writer’s dilemma: this desire to transform everything in your life, especially the painful things,...
Rediscovering The Films Of A Former Child Prodigy
Wendy Toye started on stage as a 3-year-old. Once she started directing, "It wasn’t just that Toye had an aptitude for film-making, but that...
The Leap Second Is Coming To An End
Why? "Modern global computing systems have become more tightly intertwined and more reliant on hyper-precise timing, sometimes to the billionth of a second. Adding...
Why Cassa Pancho Founded Britain’s Ballet Black
"While I was in ballet training, I was often told that Black people did not have the physique, cultural interest or right hair type...
An Ousted Trustee Says Asheville’s Museum Runs On A Culture Of Fear
"An outspoken member of the Asheville Art Museum’s board, the only current trustee to speak publicly about employee complaints of mistreatment, was ousted from...
How You Make A Based-On-Reality Movie About Survivors And Harvey Weinstein
Carefully, of course - and with the survivors involved in the process. The filmmakers decided early on that "the survivors — some even playing...
A Disney Animator Uses Modeling Skills To Decide Where Lincoln Stood At Gettysburg
"Christopher Oakley, a former Disney animator turned Civil War sleuth, has combined intense analysis of 19th-century photographs with 21st-century 3-D modeling software to argue...
How The FBI Got Involved In Shutting Down TikTok’s Favorite Free Book Site
Well, it's like this: The so-called Z-Library had an unsavory underpinning."Two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, have been charged with criminal copyright...
Playbill’s New Editor Is Excited And A Bit Stressed
Diep Tran says her concern in covering theatre is, "How do we do this fairly? How do we give credence to both sides on...
A Computer Program Concludes This Disputed Painting Is A Real Renoir
And the computer says that's with an "80.58 percent" certainty. - The Guardian (UK)
The Numbers Around Viola Davis’ Potential Oscars Run
If she is nominated for The Woman King, she'll be one of very few actors nominated for more than a few Oscars after turning...
The Secrets Of The Dick Francis Family Fiction Workshop
The books were always "a true team effort" of Dick, a former jockey, and his writer wife Mary - and, for many years now,...
Oh Great, BookTok Is Becoming Book Selling Tok
To be honest, why didn't this happen earlier? It's a perfect marriage of social media and sales. - LitHub
The One Good Thing About The Taylor Swift Concert Ticketmaster Epic Fail
"The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the owner of Ticketmaster. ... The investigation is focused on whether Live Nation Entertainment has...
The Russian Jewish Artists Who Have Immigrated To Israel During The War With Ukraine
Of thousands who have fled, "Russians are relocating mostly to Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia. But Israel offers one big advantage: Those with at least one Jewish...
The Power And Joy Of Artists’ Fierce Resistance To Hitler’s Fascism
The stories of the Rote Kapelle group "show the power of joy, creativity, and love in the fight against the compliance, fear, and silence...
