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Reading Books In High School Is Actually Good For Everyone
“Whatever you do when you read fiction is commit a small act of empathy. You know, you think about situations that are not like...
Replace Notre Dame’s Classic Windows With Modern Replicas?
Sacre bleu! What is happening? A French artist won "a competition to replace the existing six windows installed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1844...
It’s Public Domain Time For Tintin, Popeye, And A Room Of One’s Own
“Copyright's awesome … but the fact that rights eventually expire, that's a good thing, too, because that's the wellspring for creativity.” - NPR
The Singer Who Takes Inspiration From Sea Shanties
Carmen Souza, a Cape Verdean musician, realized that certain words she knew from her childhood derived from British sailors and merchants who "came for...
Public Broadcasters, Facing The Ire Of Elon Musk, Brace For Huge Funding Battles
“For decades, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System have overcome similar threats. But this year, 'the attention and intensity’ of the calls...
Lonely? Turn To Schubert
“His music speaks to something timeless: the longing for connection, and the pain at not finding it. He gives voice, and then consolation, to that...
Kirsten Simone, Danish Ballet Star, Has Died At 90
“She was one of the first to transcend the Danish repertoire, making her mark in ballets like Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty and touring...
Can This Medieval British Street Be Saved?
“Choir singers have lived in two handsome terraces of silvery-pink-stoned medieval houses beside Wells Cathedral for more than 650 years. But the gated close – which...
The Art World’s Least Powerful Figures In 2024
"We’re interested in those left in the shadows of the powerful. That’s where the real stories begin.” - Hyperallergic
Why Breaking Didn’t Break Out At The Olympics
“Breaking has evolved greatly since he spun on cardboard in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Today’s B-boys and B-girls are more diverse, athletic and...
A Game Company Now Must Pay For Manipulating Players To Buy Shiny In-Game Items
Fortnite “customers could ultimately receive $245 million for what the agency called Epic’s use of ‘dark patterns’ to trick millions of players into unwanted...
How Pointe Shoes Became Such A Big Business
Dancers at City Ballet go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes every year. - Business Insider
That Time An Advertising Copywriter Wanted To Write The Great American Novel, But Ended...
At Montgomery Ward, Robert L. May’s “boss tapped him to write the children’s story and suggested it have an animal protagonist because Ferdinand the Bull,...
The Movie Version Of Maria Callas Isn’t Quite Accurate, But That’s Normal
“While we can’t claim to know what was going through Callas’ mind as she neared the end, we can nevertheless examine how much the...
What Do We Want From Writers We Admire?
And why is it so exhausting to find out that, for instance, Cormac McCarthy was a total creep? - LitHub
When Male Euro Directors Try To Go English-Language
Sometimes it works (Wim Wenders, possibly Pedro Almodóvar), and sometimes … hm, you get “European art films in American drag.” - The New York...
Can Literary Prizes Survive Sponsor Protests?
Well: “Writers are not content for their talents and their hard work to be used to generate positive publicity for companies who are engaged...
The Unwritten Rule That Shapes Oscar Campaigns
“When a movie has two primary characters, how do campaigns decide who goes in lead and who goes supporting?” - Vulture
Apparently, There’s A Cultural Backlash To American Machismo
And that’s “noodle boys” - young, white, floppy-haired, and un-pumped. “There is clearly an appetite for male stars who don’t look as if they...
A Town In Oregon Begs Residents To Stop Putting Googly Eyes On Public Sculptures
In Bend, Oregon, “there have been previous reports of sculptures being decorated with Christmas garb in the past, but the googly eyes are a...
Does Netflix’s Move Into Holiday Rom-Coms Make Cents?
Hot Frosty is far from the end of Christmas programming. "It doesn't matter that the audience has seen some version of that story 1,000...
The Guardian’s Favorite Classical Music Recordings Of 2024
Aside from Yunchan Lim and Vilde Frang, a notable (if challenging) development is that “the age of the all-star studio-made opera recording is very...
In Glasgow, A New Way To Support Small Music Venues
A £1 charge on tickets to the largest music venue is the way, the town council believes. - BBC
Jerome Kohn, Who Guarded The Legacy Of Hannah Arendt, Has Died At 93
Kohn “devoted his career to decoding, defending and disseminating the work of Hannah Arendt,” ensuring her work was in the public eye even as...
Musicians Forced To Cancel Concert After Air Canada Won’t Take Cello On Board
British musicians Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason bought a ticket for Sheku’s cello, but Air Canada said no way. That forced the siblings, who were...
