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Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Authorize Strike
The musicians voted just before the season begins. The union local's president said, "Management has shown that musicians are a cost to be contained,...
With This Tech, Human Can Truly Feel The Music
New haptic suits take individual notes, and turn them into specific spinal, ankle, and other vibrations. Cool??: "Wearing one of them feels a little...
We Don’t Understand Van Gogh’s Cypress Trees
In the 19th century, those trees were like hooded skeletons - harbingers of darkness and death. - Hyperallergic
Looking For ‘The Next Adele,’ England Puts A Performing Arts School Up North
In nearly direct opposition to the UK's recent lack of support for the arts, "the school will offer 500 places and will be free...
Man Who Helped Create Fake Basquiats Avoids Prison Time
Michael Barzman, after first lying to the FBI, "eventually admitted involved working with an associate to create between 20 and 30 fake pieces that...
The CD Is Back, Baby
Gen-Z-ers aren't, like, listening to CDs though. "Carniol, like other young collectors, considers the CD to be more akin to merchandise than a functional...
The UK’s ‘Best Music Venue In The World’ Used To Be A Secret
Performing in a former cloth trading hall in West Yorkshire, one musician said, was "like performing in an Italian piazza." - BBC
Superstar Gallery LGDR Implodes, Two Years In
One gallerist admitted she doesn't work well by committee; the others are forming something called the "Art Family Office." - The New York Times
What Makes AI Run?
Theft. "Pirated books are being used as inputs for computer programs that are changing how we read, learn, and communicate. The future promised by...
There Are No ‘Bad Accents’ In Movies
Just witness, if you will, the unbelievably broad "Texas" accent of Uma Thurman in Red, White & Royal Blue. - The New York Times
Jane Austen’s Dances Of Seduction
In an Austen novel, when the main characters and their love interests dance, they "move to a subtle sensuality that pulses below the surface,...
As Warner Bros Releases Its First Big Latino-Led DC Film, Latinx Actors Picket
In Blue Beetle, the main character "takes a job at a wealthy CEO’s mansion to help his family. ... The working-class themes of the...
No More Selfies At Chicago’s Bean Until 2024
What will the Windy City's next Instagram hot spot become during maintenance on Cloud Gate's surrounding plaza?- Hyperallergic
Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy Winner For This Is Us, Has Died At 66
Jones might have gotten more fame on TV, but he "began his career at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage...
Netflix Offers DVD Subscribers Ten Extra Discs As Service Ends
But there's a catch: The company wants them all back. One DVD watcher wonders why. "Because after all, what are they gonna do with...
The French General Overseeing Notre Dame’s Reconstruction Has Died At 74
Will this slow the massive project? Macron doesn't think so. The French president "lamented that 'Gen. Georgelin will never see the reopening of Notre...
The UK Is In A Cost Of Living Crisis, And The National Gallery Wants...
The London museum has said its pay-what-you-will scheme will extend for one more major show - Franz Hals. They've done it for two earlier...
The Pandemic Changed Many Things, Including What It Means To ‘Own’ A Book
In the fight over the Internet Archive, "it’s rarely this nasty, but free vs. expensive is a struggle that plays out continuously against all...
Disney Plus Is Adding Commercials And A Cheaper Option In The UK And Europe
That's already an option in the U.S., but will the rest of the world bite? Disney+ needs money after a series of declines in...
Canceling Shakespeare Is Definitely Not The Way, Or Is It?
"Given how he’s become an exalted landmark on the high road of culture, it’s easy to forget that there’s always been a secret smugglers’...
We’re Addicted To Writing Online
Will AI help us stop the word vomit - the graphomania? Even - The Guardian (UK)
Rethinking, And Reordering, The Idea Of ‘American’ Ceramics
At the Met Museum, 68 Pueblo potters and cultural leaders organized a new exhibit. "The objects were all selected by members of the Pueblo...
The Absolutely Pathetic State Of Residuals For Streaming Actors
Lisa Edelstein "recently was paid 97 cents in residuals for the two episodes of Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce which she wrote and starred in."...
The United States Still Has A Deep Cultural Love Affair With Europe
"For centuries, and no matter how much it has changed, Europe, for us, has meant art and architecture, science and philosophy, fashion and fame,...
Shakespeare Is Far Too Sexy For Florida
The state of Florida under Ron DeSantis certainly has come to resemble a parody of itself, and, well: "Students in a Florida school district...