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Czech Writers, Including Ivan Klima, Created An Anti-Authoritarian Manifesto In 1977
In the U.S. (and other countries dealing with regimes antithetical to art), cultural workers could sure learn something from Charter 77. - LitHub
Why Is San Francisco About To Destroy This 96-Year-Old Artist’s Defining Work?
“Destroying the Vaillancourt Fountain, its supporters say, would be erasing history and modern architecture, and counter to the city’s reputation for being weird.” ...
Smithsonian Museums, National Zoo Close Amid Federal Shutdown
The Smithsonian museums “had been able to keep their doors open for the first 11 days of the shutdown by relying on prior-year funds, but...
Hollywood Vs. OpenAI Heats Up Hard With Release Of New Software
“At the core of the dispute is who controls the copyrighted images and likenesses of actors and licensed characters — and how much they...
Zora Neale Hurston’s Play, Forgotten For Decades, Sees The Light Of Day At Yale
“Building these moments for the stage entailed leaps of imagination and acts of faith among the collaborators. ‘I’d say to the team, ‘Trust Zora.’...
Pepperdine Suddenly Closes Art Show After Censorship Of Some Work Leads Other Artists To...
One artist wrote that the private university's censorship of other artists’ work, mostly about immigrants, “is a loss for the students and for the...
New Studies Suggests That People With ADHD May Be More Creative
Researchers found “that those with ADHD may experience more frequent episodes of mind-wandering, and that that, in turn, could lead to greater creative thinking...
Indiana’s Annual Three Day Blowout Honoring James Dean
“Dean was symbolic of the burgeoning country’s place in the world: rough-hewn and handsome, young and hungry, pure potential. That his potential was never...
Take MTV, Subtract The M, And Then Most Of The TV As Well
In Britain, after December 31st, MTV will be no more - for the most part. “The flagship channel, MTV HD, will remain on air,...
What It’s Like Opening A Feminist Play On Broadway Amid, Er, Gestures Around
Playwright Bess Wohl: “I wanted to make a play that I wished existed: a good, interesting, complicated play. How many plays are there really...
Rick Caruso’s Malls Are An Oddly Cold Version Of Urban Life
As the developer mulls a gubernatorial run, Carolina Miranda has some thoughts. “These places are rigidly controlled simulacra. … Collectively, these cloyingly tantalizing spaces...
Diane Keaton Has Died At 79
Keaton was the star of Annie Hall, for which she won an Oscar, and many other Woody Allen movies; she was also an Oscar...
What Is Up With The Pirate Flag Iconography Of Gen-Z Protestors?
The ubiquity of the flag is down to anime, you see. Specifically, young people waving the flag from Nepal to Madagascar to the Philippines...
The Writers Guild Helped Bring Jimmy Kimmel Back
What’s next? The union’s new president says AI, of course, but also in regard to Kimmel, "I somehow doubt this is the last instance...
Culture Critic Lawrence Burney Says Baltimore, With Great History And Art, Needs Much Better...
Burney, who created a new zine to showcase the artists of his city: "Baltimore is a good microcosm, not even just for the social...
The United States’ Shameful, Accelerating Half-Century Of Book Banning
“In the long, ignominious history of American book banning, portrayals of sex have been cited again and again as beyond the pale for schools...
Where Is Starchitect David Adjaye?
He was accused of sexual misconduct in 2023, but no charges have been filed. Three of his buildings are about to open, and he’s...
Doing Almost Anything – Even Chores – Is Better With Friends
“The activities we more often do with others seem to be associated with the most benefits, such as eating or drinking. … But the...
Why Annie Lennox Likes To Read Books Back To Front
“I think it might possibly have something to do with being left-handed,” the musician says. - The New York Times
SNL At 51 Is Reading The Room Of Our Pop Culture Swirl
“The women of HUNTR/X, the fictional pop trio that leads the sleeper hit, provided the kicker to a sketch that poked fun at what...
Can We Make Tech Better Again?
First, we must describe it accurately. What happens to cool new tech over time is, writer Cory Doctorow says, “enshittification.” - The New York...
Here’s What Portland’s Arts Organizations Have To Say About Making Culture In So-Called Hell
Portland is very clearly not “hell,” and just as clearly not a war zone. But also: "Although the number of events and the amount...
Cinephiles Should Bow Down To The Priesthood For Kicking Young Martin Scorsese Out
“The idea of priesthood, to devote yourself to others, really, that’s what it’s about. I realized I don’t belong there. … And I tried...
Over The Years, This Audio Editing Software Became Absolutely Terrible
Is a wholesale remaking of Audacity going to help sound engineers and musicians? Probably, but can they get beyond the awful new logo? -...
The Thriller Writer Who Took On Corporate AI- And Won
Andrea Bartz “was furious that the writing she had labored over for years got vacuumed up and fed into an algorithm, without her permission.”...
