“Little on Broadway looks the way it did on Aug. 6, 2015, when Hamilton opened; that’s what happens when a show runs 10 years, sells more than four million tickets and earns more than $1 billion — not counting tours, international productions and the 2020 movie.” - The New York Times
At first blush, it can be hard to take perfectionism seriously as a source of suffering. The lament “I’m a perfectionist” carries a strong whiff of humblebrag—the kind of thing savvy job applicants say when asked their greatest flaw. - The New Yorker
Skulls and other recognizable fragments can sell for well into six figures, while complete or near-complete skeletons now bring tens of millions of dollars at auction. Dinosaur fossils are even turning up at art fairs. - Artnet
In the second half of life, we’re all expected to say how much happier we are than in our insecure twenties, how we wouldn’t swap places with our younger self, oh no, not even if you paid us. Hmm. Sometimes I feel that way, but not always. - The Ruffian
They’ve built syndication businesses, production studios, national programming, university partnerships, cross-media tie-ups, statewide networks, and a thousand other things meant to strengthen the institution. For them, the federal defunding will be painful but not fatal. - NiemanLab
The University of California president on Wednesday said Trump administration grant suspensions at UCLA total $584 million, cuts that would be a “death knell” to medical, science and energy research and have spurred negotiations with federal officials. - Los Angeles Times
“Zero Day Attack …, which aired its first episode over the weekend, was partially funded by the Taiwanese government, which hopes to raise awareness about the threat China poses. But the show has landed at a highly divisive moment in Taiwan and attracted (accusations) of fear-mongering” even before the first episode aired. - BBC (MSN)
You may assume that a collapse in the imperial superstructure meant that people went hungry and homeless, and that is certainly the picture in the poems of lamentation and sorrow. But the physical evidence of people’s health, for instance, shows something very different. - Aeon
The grants include many focused on presidents, statesmen and canonical authors, including $10 million to the University of Virginia — which the agency said was the largest grant in its history — that will support the “expedited completion” of editorial work on papers relating to the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the Founding era. - The New...
Financial constraints in the arts in the community are responsible for much more than limiting the amount of entertainment available. - San Francisco Classical Voice
“(Landing the newest expansion of the Art Basel franchise is) just the latest coup for Qatar, uncomfortably wedged between Saudi Arabia and, across the Persian Gulf, Iran, as it expands its soft power by hosting global events and securing the friendship of the rich and powerful through investment and entertainment.” - Politico
That’s what you are when you go on a book tour: merchandise. A traveling salesperson selling a book. But not just any book — it’s your book. - Robert Reich
In a new video posted to the Frick’s website and social media, the Only Murders in the Building co-creator and actor prances around the freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion, narrating a short history of the museum and its originator, the industrialist and notorious labor suppressor Henry Clay Frick. - Hyperallergic
A study led by McGill University researchers challenges the theory that language change over time requires new generations to replace older generations of speakers. - Phys
The western Massachusetts dance festival had originally called off performances only for this past weekend following the death of production manager Kat Sirico in a workplace accident. But an announcement on Wednesday said that "the Jacob’s Pillow Board of Trustees and institutional leadership has decided that Festival 2025 will not continue." - CBS News
