One of the most consequential developments of our moment is that the experiences that create sensory memories are disappearing even faster than temperatures are rising. - City Journal
Nataki Garrett went from artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to interim executive artistic director — because the executive director position was eliminated, along with more than a third of the staff and over 10% of the budget. If only that were all she had to deal with ... - San Francisco Chronicle
To reinvigorate the red carpet preshow, Oscars organizers hired members of the Met Gala creative team. Expect much more star power, specialized lighting (to make a process that happens in daylight seem more like evening) and better integration with the theater’s entrance. - The New York Times
"Launched in 2018, danceLogic blends the two to introduce girls to coding and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). The Philadelphia-based program is the brainchild of Franklyn Athias, a retired Comcast executive, and (arts nonprofit executive) Betty Lindley." - Dance Magazine
Think of it as an ongoing planetary spam event, but unlike spam—for which we have more or less effective safeguards—there may prove to be no reliable way of flagging and filtering the next generation of machine-made text. “Don’t believe everything you read” may become “Don’t believe anything you read” when it’s online. - The Atlantic
Artist/software developer Josie Williams created four chatbots, each built on a dataset consisting solely of the works of a great African-American writer: James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Octavia E. Butler, and Zora Neale Hurston. A visitor interacts with the bot, whose responses are assembled from that author's own words. - Artnet
Weinberg’s departure is not entirely unexpected given his age, 68, and his long tenure at the museum. But his departure also signals an inevitable changing of the guard that promises to substantially alter the landscape of the museum world — particularly in New York. - The New York Times
He was already a successful designer for opera and ballet (who got his start with David Hockney) when, in the 1990s, he started writing stories about a pig for his niece Olivia. He published his first Olivia book in 2000, and the series became a juggernaut. - MSN (The Washington Post)
The new contract "will increase salaries by 30 percent, on average, with entry-level employees set to receive a greater raise, to $54,101 from $40,500. Employees will also receive a one-time bonus of $1,000 because the deal was ratified." - The New York Times
Morgan Library director of conservation Maria Fredericks: "The glove thing. It just won't die." Grolier Club director Eric Holzenberg: "Every time it comes up, I sigh deeply. And then I give my three-sentence explanation of why it's ****." And the explanation does make sense. - The New York Times
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch: "I'm not the CEO of Fox News. I'm not responsible for the editorial on Fox News. I don't make editorial decisions on Fox News." Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott: "I don't decide what's on Fox News." (Sure.) - Variety
Studios, agents, and sometimes the talent themselves try to manipulate Academy voters and the press by hiring consultants, buying ads, throwing events, pestering people, staging photo ops, and sometimes even dropping dirt on competitors. - The New York Times Magazine
"The company said it pays out nearly 70% of every dollar it generates from music back to the industry. ... These rights holders include record labels, publishers, independent distributors, performance rights organizations and collecting societies ... (but) rarely the artist or songwriter." - Variety
"The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced on Tuesday that its $750-million fundraising campaign for a new building — the David Geffen Galleries, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor — is 98% complete, now standing at $736 million." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
A revered actor in his native Israel, he had a respectable list of stage and screen credits there and internationally, but he was indelibly associated with Tevye the Dairyman, whom he played in the West End, on Broadway, in the movie film, and elsewhere, performing the role more than 3,500 times. - Variety
