“Multiple theatrical executives … conveyed a sense of grave concern, if not panic, over the possibility of a studio that grossed more than $4 billion worldwide this year and provided many of the box office hits of the past six months being assimilated into another company and having its output dramatically curtailed.” - TheWrap (Yahoo!)
Although many have outward-facing aspects, a hobby is ultimately a form of self-cultivation, pursued for reasons of personal satisfaction. Our society values publicity and productivity: perhaps that’s one reason that hobbies seem like they’re in decline. - The New Yorker
After the architects’ convention in 1900, public officials turned to specialists to address questions of aesthetic and space planning that had previously been matters of politics and patronage. Over the decade that followed, most public-building projects in D.C. came under a system of formal design review. - The Atlantic
Let this be painfully clear: The future will only remember what is preserved today, and the choice is between standing by as stories are diluted or destroyed—or fighting for the record, for the archive, and for the truth with steady, everyday work that anyone can participate in. - Common Dreams
“The Cleveland State University-Ideastream deal over WCSB 89.3 could be invalidated because the college did not follow Ohio public meetings law, an expert on public meetings laws said.” - Cleveland.com
“A new Dance Hall of Fame has been established to honor the significant contributions to the discipline of dance. Included in the freshman class of inductees are Alvin Ailey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, Misty Copeland, Bob Fosse, Martha Graham, Gene Kelly, Kenny Ortega, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp.” - Broadway News
Without warning, a note appeared on the website of the Newark School for the Arts that it is “closed until further notice.” Founded in 1968, the school's mission was to provide training in the performing and visual arts to students of all ages and financial backgrounds. - The Violin Channel
She received nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, and Rambling Rose; she performed in the latter two (and several other films) alongside her daughter, Laura Dern. Ladd appeared in a dozen or so other movies as well as scores of television shows. - The Hollywood Reporter
After artistic advisor Leonard Slatkin finished conducting Saturday night’s concert, he introduced the audience to the orchestra’s next music director, Japanese-American conductor Rei Hotoda. She begins her four-year term next July and will also continue in her position as music director of the Fresno Philharmonic. - Las Vegas Review-Journal
The 81-year-old — who found viral fame through an old video where she’d been told to prepare the wrong Mozart concerto but pulled off the performance nevertheless — has retired at least once before, only to return to performing. But she suffered a stroke in June and has not played in public since. - Moto Perpetuo
“A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Timothy Martin after a jury found him guilty in April on two counts of conspiracy and injuring government property. He and fellow activist Joanna Smith smeared washable paint on the case containing an Edgar Degas sculpture” at the National Gallery. - The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
“Niamh Lynch and Rajan Naidu sprayed orange cornstarch-based powder over three of the megaliths at Stonehenge; … Luke Watson helped plan the protest and drove Lynch and Naidu to the site. … After a two-week trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty for all three defendants on October 31.” - Artnet
Despite its upgraded size, the redesigned museum never felt daunting. There’s something intimate about how the installation of its collection—one of the oldest in the country and now numbering around 2,000 objects—has been realized. - ARTnews
AI’s automating powers are indiscriminate. They are affecting blue-collar manufacturing jobs and white-collar office jobs. Many who spent years, and thousands of dollars, developing specialized skills now need to live with the fact that AI can do their job faster and often better. It is a terrifying reality. - The Walrus
Orlean allows that if there’s anything anyone should be jealous of, it’s that she had been encouraged to pursue ideas most magazine editors would dismiss as small. - New York Magazine
