PBS Network programming disappeared from the Pensacola-Fort Walton Beach area airwaves on July 1, when the licensee for local outlet WSRE, Pensacola State College, closed the station following loss of federal and state funding. As of November 1, new nonprofit Emerald Coast PBS will go live on WPAN channel 53. - NorthEscambia.com (Escambia County, Florida)
“(It’s) the kind of thing that you do when you’re younger and you’re figuring out how exactly it is that you’re going to work,” the composer said of In All Your Ways. “It’s invigorating to be 89 and say, ‘Well, this is new!’” - The New York Times
A lot of things went right in this investigation, starting with the fact that police arrived only four minutes after the museum’s alarm went off — and they found that the thieves had dropped two of the stolen paintings in their haste to escape. - AP
“Since COVID, the orchestra feels that it has fallen behind some of the other Canadian orchestras and they’re not happy about it,” said a union official. “There are other odds and ends, like work schedules, but primarily it is money.” - Ottawa Citizen
The Marché des Enfants Rouges, a covered food market in the Marais neighborhood which dates back to 1615, was “totally destroyed” in a blaze which broke out at about 3 am Monday. - The Guardian
The practice of using our eyes to create and absorb systems of language instead is so difficult and so weird, in fact, that, as best as we can tell, and as Marriott reminds us, it’s been invented no more than four times in our 300,000 years as a species. - The New Republic
With $80 billion in debt and a sprawling media empire to combine, David Ellison will have his hands full with the now court-approved combination of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, known as Skydance. But so-called “expert” opinion has him failing before he even starts. - New York Post
A survey of older adults with at least $100,000 showed that only 28 percent were comfortable watching their savings taper off to cover living expenses, ostensibly exactly what the money was saved for in the first place. This is a problem—not just for retirees but for the country. - The Atlantic
At an institution with a fiscal operating budget of about $30.4 million, she is seeking to place educational initiatives on equal footing with exhibitions, pursuing collaborations across the city, and positioning the Hammer as the anchor of a Westside arts district. - Los Angeles Times
Sung Q Lee, Netflix’s senior director of production for Asia-Pacific, said the technology was being deployed across the filmmaking process, but stressed the importance of preserving human creativity. - The Hollywood Reporter
The museum, one of Europe’s most popular art institutions, had long campaigned for additional government funding for what it said were essential renovations to help preserve its more than 200 paintings and nearly 500 drawings by Vincent van Gogh. - The New York Times
A novel’s first line is saddled with an extraordinary responsibility: to not only establish a story’s start but also to impart with indelible effect the writer’s voice. - The Atlantic
More to the point, why are some of them so dire? There’s no comparison between God Save the King and La Marseillaise; one’s a dirge, the other makes me want to march to the barricades. - The Guardian
