He was always a natural mimic, and he used that ability to make a remarkable career as a voice actor, most famously on The Simpsons. Yet, from his teenage years well into adulthood, he used his talent for becoming other people to avoid the question, “Who is Hank Azaria?” - The Washington Post (MSN)
Under David Snead’s leadership, the 210-year-old period instrument orchestra’s annual revenue grew by 45 percent. Its endowment has expanded from $13 million to more than $34 million, and its ongoing comprehensive fund-raising campaign recently surpassed $50 million. - Symphony
Brick, stone, and terra-cotta, products that have the solidity and hue of earth, have timidly but perceptibly snuck back into New York’s repertoire of architectural ambitions. - New York Magazine
Brian Katz, an acoustics expert at the Sorbonne, took an extensive acoustical survey of the cathedral in 2015, four years before the fire, and another shortly afterward. He says the sound in the burned church was like at Napoleon's coronation, and he has ideas about how the post-restoration acoustics are different. - BBC
Perhaps the most beautiful part of this digital heist is that all of this knowledge is being stolen in broad daylight. Napster was a rather minor and petty crime in comparison. - The Guardian
Big creators on YouTube “are the new Hollywood in that sense because they are producing the content that people want to watch. And so that eliminated the need for us to do anything in that regard because our creators were doing it on their own.” - Variety
Right now, the global landscape is shifting in ways that could have profound consequences for Canada’s creative industries. The rise of AI, the dominance of U.S. based platforms, and the economic uncertainty fueled by shifting trade policies are all forcing us to rethink how we sustain and protect cultural knowledge in a digital world. - Linked.In
The stage version of the now-cult classic movie had very successful runs in London and Los Angeles before it came to Broadway — and somehow nosedived, just a year before midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show made the film the phenomenon it has been for fifty years now. - The New York Times
A memo from the United States Department of Education forced the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to pause their Emerging Black Composers project. - KRON4
Brands now flood social platforms with constant content, yet the depth and craftsmanship that once defined advertising are being drowned in an ocean of data-driven mediocrity. Information overload. Attention deficits are growing. No longer are we in the Age of Information — we're officially in the Age of Inundation. - Entrepreneur
In total, 26,000 images have been flagged, according to the AP, though one official told the outlet that that number could reach 100,000 when considering social media posts and other websites. - The Daily Beast
“As much as YouTube changed how we use the internet, it's had an equally significant impact on our offline lives. … Human nature itself has shifted in the last 20 years, and as seen in these five videos, YouTube would become a nexus point for the way we see ourselves and each other.” - BBC
A nation’s “soft power” is “the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments” — foreign aid, public perception, and especially cultural exports such as movies and music. American soft power has been enormous, and Lily Janiak considers how it's being frittered away. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
The nominations, for Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance, are for the Toronto-based company’s appearance last October at Sadler’s Wells with the production “Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada,” which featured Angels’ Atlas by Crystal Pite, Passion by James Kudelka and islands by Emma Portner. - Ludwig Van
With the city government facing an $876 million budget deficit, the mayor has asked all city departments to expect 15% funding reductions. The de Young Museum and Legion of Honor may eliminate a quarter of their city-funded staff positions; other San Francisco museums are looking at similarly painful cuts. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
