"When we get folks in from every walk of our community, they can start having a conversation differently than, 'Get out of my way, I’m headed to the store' or 'Move, I need that parking spot.' … People start walking out and go, 'Wait. You saw that? What did you think?'" - Los Angeles Times
Since the 2018 blockbuster “Crazy Rich Asians” became a box office hit, Asian and Asian American stories and characters have proliferated in American pop culture. And after decades of degrading, often emasculating portrayals, Asian and Asian American men like Booster have been at the center of the new work. - The New York Times
"In a world that’s bleak enough already, feel-good, heartfelt comedy feels like a salve; earnest sitcoms seem to counteract the vitriol of the real world. But the dark comedies, by their very nature, feel truer to life than their more wholesome peers. … They plumb humor from everyday tragicomedy." - The New York Times Magazine
The contemporary art influx is a colour blast of creativity in an area that usually attracts tourists interested in historic villas, mountains and high-end lederhosen. - The Guardian
"Diop’s progress through the strict hierarchy at the Paris Opera – he joined the corps de ballet in 2018 – has been stunningly swift. … In March 2023, he was made danseur étoile, the highest of the five ranks, bypassing the premier danseur stage that precedes it." - Financial Times
78rpm discs were the way we learned about each other and entertained the world. It was a time when the world became a much smaller place. - Internet Archive
"Although the outside of Jacobs Music Center appears much the same as it did in March 2020, when the orchestra played its last concert there before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown" and it was still Copley Symphony Hall, "the inside’s myriad top-to-bottom changes seem transformative and then some." - The San Diego Union-Tribune (MSN)
Two miles of HVAC piping, two miles of plumbing, three tuning chambers, five miles of lifting cable, 300 cable pulleys, 85,000 pounds of rigging equipment, up to 150 workers a day, … - The San Diego Union-Tribune (MSN)
Chris Kirkham, associate director of Hansons Richmond auction house in London: "I was invited to assess some antiques at a client’s home. During the visit the vendor took me to his garage and, lo and behold, out came this treasure trove of Surrealist lithographs." - CNN
"The scheme, Bookloop by Bookshop.org, allows customers to trade books they own for credit to use on the website. Readers can register books through the online valuation system and then either leave them at a DPD drop-off point or have them picked up from home." - The Guardian
"California College of the Arts is facing a $20 million deficit due to a dramatic drop in student enrollment, even as it prepares to open a $123 million expansion to finalize a consolidation of its Oakland and San Francisco campuses." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
"Under the agreement, reached with (AFM) Local 342, the minimum salary for CSO musicians will increase from $45,861 to $53,709 over the course of the (three-year) contract. Beginning in year two of the deal, the number of working weeks will increase from 38 to 39." - QCity Metro (Charlotte)
"The Hecht Museum in Haifa (said) the crockery dated back to the Bronze Age between 2200 and 1500BC — and was a rare artefact because it was intact. It had been on display ... without glass, as the museum believes there is 'special charm' in showing archaeological finds 'without obstructions'." - BBC
A conspicuous number of shows were themed around psychological maladies. These included plays about grief, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and gambling addiction. I had thought I was going to a festival, but this sounded more like a wellness convention. - The New York Times
No show charts the streaming industry’s decline in inspiration quite like “Emily in Paris,” or the rush to capture the maximum amount of attention with the minimum investment of capital. - The New Yorker
