Stories

The remodeled symphony hall in San Diego has stepped up, as has its entire neighborhood. But how does it sound? - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

"Sometimes we study a text so closely that we see past the violence right in front of us. … There is no objective analysis.” - Slate

But the U.S. comprehensively remade horror - particularly historical horror, starting, but far from ending, with the Salem witch trials: “The bad conscience of the colonizers that comes back to haunt their descendants is racialized.” - Slate

Directors used to have power - maybe too much power, of course, but their visions were important. Then came superhero everything. - The Guardian (UK)

A historic neighborhood in the center of the city of Jodhpur is famous for the old homes and buildings clad in blue plaster. In recent years, though, the blue has been fading as the price of indigo has soared, making it too expensive for many to touch up their homes. - BBC

Figuring out what’s possible is a fraught proposition when it comes to AI in Hollywood. - Wired

Mayor Olivia Chow's plan would increase the budget of the city's arts funding agency by $2 million annually over the next five years, double the budgets of local arts service organizations, index all cultural grants to inflation, and increase investment in creative industries, festivals and special events. - CBC

 The indie bookstore is a dialectical synthesis of the crusty old bookstore and the rationalized superstore. - The Baffler

Our language is also infused with our sensory memories and experiences, and this allows it to be a source of pleasure and even transcendence, in addition to being a tool for exchanging information. - Nautilus

 A 2022 report from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) found that the median income of full-time authors had fallen by more than 60% since 2006, to £7,000 a year. - The Guardian

The project will create roughly 20,000 square feet of green space with 160 new trees, adapting the cathedral's underground parking garage into a visitor center, a new riverfront promenade, and a viewing platform overlooking the Seine and the Ile Saint-Louis. - AP

The deal shows how ingrained the Gardner is within the area—and seems to suggest that the museum views nearby commercial development nearby as a real threat. - ARTnews

“When streaming starts, people have a choice they can make, and they make it. So what does cable do? They raised the prices. They produced less programming at a time when the building was on fire." - The Wrap

A big idea known as predictive processing says that your experience of the world is a simulated model constructed by your brain... In our brain’s pursuit to plan, survive, and achieve our goals, it has learned how to guess what the world is actually like based on incoming sensory data. - Vox

Donald Byrd, Michelle Dorrance, Miguel Gutierrez, Rosie Herrera, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa discuss how receiving six-figure prizes such as the Doris Duke Artist Award and the MacArthur "genius" fellowship changes (and doesn't change) their lives and work. - Dance Magazine