Inspired by the preservationist John Muir, Noack started the project as a way of getting closer to nature, and bringing classical music to rural areas where it is not typically accessible. The idea, Noack said, is to remove the barriers that typically limit classical music to concert venues like Carnegie Hall. - The New York Times
Mr. Pelzer’s children said he was able to read 3,599 books from 1962, when he first began jotting his reads down on his language class work sheets while stationed in Nepal with the Peace Corps, to 2023, when his eyesight failed him and he could no longer read. - The New York Times
After Pfeiffer moved to New York and attended his first live sports spectacles, he became fascinated by how much of the work of making and maintaining the idea of America (in which the entire world has a stake, and to which his upbringing had acutely sensitized him) gets done at sports arenas. - Washington Post
Reviews suggest they have dressed up some footage from Elvis’s 1968 comeback TV special and built a show around it (which includes visits to three separate themed bars selling expensive drinks). - The Guardian
The museum announced that more than 5.7 million attendees visited its two locations — The Met Fifth Ave and The Cloisters. While the visitor rates do not surpass The Met’s 2019 attendance record of over 7 million guests, the data indicates a 5% increase from last year. - Hyperallergic
How to draw distinction between the good philosophy and the bad philosophy? How much philosophy counts as good, and how much philosophy counts as bad? Any way of trying to draw this distinction faces a version of the same problem all over again. - Humean Being
Poetry has always been political. The writer and civil-rights activist Audre Lorde argued it produces “a revelatory distillation of experience”. In other words, by distilling aspects of an experience, poetry can reveal powerful truths about reality. - The Conversation
Don’t waste time perusing photos their mom posted on Facebook nine years ago. If you want to get to know someone—and I mean really know them—there is no profile more intimate than one created on the music-streaming platform. - The Walrus
"A majority of participants actually mentioned how human-like they found the neurotic robot," says Alex Wuqi Zhang, a researcher at the University of Chicago. "They found it to be a lot more relatable." - NPR
CBS, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures are all bracing for upheaval when Larry Ellison and his son, David, take the keys from Paramount Global controlling shareholder Shari Redstone. - Los Angeles Times
In films like Ready or Not (2019) and The Menu (2022), the rich aren’t simply out of touch; they’re portrayed as predators, criminals or even monsters. - The Conversation
His family’s company, Kühne + Nagel, is one of the world’s largest logistics firms, and collaborated with the Nazi regime to transport goods stolen from Jews during World War II. - The New York Times
Before its opening night, Teatro Nuovo spends the summer immersing its training singers — both hired professionals and annual resident artists — in bel canto style for its four performances. - The New York Times
“From reports we received from the field, the Brighty statue did survive the fire at the Grand Canyon Lodge, however, it is heavily damaged with two front legs and an ear missing." - SFGate
