No, it didn't have blockbuster deals, and no, it might not have had the shine of some previous celebrity-laden fests, but boy did it have indie heart. - Vulture
Can a board game be anti-colonial? Hm. "There is something dramatic about a board game. ... They’re theater exercises where the players are writing and performing for each other. That’s so intimate." - Slate
"The news organization best positioned to take on the mantle is The Baltimore Banner, the bustling nonprofit digital newsroom described from launch as the Sun’s crosstown rival. The Banner's newsroom has grown to 70 journalists, including several prominent hires from the Sun." - Nieman Lab
"Words like 'challenging,' 'volatile' and 'unsustainable' feature in some theatres' annual accounts, which have been filed in recent weeks. Some have changed their programming to do more 'popular, familiar, crowd-pleasing work.'" - BBC
Ukraine says so, and has footage of Milos Bikovic accepting an award from the Russian president in 2018. But "the day after the invasion began, Bikovic said on Instagram that he wished the war had not happened." - The New York Times
"'What’s the most important thing?' they shouted. 'Art, or right to a healthy and sustainable food?' They added: 'Our farming system is sick. Our farmers are dying at work.'" - The Guardian (UK)
In the latest Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway awards, Ryan J. Haddad's Dark Disabled Stories won best new play and a host of other awards, while playwriting awards were split between Hansol Jung for Wolf Play and Bruce Norris for Downstate. - Playbill
It started small, but now, "the frozen lake becomes a temporary arts community with about 20 shanties, each with a different theme, which host live performances, yoga sessions, and a polar bear (“Lady Bear”) that walks the grounds." - Minnesota Public Radio
"Heading into 2024, one of the most noticeable things about the ties that unite the live theater-scape, from the Great White Way through to touring houses around the country, is how it is happily riddled with all that is Stephen Sondheim." - The Smart Set
Wow: "U.S. politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit faked photos of Taylor Swift were viewed millions of times online." - BBC
Hollywood, of course. But also, an understanding of the supernatural: "In L.A., bizarre gods have tended to operate more in realms of grand fantasy. It's not the power of specific individuals that need scare us but power, period." - MSN (Los Angeles Times)
Basically, indies. (And, don't tell the Oscars of 2025, but a lot of women directors crushed it at Sundance too.) In the Summers, the movie that won the top dramatic prize, "snuck up on us," wrote the jury. - The New York Times
It's not just TikTok - "The average song length peaked at 4 minutes 21 seconds in 1992," or about 30 years before TikTok came on the scene, but now, a need for quick-engagement dances and memes means the average song length is plunging again. - Washington Post
