Honestly, To Kill a Mockingbird doesn't need a Banned Books table. But youth book authors who are authors of color or LGBTQIA are facing desperate times as the actual battle is fought about school visits. - The New York Times
"Every artist must exist in two realms: as the art maker, who thinks and ponders and creates work of radical honesty (an activity that one could argue is inherently political), and as the art mover, who, however reluctantly, must be part showman and part businessperson." - MSN (The Atlantic)
The artistic director; his brother; the general manager; and a recent graduate were all arrested on Wednesday. "In their statement, the Freedom Theatre adds that in the last few weeks, three members of their company have been killed." - American Theatre
Bishop "was best known for his award-winning science fiction, but ranged far beyond the genre, venturing into realism, noir mystery and even Southern Gothic." - The New York Times
According to Pineapple Street Studios, "management gave them an ultimatum: sign a side agreement allowing the company to hire non-union contractors, or Mailchimp walks not only from the new series, but from the ads and existing show as well." - The Verge
The “The Long Tail” was that a slew of niche content creators would prosper on the internet. That has proved illusory for most of them. It’s a winner-takes-all game; too often the tech platforms aggregating the content and the blockbusters win it all, starving a large majority of creators. - The New York Times
What we have witnessed on the American stage over the past three decades is the emergence of what is now multiple generations of playwrights and dramatists who have tilled, seeded, and harvested the grounds laid by Hansberry, Shange, and so many others in order to shout and despair, but also appeal and sing. - Bazaar
“His innate belief that we’re better together — whether that’s through civic discourse, music, theater or any of the magic that happens in the Town Hall building — is the very spirit of Town Hall.” - Seattle Times
In the world of theatre, this means that not only are vintage stage works no longer subject to royalties, but they can be repurposed, remixed, revised and reinterpreted as today’s theatre artists see fit, no longer subject to the approval of creators’ estates. - The Stage
"There’s an openness and curiosity about ideas here. We’ve always been interested in what’s new, what’s next, and what’s the way forward. That shows up in the way we talk about classical music.” - USC Today
While Google says the final shape of its AI product is far from set, publishers have seen enough to estimate that they will lose between 20% and 40% of their Google-generated traffic if anything resembling recent iterations rolls out widely. - The Wall Street Journal
A company near Carrara called Litix has developed software to make carefully crafted mechanical arms carve the legendary stone into statues (occasioning many a "could robots replace Michelangelo?" article). Photographer Caleb Stein traveled to Italy to document, from start to finish, a Litix robot carving a single artwork. - Smithsonian Magazine
"No one is stopping the artist from making art about anything that they want... But artists who make a living from their work are also entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs can face consequences. This is not censorship; it is, like it or not, capitalism." - The Atlantic
