In April, the government announced the pilot launch of the pyramids area development project, leading to changes at the world’s most famous archaeological site. - Smithsonian
The Citizens Theatre closed in 2018 for what was supposed to be a three-year rehabilitation. The COVID pandemic, and the ensuing inflation, both delayed the completion of the project by years and caused expenses to soar; the final cost of the renovation will likely be double the original £20 million budget. - BBC (MSN)
After a few Fridays, I noticed that one of the most inveterate nonreaders was not only listening, but also looking at his book, even mouthing along. - Washington Post
Several station managers across Alaska said they worried their station would end up with nothing more than an antenna to rebroadcast content created in Juneau, Anchorage or elsewhere in the country. - The New York Times
The move to scale back humanities doctoral programs is either a prudent acknowledgment of the cratered job market for tenure-track professorships... or it is a cynical effort, under cover of the Trump administration’s assaults, to transfer resources away from “impractical,” unprofitable, and largely jobless fields. - The Atlantic
“Film music, however good it can be – and it usually isn’t, other than maybe an eight-minute stretch here and there … The music isn’t there. … Just the idea that film music has the same place in the concert hall as the best music in the canon is a mistaken notion, I think.” - The Guardian
The company says that compliance with Mississippi’s law—which would require identifying and tracking all users under 18, in addition to asking every user for sensitive personal information to verify their age—is not possible with the team’s current resources and infrastructure. - Wired
“The festival said (the) demand for it to end its commercial partnership with the Edinburgh-based fund manager ‘ultimately reduces the very spaces where difficult conversations, human stories, and critical ideas can be explored’.” - The Scotsman
Particularly problematic are the flat roofs and terraces that make Fallingwater so indelible — and provide the perfect place for water to pool. - Washington Post
Fringe has long since eclipsed the original festival it was founded alongside. It typically sells upwards of 2.5 million tickets a year. But 80 years on, performers and spectators alike say rising costs threaten the Fringe's free-for-all vibe. - NPR
ChatGPT, as ever, was upbeat, inexhaustible, and, crucially, unfazed by failure. It made suggestions. It asked its own questions. Some avenues were promising; others were dead ends. - The New Yorker
Virginia Giuffre spent several years completing Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice with co-author Amy Wallace. On April 1, shortly after a serious automobile collision, Giuffre wrote to Wallace asking that the book be released “in the event of my passing”; she committed suicide later that month. - AP
Police officers found Carroll wounded in Southaven, Mississippi, immediately south of Memphis, at the offices of the merchandise company for a fellow comedian with whom Carroll had recently toured. Carroll died of his injuries at a Memphis hospital. One suspect has been arrested. - The Guardian
“Streaming platforms have shown that documentaries about crime get views, and terrestrial television has long since allowed drama to be dominated by crime. The movies are now taking the hint.” - The Guardian (UK)
Stephen Nakagawa, a former dancer with the Washington Ballet, was hired just days after the Kennedy Center fired its entire dance programming staff. Nakagawa had written a letter to the center’s president, Richard Grenell, saying he wants to help “end the dominance of leftist ideologies in the arts.” - The New York Times
