"The first on the chopping block is a March program curated by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. … The orchestra added that future plans for SoundBox will include just two programs per season — a reduction from the three to five that have generally made up the series." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Eike Schmidt's widely-praised tenure at the city's flagship museum just ended, and he's been appointed director of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. But last summer Schmidt floated the idea of running for mayor with a nationalist party, and now he says only that he can't do both jobs. - The New York Times
"(Her) effervescence and crackling husky voice — which she attributed to 'slightly twisted' vocal cords that permitted the air to hit 'the soprano and the contralto at the same time' — made her a distinctive presence in nearly 60 films, dozens of TV appearances and scores of theatrical productions." - The Washington Post (MSN)
"The appointment as Principal Conductor is effective immediately. Spano will remain in the post until the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School hires a new, permanent Music Director. That search is ongoing." - Broadway World
"This year’s class of teacher movies is more concerned with individuals’ flaws than their knowledge-imparting skills. It could also be a reflection of the post-COVID assaults on scholarship that are roiling culture and politics. Or maybe filmmakers just want to deliver multifaceted characters rather than place them on idealized pedestals." - Los Angeles Times
The venture capitalist firm SignalFire estimates that less than 4% of creators make over $100,000 a year, although YouTube-funded research points to a rising middle class of creators who are able to sustain careers with relatively modest followings. - The Conversation
The more societies we look at, the more it falls to pieces. Confronted with inconvenient evidence, we are being forced to retell our own origin story. In doing so, we are also rethinking what a society can be. - New Scientist
The emergence of English as the predominant (though not exclusive) international language is seen by many as a positive phenomenon with several practical advantages and no downside. However, it also raises problems that are slowly beginning to be understood and studied. - The Guardian
An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of the famous Group of Seven. - The Art Newspaper
"A federal judge has blocked two key portions of SF 496, a recently passed Iowa state law that sought to ban books with sexual content from Iowa schools and to bar classroom discussion of gender identity and sexuality for students below the seventh grade." - Publishers Weekly
If a four-day workweek were made the federal standard, working less would no longer be a disruptive experiment undertaken by a few startups. Instead, it would be an option that employers would have to justify not offering—a justification that might become harder to sustain as more studies indicate the potential benefits of fewer workdays. - The New Yorker
"Louise Glück’s … mode of lamentation was her signature, and it seems fitting that one of her poems occasions the end of this column after nine years." - The New York Times Magazine
In dance, numbers matter. I’m thinking of two choreographers whose brilliant use of numbers are very different: George Balanchine and Trisha Brown. - Wendy Perron
"While the rush to do something about A.I. might feel new, it’s really just a continuation of a yearslong conversation about the unintended consequences and harms of algorithms. A.I. is just the latest 'genie' that won’t go back into the bottle. … There have been many others." - Slate
