A young Knoxville man named John takes a reporter through his preparations to perform — as Anastasia, his drag persona — in a sort of educational performance for clergy members and community leaders in Chattanooga, another part of the effort to combat Tennessee's new anti-drag law. - The Nation
Streaming has thrown together two old business models (retail and radio) and thrown them into one pot, pretending lean-back and lean-forward consumption are the same. They are not. This move will go a long way to disincentivising the commodification of consumption by rewarding active listening. - Music Industry Blog
"The stories of repression, resistance, and activism that follow are those of three young Afghan musicians who now live abroad and who continue to perform and study music for those who no longer have that right." - Van
That perhaps half of the British Museum’s mammoth collection of some 8 million objects was never fully catalogued has become a matter of keen public interest. Incomplete or out-of-date records is an issue that affects many major museums worldwide. - Artnet
"(The acquisition) raised one uncomfortable question that remains unanswered: how Frieze would juggle both the Armory Show and Frieze Seoul, which run concurrently, in an already over-saturated art world calendar. And that's, of course, leaving aside the fact that Frieze already hosts a fair in New York in the spring." - ARTnews
Last March, Amazon stated that it was dropping all of its print and Kindle magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Since that announcement, independent publishers have been scrambling to figure out how to make up for the loss in income. - The Verge
Ben Brantley visits the "Chinese-red living room" and "blindingly white boudoir" of the award-winning performer-playwright. "It felt like the natural setting for someone who habitually shifts among different selves … the encyclopedic frame of reference, the conjuring of a sophisticated Manhattan, the summoning of a decades-spanning parade of actresses." - The New York Times
"Controversy over Venice (Festival) title Green Border continues to heat up as director Agnieszka Holland gave an ultimatum to Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro following his comments about her film. … She is demanding a public apology and payment to The Association of Children of the Holocaust in Poland." - Variety
"Disney (has) amended its suit to drop Contracts Clause, Takings Clause and Due Process Clause violations. It will focus on allegations … that the Florida governor retaliated against the company in violation of its free speech rights for opposing the so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law." - The Hollywood Reporter
"Vintage/Anchor publisher Suzanne Herz will leave Penguin Random House in December. Anchor Books will gradually be phased out, starting with its hardcover program next January, with its 16,000-strong paperback backlist slated to move over to Vintage over time." - Publishers Weekly
"We are working to see that the Art Institute is preserved for aspiring artists to advance their work," said SF Conservatory of Music president David Stoll. "It will also serve as a resource for established artists to come together." (Yes, the Diego Rivera mural will be preserved.) - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
"The Center for Arts and Innovation … plans for six adaptive performance and event spaces — indoor and outdoor — ranging in seating capacity from 99 to 3,500 seats. These can be programmed as individual spaces or combined to host events for nearly 6,000 people." - Boca Raton Magazine
The Monterey Jazz Festival was founded in 1958 by Jimmy Lyons and has been run for 32 years by Tim Jackson. Next year he passes the reins to Darin Atwater, founder of Baltimore's Soulful Symphony, who will be the first Black musician to lead the organization. - San Francisco Chronicle
Over the course of the last generation, the Internet has changed our common reading experience; now, as a teacher of creative nonfiction at the Bennington Writing Seminars, I’m seeing first-hand how this new world of reading has transformed the instinctual writing voices of my students. - LitHub
Clear-eyed, truthful portrayals of American history and contemporary affairs have long been disfavored as beneficiaries of public funding — though the movement to strip them out of classrooms, textbooks and school libraries has seldom been as ferocious as it is currently. - Los Angeles Times
