The Natural History Museum has at least 30,700 human bones and other body parts. Responding to The Post’s reporting, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III asserted that “all the remains, all the brains, need to be returned if possible.” - Washington Post
"While others try to persuade me that Acosta is a diehard Sabbath fan, he's a little more careful. He's Cuban, and Sabbath meant nothing to him as a kid because rock'n'roll was taboo, he explains. But he understands what they represented. 'I'm working class – I am Black Sabbath." - The Guardian
The Nevada businessman who sold the baskets in the early 1900s said they were made by a Washoe princess named Dat So La Lee. In fact, she preferred her English name, Louisa Keyser, and the backstories told by the salesman about her were mostly made up. - The New York Times
"For thousands of New York high schoolers without access to comprehensive arts education, the New York State Summer School of the Arts isn't just a summer camp — it fosters a lifelong passion for the arts. Now, the state-funded equitable arts intensive (may disappear) in favor of a new scholarship program." - Hyperallergic
Founder Robert von Bahr says the label's staff will join the team working on Apple Classical, the streaming app launched earlier this year. BIS is known for, among many other projects, Osmo Vänskä's recordings with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Bach Collegium Japan's widely-admired set of complete Bach cantatas. - TechCrunch
Roberto Treviño: "We finished the first season in the black. We did that without any city support and with a lot of things lined up against us. And that says a lot. ... So many people want this to happen, not just the musicians, but the community." - San Antonio Report
"The company said in a regulatory filing that it now expects 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to be between $10.5 billion and $11 billion, down from $11-to-$11.5 billion. … Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO and Max, CNN, TNT and a host of other entertainment outlets." - AP
Known especially for the use of glissando, "(she) composed 17 symphonies, along with numerous works for small ensembles and voice, … pieces that were seldom performed in her home country, the United States, but found audiences in Europe, where she lived much of her professional life." - The New York Times
A new theory proposes the brain sorts memories by how likely they are to be useful as guides in the future. Memories of predictable things are saved in the brain’s neocortex, where they can contribute to generalizations about the world. Memories less likely to be useful are kept in the hippocampus. - Quanta
Runnicles was appointed Music Director in 2007 and began his tenure in 2009. He extended his contract in 2016 and in 2020 extended it until 2027. - OperaWire
All of us experience aesthetic properties when we’re not in a condition to fully appreciate them because we are tired or distracted. Yet the virtues of a work may still be apparent to us. If the apprehension of aesthetic properties is tied to feeling states, how are dispassionate observers able to identify them? - 3 Quarks Daily
Streaming provided an explosion of opportunity at first, but profits dried up along with the pool of potential subscribers. The dual strike is happening in part because companies focused on cost-cutting measures like shorter seasons and smaller writers rooms. - Washington Post
On 15 August, prominent writers criticised the way their reviews had been quoted on the back cover of the paperback edition of Peterson’s book, published by Penguin Random House. - The Guardian
Bradley Cooper’s long-awaited second film as director — screened at the Venice Film Festival to rapturous applause. The drama about the life of legendary stage composer Leonard Bernstein landed a seven-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Sala Grande Theatre on Saturday night. - Variety
"Santa Cruz Shakespeare … hit 114% of its box-office goal for the year before its summer season even finished. And its 2024 lineup expands to five plays from the customary three, extending its summer calendar into September and then mounting a winter holiday show." - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
