Irby "received hate mail from fans who believed had somehow blasphemed their beloved Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. Her response ... is an entire chapter devoted to her ideas about changing up episodes of the original series, like having Aidan murder Mr. Big." - The New York Times
The strike’s possible impact on this year’s Tonys, set to air and stream Sunday, June 11 on CBS and Paramount+ from the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights, could be huge. - Deadline
There are parts of the jail system that we no longer visit, because we don’t feel safe there. Other parts have lost library access because we don’t have enough staff. - The New Yorker
Do these fans love Eurovision because they enjoy the catharsis of the unabashed release of “bad taste”? Or because they enjoy feeling superior to those people (and nations) who genuinely engage with the drama of the competition? This is a side of cool’s ironic detachment that celebrates disdain for others. - The Conversation
Across the entire geographic and chronological recorded history of human societies, storytelling has enabled different ways of seeing and thinking to be communicated without being overtly threatening to dominant structures of power and belief. - LA Review of Books
"Every colour we encounter in a great work of art, from the ultramarine that Johannes Vermeer wove into the turban of his Girl with a Pearl Earring to the volatile vermillion that inflames the fiery sky of Edvard Munch's The Scream, brings with it an extraordinary backstory." - BBC
“When you recognize the potential for something to shift, and you can see the path, then the question becomes, how do you implement a strategy where that is possible in an environment that sees any shift as radical change?" - Ashland News
"During his 25-year tenure as director he transformed the dozen-member troupe into the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee, with 33 dancers and a presence on the national stage." Here's an exit interview with journalist Steve Sucato. - Pointe Magazine
New York surpassed Paris as the global centre of the art market in the years after the Second World War. Now it has been the biggest for so long that the fact barely attracts comment. The narrative over the past 20 years has instead been about globalisation and diversification. - Apollo
It started with Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin?, continued with Showtime's Couples Therapy, YouTube's Blue Therapy, Audible's podcast Sex Therapy, and the BBC3 documentary Tough Talking. "There is something undeniably seductive about being let into an experience usually shrouded in privacy." - The Guardian
“The Gallery has been focused on bringing our IT systems back online,” the email read. “The Gallery has continued to be open to the public and our on-site membership, ticketing and Boutique systems are now functional.” - Ottawa Citizen
Last summer, Emmanuel Christian Center bought a 1901 church so dilapidated that the pastor decided on a gut renovation and sold all the furnishings to an architectural salvager. He took the windows to the city's Freeman Auction House to be assessed — and got quite a surprise. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Lacking regulation, the construction spurt has been like sprinting blindfolded, outstripping public consensus and leading to a breakdown in cultural thought and design.” - Bloomberg
Isaac Butler gives a hearty smackdown to the "anti-Stratfordians" he calls "Shakespeare Truthers," pointing out how they use the same techniques that 9/11 Truthers, Obama Birthers, anti-vaxxers and other conspiracy theorists use to wave away actual evidence and rationalize their own lack of it. - Slate
