With the Writers Guild strike now in its 73rd day, this will be the first time that actors and writers have been on strike at the same time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild. - Deadline
The contemporary Flemish architecture is an enjoyably polyphonic architecture, that enjoys all kinds of complexities and contradictions. It’s boom is even more surprising as it apparently came out of nowhere. - Metropolis
Quite a few museums have started communicating with the public on Meta's new Twitter alternative, but none (so far) with quite the enthusiasm or cheek of the Whitney. An example: "Twitter as deserted as an Edward Hopper painting rn." - Artnet
"As far back as the ancient Greeks people like Plato were complaining about what he called a vicious theatrocracy, where audiences who were previously happy to sit quietly suddenly wanted to use their tongues and start cheering and screaming. - BBC
It's how people have been socialized to present themselves. "Doctors have a culture of sloppy writing; teen girls have a culture of dotting their i's with tiny hearts. Girls don't write that way because they're feminine; (it's) because they've learned that tiny hearts are associated with femininity." - MSN (The Atlantic)
With trusses weighing 7 to 7.5 tons, the delicate operation drew crowds along a bridge over the Seine River and on its banks. - Seattle Times (Reuters)
Described by the Poetry Foundation as "a consummate channeler of children's sensibilities," she wrote more than 50 books for young readers, starting in 1957 and continuing to this year, and she won a National Book Award in 1983 for A House Is a House for Me. - MSN (The Washington Post)
If anything, Chicago’s precision and balance may give it an edge. However, there’s a raw enthusiasm and vim to Pittsburgh’s performances that I rarely hear at other institutions. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Management’s attempt to overhaul the Hong Kong Arts Centre has triggered a mass walkout at the 46-year-old non-profit institution, with former employees reporting that at least half of its staff have left since the previous executive director stepped down in August 2022." - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
One possibility is that “they reflect the common existential issues or dilemmas of living which preoccupy all human beings,” they write. “Another is that they reflect abnormalities of social-cognitive processes that, because they are important in everyday life, are universal.” - Nautilus
The Stratford Festival has come a long way in 70 years but the story of how racialized artists began to get a foothold and carve out creative space for themselves both onstage and backstage is a theme that has been omitted from the various historical narratives written about the festival over the years. - Aisle Say
Named after the one lightbulb that stays on in unoccupied theaters, the Ghost Light Residency gave a single dance artist (to maintain social distancing) 20 hours over five days to work on any project, using the stage, lights, sound or anything in a shuttered performance space. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
Now that Tracy Chapman's 1988 classic is becoming one of the biggest hits of Luke Combs's career, there are uneasy, complex emotional responses, especially for Black musicians, "knowing Chapman wouldn't be celebrated in the industry without that kind of middleman being a White man." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"In 2023, McAnuff argues, Tommy’s transformation from catatonic schoolboy to a charismatic cult leader resonates more strongly when considering modern-day celebrity worship. And the show’s exploration of trauma — including post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual abuse and bullying — is something that audiences now have a deeper understanding of." - The New York Times
The institution itself is strange, neither public nor private: still, after nearly 60 years, funded largely by contributions from abroad, yet located in a government complex. The museum is seeking its fifth director-general in seven years, though the old one is staying on as the new one's boss. - MSN (Haaretz)
