The YouTube era of children’s programming represents a marked shift in what and how young kids watch video. For decades, children’s television was appointment viewing on a handful of broadcast networks. - Wired
"Librarians who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers can breathe easier now that a judge has ruled that his injunction blocking Florida’s anti-drag law extends to all Florida venues." - AP
The members are asking for their salaries to return to pre-COVID level. According to reports, the Royal Opera House orchestra was asked to make a number of concessions during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to keep the company afloat whilst live performances were halted for public health reasons. - OperaWire
"Of the 184 cultural organisations surveyed, and 1,011 individual responses from those working within arts organisations, more than half the respondents conceded they had made little or no changes to their programming or outreach programs to attract audiences from different cultures, age groups, geographic locations and gender identities." - The Guardian
Heavy monsoon rains this summer have swollen the Yamuna River in Agra right up to the Taj's walls. There might be slight damage to the mausoleum's white marble, but the moisture is strengthening the building's wooden foundation and support rafters, which had been weakened by a prolonged drought. - Bloomberg CityLab
"The decline of the linear TV business model has been apparent for years. But even so, the idea that ABC — not to mention well-known cable brands like Disney Channel, National Geographic and FX — are no longer vital assets to Disney marks a step toward a bleak future for legacy television." - TheWrap
"The Broadway League and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees say a tentative agreement has been reached among the two parties and Disney Theatrical, averting a strike that IATSE members were in the process of voting to authorize." - Gothamist
"Few entertainers have had such a remarkable second act. He had his first top-selling hit in 1951 with 'Because of You,' then topped the charts again more than 60 years later, collaborating with Lady Gaga to become the oldest person ever to have a No. 1 album." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"So" — who begins his term in the fall of 2024 — "isn't a stranger to New Haven. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he attended Yale as an undergraduate, where he studied literature, founded an orchestra and conducted the undergraduate opera company." - New Haven Independent
"David Byrne, an award-winning playwright and director who has built a powerful reputation at a small studio theatre in London" called New Diorama, "is to be the new artistic director of the Royal Court. … He succeeds Vicky Featherstone, who (departs) early next year after more than 10 years." - The Guardian
The argument runs something like this: because commercial pressures at large houses encourage cautious commissioning, nimbler indies – operating with tighter margins – step into the void and give choice-starved readers the books that corporate imprints deem unsaleable or otherwise risky. - The Guardian
Through a qualitative analysis of survey responses from 65 gaslighting victims (ages 18 to 69), Klein and his co-authors at the University of Toronto were able to identify a number of traits and behaviors gaslighters generally share. - HuffPost
The rise of “postcritique” signals a similar pivot in some English departments, while in the broader culture the aftermath of the Trump years has been marked by a steady retreat from feverish activist critique and a new hunger for style, humor and frivolity (TikTok, not Twitter; Red Scare, not Rachel Maddow). - The Point
Generally speaking, dancers are on break during the summer — but also at the end of December after “The Nutcracker” and during the first few weeks in January. Off-season jobs are competitive and usually involve travel. - San Diego Union-Tribune
