The Next Version Of Authenticity Online: BeReal?
To summarize the BeReal user experience: once a day, at a random time, the app sends a push notification to its users, granting them...
Interpretive Dance In A Session Of The EU Parliament (By A Famous Choreographer, No...
The Twitterverse had a high old time when news and photos hit of the final session of the Conference on the Future of Europe...
How I Learned To Appreciate The Intelligence Of Trees
The idea of intelligence without a brain can sound mystical or speculative, but the initiative has attracted quite a lot of human intelligence so...
Keanu Reeves — “Why Do We Get So Much Out Of A Movie Star...
"He's an unknowable icon, the internet's adorably tragic boyfriend, a prolific actor who never seems to be acting. ... Wesley Morris and Alex Pappademas...
New York Is Getting Rid Of Auction Regulations. Why?
Unlike the banking industry, the art trade has few rules that govern its dynamics, but for Americans it seems that even these are too...
A Traditional Urban House Design That Figured Out The Work-Home Life Balance
A look at the layout, functions, and history of machiya, the traditional shop-front-and-courtyard houses of Kyoto. - Bloomberg CityLab
How To Publish Books In Wartime Ukraine (It Ain’t Easy)
In addition to what was left behind at the office, there was another enormous problem for the publishing house: its warehouses are also located...
Stage Director Ivo Van Hove Has Got Himself A Festival
The Belgium-born, Amsterdam-based director, known in the US for his Broadway stagings of A View from the Bridge, The Crucible, Network, and West Side...
The Art Of Translating For Journalists
Translators do their best to represent the journalists conducting the interviews, while also acting — intentionally or not — as connectors across cultural divides. -...
Standup Comedy Classes As Psychological Treatment, Courtesy Of Britain’s National Health Service
Angie Belcher, comedian-in-residence at Bristol University (yes, really) and founder of the practice Comedy on Referral, has already had a successful NHS-funded course for...
Is Standup Comedy Becoming A Dangerous Job?
"A couple of recent high-profile physical attacks on comedians ... have left some comics wondering if the stage is becoming less safe, and have...
The Sale Of “The Believer” Magazine To The Sex Toy Collective Guy Isn’t Going...
The first article the new owner published online was a listicle of hook-up sites with an old contributor's name slapped on the byline. As...
Ex-Fox News Anchor Fired For Sexual Misconduct Drops Libel Suit Against NPR and CNN
"Ed Henry initially alleged last year that journalists at the two outlets — including NPR media reporter David Folkenflik, CNN chief media correspondent Brian...
At 71, Black Composer Anthony Davis May Finally Be Having His Breakout
With five companies (the Met, Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, and Seattle) sharing a revival of his X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X directed...
David Hockney Has Made A 314-Foot-Long Scroll Painting
Or you could call it a frieze. Hockney was inspired, he says, by the Bayeux Tapestry as well as by the seasons in Normandy,...
205 Million Subscribers — If Streaming Is Slowing Down, It’s Not At Disney
"Disney is quickly closing in on Netflix's long-established streaming lead. The entertainment giant now has 205 million paid subscribers across all of its services" ...
Pianist Alexander Toradze, 69
During the second of the two concertos, he experienced acute heart failure while performing, but Toradze kept on playing, unaware of the medical danger. -...
Study: Brain Fluid From Young Mice Improves Memory In Old Mice
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from young mice can improve memory function in older mice, researchers report today in Nature. - Nature
The “Big Beasts” Of The 1980s Literary Scene
In the 1980s more writers were able to earn a living from writing – though those writers were, of course, largely male and, broadly...
I Feel Like This Shouldn’t Happen…
The rub for many is that the phrase sounds wishy-washy, as if there is an epidemic of hedging amid a new generation. Some have...
Breakthrough: Google Says It Will Pay 300 News Publishers In Europe For Their Stories
"So far, we have agreements which cover more than 300 national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and...
The iPod Is Finally Dead. Here Are All The Music Players It Vanquished
Some say it was overdue, some lament that it remains a missed opportunity, but the truth of the matter is, the iPod has left...
With No Director, No Instruments, And, Sometimes, No Concert Hall, This Sextet Of Singers...
Variant 6 does strange new music and even stranger old music in art galleries, ballets, and repurposed sawdust factories. And they know each other...
Ukrainian Dancers Have Spread To The Wind
Some have taken up arms in their country’s defense or have been working to get medical supplies to the frontline. (One died after being injured when Russian...
Meet The Mississippi Educator Who Was Fired For Reading Second-Graders “I Need A New...
On March 1, Toby Price, assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in the Jackson suburbs, found himself having to sub at a virtual...
