NY Public Libraries Ended Late Fees. Old Books Began Rolling In
“I can’t tell you how stressed out these fines made our customers,” said Tienya Smith, a librarian who runs the branch in Long Island...
Ashton Hawkins, 84, The Man Who Made The Met Work
If his name was less well known to the museumgoing public than those of Met directors like Thomas Hoving or Philippe de Montebello, two towering figures under...
The Racy Roots And Louche Beginnings Of Kabuki Theatre
It's now an elaborate, rarefied classical art form, but kabuki got its start in the red-light district across the river from Kyoto in 1603,...
Mikhail Baryshnikov On The Russian War On Ukraine
“From the start of the invasion of Ukraine by the armies of Vladimir Putin, I’ve felt deep dread and a certainty that this will...
The Medieval Manuscripts That Offer Health Care And Household Tips
Compiled by a French noblewoman circa 1256 and copied across Europe over the next two centuries, the Régime du corps ("body regimen") survives in...
YouTube’s Most Notorious Stars Seem To Be Burning Out Or Growing Up
"Many of them seem tired of the demands of online celebrity and seem to be moving on from pushing for ever more shocking videos....
Facebook And Instagram Hired Republican Strategy Firm To Trash TikTok In The News Media
Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's umbrella corporation for Facebook and the companies it's bought, has been paying conservative consulting group Targeted Victory to place letters to...
Classical Radio In The US Has Done Astoundingly Well Through The Pandemic
"Stations rose to the occasion to provide refuge from a world that felt scary and uncertain. That has translated into ratings records" — WDAV...
Russian Artists Abroad On Putin’s War And Oppression And The Prospects Of Returning Home
Sarah Kaufman talks to performers who've been expatriates for decades but sometimes work in Russia (such as conductor Vladimir Jurowski) and one (theater director...
$1.3 Million Worth Of Looted Asian Art Impounded From Ivy League School
"More than a dozen artifacts linked to infamous antiquities trafficker Subhash Kapoor were seized from an (unnamed) Ivy League school's art gallery on Wednesday...
The Protestors Who Have Been Protesting Russian Performers For Years
Even as the annexation of Crimea faded from the media, Signerbusters kept showing up to concerts, draped in Ukrainian flags, equipped with signs and...
Just Where Do You Put Street Dance?
Neither the art world nor the world of noncommercial dance is much more hospitable to an improvising street dancer, at least not one with...
Study: Women Woefully Under-represented In The Music Industry
Over the past decade, women only make up 12.7% of songwriters. The study also counted producers of select years, and found that women made...
Welsh National Opera Working With Sufferers Of Long COVID
Welsh National Opera performers are teaching breathing and vocal techniques to help overcome the long-term effects of the virus. - BBC
How Marshall McLuhan Became Prophet Of The Digital Age
It is fascinating to realize that McLuhan only becomes more of a prophet the further our world turns to the digital. As Paul Levinson...
The Academic Press With Crossover Appeal
Duke has become known as a press that blends scholarly rigor with conceptual risk-taking, where high and low art boldly intermingle on principle. -...
There’s Still One Small Newspaper That’s Printed With Old-Time Linotype
Every week, up in the Colorado Rockies, editor and publisher Dean Coombs prints roughly 400 copies of The Saguache Crescent on a Mergenthaler Model...
What Does It Mean To Be Authentic? Scientists Are Studying It, Of Course
We propose that authenticity is a feeling that people interpret as a sign that what they are doing in the moment aligns with their...
How “For Colored Girls” Made It To Broadway In The First Place
"To fully appreciate Ntozake Shange's work, and what it means to have it return to Broadway this spring (in a production directed by Camille...
BBC Says It Will Cut Costs, Hire More “Economically Diverse” Staff
In its annual plan, it also set out a target of 25 percent of staff being “from lower socio-economic backgrounds” by 2027 to “ensure...
Burning Man Sculptor Will Build Giant COVID Memorial Temple — And Then Burn It
David Best's construction, titled Sanctuary and erected in the English Midlands in late May, will be modeled on the Temples he creates at Burning...
Soprano Anna Netrebko Tries To Distance Herself From Putin. The Met Isn’t Buying It
“We’re not prepared to change our position,” Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said in a statement. “If Anna demonstrates that she has truly...
No Zelensky At The Oscars Because The Academy Didn’t Want To “Overly Politicize The...
"The fact is the Oscars are always political — just like Hollywood," writes J. Hoberman. Just ask Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littlefeather. Or Michael...
Why American TV Went Silent During The Oscars Slap
Does it make sense to continue to threaten the major networks and their shrinking share of viewers with huge fines for the utterance of...
“The Music Is Ambrosia” — John McWhorter On Scott Joplin’
"Joplin is more than just someone who wrote some great piano pieces, was Black and died. He is part of the story of American...
