Michael Tilson Thomas Announces He Has Cancer, Will Step Back From New World Symphony
Saying he was “taking stock of my life,” Thomas, 77, the former music director of the San Francisco Symphony, said he was reducing his...
13,000 Russian Artists Demand Putin Quit Ukraine
An open letter demanding the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has attracted the signatures of over 13,000 Russian art workers on Google Docs—even though...
Can The City Of Philadelphia Just Hand Over Its History Collection To Drexel University?...
"The city, legally obligated to care for the collection under an agreement with donor Atwater Kent, doesn't want the hassle or expense of maintaining...
How Social Media Distorts Culture
Social media enables people to make, shape, and share anything they want and call it their own, even when it’s not—further helps to distort...
A Major New Arts Center Opens On Sydney Harbour
Seven new theatre and rehearsal spaces have been added to existing facilities at Walsh Bay (just past the bridge from the Opera House), and...
AMC Movie Theatres Experiment With Variable Ticket Pricing
“This is all quite novel in the United States, but actually AMC has been doing it for years in our European theaters. Indeed, in...
An Autistic Dancer Explains Why Ballet Is A Good Discipline For Her
"I was diagnosed with autism at age 25, but I've been autistic my whole life. In many ways ballet class has been a safe...
NFT Investors Furious Over The Quality Of The Art They Bought
What was promised to be a beautifully-designed, Pokémon-inspired NFT project called Pixelmon turned out to be a huge mess of irredeemably ugly pixel art...
Love It Or Loathe It, It’s Architectural History In Concrete: London’s Barbican At 40
"Part bastion, part Brutalist Hanging Gardens of Babylon," it's is a city-within-a-city in the heart of old London, with apartments, schools, pubs, an artificial...
Guillermo del Toro To Oscars: This Isn’t The Year To Change Things
Del Toro commented: ”If any year was the year to think about it, this is not the year not to hear their names live...
Duvall Hecht, Pioneer Of Commercial Audiobooks, Dead At 91
As an Angeleno with an hour-long commute, he was desperate to escape the "bad music and worse news" on radio and started listening to...
Forgotten Design By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Has Now Been Built
The 1952 design was initially commissioned by a fraternity at Indiana University, but money ran out before construction could begin in earnest. The plans...
Another Major Chicago Theater Is Losing Its Longtime Director
"Barbara Gaines will exit her position as artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the company she founded some 36 years ago, … likely at...
Another NPR Host Departs
Sam Sanders, who joined the network in 2009 and has hosted the radio show/podcast It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders since 2017, said...
Owner Of Barnes & Noble And Waterstones Buys Britain’s Largest Independent Bookstore Chain
Blackwell's, a 143-year-old family business with 18 bookshops which went up for sale last month, has been purchased by hedge fund Elliott Advisors, which...
Russian Airstrike Destroys Kharkiv’s Opera House And Concert Hall
A large Russian missile was fired at Freedom Square in the center of Ukraine's second-largest city, causing severe damage to the Kharkiv State Academic...
Anna Netrebko Withdraws From All Performances “Until Further Notice”
The Russian soprano, a former protégée of Gergiev and supporter of Putin who has come under pressure to denounce the invasion of Ukraine, said...
Pay Attention! (It’s Not Because Of Smart Phones. Historically We’ve Had Problems Doing That)
“You can read medieval monks nearly a millennium ago complaining that they were suffering from attention problems of their own. As human beings get...
Financial Institutions Are Isolating Russia. Will The Art Market Follow?
As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and...
Canada’s Plan To Make Tech Giants Pay For News
The Online News Act, like Australia’s code, will compel Google and Meta to agree licensing deals for the online content of broadcasters as well...
Why Are Hedge Funds Buying Local TV Stations?
“Local TV still has large audiences. Even with so much programming chasing , there’s only so many hours in the day. The strength of...
Russian Performances Are Being Canceled Worldwide
Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men’s final and Formula One’s Russian Grand Prix –but an...
How TikTok Is Similar To Victorian-Era Parlor Games
In the 1840s, a similar interest in amateur play took hold in the United States. ‘Home amusements’, as one guidebook dubbed them, ranged from...
Suddenly, Ireland’s Film Industry Is Booming
"Ireland is now host to dozens of international feature films in production or post-production and a multitude of TV series,' with spending in the...
A Sci-Fi Novel That May Explain Now
Cullen Murphy: "I have no idea whether the book is a parable of where we were, where we are, or where we’re heading. Maybe...
