Report: Financial Pressure Have Museums Rethinking Strategies
Over 50% of the AAM survey’s respondents reported fewer visitors than in 2019 and 29% reported “declines tied to weakened travel and tourism and/or...
Philip Glass Cancels World Premiere At Kennedy Center
“(My) Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the...
Culture Change: Santa Fe Ties Its Minimum Wage To Cost-Of-Living
Starting next year, Santa Fe will become the first U.S. city to explicitly link the high cost of housing to the minimum wage. -...
Cliburn Amateur Piano Competition Is Permanently Shut Down
The Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, founded in 1999, was held eight times, most recently in 2022. News of its retirement comes just a few...
What The New California Version Of The New York Post Is After
Says Nick Papps, founding editor-in-chief of the Murdoch tabloid California Post, “We'll have the wit of the New York Post headlines, which is really...
BAFTA Nominations 2026: “One Battle After Another” Pips “Sinners”
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s counterculture comedy, received 14 nominations for Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, while Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller...
Legal Teams Across The US Organize To Fight School And Library Book Bans
“Across America, publishers, libraries, and literary organizations are building a formidable litigation slate to ensure the availability of books in public and school libraries.”...
Thieves Steal The Entire Collection Of Silver From A Silver Museum
Before dawn last Wednesday, two men broke into the Silver Museum in the Dutch city of Doesburg and stole every piece there except a...
Scholar Argues That Shakespeare Was Really Emilia Bassano, A “Black Jewish Woman”
The claim that Emilia Bassano Lanier was Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady” is now familiar; even the argument that she — a published poet under her...
Opera Philadelphia Extends General Director Anthony Roth Costanzo’s Contract
The renowned countertenor/impresario, who took the helm of the admired-but-struggling company in 2024, has added two years to his contract, which now ends after...
The Allure Of “Lost” Civilizations
Who doesn’t want to know how a lost civilization got lost, or where it might be hiding? The trouble is that what gets touted...
The UK Has Announced £1.5B Investment In The Arts. So…
A £1.5 billion investment is welcome news for a sector buffeted by years of austerity and inflation (not to mention the long tail of...
Lately We’ve Praised Boredom. But Maybe It’s Not Really The Path To Resetting
You might think that there’s so much at our fingertips now, surely boredom is gonna go away. But what we’re finding is that it’s...
How Book Reviews Became Book Slop
Lydia Kiesling reflects on how book coverage devolved into bloated, AI-adjacent list culture, tracing her own path through The Millions and the broader media...
Philadelphia Sues Trump Over Removal Of Memorial Of Enslaved People
Workers on Thursday removed the exhibit, which included biographical details about the nine people enslaved by the Washingtons at the presidential mansion. Just their...
Adults Should Maybe Use Their Phones Less? It’s Really A Matter Of Culture
Ultimately, this is an issue not of screens versus humans, but of how families navigate connection in a world where attention is mediated by...
Good Decisions Are About Culture (Which AI Doesn’t Have)
The most consequential decisions in business have never been about processing information faster or detecting patterns more efficiently. The most salient concerns are questions...
Wikipedia Has Been Cataloging The “Tells” Of AI Writing. Here’s A List
The source material is a guide from WikiProject AI Cleanup, a group of Wikipedia editors who have been hunting AI-generated articles since late 2023. -...
Salman Rushdie On Violence And Culture
“For the authoritarian, culture is the enemy,” he added. “The uncultured and ignorant and tyrannical don’t like it. And they take steps against it,...
Wikipedia At 25: What The Internet Can Be
Perhaps the greatest compliment to Wikipedia at 25 years old is the fact that, if the fascists can’t buy it, then they’re going to...
Visual Arts Infrastructure In The UK Has Been Vastly Underfunded For Years
A new, private foundation wants to counter that with some funding. - The Guardian (UK)
Little Did We Suspect That Viral Animal Videos Would Portend The Return To Prominence...
Cows. Tools. Gary Larson. Need we say more? - NPR
What’s Next For The Sacramento Ballet?
There’s a new executive director, a search for an artistic director, and of course, it’s trying to keep a 71-year-old arts institution going. -...
If You Hear Music During A Football Game, It’s Because Of This Berklee Alum
Joshua Sutherland is "the bridge between the music industry and the NFL,” he says - and he’s also in charge of promoting women’s and...
Portland’s Theatrical Future Thrown Into Doubt After New Study
The 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium is seismically challenged. Should the city rebuild it, support the new Portland State University Broadway-show-size theatre, or make a third...
