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...
A Generation Gap Among Podcasters
Survey results show a divide between those who've been producing podcasts for more than five years and less than that — on censorship, false...
Audiences Still Want Mask Requirements And Vaccine Checks: Study
"Based on responses from 2,128 D.C. area theatregoers from March 14-17, significantly more audience members responded negatively than positively about ending these requirements in...
After Decades As A Half-Hidden Niche, LGBTQ Romance Novels Are Big Business
Time was, these books were published only by indie presses and, at least in mainstream bookstores, shelved separately or not sold at all. Now...
Choreographer Sues Maker Of Video Game “Fortnite” For Stealing His Moves
Kyle Hanagami, a Los Angeles-based commercial choreographer, has filed suit against Epic Games for taking, without permission or compensation, his copyrighted movement from a...
Kirill Serebrennikov Has Left Russia For Good
After a long period of house arrest and a travel ban based on embezzlement charges widely understood to be trumped-up, the dissident director has...
Paris Opera’s Chief Wants A German-Opera-House-Style Group Of Staff Singers
"He plans to create a troupe of 15 to 20 professional singers who will be on salary (not working as freelancers, as most soloists...
How The Letter “Z” Got Co-Opted By The Russian Army Invading Ukraine
In short, the letter Z (which doesn’t actually exist in the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russia) has been transformed and made toxic; it’s a remarkable...
The Inventor Of The Animated GIF Just Died
While he claimed to have “never got 1 cent” for creating the GIF technology, his invention transformed the internet ecosystem and the ways in which people...
What Did Jefferson’s Call To “The Pursuit Of Happiness” Really Mean?
Jefferson’s Enlightenment contemporaries fully understood. They accepted happiness as our greatest good. But only in theory. And theory, as they were often quick to...
Twelve Masterful Literary Descriptions Of Food
Even in the hands of the greats, food scenes can seem less than central to a story, more filler or filigree than substance. - The...
What We Learned At America’s Biggest Writers’ Convention
This year’s conference was generally low on jargon, but there were still notable moments of turbidity in the conference guide. - Los Angeles Times
Which Museums Have Recovered Visitors As COVID Eases
As elsewhere in the world, the US museums that struggled the most in 2021 were the big names: the world-famous museums in the big...
How A Couple Of Philadelphia Stations Invented The Local TV Newscast (And Messed Up...
In 1965, KYW-TV debuted Eyewitness News, followed in 1970 by WPVI's Action News, creating many of the local newscast conventions still in place today....
Social Media’s Impact On Teens
Many researchers say things like Instagram and TikTok probably aren’t entirely bad for all adolescents. They’re not entirely good, either, and can cause documented problems with...
MIT’s Robot Dog Is Now Patrolling Pompeii
"Spot is agile enough to inspect narrow passages and traverse uneven surfaces, and will collect terrain data alongside a laser-scanning drone released to fly...
A Defiant Wall Mural That Has Galvanized Belarus
Before the battle over the mural became a symbol of the nation they would call New Belarus, there were just three nondescript buildings in...
What It’s Like To Take Over Heidi Schreck’s Role In “What The Constitution Means...
Cassie Beck: "I started to make choices in my mind and see where my sense of humor might infuse it a little differently. I...
