Perhaps Inevitably, A British MP Has Called For The Bayeux Tapestry To Travel To...
Sure, why not just take that fragile tapestry to the south coast and “reserve at least 1,066 tickets to the exhibition for people from...
Can The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Survive?
The venerated, invaluable theatre incubator is facing, like so many performance-related sites, money trouble. - The New York Times
Navigating The Cluttered World Of Author Newsletters
Authors love to write, and some choose Beehiiv, Ghost, Buttondown and other alternatives to converse with a similarly word-obsessed public. Here are a few...
Doubt Can Fuel A Life Well Lived, And Maybe Take The Edges Off A...
“Certainty serves a powerful social identity function. Declaring a clear position, especially a strong one, signals belonging. … Certainty is rewarded not just with...
The Superman “Backlash” Is Super-Overwrought
And Superman himself is hardly an icon of liberal values. Instead, he’s a white dude from Kansas struggling to make it, hiding who he...
Clare Chambers Learned How To Expand A Novel By Reading Iris Murdoch
Upon reading The Bell, she says, "I realised that a novel, if perfectly executed, could be about absolutely anything.” - The Guardian (UK)
Charles Reinhart, Who Brought Modern Dance Into Prominence, Has Died At 92
He managed the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Meredith Monk, and he produced modern dance festivals in New York, but “it was as the...
On Bastille Day, Just How French Are The Irish?
And vice versa, of course. For instance: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Oscar Wilde all found some freedom in France, but Charles de Gaulle?...
The Salt Path’s Author Had A New Book Coming Out, Then Came Last Week’s...
“Penguin, publisher of The Salt Path, is delaying author Raynor Winn’s next book after reporting cast doubt over the truth of the 2018 memoir....
Saving Material History Isn’t Always Easy, But These Queer Communities Are Finding A Way
There’s “a growing wave of collaborative projects in which Latin American LGBTQ+ communities preserve and share their struggles and triumphs. They digitize photos, collect...
The World’s Newest Gaming Obsession Is A Cow
Cow (as the cow character is known) “has become Mario Kart World’s breakout star, validated by her leading role in popular videos on Instagram...
What Does Beauty Mean In The Age Of AI?
“When you have surgery to look like your best self as shown on a flat screen, the results in three-dimensional reality can be very...
How The Author Of Space Raptor Butt Invasion Went Legit This Summer
“Perhaps the best way to understand Tingle’s career plot twist is as part of a trend in horror fiction that speaks to contemporary identity...
Executive Director, IN Series
IN SERIES, one of the nation’s leading companies for innovative “small” Opera and music-theater work, invites applications for the newly created full-time position, Executive Director
Supe Saves The World, But Also Warner Bros.
Why in the entire heck did no one previously think of adding a dog? - The New York Times
As You Might Have Suspected, A Small Percentage Of People Are Ruining Social Media...
“Most people aren’t posting, arguing, or fuelling the outrage machine. But because the super-users are so active and visible, they dominate our collective impression...
Will Popcorn Buckets Save Movie Theatres?
Well, why not? “Every movie is a new chance for a popcorn bucket artist to shine.” - NPR
Bill Dilworth, The Keeper Of Walter De Maria’s Earth Room, Has Died At 70
“From the beginning, the Earth Room drew pilgrims, like the woman who visited a few decades ago and would stand silently for a bit...
Why Derek Dixon Decided To Go Public With Claims Against Tyler Perry
“Everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them. … My goal is to...
Sometimes, You Just Need A DVD
“Amid the streaming deluge, there are signs — small, tenuous and anecdotal, but real — of a rebellion.” - The New York Times
As The Kennedy Center Loses Subscribers, What Will This Mean For The National Symphony...
It’s not great: Subscriptions are down 36 percent. But “complicating things for a number of NSO supporters … is the energy surrounding the orchestra...
Music Law Is Not Keeping Up With Technology
Musicians dealing not only with tiny streaming payments but now software-created “musicians” that steal even that limited option say they need some legal support....
Two Longtime Jazz Hosts In San Francisco Say They Were Forced Off The Air
The tale is a wild, sad one, and what’s at fault? The California’s public employees’ retirement system. - San Francisco Chronicle
The New Zealand Men’s Rugby Team Had A Problem With Their Toes – Until...
The issue with “turf toe” (a ligament stress, or tear) was ending careers - until a coach visited the New Zealand Ballet and asked...
A Poet Reaches The Final Stretch Of Her Two Decades With Dante
One of the things Mary Jo Bang had to change: Rhyming. “I knew I could not maintain the rhyme scheme that he had invented...
