Actor Sidney Poitier, 94
"(He) overcame an impoverished background in the Bahamas … to rise to the top of his profession at a time when prominent roles for...
Virginia Museum Of Contemporary Art’s Building Is In Such Bad Shape, They’re Considering Leaving...
The building in Virginia Beach is aging, not particularly attractive, difficult to find, and very leaky; not for the first time, there's serious talk...
Audie Cornish Makes A Public Statement About Her Resignation From NPR
"I have had a great run with a company full of people I respect and admire. And I am ready to try something new....
Public Radio Stations Join In A New Rural News Network
Colorado Public Radio and KOSU in Stillwater, Okla. are taking part in the first two pilot projects of the new venture, in (respectively) water...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Settles Longstanding Lawsuit Over Pervy Photographer
The company has agreed to pay C$10 million in compensation to former students who say that longtime instructor Bruce Monk manipulated them into posing...
Irish Government To Begin Experiment With “Basic Income” For Artists
While public consultation on the scheme is still in progress, the plan is for roughly 2,000 visual artists and performers to receive, for an...
Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Dead At 82
"(He) was part of the vanguard of New Hollywood filmmakers who helped reinvigorate American cinema, gaining wide popularity with 1970s movies such as The...
The End Of Great Travel Writing?
Travel sections in bookshops have been reduced to “three feet of guidebooks and celebrity jaunts”. Meanwhile, travel books struggle to make the literary review...
Why This Revered Writer Was Almost Denied His Nobel Prize
The newly opened archives show that, although 1971’s winner Pablo Neruda was praised by the prize-givers for “a poetry that with the action of...
Painting, Thought To Be By Caravaggio, Will Get A Chance At Restoration
In March of 2021, the painting, which had been up for sale in Madrid and priced at a measly $1,800, was pulled from its auction...
As Metal Prices Increase, Thieves Are Stealing Statues, Melting Them Down
As the price of metals has soared worldwide, people have taken to stealing streetlight wiring, plumbing valves, catalytic converters and fire hydrants. But the...
How To Design A Better Hospital? Start With Light
Numerous recent studies show that exposure to nature and natural light can reduce pain, and that even a brief contact with the outdoors reduces stress. -...
NPR Is Boosting Its Podcasts. That’s Where The Listener Growth Is
Subscription podcasting offers a new digital business model for NPR and its member stations. But its long-standing mission to inform the public limits how...
Yves Saint-Laurent Tried To Live His Life According To Proust
He once wrote in an essay, "Like Proust, I'm fascinated most of all by my perceptions of a world in awesome transition. And my...
The Link Between Emotions And Making Good Decisions
One way emotions aid decision making is by steering attention to both threats and opportunities. - The Atlantic
Why Linguists Accept New Expressions And Usage That Grammarians Tend To Hate
"If the only reason we disapprove of something people are saying 'these days' is that we just find it off-putting, then we should consider...
The Artist’s Intention? Actually, It Doesn’t Matter
Authors must accept that art is prone to inspiring disparate, and potentially conflicting, responses — and they can’t do anything about it. - Washington...
New Foundation Plans A Jack Kerouac Museum And Performance Center
The late author's estate has announced the creation of the Jack Kerouac Foundation, which will raise funds to build the center — which will...
No, Norman Mailer Hasn’t Been Canceled By His Publisher, Says His Son
“They didn’t feel they were the right house to do this book right now. I don’t think they have any interest in trying to...
Removal Of Looted Items Leads Smithsonian To Rethink Its Entire Approach To Collecting
The withdrawal from display at the National Museum of African Art of items taken from the Kingdom of Benin "comes as the Smithsonian completes...
Lots Of Great Art Entered The Public Domain This Week. Don’t Celebrate – Marvel...
This massive release isn’t something entirely worth celebrating. Instead, it’s a pointer to the sheer absurdity of American copyright law, which long ago came...
Toledo Ballet Fires Artistic Director And Resident Choreographer
The decision to end the contracts of Artistic Director Lisa Mayer-Lang and her husband, resident choreographer Michael Lang, was reportedly made without consulting the...
Two New York Times Theater Critics Butt Heads (Their Term) Over The Fall Season
To be sure, Jesse Green and Maya Phillips disagree in a most collegial and cordial manner. Indeed, they value their disagreement (not least because...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Nifty Idea For Avoiding The “Sackler Problem” Of Toxic Philanthropy
You've got some benefactors' names all over the buildings of your non-profit, and then those donors, because of how they made their money, become...
Is The Departure Of Minority Hosts From NPR A Crisis Or Just Ordinary Turnover?
The network's spokesperson says hosts such as Audie Cornish and Noel King simply left for competitors who can pay better. But another departed host,...
