University Decides ROI On Investment In Its University Press Is Insufficient And Closes It....
Bucknell University Press is on track to shut down by the end of this fiscal year. Demise of the press is raising broader questions...
Chicago’s Unofficial Arts Czar Is A Daughter Of The City’s Most Famous Political Dynasty
“Amid (Trump-era) turbulence, Nora Daley — who generally prefers to avoid the spotlight — has quietly built a reputation as one of the city’s...
As We Prepare To Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, Is There A Recognizable American Classical...
Is there a unifying theme around the kinds of music being written in the classical world that could indicate an “American style?” (And, as...
Is It Time For Museums To Ban Selfies?
For some institutions, a ban on selfie-taking could be an operational choice, tied to staffing levels, available space, or the types of objects on...
Has 21st Century Culture Lost Its Creativity?
Music without instruments and lyrics without meaning. Endless reboots, sequels and superheroes in the cinema. After a burst of magnificent TV dramas in the noughties, every glitzy...
Sarasota Orchestra Releases Design For Its New $425 Million Music Center
The 32-acre campus, designed by William Rawn Associates of Boston and HKS Architects of Orlando, will include an 1,800-seat concert hall, a 700-seat recital hall, and...
New Study: 97 Percent Of Listeners Can’t Identify Whether The Music They’re Listening To...
A staggering 97% of listeners cannot distinguish between artificial intelligence-generated and human-composed songs, a Deezer–Ipsos survey showed on Wednesday, underscoring growing concerns that AI...
How Schools Across America Are Responding To AI Use
In the face of a revolutionary change that many educators believe will alter the career trajectories of school-aged kids and the instructional methods of...
Preservationists Fight To Save New Deal-Era Murals In Building Called “The Sistine Chapel” Of...
The clock is ticking for Washington, D.C.’s 85-year old Wilbur J. Cohen building, described by preservationists as the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art”...
Editing Video News Footage Has Become A Fraught Matter (Thanks To You-Know-Who)
“In the space of a few months, a straightforward journalistic skill — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal...
Spotify Launches A “Catch You Up” Feature For Audiobooks, To Summarize What You’ve Read...
The company likens the feature, called Recaps, to a “previously on” segment at the start of episodes in a TV series. - The Verge
Ticket Prices Continue To Soar, But Lawsuits Abound
There are currently multiple class action lawsuits at various stages, as well as a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against the world’s largest concert...
Landmark AI Ruling On Song Lyrics
The court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI should have acquired licenses for German song lyrics in GEMA’s repertoire before using them to train and...
Turmoil At Palm Springs Art Museum Over Hiring of New Director
Trustee Patsy Marino, who chaired the search committee, has resigned (along with two other trustees) over the elevation of chief curator Christine Vendredi to...
“The Hunger Games” Has Now Become An “Immersive Theatrical Experience”
“To succeed, critically and commercially, the stage version must balance the horror the novel describes with enough verve and spectacle to delight a discerning,...
City Council Restores Funding To Dallas Black Dance Theatre
“On Wednesday, Dallas City Council voted to grant $225,000 for cultural programming to (DBDT). Last year, $248,000 in funding was cut in response to...
Sting Will Revive His Old Broadway Musical At The Metropolitan Opera House
The Last Ship flopped in its initial Broadway run in 2014-15. Sting has now revised the show, with new songs and a new director,...
George Lucas’s Museum Of Narrative Art Gets Official Opening Date
“After years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles will finally open its doors to the public on September 22,...
World Cup Draw Will Take Over Kennedy Center For Three Weeks At No Charge:...
The Dec. 5 draw, the World Cup’s highest-profile pre-tournament event, was expected to be held in Las Vegas. Trump reportedly swooped in at the...
Temple University To Open Downtown Philadelphia Campus Where UArts Used To Be
Temple, the Pennsylvania state university whose main campus is in North Philadelphia, will renovate Terra Hall, which had been a classroom building for the...
When The Andrew Lloyd Webber Canon Becomes Experimental Theater
Critic Zachary Stewart considers how the new immersive adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera (titled Masquerade), the drag-ball production of Cats (subtitled The...
San Diego City Council Promises Not To Cut Arts Funding In Next Budget
“Council members have declared city arts funding off limits for budget cuts next spring, even as they face a projected $111 million deficit. ......
The Resurgence Of Music On Physical Objects
Continuing one of the more surprising comebacks of the digital age, vinyl album sales in the United States increased for the 18th consecutive year in...
The Muppets Come To Netflix And Go Global
More than almost any other children’s show, Sesame Street seemed to crack the code on how to simultaneously educate and entertain children. - The Guardian
LA’s TV Commercial Business Is Tanking Too
Production in the third quarter of this year was 18 percent lower than last year, and 40 percent lower than the five-year average, according...
