Want To Learn A New Language As An Adult? It’s Much Easier If You...
"New research suggests that it's not as difficult as experts previously thought for adults to pick up a new language. Immersing yourself in a...
Uh Oh – A Looming Book Shortage?
“This fall, the global publishing business can expect disruption in shipping, increases in costs throughout the supply chain, shortages in consumables used for packing...
How A Paris Museum Convinced Russia To Lend Out Its Most Important Collection Of...
The collection of the brothers Morozov, full of Picassos, Monets, van Goghs, Matisses and such, is split between the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Defined By Your Work
Just as our entertainment culture encourages us to self-objectify physically, our work culture pushes us to self-objectify professionally. - The Atlantic
Why Are Gen Zers And Young Millennials Binging On ‘The Sopranos’?
The streaming stats are high. There are multiple podcasts, a book, a new prequel (The Many Saints of Newark), and memes galore, many of...
Toronto International Film Festival’s Joana Vicente Is New CEO Of Sundance
While in Toronto, she navigated how TIFF will meet the challenge of showcasing Hollywood and world cinema as younger filmmaking talent increasingly opts for...
Using Artificial Intelligence To Complete Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony
Yes, it has now been done, and the AI researcher (already known for robot-created art) who led the tech side of the project —working...
Jasper Johns – Where Is The Love?
Almost everything you want from art is present: cogent ideas, flawless execution, a sweeping sense of history and a personal stamp that identifies every...
Universities Are Screwing Over The Working Dancers Who Teach As Adjunct Professors
“Despite teaching seven classes a week, I was ineligible for health benefits. I had no job security and no time to look for other...
Burying Art, Hiding Books, Smuggling Movies: Afghans Fearfully Prepare For The Taliban’s Cultural Police
The Islamists now in control in Kabul have not yet stated any cultural policies other than that any art, music, publishing, film, and the...
The Little-Known Cave Art Of The American Southeast
Outdoor rock art made by ancient Native Americans in the Southwest is familiar to many; not so with the underground pictographs in the southern...
Drama League’s Directors Project To Get Multimillion-Dollar Overhaul
"The broadened Directors Project will offer fellowships for early-stage directors, programs to help mid-career theater directors transition into film and television, and assistantships for...
Chicago Public Radio Station WBEZ To Acquire Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Public Media, WBEZ's parent organization, will take on the newspaper as a new division, according to a letter of intent approved by the...
To Make Its Concert Halls COVID-Safe, Singapore Goes High-Tech
State-of-the-art filterless air purifiers and an "ionisation curtain" (a row of snake plants with ionisers attached to draw in aerosols) at the front of...
Violinist James Buswell Dead At 74
After debuting with the New York Philharmonic at seven and studying at Juilliard, he became one of the key members of the Chamber Music...
How The Smithsonian Crowdsourced Weather Reports In The 1800s
The Institution handed out weather monitoring equipment to 150 volunteer observers across the country. Each day their reports arrived by telegraph, and the Smithsonian...
Hong Kong’s Art Market Is Flourishing. But New Security Laws Threaten
Never before has the vitality of the market felt so disconnected from the everyday lives of Hong Kong people. - Artnet
Assessing The Pause On Broadway
"I always say the pandemic was the universe telling everyone to go to their room and think about what they’ve done. And while we’ve...
Amazon Wants To Robotize Your Home. Do You Want It?
Science fiction is clearly a leaping-off point for Amazon's next wave of product ideas. Suri Maddhula, director of software for Amazon's Astro, even said as much:...
Netflix Reveals Its Most-Watched Shows
Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” Season 1 scored as the No. 1 series based on both number of Netflix households and time spent viewing (in the...
TikTok Passes One Billion Users
TikTok’s popularity soared during the pandemic, becoming the most-downloaded app in the world in the first quarter of 2020, with some 315 million downloads in that...
“Nothing Else Like It On TV, Before Or Since”: Soul Train, 50 Years On
"It was the iconic Black music and dance show, a party every weekend that anyone could join from their living room. (On It's Been...
The Case For The Greatness Of “Singin’ In The Rain”
In Singin’ in the Rain, the late Clive James felt he encountered “the absolute concentration of an entire popular culture at its most powerful.” As...
Despite The Uncertain Times, One Ballet Company Has Increased Its Size By 21%
Western Australia has had only one new COVID case in 30 days, and, at least when resource prices are high, the state has money...
Meet The Boston Symphony’s New Leader
The orchestra has a deep pool of artistic talent, a fiercely devoted following, and Gail Samuel’s predecessor, Mark Volpe, grew the BSO’s endowment to roughly...
