Ontario University Brings Back The Organ
"It's a bit of a hipster thing, the organ in its day was the technological marvel that the computer is today, and there's a...
Swiss Bank Suspends Ai Wei Wei Account
"The bank informed me that it was terminating my account in Switzerland. They did this, they wrote, in accordance with a new policy of...
Taliban Destroys Musical Instruments At National Institute
Amid Taliban rule, shocking visuals have been reported from Kabul's National Music Institute as the Taliban has reportedly destroyed musical instruments including piano and drum...
“Culture Wars” Are The Wrong Frame For Where We Are Now
Conventional wisdom has it that cultural divisions now matter most, and that plenty of people feel they have nothing in common with liberal, supposedly...
What’s Happened To Books In The Digital Age
“So what happens when the oldest of our media industries collides with the great technological revolution of our time?” - Los Angeles Review of Books
Why A Women’s Prize For Fiction?
Ever since the prize was first mooted in the early 1990s, many have wondered whether the prize is necessary, patronising, or even fair. A common position...
The Awesome Power Of TikTok To Sell Backlist Books
"A large community of TikTok users have carved out a corner called 'BookTok'. BookTok influencers are predominantly teenagers and young women, … (and) when...
How “The Wire” Changed Television Viewing
Unlike the then-popular CSI-style investigative American cop show, The Wire embraces the cold-hearted nature of ancient Greek tragedy. - The Conversation
Broadway’s Costume Shops Rush To Prepare For Reopening Nights
"As Broadway rolls out its return, costumers are again busy with the meticulous, mess-making handiwork that makes the industry sparkle onstage. … 'When you...
Ten Years After The Self-Published “Fifty Shades Of Gray,” Self-Publishing Has Evolved
The phenomenon of self-publishing is often linked to online book production methods. However, there is a much richer history of self-publishing that goes further...
Making Sound Art From The Bells Of Notre-Dame De Paris
"Artist Bill Fontana is currently working to record the sounds that the (cathedral) 'hears' through its ten monumental bells, with plans to livestream the...
A Plan (And A Bill) To Create A New Federal Writers Project And Hire...
A reborn FWP might enable us to confront five of the more pressing problems afflicting America today, a quintet we might think of as...
Adult Swim At 20: How The Cartoon Network’s Cheapo Experiment Made Good
"By all accounts, it was a minor miracle that Adult Swim ever made it off the drawing board. … It seems right that one...
San Francisco To Get Its Own Institute Of Contemporary Art
Ali Gass, formerly the head of the ICA San Jose and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, has raised $2.5...
This Woman Dancing In A Park Is The Actual Poster Girl For NYC’s Reopening...
The City Hall commissioned poster, captioned "NO STOPPING NEW YORK," shows Kanami Kusajima dancing in Washington Square Park. But she uses a small speaker,...
Ancient Chinese Heritage Sites In Henan Imperiled By This Summer’s Floods
The province has five UNESCO World Heritage sites and 420 sites with national heritage status. Record rain in July led to floods that killed...
The Motion Picture Academy’s Museum Is Opening Way Past Schedule — Thank Goodness
"After spending more time in development hell than any other project in Hollywood, the museum was plagued by more production and budgetary setbacks than...
Houston Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Departing After Three Decades
After more than 30 years as Resident or Associate Choreographer with the Houston Ballet," said Christopher Bruce in a statement, "both the company and...
Richard Wagner’s Great-Granddaughter, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, In Coma Following Near-Drowning
The 76-year-old former administrator, who worked at (among others) Covent Garden, the Paris Opera and the Met and was co-director at Bayreuth 2008-2015, was...
Chinese Communist Party Warns Celebrities About Moral Behavior
At a meeting in Beijing titled "Love the party, love the country, advocate morality and art," officials told entertainment and media figures that they...
Pianist Maria João Pires Injured In Fall
The 77-year-old was to perform on Sunday at the Riga Jurmala Festival, but she tripped and fell in the street, injuring her shoulder. After...
Is Making Wine Making Art?
Although winemakers have vision and bring that vision of what a particular wine should taste like to the blending table, their art depends inevitably...
Queen Of Denmark Hired As Designer On New Netflix Movie
Margrethe, who ascended to the Danish throne in 1972 and is commander-in-chief of the country’s defense forces, has also had a long career as an...
How Will Hollywood Know What Movies To Make With The Box Office So Screwed...
The result is a film industry in a fog, in many cases unable to even ascertain whether a movie is a hit or a...
In Search Of A New Frame For 9/11
Was it the beginning of something or a continuation? You can divide most of the anniversary specials between those that focus closely on the...
