Construction Of Mexico’s Maya Train Is Turning Up All Sorts Of Antiquities. Are They...
The 932-mile railroad project, connecting cities, historical sites, and beach resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula, has turned up more than 13,000 Mayan artifacts so...
Saving Australia’s Literary Heritage Before It Goes Out Of Print And Gets Pulped
"This is the unfortunate fate of most books, even literary prize-winners. … something that Untapped: The Australian Literary Heritage Project is trying to...
NPR Cancels ‘Ask Me Another’
"More than 300 stations air the show, hosted by comedian and writer Ophira Eisenberg and featuring Jonathan Coulton as in-house musician. … However, 'despite...
Yes, There Will Be A Cultural Olympics In Tokyo This Summer — Sort Of
"The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage has unveiled plans for the inaugural Olympic Agora, an exhibition and series of art installations that celebrate...
West End’s Top Producers Sue UK Government To Get Results Of COVID Pilot Events
"Andrew Lloyd Webber and other impresarios said on Thursday they had started legal action to press Britain's government to publish research into the safety...
Egyptian Farmer Discovers 2,600-Year-Old Monument To Pharaoh
The carved sandstone stele, measuring roughly 8½ feet long by 3½ wide, holds 15 lines of hieroglyphs topped by a winged sun disc and...
Banksy Decides To Own — Files For Trademarks On His Work
The trademarks apply to the use of the images on a huge range of goods including posters, handbags, umbrellas, bedsheets, clothing, rugs and many...
Survey: Scots Ready To Attend Arts Events Again
The audience attitudes survey for national arts agency Creative Scotland has found that outdoor events currently have much more appeal to potential audiences than...
The Extraordinary Musician And Teacher You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
I sat in on some of his lessons, and was mesmerized. What a mind! What profound, probing musicianship! And what a strange man… -...
Reset: The Visual Artists’ Impact In Shaping Hip Hop Culture
Jean-Michel Basquiat was part of a constellation of young graffiti artists who used New York City’s streets and subways as their canvases before going...
Using Design Thinking As A Process To Solve Bigger Problems
In fact, while design thinking is not exactly the same as the scientific method we learned in school, it bears an uncanny resemblance. -...
A New Company To Get Retired Dancers Back Onstage
Alice Topp and Jon Buswell, resident choreographer and technical director at the Australian Ballet, have just launched a Melbourne-based troupe called Project Animo, whose...
Once A Rarity, Broadway Will Have Seven Plays By Black Writers This Season
These plays arrive at a time of intensified attention on racial inequity in many corners of society, including the theater industry. - The New...
Why We Should All Love Epigraphs
Thomas Swick: "The epigraph page is like a ceremonial gate ushering us into the realm of the author with his or her beloved quotation...
Biden’s Picks For Replacement Members On National Council On The Arts
President Biden's planned nominees for the National Council on the Arts are wildly diverse in their experiences and artistic disciplines. - NPR
Study: Virtual Concerts Are Here To Stay
Of those who participated in a virtual event, 88% said they plan to do so again even when in-person gatherings return. - Los Angeles...
Judith Farr, Poet And Emily Dickinson Scholar, Dead At 85
"A longtime professor at Georgetown University, published two seminal academic books examining the place of art and nature in Dickinson's poetry, The Passion...
AI And The Mystery Of Consciousness
The collective confusion around the arrival of virtual beings, the horror mingled with wonder, is apparent right from the start. - LitHub
Taking Stock Of The Destruction At Dobson Pipe Organ Builders
The factory — where the organs of Verizon Hall at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York, Merton College Chapel in...
Fury Over Choice Of Bosses For Pompidou Center’s Brussels Branch
A jury made up of museum professionals selected Kasia Redzisz, a senior curator at Tate Liverpool, to be artistic director of Kanal-Centre Pompidou, the...
Restrictions On Movie Content In China And Hong Kong Put Hollywood In Difficult Position
"As Hollywood faces a deteriorating relationship with China, it appears committed to keeping the flame alive even if that means going to humiliating lengths....
More Details About Pretty Yende’s Detention At CDG Airport (She Was Not Strip-Searched)
"Yende took to social media to share her experience, saying she was 'stripped and searched like a criminal offender' during the ordeal, which lasted...
NEA Expands Access To Millions In Pandemic Relief Funding
"The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday that it will make $80 million in pandemic relief available to more arts and cultural organizations,...
Edinburgh Fringe Venues Get Lifeline From Scottish Government
"The Scottish Government and the city council have joined forces to offer £1.3 million worth of support to leading venue operators to help offset...
Chief Of London’s Barbican Centre To Depart (Is This About The Racism Controversy?)
"Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican's managing director for 14 years" — and, prior to that, controller of BBC Radio 3 and director of the BBC...
