Training AI To Transcribe Cursive (Because So Many Younger Americans Can’t Read It)
It’s a particular issue for historians in and of Philadelphia, since so many 18th- and 19th-century documents are in that hard-to-read script used in...
Trump Administration Threatens Harvard Accreditation
The notification doesn’t remove Harvard’s accreditation—which would leave the school virtually unable to operate. Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged Harvard’s accreditor to work with the school...
Withdrawals Of Showings At Film Festivals Raise Questions
Festivals are also answerable to funders and to different stakeholders’ interests. Cancellations of planned films raise questions about festivals’ roles and accountability to community groups who...
Oscar Wilde’s Forgotten Play About Russian Revolutionaries
The 1879 play Vera; or, The Nihilists is about a young woman and her band of radicals who plan to kill the tsar. Its...
The Next Marketing: Influencing Without The Influencers
The brand’s voice is embedded in the content, as are its products, but there’s no overt pitch, no awkward energy of a sponsored partnership....
Music Industry Projections For The Next Seven Years
After something of a boom year in 2023, revenue growth slowed to 4.3% in 2024. In fact, 2024 continued an oscillating growth pattern we...
How Journalism Is Using AI
I’ll upload sections of my book, along with interview transcripts, and ask whether everything I’ve written squares with what my sources have said. I’ll...
Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead...
“Libin produced more than 250 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. He led Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years until his death, serving...
Peter Sellars And A Life Wrapped In Art
Among his collaborators, Sellars is cherished for this openness with his feelings. He wraps anyone and everyone in a bear hug. He releases sudden...
Trends In Painting In A Hyper-Imaged Culture
Recent contemporary painting trends suggest a widespread desire to slow down, distort, or even rupture the act of seeing. - Artnet
Universal Music VP On Copyright, Creativity, And AI
The UMG executive emphasized that “tech collaboration with the creative community, respecting the value of artists’ work and harnessing their innovation has produced enormous...
How Dr. Phil’s TV Network Fell Apart After Barely More Than A Year
“Phil McGraw‘s Merit Street Media is in bankruptcy court and is simultaneously suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract that the company says...
Third Year Of A Slumping Art Market
Amid the geopolitical mayhem of a second Donald Trump presidency, 2025 looks likely to be the third year in a row that sales in...
Missouri Governor Vetos Arts Funding
“We're all kind of left reeling,” Craig said. “It does feel, for many of us involved in nonprofit fields, that we are being hit...
After Centuries Of Neglect, One Of Fra Angelico’s Earliest Frescoes Has Been Restored
“Hidden high in the chapter house of San Domenico (convent) in Fiesole, the quietly majestic Crucifixion — possibly the artist’s earliest known work — has...
California Legislators Save State Fund For Boosting Pay At Small Arts Orgs
“A series of budget bills (passed) on July 1 have restored the $11.5 million Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, intended to help pay performers and...
Well, At Least New Hampshire’s Arts Funding Budget Is More Than $1
Yes, $1 was the figure being considered by legislators for the New Hampshire Council on the Arts in the new state budget. In the...
Doris Duke Theater At Jacob’s Pillow, Literally Risen From Ashes, Is Now One Of...
With an advanced acoustical system, plenty of fiber-optic cable, responsive lighting, spatialized audio capabilities, virtual/augmented reality infrastructure, and a trippy immersive exhibition called “Dancing...
Curtis Institute Of Music’s Newest Building Severely Damaged In Fire
Known informally as the Art Alliance building, the mansion on Rittenhouse Square was one of the University of the Arts properties auctioned off last...
For The First Time In Over 900 Years, The Bayeux Tapestry Will Be Seen...
The enormous cloth, which depicts the Norman Conquest of England, has spent almost all of its existence in France. Next year it will be...
Owain Park Of The Gesualdo Six Named Next Chief Conductor Of BBC Singers
The founder, director, and low bass of the much-admired vocal sextet is already principal guest conductor of the BBC Singers, Britain’s only full-time professional...
The Art Of Protesting Amnesty For The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists
The Wall of Shame is a 50ft-long, 10ft-tall outdoor mural featuring the pardoned Trump supporters, colour-coded to distinguish their actions: violent rioters appear in...
India’s Most Progressive State Is Arguing Over Zumba Classes
“Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala have been asked to organise daily Zumba sessions as part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the government...
Fully Half Of Our Global Audience Watches Anime, Says Netflix
“According to Netflix, more than 50% of its members — amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers — now...
Opera’s Colorful History Of Translation
Wagner expected his works to be translated into French when they were performed in France. Yet for purists, the idea of singing a famous Italian aria...
