Rise Of The AI-And-I Essay
Call the genre the AI-and-I essay. Between April and July, the New Yorker published more than a dozen such pieces: essays about generative AI and the...
The Trump Administration’s Plan To Change How UCLA Is Run
The Trump administration’s settlement proposal to UCLA — which includes a nearly $1.2-billion fine over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations — seeks...
How Robert Redford Changed How The Film Industry Worked
“When I started the Institute, the major studios dominated the game, which I was a part of,. I wanted to focus on the word...
Royal Shakespeare Co. Starts Major Staff Buyouts (With Layoffs To Follow)
“A spokesperson said the number eligible for voluntary redundancy was 420 of its (835) permanent employees, as part of a programme running until October...
Money Struggles And Retrenchment Plague Regional Theaters — But Not Milwaukee Rep
Chris Jones has a look at the company’s three-theater headquarters, which has just undergone an on-time, on-budget $80 million renovation, and at the programming...
Why Suppressing The Photo Of An Enslaved Man’s Whipped Back Is A Horrifying Idea
Philip Kennicott: “If you can erase ‘The Scourged Back,’ if you can erase … any one of the millions of enslaved people who suffered...
San Francisco Symphony Musicians’ New Contract Hits The $200K Mark
The agreement, retroactive to Nov. 24, 2024 and ending on Nov. 20, 2027, maintains the starting weekly base salary of $3,450, with biannual increases...
Polluted Air Is Leaving Black Crust All Over Delhi’s Red Fort
“Fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in the capital’s air are accelerating the decay of the sandstone fort, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan...
Louvre Discontinues Tours Guided By Nintendo 3DS
“For the past decade, visitors to the Louvre could rent a Nintendo 3DS console for personalized tours, audio commentary and additional information about more...
Agreement Is Near On Keeping TikTok Available In U.S.
In 2024, due to data security concerns, Congress passed legislation requiring the Chinese company ByteDance to either sell TikTok to an American owner or...
A Training Regime Designed To Strengthen Feet For Pointe Work
Working with a physician and several dancers, Lynne Charles (who had a 35-year-career as a principal ballerina) developed 4Pointe, a somatic method to strengthen...
What About Those Works Of Art That Aren’t Bestsellers?
Headlines focus on that tiny segment of the arts that garners extraordinary numbers (whether readers, audience members, or dollars). The lucky writers and performers...
What’s Happened To Cultural Institutions In Russian-Occupied Mariupol
“In the months and years since the siege that destroyed it, the city has been turned into a showcase of the concept of the...
Five Countries Say They’ll Boycott Eurovision Contest If Israel Is Allowed To Compete
Israel’s recent participation has been a divisive issue in Europe and its broadcasting community ever since Israel began its military campaign in Gaza Strip...
Des Moines Metro Opera Under Fire For Working Conditions
It sounds like boot camp. An 89.5 hour workweek. Back to back 14 hour days. Overtime pay a rarity (and lack thereof legally sanctioned)....
Cleveland’s Ideastream Public Media Gets $1 Million Gift For Dedicated Jazz Studio
“Since its launch in February 2024, (the station’s) JazzNEO (channel) has been operating without a dedicated studio and airing all pre-recorded programming. The new...
YouTube Says It Has Paid $100B To Creators In The Past Four Years
“Twenty years ago, YouTube launched with the idea that everyone should have the opportunity to create and find a global stage. Since then, we’ve...
Is The Literary World Reforming Around Substack?
The digital froth of the 2010s—BuzzFeed, Upworthy, the ceaseless click-baiting and SEO-hunting—could be understood as a Bronze Age, and we are now after the...
Not Just The Humanities: Conspiracy Theorists Are Attacking Physics
In recent years, a group of YouTubers and podcasters have attracted millions of viewers by proclaiming that physics is in crisis. The field, they...
Trump Administration Orders National Park To Remove Historic Photograph Of Enslaved Man’s Scarred Back
“The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with...
Traditional Dictionaries Are Dying Even As Interest In Words Soars
Definitions, professional and amateur, are a click away, and most people don’t care or can’t tell whether what pops up in a search is...
Two Blockbuster Collections To Open Sotheby’s New Home
They are "an estimated $400 million trove amassed by Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder, and an estimated $80 million collection from the Chicago...
Is Living “One Day At A Time” Really A Good Idea?
In some recovery programs, “one day at a time” is a mantra. This is a little like what E. L. Doctorow said about being a novelist:...
How A Small Theater Company In Brooklyn Keeps Going Following Funding Cuts
A reporter crunches some numbers and looks at the basic operation of The Brick, a 54-seat theater in a former auto-repair shop in the...
Robert Redford, 89
“His wavy blond hair and boyish grin made him the most desired of leading men, but he worked hard to transcend his looks —...
