Jazz, activism, organizing: Podcast & transcript
Terri Lyne Carrington (drummer, Inst. of Jazz & Gender Justice), Orbert Davis (trumpeter, “Immigrant Stories“) and Marc Ribot (guitarist, Music Workers Alliance) talked with...
When to Hold, When to Fold, When to Play a Different Game
Leading an arts organization isn’t about luck—it’s about judgment. Hold when trust matters, fold when the model’s busted, and when the casino’s rigged? Start your own game in the parking lot.
When A Singer Must Customize Her Song For Every Possible NFL Team Matchup
Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol in 2005, has sung the musical opener for every game of Sunday Night Football for 12 years. “Underwood...
A New Portrait Of Shakespeare’s Possible ‘Fair Youth’ Has Emerged
The reverse of the probable portrait of the Earl of Southampton, a representation of a playing card heart, is defaced with a spade, or...
Romance, And A Road Trip, Led A Couple To Buy The World’s Oldest Drive-In...
Pennsylvania’s first drive-in was also the second one in the country as a whole. And now it’s on its fourth set of owners, who...
The Legacy Of East Germany’s Prefab Housing Blocks
“The biggest question in the room, more relevant than ever in Germany and cities across Europe, is how to create affordable, quality housing.” - The...
West Point Abruptly Cancels Award For Tom Hanks, Who Had Supported Joe Biden
“One former instructor told The Washington Post that the decision appears to have been rooted in avoiding an ‘uncomfortable’ relationship between West Point leadership and the...
Powell’s Books Faces Huge Online Backlash After Using Generative AI For New Merch
Truly, says another indie bookstore in town, what were they thinking?! And on the venerable store's Instagram sort-of apology, the comments are, hm, not...
The Man Bringing Us All So, So Much Jane Austen
That is, screen adaptations of Jane Austen. And Dickens. And the sinister BBC House of Cards. - The New York Times
Amid Worries Over Budget Cuts, Welsh Arts Orgs Get An Eight Million Pound Injection
“The Arts Council of Wales has called for statutory funding for the sector from the Welsh government, saying funding cuts could mean the sector does not...
As Terry Riley, The Father Of Minimalism In Music, Turns 90, What’s He Doing...
Riley’s “In C launched a maximal musical journey and one of the most remarkable in American music. If he was the father of Minimalism...
We Need To Talk About Ms. Rachel And Media Literacy
Ms. Rachel is best known “for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.” But recently, she’s been using her big...
Jim Jarmusch Unexpectedly Wins Golden Lion At Venice
His movie “had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life...
A Fire Engulfs Part Of The BBC’s Former Television Headquarters
“Smoke was still billowing from the rooftop rotunda late on Saturday morning as crews used a drone to help tackle the blaze and crowds...
The New Announcements New Yorkers Will Hear In The Subway Are Truly Performance Art
Each of the brief snippets “will end with the words ‘If you hear something, free something,’ which is also the title of this ambitious...
How Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Actually Work (A Brief Guide)
For instance, before the Rosetta Stone, scholars had assumed the symbols were ideographs or pictographs. Were they, in fact, phonetic symbols? Turned out that...
Anthropic Settles Class Action Suit With Writers And Publishers With $1.5B Copyright Deal
The settlement allows Anthropic to avoid going to trial over claims that it violated copyrights by downloading millions of books without permission and storing...
California Shakespeare’s Former Home May Soon Have A New Tenant Putting On Shows
The landlord of the Bruns Amphitheater, where Cal Shakes performed from 1991 until it closed last year, is negotiating a 15-year lease with a...
Update On Top US Funding Agencies
Work at cultural funding agencies in the United States—the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library...
What Latin American Literature Tells Us About How Authoritarian Takeover Happens
"To me, the greatest danger that Latin American literature foretells for higher education is the insidious way capitulation to authoritarians changes both individuals and...
Cranach Portrait Of Salome, Decapitated 88 Years Ago, Has Been Re-Capitated
By 1937, the 16th-century portrait of King Herod’s stepdaughter with the head of John the Baptist was considered “unbearable for refined people,” so a...
Scientific Objectivity Is A Myth. Here’s Why
Scientist Ludwik Fleck is credited with first describing science as a cultural practice in the 1930s. Since then, understanding has continued to build that scientific knowledge...
16-Hour Waits To See Shakespeare? Ah, It All Makes Sense…
Blame it on the excitement over the $85 million renovation of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, or the yearlong hiatus that it prompted....
Downsizing? Powell’s Books Lays Off 18 Staff
The Portland company laid off 18 employees in July, August and September, according to a Powell’s spokesperson. - The Oregonian
Sculptor Robert Grosvenor, Who Helped Pioneer Minimalism And Then Moved Beyond It, Has Died...
“Grosvenor gained acclaim in New York during the 1960s when he showed his work alongside famed Minimalists. … But the sculptures made by Grosvenor...
