New Startup Wants To Shake Up How E-Books Are Sold
Briet invites publishers to sell their e-books to libraries outright, providing universal, perpetual access. Several independent publishers including PM Press, Punctum, Sideshow, and Silver...
Chief Justice Roberts Is Chancellor Of The Smithsonian. Right Now That’s Awkward
For Chief Justice Roberts, though, the role recently has placed him in an unenviable position — helping to lead an institution in the crosshairs...
Another Leader Of Theater In DC Is Stepping Down
“The early announcement of David Muse’s 2027 departure as artistic director of Studio Theatre … allows the institution ample time to search for a...
Alan Valentine To Retire After 28 Years At Nashville Symphony
Under Valentine’s direction, the Symphony has earned 14 Grammys and 27 nominations, produced more than 40 recordings, commissioned and premiered dozens of innovative works....
IMAX Theatres Have Been Making Big Gains At The Box Office
The second quarter of the current fiscal year marked Imax’s best quarter in terms of domestic movies ticket sales as it stays on course...
Judge Wants To Know Why Trump Hasn’t Restored Voice Of America Operations
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia gave the administration until Aug. 13 to explain how it will get VOA working...
US Nonfiction Book Sales Are Down — Except For Titles About Tyranny
“While sales of such seemingly prescient novels as 1984 by George Orwell (1949) and Parable of the Sower by Olivia Butler (1993) (have) surged …, backlist nonfiction titles...
How To Wean Yourself Off The Constant Dopamine Hits And Direct Your Attention To...
Once you understand how your reward system works, you can consciously redirect it toward the things that actually matter to you. Let’s explore the...
People Are Using AI To Project Their Future Success
“The computer has been trained to reflect back at you what you tell it, so if it shows you as a billionaire, it doesn’t...
At Versailles Palace, Visitors Converse With The Statuary (Via Chatbot)
Farah Nayeri: “Powered by the tech giant OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, an audio tool lets visitors (on or off site) converse with 20...
In Los Angeles, Dance Groups Large And Small Face Money Struggles
“With the stress of federal and local funding cuts, as well as the January fires, many L.A. dance organizations are scaling back their programming...
Regional Newspapers Are Bundling New York Times Content Into Their Own Subscription Packages
For instance, The Philadelphia Inquirer includes access to the NYT Cooking app with its premium subscription, while The Minnesota Star Tribune does something similar...
City Of Chicago Will Replace Some Grant Money Cancelled By NEA
The city’s Arts Relief Fund will offer grants between $10,000 and $25,000 to Chicago arts organizations who had their announced NEA grants withdrawn by...
Even More Layoffs At A PBS/NPR Station, This Time At Pittsburgh’s WQED
Due to the recission of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds by the Trump administration and Congress, WQED is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall...
Shakeup At L.A. MOCA As Outgoing Director Leaves Early
When director Joanna Burton revealed last week that she’s going to ICA in Philadelphia, she said she’d stay at MOCA through late October. On...
Anna Netrebko’s Lawsuit Against Metropolitan Opera Will Proceed
“A federal judge says Russian soprano Anna Netrebko can move forward with her case claiming national origin discrimination by the Metropolitan Opera, which dropped...
U.S. Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Intervened To Stop Trump’s Firing of National Portrait Gallery...
Chief Justice John Roberts is, ex officio, the Smithsonian Institution’s chancellor (the equivalent of board chairman). When Trump up and decided to fire National...
A First Look At George Lucas’ New LA Museum
At his first appearance at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, the legendary filmmaker and museum cofounder offered a glimpse into what he called “a temple...
The Choreographer Who Thrills Audiences With A Trampoline And A Staircase
“What (Yoann) Bourgeois plays with are the invisible physical forces that surround us – gravity, tension, suspension – and the interaction between those forces,...
NPR Trying To Calibrate New Budget Normal After Federal Funding Cuts
The network understands that contributions from major donors – such as the Hewlett Foundation, which gave NPR a two-year, $1.2 million grant in 2024...
A Major New Homegrown Festival For Sydney
“In short, the vision is to create a thriving and inclusive creative ecosystem in western Sydney that celebrates its diverse communities, drives cultural innovation...
People Are Creating AI Avatars Of Those Who Have Died
People are now using AI to create “grief bots,” which are simulations of deceased loved ones that the living can converse with. There has even...
A Professor Tries Using Chat-GPT To Do His Job
“I decided to put the central, existential question to (my students) directly: was it still necessary or valuable to learn to write? The choice...
Why Conservatives Should Be Rooting For NPR
Some Republicans would no doubt be happy if PBS and NPR went away entirely, as they are upset by the networks’ left-wing bias. They should be...
Matthew Barney On The Point Of Art
"I’m not interested in participating in consensus culture. The way I understand art to function and the function that it carries out in culture...
