MSNBC Announces Its Rebrand (Gee, Rebranding Is Hard)
Outside the network, the rebrand became a subject of bemusement and mockery. - The New York Times
Philanthropies Step In To Help Rescue Public Broadcasters
Now, some of those philanthropists are banding together in hopes of staving off that worst-case scenario by providing an emergency $26.5 million cash injection...
The Bayeux Tapestry: A Quick Refresher Course
As the 230-foot-long, 950-year-old embroidered cloth is returned to England for the first time since it was completed, here’s an explainer with all the...
The Promised Layoffs At Minnesota Public Radio Have Arrived
American Public Media Group, MPR’s parent organization, warned last month that between 5% and 8% of staff would see their jobs eliminated; the arrived-at...
When Music Notation Goes Way Beyond Dots And Stems On A Staff
“Musicians routinely wrestle with interpreting oblique, ambiguous and outright surreal markings as they try to bring a composer’s idea to life” — from Satie’s...
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Loses Its Entire Production Shop To Flooding
“Intense rainfall Aug. 9 and 10 left the relatively new facility (in Wauwatosa) under three feet of water. … (Executive Director Chad) Bauman described...
San Francisco Theater Director Resigns After Anti-Predator Vigilante Group Posts “Catch” Video
“The executive director of Boxcar Theatre in San Francisco resigned Sunday, the organization said, after anonymous internet vigilantes accused him of attempting to meet...
Britain’s Top LGBTQ+ Book Prizes Cancelled After Mass Withdrawal Of Nominees
Organizers have decided to “pause” the Polari Prizes after multiple nominees and two judges withdrew in objection to the inclusion on the longlist of...
Actor Terence Stamp, 87
“His six decades in the business were peppered with highlights, including his touching portrayal of the transsexual Bernadette in 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla,...
The Future Could Be Dazzling. More Likely It’ll Be Mundane
Major changes of all kinds are undoubtedly coming in our future, but they won’t arrive with a firework display or a Hans Zimmer score....
Will Steinway Lose Access To Wood For Its Soundboards?
The secret to the sound isn’t merely Steinway’s skilled craftsmen but the specialized wood they use for the soundboards. It comes from the Tongass...
The Contemporary Art Gallery Model Is Dying
In cities like New York and Los Angeles, dedicated spaces that once buzzed with foot traffic and formal openings are now struggling with rising...
A Place You Probably Don’t Want To Live: Oklahoma To Vet Teachers With America...
Oklahoma’s public education superintendent, Ryan Walters, told USA Today and CNN that the 50-question certification exam – which is reportedly set to roll out in the coming days...
That’s Just Skibidi: Cambridge Dictionary Adds New Words
“Skibidi”, “tradwife” and “delulu” are among the new words to have made this year’s Cambridge Dictionary in a selection that confirms the increasing influence...
Republicans To Ban Rainbow Painted Crosswalks
Across the state and the country, this and thousands of other brightly painted street crossings would be paved over under guidance recently issued by...
What To Do About AI In College? Too Late. Students Have Already Embraced It
Three years later, the AI transformation is just about complete. By the spring of 2024, almost two-thirds of Harvard undergrads were drawing on the tool at...
Skipping The Little Guys: Big Galleries Are Signing Emerging Artists
With high-end sales softening and galleries shuttering, mega-galleries are looking downmarket, encroaching on price points once dominated by younger dealers. The result? A reshuffling...
A New Approach To Disaster Relief Housing In Hawaii
“We hoped to convince them that their paradigm was inhumane and had to change. The housing had to be more robust and more thoughtful...
This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Was Filled With Unease
Many of the finest productions I saw in the Fringe took the position of living memorials to horrors. Sometimes an insistence on accuracy turned...
The United States Can’t Afford To Lose The Institute Of American Indian Arts
"I believe in the power of offering Indigenous people opportunity and space for investigation — both personal and communal. I believe in the power...
Oh, Francis Ford Coppola, You Can’t Lecture People Into Making Your Movie A Cult...
A basic - and weird - misunderstanding of fandom accompanied the director on a six-city tour and lecture series about Megalopolis (still unavailable to...
Bobbi Jene Smith And Or Schreiber, The Couple Who Are The ‘It’ Choreographers Of...
The dances they make “hinge on an evocative, slippery-fish ambiguity. Their dreamlike montages are often turbulent and disorienting, but can also feel unnervingly familiar.”...
John Grisham Adaptations, Ranked
The rate of Grisham adaptations has, of course, slowed down in recent years, which means there’s been time to catch up. - NPR
The Scottish Jazz Pianist Who Thought He Was Getting Punked When Spike Lee Called...
Then there was the email, which Fergus McCreadie also thought was spam. "Eventually I think my manager was like 'maybe we should just check...
After Decades At MoMA, Director Glenn Lowry Is Preparing To Step Down
“Having survived 9-11, the Covid pandemic, the 2008 financial crash and the 2021 protests that led to the resignation of chairman Leon Black over...
