“Math For Musicians” And “Exercise For Engineers”: Change Ringing In North America
People in chilly church towers pulling on ropes attached to sets of thousand-pound bells — that's usually considered (by those who even know the...
US Senator Proposes Anti Money-Laundering Bill For Art
The bill—titled the Art Market Integrity Act—would amend the Bank Secrecy Act to require art dealers and auction houses to comply with anti-money-laundering (AML) and...
One Of LACMA’s Greatest Assets Has Finally Been Pulled Out Of Storage And Put...
The museum’s collection of Buddhist painting and sculptures includes some of the greatest work in all of its holdings, writes Christopher Knight. It hasn’t...
Benedict Cumberbatch: Hollywood’s Epic Waste Problem
“It’s a grossly wasteful industry. Think about set builds that aren’t recycled, think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light...
Arvo Part At 90
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Pärt has found a way to speak across boundaries of culture, creed and generation. In the world of contemporary...
Are We Now Defining Ourselves By Who/What We Hate?
Descartes had a famous dictum about the constitutive powers of the thinking self: I think therefore I am. Could it be that, today, I...
Late-Night TV Talk Shows Are Probably Doomed — And US Networks Will Lose A...
As linear TV viewership plummets and online ad rates remain low, the economics of late-night talk shows no longer works. But there are consequences,...
New AI Tool Helps Researchers Fill In Missing Letters And Words In Ancient Roman...
Named Aeneas after the mythical Trojan hero, the program predicts where and when inscriptions were made and makes suggestions where words are missing. -...
Can Burning Man Survive Financial Hardship?
Despite its explosive popularity over the years, in 2024 Burning Man fell short of its fundraising goals and saw a reduction in ticket sales....
Maybe AI Slop Will Cure Us Of Our Internet Addiction?
Where going online once evoked a wide-eyed sense that the world was at our fingertips, now it requires wading into the slop like weary,...
In Putin’s Russia, Even Internet Searches Could Be Crimes
“Russian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed ‘extremist.’ … The official definition of extremist activity...
Nearly Half Of Freelance Workers In British Theatre Earn Less Than Living Wage
“The report shows 44% of freelancers earn less than the UK National Living Wage, up from 34% last year. ... The survey reveals high...
Joffrey Ballet Will Remain At Chicago’s Lyric Opera House For (At Least) Seven More...
“The Joffrey’s current lease was slated to end following the 2027 season, but this extension will keep the city’s top ballet company at the...
Is What Most Historians Have Believed About Sacagawea For A Century Actually Wrong?
Her tribe, birthplace, date of death — all those and much else from the journals and later testimony of Lewis and Clark had been...
Trump Administration Considers Removing Exhibits On Slavery From Independence Hall In Philadelphia
“The displays were flagged for review in accordance with a Trump administration order directing National Park Service staff to identify language and historical depictions that ‘inappropriately...
L.A. Times Owner To Keep Controlling Interest Even As He Puts Newspaper On Stockmarket
“Patrick Soon-Shiong will retain majority ownership of the Los Angeles Times in his planned public sale, which will be limited to $75 million after...
Boston’s GBH Lays Off Entire Production Staff Of PBS Series “American Experience”
Due to the Trump/Congress clawback of funding for public broadcasting, the 13 GBH employees who work on the history documentary series have lost their...
RiverRun International Film Festival seeks Executive Director
The Executive Director will provide the strategic direction and leadership for RiverRun and will serve as a spokesperson, team leader, and mentor to the...
Protecting Istanbul’s Ancient Buildings From The Huge Earthquake That Will Definitely Come One Day
Geophysicists say Istanbul has a 40-60% chance of a major earthquake by 2055. … There are roughly 40,000 historical sites in Istanbul that need...
Understanding Popularity Through Taylor Swift’s Song Construction
Swift is increasingly taken seriously in the halls of academia. A number of universities offer courses dedicated to Swift, but typically not to her...
Why, After Years Of Progress, Have Women Playwrights Lost The Spotlight?
The low representational numbers for women are difficult to square. By various measures (including the numbers of women graduating from degree programs in the...
Perusing The 5,000-Odd Goodies In The Sondheim Archive At The Library Of Congress
“Among them are hundreds of music and lyric sketches of Sondheim’s well-known works as well as drafts of songs that were cut from shows...
In The Age Of Facial Recognition, What Does Privacy Even Mean?
No one knows exactly how the system obtains its matches. There is an entire field in AI known as “mechanistic interpretability” that is attempting...
American Library Association’s New Plan: Focus On Advocacy And Activism
The plan addresses national policy, library legislation, and local connections. “While libraries serve as a cornerstone of democracy the world over, we operate within...
Use of AI In Literary Translation Unsettles Publishing Industry
“As more companies explore AI literary translation, the rapid progression of the technology and what that could mean for the future has divided the...
