Is Harvard Caving To Trump Attack?
Neither Harvard nor the government has publicly detailed potential terms for a settlement and what allegations the money would be intended to resolve. -...
The Books That Made This Year’s Booker Prize Longlist
This year's list of nominees for the prestigious Booker Prize is a varied lot in terms of style, scope, length and subject matter. - NPR
Orbán’s Controversial “Restoration” Of Budapest’s Most Historic District
Hungary’s autocratic prime minister has ordered the renovation of the district around Buda Castle to what the government claims is its 19th-century glory. Many...
Vancouver City Council Measure To Boost Arts Funding Goes Wrong
The measure as submitted by one council member was hardly extravagant, but it was seen by the Vancouver arts community as a good start....
Public Radio And TV Broadcasters Across The US Try To Game Out A Future...
“Member stations that are outside major metropolitan areas and depend most on federal dollars face the toughest, most immediate choices. But the new law poses...
String Players Worry As Their Favorite Wood For Bows Gets Protected Status
The pernambuco tree grows only in small areas along Brazil’s Atlantic coast north of Rio de Janeiro state; the tree is endangered, and attempts...
How The Artistic Director Of Hamburg Ballet Got Himself Fired After Only Seven Months
When Demis Volpi was sacked following public complaints by the company’s dancers and a steady stream of resignations, some local observers complained that Volpi...
Kari Lake Tries To Sideline Key People As She Continues Her Efforts To Shut...
Lake, the Arizona Republican known for her losing campaigns for Arizona governor and US Senator, was hired by Trump to dismantle Voice of America...
Chicago Tribune Lays Off 10% Of Newsroom
The saddest part is that ten percent of the newsroom adds up to only eight people. - Chicago Sun-Times
Redefining What A Pro Sports Dance Team Can Be
The dance team of the New York Liberty is a shot of adrenaline, a burst of vitality. All insist on the power of movement...
LA Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, 86
Wallis Annenberg, a deep-pocketed philanthropist who helped transform the city through massive donations to arts, education and animal welfare causes, died Monday morning at...
The Unknown Stokowski
No Leopold Stokowski could exist today, in the face of prying social media. Notwithstanding his glamorous marriage to Gloria Vanderbilt and an affair with...
John Williams’ New Piano Concerto
Williams’s classical output includes a symphony, chamber music and concertos for a dozen instruments (including flute, violin, cello and bassoon). And yet, Williams said,...
The Last Recordings Of Woody Guthrie
“It’s like this huge puzzle, a thousand-piece puzzle, and every time a release comes out, we’re adding another puzzle piece. That is giving us...
The Rise Of X-Rated Novels
While younger generations, at least, have said in recent years that they want to see more platonic friendship and less sex on screen, reading appetites...
Hispanic Festivals Cancelled Over ICE Safety Fears
THING NW Festival 2025 cancelled its Aug. 16 Latinx musical performance lineup. All other Saturday musical events are still scheduled to go on as planned...
Satirist Tom Lehrer, 97
Mr. Lehrer — an Ivy League mathematics teacher who spent his early academic career on the periphery of show business — created a repertoire...
Will AI Kill Social Mobility?
Social mobility will become progressively locked as AI progresses. What is at risk is not simply job loss, but the very idea of income distribution. The concept...
Books By The Meter: The Art Of Looking Well-Read
There is social capital to be gained by simply looking as if you are a cultured person who listens to music on vinyl and reads lots of...
Today’s Fraud: The Dark Art Of Manipulation
Many companies are taking our time and money by practising the dark art of manipulation. They hide crucial terms in fine print. They automatically...
The Week Comedy Fought Back
If anyone thought Colbert's cancellation — which won't come until his contract ends in May 2026 — might tamp down political commentary in other areas...
A Century Later, The Death Of Art Deco’s Democratic Dream
It has been a century since the term “Art Deco” was coined, a shortened version of the name of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative...
AI Hype Masks Evil: Creative Destruction And Theft Of What Others Have Built
It’s the kind of moment that invites a familiar concept: creative destruction. I originally associated the phrase with Joseph Schumpeter, but it actually has...
Ode To What Used to Be The Arts Events Listings
As mainstream culture grows ever narrower, once-robust subcultures are struggling for survival. Perhaps social-media influencers are today’s critics and curators, but even as our...
How Trump’s Fight With Canada Has Affected The Shaw Festival
We have more than 600 employees, produce between 11 and 14 productions across four stages from April to October—plus two holiday shows—and host upwards...
