Is Hollywood Inspired By The CIA, Or Is The CIA Inspired By Hollywood?
Wow, OK: “The agency is targeting professionals at the intersection of arts and technology for recruitment, CIA officers told The Times, and continues to...
Summer Reading, By NPR
There’s Prose to the People, "a kind of fun celebration of how bookstores in general operate as more than just, like, a place where...
Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
“The cumulative effect of F1 and its press tour have been a carefully tuned charm offensive meant to obscure, if not outright bury, the alleged violent...
Will Europeans Curate Our Receding Cultural Past?
My 2022 book Dvorak’s Prophecy has just been published in German (by Wolke Verlag) with a new Foreword for German-language readers: “The
Not A Huge Surprise, But That One AI-Generated ‘Band’ Was An Elaborate Hoax
"A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been ‘too fascinating’...
A Strad That Disappeared At The End Of WWII May Have Resurfaced
“The case of the Mendelssohn Stradivarius highlights the opaque trade for rare instruments, in which details about provenance, or the history of previous ownership, are...
Netflix’s Animated K-Pop Band Is Beating Flesh And Blood Bands On Spotify
Perhaps this is not a surprise in a time of AI slop, but at least the villainous, fictional Saja Boys’s songs are performed by...
Is Digital Security Even Possible In An Age Of Dictatorship?
Likely not, but people, and groups, persist in countries where the consequences can be dire. For instance, “the government of El Salvador has created...
How A Whole Team Creates The Anxiety Inducing Sounds Of The Bear
“The sound team has anxiety-heightening tricks. ‘Whether it’s some repetitive sound that starts speeding up, like some chopping or whatever. Just adding, adding, adding,...
Test Audiences In Arizona Didn’t Like Elio, So Pixar Cut Out All The Gay...
Then the (gay) director left; "a number of creatives working behind the scenes left,” and America Ferrera, originally supposed to be Elio’s mom, left...
Recents Faves From The NYT’s Classical Music Writers
Recordings, live performances, and uncovered treasures have them hooked. - The New York Times
Did The Salt Path Seem Like A Good Story?
That’s because the “memoir” (and its sequels, not to mention the new movie starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs) was at least partly fiction,...
British Law Prevents The Victoria And Albert Museum From Returning Looted Objects
“They can get rid of an object only if it is a perfect duplicate; if it is unsuitable for retention in collections and can...
Where Did Sinners Get Its 1920s Costumes?
Thank you, Marvel, for (probably!) abandoning your planned 1920s version of Blade. - The AV Club
Museums Are Collecting People’s Goals And Hopes For The 250th Birthday Of The United...
And it’s weirdly hopeful, deeply compelling stuff. “People were especially motivated to share their input when they were told that their contributions would be...
Sandra Neels, Dancer, Choreographer, And Teacher Of Modern Dance, Has Died At 85
“On arriving in Manhattan, she found studio closed; he and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which he founded in 1953, were on tour....
The Euphoria Of Being A First-Time Novelist In One’s Fifties
“Debuting at fifty-three is sweet. And I am so incredibly grateful. The dream I had as a girl—the one I couldn’t say aloud—not in...
After Epically Bobbling A Venice Biennale Selection, Creative Australia CEO Faces Calls To Resign
An external review “recommended a review into Creative Australia’s governance processes, better training for future board members, and the urgent appointment of a board...
The Viola Would Like Your Attention, Please
"Often demoted to an accompanying role in musical textures, the viola’s chronic absence as a solo instrument has meant that violists have had to...
Barbara Kingsolver, Author Of Demon Copperhead, Is Deeply Worried About What’s Coming For Rural...
The author, who is funneling her profits into a recovery house for women, says, "The damage will be unimaginable. Lots of people will die,...
The BBC Has Decided To Restrict International Listening
And the Republic of Ireland isn’t thrilled about it. - BBC
Australia Says No To Kanye West After His Song Praising Hitler
“The song proved to be the final strike for Ye. First shared in a social media post on X, 'Heil Hitler’ has been widely...
Denver’s Theatre By And For Disabled Actors Is Hit Hard By GOP Cuts
“I know some arts organizations and some nonprofits are taking their DEI statements off their websites because they're afraid. And if we do, then...
Neil Barclay talks about the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations
Neil Barclay, President & CEO of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, talks the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations and avenues for sustainability.
Combating American Isolationism with Cultural Diplomacy
My unforgettable experience touring South Africa with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Kenneth Kiesler is the
