What If We’re Chasing Happiness The Wrong Way?
What if we only think of happiness as a goal because we have lost sight of other alternatives? What if the heart of the...
They’re Moving An Entire 113-Year-Old Church Three Miles Across Town — In One Piece
The Kiruna Kyrka, weighing 672 tons and made mostly of red-stained timber, has been elevated onto rolling platforms and is lumbering its way across...
Speculation About AI Is Consuming Us
This is the AI era in a nutshell. Squint one way, and you can portray it as the saving grace of the world economy....
Airport Free Libraries Are Finding Fans
There are book carts organized by United Airlines in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Virginia and more; Little Free Libraries in Seattle and Providence, Rhode Island, and “Flybrary” shelves in Punta...
How AI Changes The Whole Notion Of Creating Music
The ability to create lyrics in five seconds, and you can keep refining these things. Oh, I don't like the second version. Can you...
Meet Maceo Harrison, The Savannah Bananas’ Choreographer
“When I choreograph for dancers, I put a lot of thought into it. But for the Bananas, I’m quick. I have to (remember) the...
The End Of Handwriting?
US public schools still require that kids be taught handwriting, so it’s not yet a lost art, but there is some evidence that digital...
Judge Strikes Parts Of Florida’s Book Ban Law
The lawsuit was brought by some of the nation's largest book publishers and some of the authors whose books had been removed from central...
Opera Australia Board Chair Out After Criticism From Ex-CEO
Rod Sims has departed as chair of Opera Australia after three years, a decision both he and the company said was voluntary despite an...
Fired US Copyright Chief Tells Federal Court To “Connect The Dots”
Attorneys for Shira Perlmutter, who is suing the Trump administration for what she argues is her illegal dismissal as U.S. Register of Copyrights, said in a...
What AP Canceling Book Reviews Means For Books Culture
The standard 800-word, single-title review has long been an anemic, disparaged creature surviving off scraps along the edges of the features pages. - Washington...
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...
