How Are Native Broadcast Stations Preparing For Existence Without The Corporation For Public Broadcasting?
These stations “are unique in the landscape of American media. While many are part of the NPR and PBS networks, they are mostly staffed...
South Park Is Crude, Cynical, And Childish, So Perhaps It’s Perfect For This Moment
“If you were making a list of the series likeliest to become voices of the Trump 2.0 resistance, South Park would not have been...
Creative Control, Catalogues, Contracts, And Creedence Clearwater Revival
John Fogarty, after a long fight, in January 2023: “This is something I thought would never be a possibility. … After 50 years, I...
How Fan Fiction Has Changed The Publishing World
Sure, there’s Twlight fan fiction and Huck Finn fan fiction, Murderbot fanfic and Star Trek and etc. But there’s an awful lot of Biblical...
Doris Lockhart Saatchi, Critic And Prominent Art Collector, Has Died At 88
Lockhart Saatchi was an “American-born collector of contemporary art and art writer who played a leading role in giving movements like Minimalism and Pop...
For Older Gamers, On Confronting Death
And on confronting the ways that media that appeal to anyone over 35 (OK, sure, that’s “older”) don’t deal in any serious way with...
Greenpeace Hangs Huge Anish Kapoor Artwork From A Gas Extraction Rig
“‘I call it Butchered,’” the British sculptor told the Guardian. ‘I’m referring to the butchering of our environment. It is at the simplest level...
Another Top Official Resigns From The Kennedy Center As The President Of The US...
“The top official overseeing theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is stepping down, throwing into question the stability of...
How The Heck Did Apple TV’s The Studio Score A Cameo From Martin Scorsese?
The show boasts a “deftness in casting both fully fledged characters and quick-hit celebrity cameos, thanks in large part to the work of the...
Lucinda Williams, On Singing After A Stroke
The singer-songwriter says her guitar playing got worse - but other people can play the guitar for her. Meanwhile, she thinks her voice improved....
The Devastation, And Slow Recovery, Of Asheville’s Arts District
“About 350 of the displaced artists are working again in the district. Some are actively involved in the continuing recovery process, waiting to return...
Oh TIFF, Not Another Scheduled, Canceled, Rescheduled Documentary
“The decision — in both directions — has angered a number of critics and moviegoers over the festival’s clear lack of consistency and conviction.” - Vulture
Could We Maybe Get Some Positive Climate Fiction?
"Should writers try to offer a restorative or rousing spirit for the times we live in, an opposition to eschatology? Can literature actually be...
Five Beautiful Objects An Artist Wishes He’d Made
Sometimes, you just have to admire the pencil. - The New York Times
A Dedicated Volunteer Exposed A Long-Running Wikipedia Fraudster
“From December 2021 through June 2025, 183 articles were created about Woodard, each in a different language's Wikipedia and each by a unique...
Carnegie Museum Employees Wonder How, Exactly, This Conservative Group’s Fundraiser Wasn’t Political
“Weeks after last month’s event, the museum network’s chief executive, Steven Knapp, acknowledged to employees that it was a violation of policy, accusing the...
St. Rat In Seattle: Art And Theology Experts Weigh In
“Hot Rat Summer features St. Rat, a kind of patron saint for those at the bottom of the societal heap: Furries, gay people, trans...
He Was Once A Bus Conductor. Now He’s One Of India’s Biggest Movie Stars,...
Rajinikanth even worked briefly as a porter in his youth before checking bus passengers’ tickets. Now he’s Tamil-language cinema’s number-one superstar and one of...
An Indie DC Bookstore That Became A Publisher. And It’s Thriving
The longtime independent bookseller on Connecticut Avenue runs an in-house publishing operation, called Opus, that allows authors to self-publish their work. This side business has...
The Problem Of Being An Edinburgher During The Fringe Has Gotten Worse
Not so long ago, if you lived more than half a mile from the castle, it wasn’t hard to avoid the crowds and madness...
Has The Digital Age Led To A Golden Period Of Reading?
The fact that social reading goes beyond the individual requires an astute consideration of digital community, because “interactions and bonds between individuals meeting via...
As More Libraries Ban Books, California Libraries Offer A Solution
To combat book censorship, some Southern California public libraries, including Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Diego, are joining libraries nationwide to provide access...
Live Music Is Booming. And Hip Hop Acts Are Selling Out Big Shows
This summer Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Tyler, the Creator, GloRilla, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne and Wu-Tang Clan have packed arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums in the...
Historic Painted Houses Of Burkina Faso Endangered By Climate Change
The wavy-walled houses of Tiébélé, covered with distinctive geometric patterns, constitute one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Burkina Faso. They’re made of earth,...
What AP Dropping Book Reviews Means To Publishing
Historically, AP arts coverage has been particularly important because smaller and local papers tend to syndicate AP reviews, which are written for a wide,...
