India’s Government Is Now Banning Books In Kashmir
The ban threatens people with prison time for selling or owning 25 works by authors such as Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, and...
Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates More Looted Antiquities
The objects came from investigations into several convicted traffickers and were returned to Italy, Hungary, and Spain. - ARTnews
Oregon’s Portland Opera Appoints Music Director
Damien Geter, a 45-year-old conductor, composer (Loving v. Virginia, premiered earlier this year), and bass-baritone who was already working as interim music director and...
Pioneering Rock Journalist Michael Lydon, 82
“(He) recovered from a galling pan of the Beatles for his college newspaper to become a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a pioneering rock...
Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media...
What Robert Wilson Meant For The Avant Garde
What made Wilson’s divergence from theatrical and classical conventions so powerful was his clear reverence for them — the careful, conscientious approach he took...
State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To...
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by...
LA Arts Philanthropist Glorya Kaufman, 95
Glorya Kaufman, the philanthropist who transformed dance in Los Angeles through the establishment of an eponymous dance school at USC as well as a...
Where Have All The Horses Gone? We Struggle To Accept The Future And Let...
Everything is public now, potentially: one’s thoughts, one’s photos, one’s movements, one’s purchases. There is no privacy and apparently little desire for it in...
Should Ideas Be Free? How Big Thinkers Have Thought About Intellectual Property
Should owning an idea be treated the same way as owning a physical object, or are these two forms of property rights ultimately incomparable? -...
Meet The One Actor Who’s Been In “Hamilton” For Its Entire 10-Year Broadway Run
“Thayne Jasperson … IS still thrilled to be in the room where it happens, finding new ways to make sure starring in a pop...
How Artists Are Using AI At This Year’s Edinburgh Fringe
It is an uncertainty that haunts the AI-themed plays on this year’s Edinburgh fringe. It also accounts for their apocalyptic mood. Do we even...
Reimagining How To Teach In The Age Of AI
Through a combination of oral examinations, one-on-one discussions, community engagement and in-class projects, the professors I spoke with are revitalizing the experience of humanities...
The Very Model Of A Modern String Quartet: Brooklyn Rider At 20
“There are many ways in which Brooklyn Rider isn’t a typical string quartet: its joyous disregard of traditional genre boundaries, its effortless cool in a centuries-old...
The Impact Of NEA Funding On Small Presses
For most publishers, the grants are not generous enough to sustain an entire catalog, especially when compared to how tedious and time-consuming the application...
NPR’s Way Forward Post-Funding-Hack
Citing a study from the consultancy Public Media Company, she said 78 of 246 members are in imminent danger of going dark. - Washington...
As It Ever Was: Sony Music Sues Napster Over Unpaid Royalties
The lawsuit cited four licensing agreements that allowed Napster to stream Sony Music’s catalog of recordings. According to the 17-page court document, Napster accumulated $6.79...
Minnesota Dance Theatre Will Move To New Location And, Eventually, Revive Its Performing Company
“It has been over a year since Minnesota Dance Theatre paused its performances and shifted its focus onto its school. On Wednesday, MDT announced that not...
Leonard Lopate, New York Public Radio’s Master Interviewer, Has Died At 84
"Across more than 40 years as a popular New York talk-show host, graced with a discerning ear and a sympathetic voice, he interviewed thousands...
There’s A New National Association Of Black Bookstores
“The National Association of Black Bookstores, a member-based nonprofit organization which aims to support and promote Black booksellers, announced its launch on Friday. Its mission,...
Herzog And De Meuron To Design New Museum In Honor Of Charles And Ray...
“The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, the organization dedicated to stewarding the Eameses’ legacy, will be transforming the former Birkenstock campus in Marin County...
Renovation Of Central Park’s Delacorte Theater: What Exactly Got Fixed?
There’s not a lot (other than a slightly more welcoming exterior) that will look different to an average theatergoer. However, the facilities backstage had...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Cancellation Of NEH Grants
“A judge in Oregon on Wednesday ordered the federal government to essentially freeze more than $200 million withheld from state and local humanities councils across the...
Latin Jazz Star Eddie Palmieri, 88
“The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that spanned...
Ten Years Of “Hamilton” — And The “Hamilton Effect”
“Little on Broadway looks the way it did on Aug. 6, 2015, when Hamilton opened; that’s what happens when a show runs 10 years,...
