Five Months In, How’s America’s First TKTS Booth Outside New York Doing?
“Based on recent ticket sales and Visitor Center website traffic, … the formula has proven to work in Philadelphia. … While Philly tourism and...
The New Yorker: A Magazine Of Words Defined By Iconic Wordless Covers
Beyond the masthead and issue date, no set typography has ever been allowed, maintaining a unique wordless space in magazine publishing where only an...
Why The World Is Fascinated By David Hockney
Since 2020 there have been 32 exhibitions of his work, staged everywhere from the National Gallery in London to Washington DC, Tokyo, California, Ontario,...
Does Music Really Need A Purpose?
I’m inclined to agree with Adorno on at least some of this. I am allergic to the suggestion that music needs to be attached...
“Improper Ideology” And The Smithsonian’s African-American History Museum
“The Museum … is not a place that traffics in improper ideology. It …recognizes that America has been suffused with improper ideologies for most...
Pope Dies And “Conclave” Viewership Surges
The film, which won best picture at the Baftas earlier this year and was nominated for eight Oscars, is available on assorted streaming platforms...
Anti-Streaming: A New Video Store Opens In Brooklyn
Just in time for Easter, the physical video store has risen again. This month, Night Owl Video in Williamsburg became New York City’s first...
Venice Renews And Expands Day-Tripper Entry Fee
“Visitors who download a QR code at least three days in advance will pay €5 — the same amount charged last year throughout the...
Why Did A Chinese Online Censor Help A Critical Writer?
No matter how tactful, restrained and oblique the criticism, the Communist party still detests it. A lot of content is deleted, and accounts on...
Detroit Arts Institutions Stand Up, Stay The Course On Diversity
“We have to resist and persevere,” Barclay said in a video interview. “Attempts to undermine the significance of our culture are nothing new to...
Jacksonville University Axes Music, Theatre
Jacksonville University will cut music and theater programs from its curriculum in a reorganization that will affect about 100 students and cost 40 faculty members...
Kronos Quartet Has New Violinist And Violist For First Time In 47 Years
“The annual Kronos Festival … introduces the Bay Area to the quartet’s latest incarnation, with violist Ayane Kozasa and violinist Gabriela Díaz taking over...
Chief “60 Minutes” Producer Resigns, Saying His Independence Is Threatened
“In a memo obtained by CNN, (Bill) Owens said to 60 Minutes staff that the last few months have made it clear that he...
Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Order To Shut Down Voice Of America
“Judge Royce C. Lamberth … wrote that the administration's decision to dismantle the agency was ‘arbitrary and capricious. … Not only is there an absence...
Pawn Shop Owner In L.A. Charged With Trying To Sell Stolen Warhol
“Glenn Steven Bednarsh, 58, has been charged with knowingly buying a stolen Warhol trial proof depicting Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin in February 2021...
Woman Sues Kehinde Wiley For Sexual Assault
Artist Ogechi Chieke sued under New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, filing the day before the window closed. The suit claims...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Pays A Little Visit To The National Gallery Of Art
“Members of the U.S. DOGE Service met with National Gallery of Art leadership Thursday, ... signaling that cuts or other changes may be on...
The Debut Of Climate-Protesting Ballet Vandals
At opening night of New York City Ballet’s spring season, as the dancers performed Balanchine, a woman began yelling from a balcony, “We’re in...
Broadway Has Its Biggest Non-Holiday Box Office Week Ever
The figure, for 40 shows, is a huge 47% greater than this week last year. Total attendance of 357,319 was 19% more year-over-year. - Deadline
Is There A Future For Scots Gaelic?
“What was until the 14th century the primary language of Scotland was, in the 2022 census, spoken by 2.5% of the population (up from...
Medieval Cathedral Puts A Spotlight On Its Centuries’ Worth Of Graffiti
“You don’t notice them at first. ... But once the marks carved into the stonework of Salisbury Cathedral by centuries of pilgrims, churchgoers and mischief-makers are...
What Does It Mean To Win A Book Award For Translation?
While the International Booker might have heralded a rise in the status of literary translators, is there a commensurate deepening of appreciation for, and...
Producing Theatre Is About So Much More Than Just Producing Shows
We should cherish the miracles that happen on stages all over the country every night, even as we question why theatre needs miracles, when...
Academy Makes New Rule: No Voting In An Oscar Category Unless You’ve Seen All...
That wasn’t a rule already? No, it wasn’t, except for Best Foreign-Language Film (now Best International Feature Film) and Best Documentary Feature; otherwise, things were...
The Frick Museum Needed A New Piano. Here’s How They Went About Choosing It
With a team that included Raj Patel, the acoustician who worked on the auditorium, Ney assembled a trio of pianos to choose from, all...
