Patti LuPone Apologizes To Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis
But will anyone on Broadway believe her? - The New York Times
The Mississippi Town Where ‘Sinners’ Is Set Has No Movie Theatre
So the town appealed to Warner Bros., not something that works so often - but the company, and director Ryan Coogler, came through. -...
The Ways This Year’s Cannes Will Shape Movies For The Next Year
Weirdly, Netflix bought Nouvelle Vague “and is likely to make the film its big awards play — an ode to a golden age of...
How Did NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Become So Huge?
At Tiny Desk, the lack of modulation made indie, rock, and folk popular. “But a 2014 concert with T-Pain, in which the famously autotune-heavy...
The Artist Taking On The Tech Bros’ Weird Space Obsessions
“After working in the space industry, has come to believe that we have learned nothing from history, that humans may be doomed to...
After A Six Year Battle, Harvard Lets Go Of Photos Of Enslaved People
"Commissioned by Harvard professor Louis Agassiz and taken by Joseph T. Zealy in 1850, the daguerreotypes — an early form of photography exposed on...
PBS And NPR Sue Trump Over Executive Order Cutting Funding
“PBS filed a federal lawsuit Friday asking a court to block the May 1 executive order by the Trump White House to cut off...
In Madrid, Noise Complaints Leave A Stadium And Concert Venue Silent
At Madrid’s Bernabéu Stadium, dozens of music gigs took place in 2024 - until September, when everything came to a (non-screeching) halt when the...
“Aida” in South Africa: a Sonic Earthquake
Photo: Oscar O’Ryan Never in an opera house have I thrilled to such a sonic earthquake as the wall of
Trump Fires Director Of The National Portrait Gallery, Calling Her “Highly Partisan”
The dismissal marks the first action Trump has taken against the Smithsonian Institution since an executive order he signed earlier this year that promised...
Why The Bible Of Sacred Harp Singing Is Getting An Update
The Sacred Harp, the collection from which the traditional American practice of communal shape-note hymn-singing takes its name, was first published in 1844 and...
What Ethical Considerations Do Artists Have For Work Based On True Stories?
Artists that take inspiration from the headlines are often accused of “profiting” off these stories; whether that’s acceptable is a moral question, since as...
Adapting Paul Auster’s “New York Trilogy” To Graphic Novel Format
“The original New York Trilogy owes a debt to the existential detective, a genre archetype whose cases carry themes of choice, isolation, meaninglessness; not just murder...
The Power Of Cultural Exchanges To Project National Power
Reputation is part of national security, and the U.S. has historically enhanced its reputation by building relationships through cultural tools. - The Conversation
What You Can Tell About The NEH’s New Priorities From This Summer’s Grants
Look to this year’s “Summer Stipends.” These are small grants given to scholars to support new research, and the NEH typically gives out close...
Why Did Rome Fall? (It’s Complicated)
Rome was always an enormous shapeshifting laboratory of experiments in governance, administration, and interregional trade. Crucially, the military troubles punctuating the third century taught...
Once A Star Of Paris Opera Ballet, Manuel Legris Returns As Choreographer
A former director of the Vienna State Ballet and La Scala Ballet after his performing years, Legris was the supreme classicist of his era....
Could AI Be Used To Create False Memories?
Psychological studies have long shown how memories can be shaped by cues, doctored images, or repeated misinformation. What AI adds is scale and precision. -...
FCC Commissioner Warns Of Threats To Free Speech
“The point of all these actions is to chill speech,” Gomez told the small crowd. “We all need to understand what is happening and...
The Emmys’ Late Night Problem
This is not a new problem but the TV Academy has not made any changes to the talk or variety categories to address the...
U.S. Opera Companies Should Be Performing In English, The Language Their Audience Speaks
John McWhorter: “Sitting through a three-or-more-hour performance in a language we don’t understand is a peculiar cultural phenomenon, ... and it’s a big part...
Can The Designer Of The Iconic iPhone Give AI Its Breakout Device?
The news of his move to OpenAI felt something like learning that LeBron James was joining the Miami Heat: Jony Ive had become synonymous...
Romantasy Is Publishing’s Hot New Genre
Sales in the genre have electrified the publishing industry, reaching nearly 20 million in 2023 when U.S. book sales overall dipped. While there is no...
Chicago Art Institute Director Returns To Work After Airplane Incident
Rondeau has been on a voluntary leave since the April 18 incident in which police were called to a United Airlines flight after it...
A Desert Mirage? Plans For A Joshua Tree Art Museum Are At A Standstill
“On the Twentynine Palms Highway, a makeshift billboard declares “JTAM” in tall black letters. … Except for that recently erected sign — plus a website,...
