Chappell Roan’s Grammy Speech For Helping Artists Was… Naive
Roan gets respect and true appreciation for her artistry and gumption but is far too green and too uninformed to be the agent of...
The Real Problem With Trump’s Edict About Building Classical Buildings
Like its 2020 predecessor, the new order has little to do with classical architecture in any meaningful way—which itself has been decontextualized from its...
Romance Fiction Is Hot. Here’s How It Works
According to Leah Koch, just two things make a romance novel: a central love story and a happy ending. “A criticism I hear a...
Why Hollywood Now Releases Almost All Romcoms Directly To Streaming
"'The bloom is off the rose of rom-coms,' says Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. 'There was a period in which they couldn’t miss....
Arts Organizations Have Heavily Invested In DEI Initiatives. Will New NEA Rules Lock Them...
The new N.E.A. rules require applicants to agree not to operate diversity programs “that violate any applicable federal anti-discrimination laws” and call on grant applicants...
Study: Reliance On AI May Erode Critical Thinking Skills
“The data shows a shift in cognitive effort as knowledge workers increasingly move from task execution to oversight when using GenAI,” the researchers wrote....
Reuters Wins First Copyright Lawsuit Over AI
In the complaint, Thomson Reuters claimed the AI firm reproduced materials from its legal research firm Westlaw. Today, a judge ruled in Thomson Reuters’...
“Nutcracker” Choreography In The US Is Still Almost Entirely By Men
"The findings reveal an overwhelming dominance of male choreographers, particularly in the Largest 50 ballet companies, despite some growth in opportunities for female choreographers...
Charlotte, NC Adopts New Model For Arts Funding
"The City Council voted 8-2 on Monday to become part of a new governance system for distributing millions in arts grants that will also...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Has Voice of America And Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty In Its...
"Musk commented on a social media post by U.S. Special Envoy Richard Grenell, ... who said the radio networks are 'state-owned media' and 'are...
California’s Two Flagship Classical Radio Stations Will Merge
KUSC in Los Angeles and KDFC in California, both owned (as of 2011) by the University of Southern California, are merging their organizations into...
Court Throws Out Insurance Lawsuit Over Burned Monets Worth $45 Million
"A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over insurance payments for five artworks destroyed in a 2022 house fire in west Michigan, among them...
Filmmaker Lars Von Trier Moves Into Care Center For Parkinson’s Disease
The controversial Danish director announced in 2022 that he'd been diagnosed with the neurological disorder but that he intended to maintain his career. This...
Soprano Edith Mathis Is Dead At 86
On the opera stage, she was known mainly for Mozart, but she was particularly active as a recitalist and concert soloist, and she built...
New Trump Kennedy Center Fires Deborah Rutter, Install New Board Leaders
The Kennedy Center board of trustees voted Wednesday afternoon to install President Donald Trump as chairman of the board, cementing the plan Trump announced Friday to overhaul...
The Taliban Banned Music. So What Happened To Afghanistan’s Musicians?
“It’s very strange, because one day we were honourable, respectable people of our city,” he said. “Then just one day later we became victims...
“A New Identity”: When Dancers Switch To Choreographing Full-Time
"The transition ... involves more than just hanging up their (sometimes-proverbial) shoes. It can come with a new perspective on movement, a new relationship...
PBS Closes Its DEI Office
“In order to best ensure we are in compliance with the President’s executive order around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion we have closed our DEI...
The Beginning Of the End For Big Research Universities?
In practical terms, this means that every $1 million grant given to a school could have been transformed, at the stroke of midnight, into...
Assessing The Artistic Losses From The LA Fires
Every arts organization has been touched by the flames in one way or another. Administrators are now assessing what the future looks like, as...
Missouri’s Two Largest Public Radio Stations To Split From University Of Missouri
"Public radio news/talk stations KWMU (90.7) St. Louis and KCUR (89.3) Kansas City have announced plans to separate from the control of and operation...
Her Title Just Begins To Describe What This Woman Does For Broadway’s “The Lion...
"The show is like a giant, kinetic jigsaw puzzle: It needs someone to ensure that all the pieces fit together, so that the narrative...
Trump’s Marching Orders For The NEA
The NEA says applicants for all grants must follow "all applicable executive orders" from the White House. The guidelines state that applicants "will not operate any...
Tech’s Biggest Battle: The Box
Google owns the most popular browser, on top of which is what its developers call the “omnibox” — the box that used to be the...
For The First Time There Was Gender Parity For Major Film Lead Actors In...
Out of the 100 top-grossing films of last year, women led 42% of the films, the same percentage as their male counterparts, with 16%...
