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,...
Guthrie Theater In Minneapolis Bounces Back From Financial Debacle
After a record $3.8 million shortfall on a $32 million budget in fiscal 2023, the Guthrie has made a dramatic turnaround. For fiscal 2024 (which...
Pompidou Center To Open Branch Near Iguazu Falls in Brazil
While the Paris mothership is closed for a five-year renovation, items from its collection will be sent for exhibition at the museum’s satellites in...
San Francisco’s Three City Arts Agencies To Merge
Under Mayor Daniel Lurie’s budget proposal, Grants for the Arts, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Film Commission will operate side-by-side under a...
Paramount Offered $15 Million To Settle Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit. Trump Demanded More.
“Paramount Global in recent days has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25...
All Remaining Voice Of America Employees Expect To Be Terminated This Week
“Those terminations would affect the 800 remaining workers at the agency, after nearly 600 VOA contractors were dismissed by the Trump administration earlier this month....
Composer Per Nørgård, 92
“Nørgård’s solution was to pioneer a form of musical functionalism that breathed new life into symphonic form. He hit upon an architectural formula he...
Damien Hirst’s Plan To Keep Producing Art For 200 Years After He Dies
“Hirst plans to fill up 200 notebooks, each representing one year after his demise. ... ‘The idea,’ he (says), ‘is to have a certificate...
Why Bad Ideas Seem To Spread So Easily These Days
It was simply that, when people who once functioned on a need-to-know basis were all of a sudden forced to adjudicate all of the...
Another Of India’s Non-Hindi “Regional” Film Industries Is Finally Getting International Notice
“Once pioneers of Indian cinema, Marathi films have long been hurt by Bollywood's dominating influence in the state of Maharashtra - where the language...
Everyone Sees Color Differently
Colour, as many people understand it, is the property of a thing. That light is green. The sky is blue. But scientifically, that’s not...
