Arthur Miller Wrote Six Comedies. And They’re Funny.
What's more, the four Miller tragedies that usually get performed have some funny parts as well (at least if the production is good). Yet,...
Musk Attacks Wikipedia
Musk’s latest attack—“Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!” he posted on X last month—coincided with an update to his own Wikipedia page, one that described the Sieg...
New Orleans’ Superdome As Cultural Icon
The building has welcomed Mardi Gras parades, graduations, the Republican National Convention and Pope John Paul II. In the words of Doug Thornton, its...
US Opens Investigation Of Shen Yun
The investigation is being overseen by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the State Department, as well as federal prosecutors in Manhattan....
One Of Joan Didion’s Journals Will Be Published This Spring
"Discovered in a filing cabinet next to the American writer’s desk after her death in 2021, Notes to John is addressed to Didion’s husband,...
Culture Warrior Jordan Peterson Is Having Trouble Selling Tickets In San Francisco
In fact, he's already cancelled half a dozen West Coast tour dates. Imagine that. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
UNESCO Has Completed Reconstruction Of Historic Landmarks In Mosul
The $144 million project was to rebuild the Great Mosque of Al-Nouri and other structures in Mosul's old city which were destroyed during the...
Chicago’s Cultural Commissioner Under Fire For Skipping Meetings And Bullying Staff
Leaders in the city's arts scene say that Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth has postponed meetings and has little communication with them. Meanwhile, about a quarter...
Stephen Petronio Will Close Down His Dance Company This Summer
"What doesn’t work anymore, (he) said, is what he has been doing for decades: sustaining a company of dancers through touring and grants." The...
Harvard Art Museums Receive Major Gift Of Edvard Munch Works
The bequest by the late collectors Lynn and Phillip Straus includes two paintings and 62 prints — raising the total number of Munch works...
Daniel Barenboim Reveals That He Has Parkinson’s Disease
"The 82-year-old musician has been in failing health for some years, and in January 2023 resigned from his position as the general music director...
Deciphering A 1,900-Year-Old True Crime Tale
This papyrus, dating to roughly 130 CE, had been catalogued as written in Nabataean, the language once spoken at Petra. But researcher Hannah Cotton...
Trump Disbands President’s Council On Arts And Humanities
The announcement comes as the Trump administration dismantles diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives across federal agencies, including museums. - Hyperallergic
Boycotts Aplenty! Giller Prize Cuts Ties With Lead Sponsor Over Protests
The Giller Foundation, which administers Canada's richest fiction prize, said its 20-year relationship with Scotiabank ended Monday. But organizers of the No Arms in...
A Culture Of PROTECT YOUR HEARING!
In research first published in 2015, the World Health Organization estimated more than 1 billion teens and young people are at risk of hearing...
The Anger Behind Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-Winning Comedy “English”
The Iranian-American playwright says she was inspired "by a lifetime of seeing people treat my parents, who speak English as a second language, as...
A Crossroads For The Future Of CNN
CNN will now have to prioritize growing its digital business while trying to maintain its traditional TV channel at a time when ratings are...
Are Our Devices Wrecking Our Memory? Here’s What The Studies Say
Some do suggest that the Internet and digital technologies impair or otherwise alter performance on specific learning and memory tasks: people who use GPS...
Climate Protesters Interrupt West End Play – An Extension Of Radical Theatre?
Just Stop Oil demonstration interrupted a performance of The Tempest at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Actor Sigourney Weaver sat aghast as protesters walked on...
What You Get When You Cross Crystal Pite And Simon McBurney
You get Figures in Extinction, a trilogy which choreographer Pite and director McBurney have been creating for Nederlands Dans Theater. "The idea was to...
Concern Over Video Of Workers Hammering Stones On Egypts Pyramids
After video of a worker using a hammer, chisel, and other tools on the stones of the Great Pyramid of Giza went viral on...
How Capitalism Killed High Culture
High culture became the only thing standing in the way of the free market, and now that too has been taken care of. Art...
The Book Industry Sues State Of Idaho Over Book Banning Law
The state’s HB 710, enacted last July 1, forbids anyone under 18 from accessing library books that contain “sexual content,” regardless of the work's literary...
BBC Asked Minority-Group Members What The Network Could Do Better. Their Answers Were Quite...
"(Researchers) gathered a group of 15 to 20 people monthly for six months to talk about how they viewed news in general and the...
Syria Gets Its First Orchestra Concert Since Overthrow Of Assad
After Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad on December 8, the orchestra's rehearsals and concerts were halted as Syria embarked on a delicate transition away from...
