Trump Administration Enemies Lists Have The Feel Of Hollywood’s Blacklist
To some in Hollywood, today’s rhetoric reflects a throwback to the epoch of the backlist decades ago. Those who publicly defied the mandates of...
We’ve Been Obsessing On The End Of The World Since Time Began
Apparently, we’ve been thinking about wholesale termination at least since about 1800 B.C., the date ascribed to the myth of Atrahasis, a Mesopotamian creation...
This May Be America’s Very Last Store Selling Real Typewriters
Much to the owners' surprise, business has soared at Philly Typewriter since the pandemic. Now they sell machines, train repairers, and host a Type-In....
Netflix Is Coming For Broadcasters Worldwide
Netflix and the other streaming giants are reshaping media systems across Europe. An audience survey in four European countries (Denmark, Germany, Italy and the...
A Life Of Psychological Riches
A psychologically rich life is one filled with diverse, unusual and interesting experiences that change your perspective; a life with twists and turns; a...
Storytelling And The Art Of Advice
A traditional story forgoes psychological realism in favor of a universality that can be integrated into the lives of its listeners. The novel, on...
US Authors Guild Offers Certification Label For Books Created By Real Writers And Not...
"The initiative, called 'Human Authored,' will allow authors to log on to the portal and register their book. They will then be able to...
Two Seattle Theatre Companies To Merge
ACT, founded in 1965, has a fiscal year 2025 operating budget of $6.8 million while Seattle Shakespeare Company, founded in 1991, has a current...
How Hollywood Plans To Help Rebuild LA
“Rebuilding is not just about money,” Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, told The New York Times. “It’s about ingenuity and determination.” - Christian Science...
Using Art To Unlock Potential In A Small City
“People drive out to Gary and see nothing but blight,” says artist Lauren Pacheco, who grew up in Chicago and moved to Gary nine...
Have Karla Sofía Gascón’s Old Tweets Torpedoed The “Emilia Pérez” Oscar Campaign?
The discovery of posts from 2020-21 in which she disparaged George Floyd, Islam, Arabs in Spain, China and its COVID vaccine, and even the...
Patti Smith Collapses Onstage In Brazil
The 78-year-old, who had been suffering a days-long migraine, was onstage in São Paulo, reciting some of her writing during a joint performance with...
At Last! Scotland’s Arts Groups Finally Know How Much Funding They’ll Get
While the announcement of three-year funding grants is months overdue, it's finally here — and, at £208 million, more generous than many organizations had...
Over $200 Million Worth Of Stolen Paintings Recovered By French Authorities
"A Paris court has secured 135 stolen paintings estimated to be worth over €200 million for the family of (collector) Uthman Khatib, (who) is...
Design For 2025 Serpentine Pavilion In London Revealed
"Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has unveiled her design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the annual...
Three Suspects Arrested In Theft Of Ancient Gold From Dutch Museum
"Dutch authorities on Wednesday arrested three suspects after the theft of a ancient golden helmet considered a cultural icon of Romania and were on...
Marianne Faithful, 78
"(The) British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal...
Quentin Tarantino Says He’s Writing A Play
"If you’re wondering what I’m doing right now, I’m writing a play. It’s probably going to be the next thing I end up doing....
What Happens To Our Culture When The Skill Of Handwriting Disappears?
Our mixed feelings about machine-made signatures make plain our broader relationship to handwriting: it offers a glimpse of individuality. Any time spent doing archival...
Reviving The Original Staging Of The Tchaikovsky Ballet “Sleeping Beauty”
Pacific Northwest Ballet dance historian Doug Fullington talks about drawing on the original libretto and photos from the 1890s and the Stepanov notation made...
A “Vibe Shift” In Our Culture? Maybe Not
The term “vibe shift,” which was apparently created by the members of the scene and sort of stolen by journalists and interpreters, is itself...
Are Smart Phones Really Ruining Our Children’s Mental Health?
It’s this imperfect yet fascinatingly complex ultrasocial world that we have thrust our children into. Nearly 20 years on, we are all a bit...
Postmortem: What Brought Down The Pitchfork Festival
The relief Mike Reed expressed came, he said, from witnessing Pitchfork stray from his original vision of a curated weekend of independent music, designed for...
Why So Many Architects Detest “The Brutalist”
"There is nothing more irritating to enthusiasts than when the mainstream tries to portray their niche world and gets it wrong. And The Brutalist...
Your Memories — Guided By Your Online Digital Trail
The moments that these photographs recall have no active hold in my memory. Still, upon seeing them—presenting themselves as the definite proof of truth,...
