What It Means To Be A Highly Sensitive Person
What I discovered after many years of studying this innate survival strategy is that high sensitivity means, above all, thinking deeply about everything. -...
29 Years Ago, Charlotte Had A Freakout Over A Play, And The City’s Arts...
The play was Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, produced in 1996 by the Charlotte Repertory Theatre. Here’s the story of the fight about it...
Behind The Move To Get Rid Of Book Blurbs
There’s been a bunch of authors and publishers lately saying, “Hey, this is hugely time-consuming. It’s an incredibly emotional process. What would happen if...
Baltimore Theatre Refuses To Comply With NEA’s New Anti-DEI Guidelines
Baltimore Center Stage, Maryland’s state theater, says it will refuse to comply with the NEA’s new guidelines — which state that applicants “will not...
AI Imaging Discovers Remnants Of 5000-Year-Old Civilization Below Dubai
The integration of AI and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) proved especially powerful. SAR technology provides high-resolution images of structures buried beneath the earth's surface,...
Philly’s No Name Pops Appoints A Music Director
Christopher Dragon starts on July 1; by that point, the No Name Pops will be called the Philly Pops. Dragon is currently resident conductor...
Why Do Orchestra Musicians Have Tenure?
In particular, tenure exists to ensure that orchestra conductors cannot “clean house” according to their personal artistic tastes. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kansas City’s Master Of Vinyl
In a vacant church, he built a concert hall and studio where he recorded the Delta blues and Louisiana roots music. His latest acquisition...
What’s A Bookstore To Do When An Author Becomes Problematic?
What to do about art we admire that is created by people we don’t? Most bookstores leave it in the hands of patrons. -...
Seven Defendants On Trial For Death Threats Against Artistic Director Of Paris Olympic Ceremonies
“Thomas Jolly filed a complaint for death threats after receiving homophobic and antisemitic abuse on social networks. The online attacks erupted after Jolly’s acclaimed but...
Unknown Donatello Sculpture Turns Up In Museum Storeroom
The marble bust, depicting Mantua noblewoman Cecilia Gonzaga, was identified in a storeroom at the Spiš Museum in Levoča, Slovakia. It was previously thought...
Disney Cuts 6% Of Staff At TV Networks And ABC News
“About 200 employees are being let go at Disney’s ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks unit, people familiar with the matter said.” Among...
U.S. Book Industry Braces For Havoc Due To New Tariffs
“President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% increase to tariffs on goods from China, went...
San Francisco Symphony Is Intimidated Into Pausing Black Composers Project
“The San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Conservatory of Music have ‘paused’ the Emerging Black Composers Project, citing a memo from the U.S. Department of Education’s...
“Hamilton” Cancels Its Run At Kennedy Center In Wake Of Trump Takeover
Lead producer Jeffrey Seller: “Political disagreement and debate are vital expressions of democracy. These basic concepts of freedom are at the very heart of...
D.C. Will Paint Over Black Lives Matter Plaza Mural After GOP Threatens Transit Funding
“D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser signaled Tuesday that the city would paint a new mural at Black Lives Matter Plaza outside the White House...
How On Earth Did Reddit Become One Of The Nicest Places On The Internet?
For its first decade, Reddit was widely considered just a notch above 4chan: full of rage-filled prejudice, vicious verbal abuse and creepy sex stuff....
The Oscars Have Contorted Themselves Into An Unwatchable Mess
Just as tentpole movies are tested and managed to death, the Oscars have bent themselves into contortions to meet what executives have determined that...
At Last, New York City Schools Get An Increase In Arts Funding
After years of either cuts or stagnant funding, the New York City Council has allocated $4 million for arts instruction and programming in 239...
How Cities Are Developing Policies To Promote Support For Musicians
As the cost of living continues to skyrocket and spaces for musicians to perform become fewer, some say municipal music strategies are becoming increasingly important. A...
I’m A Professor. Now I’ve Become An AI-Cheat Detective
To judge by the number of papers I read last semester that were clearly AI generated, a lot of students are enthusiastic about this...
UK Is Increasing Arts Funding. But The Arguments For Where That Funding Goes Are...
Even beyond their economic potential, the cultural value of practices more traditionally associated with commercial activity has become more central to the national conversation....
Meet The Next Artistic Director Of The Dutch National Ballet
Ernst Meisner began his career with London's Royal Ballet before returning home to join DNB. When he left the stage in 2013, he became...
The Dangerous Notion Of Free Speech
Freedom of expression undermines authority, which is why it has no place in societies wholly based on the exercise of coercive power. The logic...
Is This Rubens Real? It’s Difficult To Tell
This is not the first time that claims against the authenticity of Samson and Delilah have made headlines. In 2021, the Swiss tech start-up Art Recognition...
