Have A Listen To The Earliest Known Recording Of A Country Music Song
"A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania. The track, 'Thompson's Old Gray Mule,' was recorded in 1891 and...
Why Are We So Fascinated With Our Own Demise?
Young people today are no less obsessed with climate disasters than Gen X was with nuclear war. Where we had nightmares about missiles, theirs...
What Accounts For Those New Year’s Music Traditions?
For old time’s sake, we sing “Auld Lang Syne.” We embrace the waltz to remember and ward off depression. Everywhere in the world there...
The Highs And Lows Of U.S. TV Ratings In 2024
"A little blue dog was the biggest star in the streaming world; the most watched cable series in years took a final bow; sports,...
The Worst Artworks Of 2024
"As we close out the year, we’ve rounded up the artworks that left us unimpressed — pieces that didn’t live up to the hype,...
How Modern Dance Came To The People’s Republic Of China
Beginning in 1986, with funding from two foundations and the U.S. Department of State, American Dance Festival director Charles Reinhart sent American teachers to...
Assessing Damage Done To Lebanon’s Heritage Site’s By Israeli Bombing
"Lebanese cultural preservation organisation Biladi said at least nine heritage sites were completely destroyed and 15 badly or partially damaged by Israeli attacks between...
Artnet’s Biggest Art World Controversies of 2024
Interestingly, there is little overlap with CNN's similar list, released last week. - Artnet
Edinburgh Cancels This Year’s Hogmanay Celebrations Due To “Extreme Weather”
With heavy rain and very high winds pounding the Scottish capital, the torchlight parade, outdoor concerts, street party and fireworks display have been called...
Actress Linda Lavin, 87
She became a household name in the US thanks to her decade starring in the CBS sitcom Alice, and she worked regularly in TV...
The Literary Jimmy Carter
Publishing 32 books over the course of his life, he wasn’t simply prolific, as far as former presidents go. His output also displayed an...
What Caused Deterioration Of Maria Callas’ Voice?
In recent years, a study quantified the audible differences between her recordings of Tosca and Nabucco, a decade apart. They found that she had become increasingly...
Why Teachers Are Leaving The Profession
Individual teachers, school boards, and think tanks are attempting to find ways to improve teachers’ working conditions so as to combat burnout, proposing a...
How History Has Become “Post-Literate”
It is now difficult to imagine the mass of general readers—assuming they exist—being reached even by a historian of genius. Historiography is becoming stuck....
How Shen Yun Dance Made $266 Million
By the end of last year, tax records show, it had more than a quarter of a billion dollars, stockpiling wealth at a pace...
Jimmy Carter On Arts And Culture:
"We have no ministry of culture in this country, and I hope we never will. No matter how democratic a government may be, no...
Charles Dolan, Media Pioneer, HBO Founder, 98
Charles Dolan was one of the cable TV industry’s most aggressive operators and marketers. He created the nation’s first urban cable television network, Manhattan...
2024 Was Supposed To Be Break Dancing’s Breakout Year. It Didn’t Happen
“We’re making the same mistakes in our culture. We’re allowing the appropriation, the exportation. We’re trying to fix it for everybody else except for...
The Pianos Nobody Wants
"I would say that the era for old uprights is coming to a close. The inevitability is that one day, those pianos will be...
Some Of The Most Borrowed Books Of 2024
But even the most borrowed books only represent a sliver: "When you actually look at what people read in New York City, it wasn't...
The Baltimore Small Stage Coalition Emerges From The Pandemic As A Strength
“Their first round of collective auditions took place last January and drew representatives from about 20 statewide companies. The auditions made it possible for...
One Way To Remember Every Day Of Your Life
“It occurred to me that if I really did want to remember a few gems about each passing day, why not simply write them...
Despite A Year-Ending Surge, Hollywood Box Office Receipts Are Down From Last Year
Bad, yes, but on the other hand, no one thought the industry could even partially recover from the first half of the year’s Furiosa:...
Macondo, The TV Version, Versus Colombia, The Real One
This is not the fake Colombia of Disney's Encanto: “Many on the set considered it an honor to be part of the project. Several...
Well, Someone Had To Invent The Corridor
“Until John Thorpe, rooms in the great houses of England used to lead on, one from another, all grouped around a central entrance hall,...
