Buffalo’s Public Radio Stations To Rearrange Programming
“Buffalo Toronto Public Media (BTPM) plans to move programming currently on news/talk WBFO (88.7) and BTPM Classical WNED (94.5) in Buffalo, NY, resulting from...
Site Of Cancelled Pompidou Center Jersey City May Become Affordable Housing
“Jersey City Mayor James Solomon, who took office in January” and killed the project shortly afterward, “announced Monday that the city would work with...
Post-Assad, Syria’s Powerhouse TV Industry Has New Freedoms And New Challenges
“While Egypt is known for its movies and Lebanon for its pop singers and composers, Syria’s TV series” — especially the high-profile dramas aired...
Britain’s Ballet Black At 25
Founding Artistic Director Cassa Pancho: “There was nowhere in this country for Black classical dancers to be hired. It was suggested to me that...
Tilly-The-AI Actor Gets Her Own Universe
AI talent studio Xicoia, which created Norwood, has announced plans for a “rapid expansion” for the digitized actor. The developments include a digital universe...
The AI-Written College Essay And The Decline Of Thinking
Surely the most dismal prospect is that we will lose sight of our own forms of thinking and understanding if those terms are assimilated...
This Little Company Brings The Ephemerality Of Theater To A Whole New Level
Every month, in an American Legion hall or women’s center (anywhere but a theater) in Los Angeles, Public Assembly presents three 12-minute plays that...
What If The Future Of Public Broadcasting Doesn’t Include Broadcasting?
If we were to launch a new local, mission-driven public-service media entity today, what would it look like? - Editor & Publisher
Why Is There A Shortage Of Understudies In Toronto Theatres?
For at least three years running now, shows in Toronto have been disrupted because theatres did not have adequate understudy coverage. - Toronto Star
Poet Threatens To Sue Arts Council England After Defunding
A poet is threatening Arts Council England (ACE) with legal action after a magazine it funds withdrew her work from publication based on her “social media...
Should AI Be Used In Grantmaking? If So, How?
Arts-minded folks are likely to hate the idea, but there are pressures which could push toward it: increasing application volumes, limited staff capacity, and...
Miami Public Broadcaster WLRN In Turmoil
The future of public radio in Miami is at stake in an escalating conflict between South Florida Public Media Group, which manages WLRN, and Miami-Dade County...
There Are No Psychopaths?
While it has been researched across hundreds of empirical studies – especially since the explosion of research in the late-1990s – there is still...
Lufthansa Changes Musical Instrument Carryon Rules After Incident
As of March 1, Lufthansa Group, citing “customer feedback,” said it would be applying “a new, more generous” carry-on policy for small instruments, such...
Painting Unseen For 65 Years Authenticated As Rembrandt
The artwork, Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, has been in private hands since 1961, a year after art historians declared it not to...
Rebecca Benaroya, Doyenne Of Seattle Arts Philanthropists, Has Died At 103
“Together with her late husband, real estate developer Jack Benaroya, Becky Benaroya championed dozens of arts, humanitarian and civic organizations including the Seattle Symphony,”...
Several Sets Of Regulators Could Still Block The Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
Among those regulators are the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. What’s...
Paramount Says It Won’t Sell Off Warner Bros. Cable Businesses
“Paramount Skydance’s leadership says there are no plans to divest or spinoff cable assets after merging with Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion. The...
Chicago Launches Plan To Create Loop Arts District
“The district will be supported by nearly 90 Loop arts organizations that will develop the neighborhood as an arts and culture destination. … (It)...
Paavo Järvi Named Next Chief Conductor Of London Philharmonic
Music director or chief conductor, formerly, of (among others) the Cincinnati Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, and currently of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen...
Indianapolis Museum Of Art Has Closed Its High-Tech Immersive Art Space
The museum opened the 30,000-square-foot space, called the Lume, in 2021 with a 150-projector installation emblazoning images of Van Gogh’s paintings across the walls...
Too Many Basket Weavers?
Ontario is one of the provinces to see the highest economic impact from the sector, according to the report. - The Conversation
Turmoil At This Year’s Berlinale Has Some Wondering If Germany Can Run Big Cultural...
Some "wonder if the German government’s views on permissible speech, shaped by its sense of responsibility for the Holocaust and desire to stop antisemitism,...
The Louvre Scandals And A French President’s Legacy
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, is at risk of losing what could be a legacy-defining cultural project: a $1 billion-plus refurbishment of the Louvre, which...
How Paramount Finally Succeeded At Buying Warner
As much as David Ellison and his team had been telling anyone who would listen that his business would ultimately prevail in buying a...
