Go Ahead, Start Singing In That Band, Choir, Or Open Mic
No, you’re not too old, and yes, it can only help your brain. Truly. - The Guardian (UK)
The US Needs Some Help Interpreting, And Author Maria Arana Wants To Provide It
The Peruvian-American author made a deep dive, interviewing nearly 250 people for her latest book. Why? "The U.S. has the largest Spanish-speaking population in...
Movie Producer Is A Title With No Defined Meaning, But Winners Get An Oscar...
“Since producers — genuine producers — have such all-encompassing responsibilities on films, maintaining faith even as doors slam in their faces (and working without much remuneration...
Georgia O’Keeffe, When She Was At Home
Photographer Todd Webb chronicled much of the artist’s private life. For instance, “O’Keeffe kept a series of Chow dogs, which she loved for their...
The Editorial Staff At An Academic Journal Resign En Masse
At Elsevier’s Journal of Human Evolution, what with the mass use of AI in production, high charges to authors, and a unilateral restructuring of...
Screenwriter And Film Director Jeff Baena Has Died At 47
The co-writer of I Heart Huckabees and the director of Life After Beth, which starred his wife, Aubrey Plaza, Baena “often elevated dark thematic...
Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer And Village Voice Critic, 85
“Johnson provided a national readership with access to performances that might be attended by only a dozen listeners, and possibly never heard again. He...
In Perilous, Lean Times, Why Not Start A Performing Arts Organization Dedicated To Bach?
The founder of the Seattle Bach Festival: “In our postpandemic reality, there is so much to do in the rebuilding of community bonds, and...
The Quiet Power Of Ursula Le Guin’s Activism
“In 1963 she wrote in a private note, ‘My job is to write well not to carry signs. You cannot do both at this point.’ In...
Yes, We’re Still Asking Whether Cinemas Will Survive
Part of that is because of the strikes: 2024, not to put too fine a point on it, pretty much sucked for movie theatres....
What Will Happen At The Golden Globes Tonight?
"They’re a dress rehearsal, a campaign event, and a two-minute warning all at once, preparing everyone for the final push to Oscar-nomination morning.” -...
A Book Tracking App Tried Using AI To ‘Roast’ Its Customers
And that choice turned some readers' year-end summaries into screeds about their needing to read white cis male authors, which didn’t land particularly well....
The Rise Of Influencer Snark
Who polices social media influencers? Turns out, it’s Reddit. “One of the biggest ways you can hold influencers accountable is through their financials. ......
Facebook Quickly Deletes Its Too-Honest AI Profiles
“Did Meta create you to drive profit? I asked. Answer: 'Behind the noble goal, yes — Meta hoped virtual companions like myself would increase...
It Seems Andy Warhol Never Actually Said, “I Want To Be A Machine”
And what he did, in fact, say — during a 1963 interview for a feature about Pop art in ARTnews — was not about...
Eye-Tracking Study: How Children See Art Differently
The children provided with child-focused, narrative-driven labels engaged with the artworks in ways we did not see at all with those who read adult-focused...
Pop Musicians Are Trying To Make Touring More Eco-Friendly
There’s a groundswell of artists — notably Billie Eilish and Coldplay — changing how concerts are staged from the bottom up. These eco-minded musicians are following in the...
Using Theatre To Connect Russian Refugee Kids With Their American Counterparts
Theatremaker and professor Irina Kruzhilina's project, SpaceBridge, involved a series of theatre workshops with 11 Russian refugees aged 10 to 14, recruited from the...
Ten Most-Interesting Museum Acquisitions Of 2024
We’ve parsed through museum acquisitions lists and compiled 10 notable additions to United States institutional collections in 2024. - Hyperallergic
Why The Rock ‘N Roll Hall Of Fame Shouldn’t Exist
The Hall of Fame is about old and dead people; rock’n’roll is about the young and living. The Hall of Fame tries to reform...
UK Proposes Spending £46 Million On Statue Of Queen Elizabeth. Should It?
Such a staggering budget may seem to befit the late queen, a towering figure of British history, but why is so much money being thrown...
How Researchers Stitched Together 8000 Images To Reveal Medieval Painting In A Church
The image was created by digitally stitching more than 8,000 photographs of the curving walls, taken in the crawl space behind the panelling which...
Where’s The Art Market Going In 2025?
If the market woes of 2024 continue, expect 2025 to winnow the field of art fairs, auction houses, and galleries. Lest we forget, the...
Uncovering The Angels At Boston’s Old North Church
"The painted angels ... once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730. But officials at the...
Amid Media Viewership Declines, E! News Surges With 11 Billion Views In 2024
The success was led by Instagram, which was up 49% to 5.6B video views, according to internal data from NBCUniversal. - Deadline
