Streamers And Men’s Basketball Work Something Out After Legal Wrangling
A new settlement gives Warner Bros Discovery “a chance to keep professional basketball in its overall lineup, even as it cedes U.S. rights to traditional TV...
In Colorado, There’s No History Without Art
That is to say, “rather than treating art as mere decoration, History Colorado incorporates it as an essential storytelling tool, particularly when addressing challenging...
The San Francisco Symphony Chorus Renews Its Protests Of Wage Cuts
“The 32 paid choristers, represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, have not received a pay raise in years and their wages have...
Why Hollywood Suddenly Decided To Flip The May-December Romance Script
“Not so long ago, the entertainment industry tucked away women of a certain age on Sexless Mom Island while their male peers wooed girls...
Richard Flanagan Says He May Never Write Again
But that his most recent book is up for both fiction and nonfiction prizes pleases him. “I thought much about my parents who, in...
Why Are Directors So Into Revamping Classics For A ‘New’ Broadway?
“Art leaves gaps that invite collaborative dreaming. That is one way Shakespeare manages to keep holding the mirror up to nature.” - Los Angeles...
Marvel Provides A Sort Of ‘Insurance’ For Actors Who Want To Make Indie Movies
At least that’s what Elizabeth Olsen, the woman who plays Wanda Maximoff, says. - Vulture
Chalk Another One Up For Bluesky
The social media site that’s been gaining new members by the million this week says that unlike Twitter (“X”), which has promised the opposite,...
Stop Hating Technology
The thing is, "We invent technology. Technology doesn’t invent us.” (Take that, “AI art.”) - Wired
The Prado, Always A Muse For Some Writers, Has Been Trying To Make That...
“The Prado has been bringing novelists to live in an apartment overlooking the museum. They stay for periods ranging from three to six weeks,...
The Playlist That Will Take You A Full Week To Hear
Really, it’s a musical installation, with speakers set up as far from each other as possible in a living room. “The idea is to...
Black Artists And Performers Claim Egypt For Africa At The Met
Artists got a PowerPoint’s worth of info, and then developed their music/dance/theatre/projection combos on their own. The Met “anticipates that many exhibition-goers will encounter...
Will That Guy Be Able To Sue The Media Into Complicity And Silence?
He’s already had his lawyers go after both The New York Times and Penguin Random House. - LitHub
Is This Art Exhibit A Sign Of Recent Union Organizing Strength?
Scabby the Labor Rat now has his own show in New York. - Hyperallergic
Spare A Thought For Historical Consultants, Often Completely Ignored By Movie And TV Directors
“'I’m afraid leather forearm bracers have nothing to do with ancient Rome,’ says Alexander Mariotti, a historian and specialist in gladiatorial combat who worked...
Charlie Fishman, Music Promoter Who Died This Week, Made DC A Better Jazz Town
Fishman “was sitting in a restaurant in Adams Morgan one night in 2003 with his wife, attorney Stephanie Richards, when they grabbed a napkin...
An Evangelical Theater Company Is Getting Noticed Well Beyond Its Small-Town South Carolina Home
"What began with … piling the family and their sets into a van and putting on shows for churches and home-school groups has evolved...
In The Land Of A-Museum-For-Everything, The Math Museum Will Double In Size
It is nearly double the size of its original location, at 11 East 26th Street in New York, which opened in 2012 and closed...
How Mason Bates Turned Michael Chabon’s Most Famous Novel Into An Opera
He did it without Chabon, for starters: while the author happily gave rights to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, opera is simply...
New Music Streaming Service Based On Video Games Finds An Audience
It's called Nintendo Music — and on it, you can listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey...
How UArts’ Dance Program Was Saved After The School’s Abrupt Collapse
Late last spring, Donna Fay Burchfield, dean of the University of the Arts School of Dance, was as shocked as everyone else when she...
Can Spotify’s AI-DJs Make You Listen Longer?
Spotify has millions of listeners, and a staff of real human beings couldn't voice contextual recommendations for each one of them. But AI can....
British Museum Gets A £-billion Donation — Largest Ever
Such a high-value donation of art is uncommon in the UK; the last headline-making gift received by the British Museum was a bequest from...
UK Media Industry Is Having A Crisis Of New Workers
The reality is that access to these careers often comes down to personal connections and the kinds of skills that are fostered through private...
So, Just What Does The Onion Plan To Do With InfoWars?
"Plans (are) to relaunch it in January as a parody of conspiracy theorists. 'Our goal in a couple of years is for people to...
