Dallas Art Museum Director To Step Down
Augustin Arteaga is set to leave the museum while it is undertaking an expansion—an unusual move, given that most directors of art institutions stay...
Actors Share Their Memories Of Now-Shuttered Cal Shakes
As California Shakespeare Theater has started to liquidate its assets, The Chronicle talked to artists worked there over its 50-year history. - San Francisco...
Charles Ives At 150 — For Those Who Care
Part of the neglect has to do with the fact that craggy patriarchs are no longer in fashion, particularly ones who were prone to...
Election Movies Released During Presidential Election Years — Do They Make Any Difference?
"Some film-makers are explicit in their intention to affect election outcomes. ... Others come from the opposite direction, reckoning that an election year is...
We Have Become An Algorithmically-Driven Culture. And We’re Unhappier Than Ever
Since the nineteen-sixties, much of American public life has become automated, driven by computers and predictive algorithms that can do the political work of...
Why Humans Innately Distrust Other Forms Of Intelligence
Figuring out how to relate to minds of unconventional origin — not just AI and robotics but also cells, organs, hybrots, cyborgs and many...
Dissident Filmmaker From Belarus Released From Prison In Serbia
"A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his extradition has been released and...
Is A Four-Day Workweek Workable In The Arts?
Employers and employees experienced increases in motivation and overall productivity with no drop in revenue. Employees generally report less stress, burnout and work-family conflict....
The Downside Of Making Our Lives Convenient
Continually choosing the convenient path lessens your ability to deal with unavoidable difficulties. And, from an evolutionary perspective, some measure of discomfort is just as crucial...
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Is Working To Settle Labor Complaint And May Rehire Its...
"(Management) said it is working on a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board and ... the labor union representing 10 dancers who were...
Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Conflict With Its Dancers: A Timeline
When and how it all went down, from the dancers' vote to unionize through management sacking the lot of them and subsequent legal action...
How Switching Languages Changes Our Personalities
If you speak more than one language, ask yourself: in which language do you find it easier to say ‘I love you’? And in which one...
Orchestras’ Unseen Heroes: The Librarians
You “can’t do this job without being a trained musician." And just like any member of the orchestra, librarians get their jobs through competitive...
Herzog & de Meuron Will Remake Breuer Building For Sotheby’s
The renovated building will contain Sotheby’s sales room, as well as exhibition and dining spaces. Work is expected to be completed by fall 2025....
City Of Miami Beach Steps Up To Replace Arts Funding Canceled By Gov. DeSantis
"After Florida governor Ron DeSantis cancelled the state’s funding for arts and culture, Miami Beach has stepped up to … provide a one-time contribution...
Arguments Over Corporate Sponsorship And Gaza War Plague Canada’s Giller Prize
It seems the director of the C$100,000 literary award had been telling authors that she was working to sever the Giller's ties to its...
On Being A Woman Of A Certain Age In The Marvel, And Hollywood, Universe
Kathryn Hahn on Agatha All Along: “It does feel like a really radical thing that we've been able to pull off. Though, because my...
What’s Up With Celebs Glamorizing Smoking?
If you remember the 2005 movie Thank You for Smoking, you’d be forgiven for anticipating this is a Big Tobacco thing. “Nine out of...
Roman Ruins At Baalbek In Lebanon Have Survived Israeli Airstrikes
The historic city's mayor has confirmed that there was no damage to the ancient structures at the site, though he did say that the...
New York Philharmonic Fires (Again) Two Players Accused of Sexual Assault
Following another investigation that looked into further allegations (besides the original accusations from 2010), principal oboe Liang Wang and associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey...
The Trauma Of Being A Librarian On The Front Lines In The United States
Sure, there are the rancorous meetings where people accuse you of peddling porn, and the death threats. But there are also overdoses, physical attacks,...
Video Gamers Have Become Ukraine’s Deadliest Drone Pilots
The movie image of elite soldiers as macho hulks has fueled concerns that today’s flabby and screen-addicted youths couldn’t cut it in a real...
London Film Festival Reports Largest Audience In Ten Years
Figures published by the BFI said attendance across both free and paid-for in-person screenings and events at London venues increased by 92%, with 49% of tickets...
That Idea Chimps Could Randomly Type Shakespeare? Naaah!
The results indicated that even if every chimp in the world was enlisted and able to type at a pace of one key per...
Milwaukee Symphony Music Director To Step Down
Ken-David Masur's career highlights with the MSO include overseeing the introduction of more than 100 works to the orchestra — 33 of which are...
