Bojan Spassoff, Longtime Leader Of One Of America’s Most Prestigious Ballet Schools, Has Died...
After directing the Savannah Ballet and Ballet Oklahoma, Spassoff in 1984 took over what is now the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia....
Most Of New Jersey’s Daily Newspapers End Their Print Editions, And One Is Closing...
"The Star-Ledger, Times of Trenton and South Jersey Times will all move to online-only editions. … But because the Ledger will shut down its...
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony In Ontario Is Out Of Bankruptcy And Back In Business
"After declaring bankruptcy just over a year ago in September 2023, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced a resumption of operations, renewing a legacy that’s...
Blogging Platform Medium Is Flooded With AI Postings
Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine and other executives at the company have described the platform as “a home for human writing.” But there is evidence...
New UK Culture Budget: Film Wins, Music Loses
While the film and TV sector welcomed an increase in the tax incentive for VFX spend, grassroots music venues have been hit by a...
When The Frick Will Reopen
The renovation — designed by Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners as executive architect — has reinstalled masterworks in new and...
Staging A Musical In A Working Swimming Pool Onstage
No, this isn't a site-specific production at an outdoor pool or the Y. Flint Rep in Michigan actually installed onstage a working swimming pool...
NYC Mayor Announces Possible Expansion Of Whitney Museum
The development would include up to 300 affordable housing units, a public open space, and 45,000 square feet set aside for a possible Whitney...
What Is It About A Work of Art That Gives A Person Genuine Chills?...
A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the...
Sotheby’s Gets An Injection Of $1 Billion From Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund
While the exact terms of the deal—or the company’s new valuation—were not disclosed, a Sotheby’s spokesperson said that $800 million of the cash injection...
A Look At The New Version Of The Chicago Manual Of Style
The 18th edition of the now-118-year-old guide has expanded sections on copyright, inclusive language (yes, it endorses the singular "they"), and how to credit...
Online Recommendations Are Deeply Broken (Compromised). We Can Fix That
Today’s automated social-media feeds deliver increasingly indistinguishable content now sometimes generated by artificial intelligence; in the face of this onslaught, we crave content with...
Archaeology Student Finds Lost Ancient Mayan City By Accident
The team discovered three sites in total, in a survey area the size of Scotland's capital Edinburgh, “by accident” when one archaeologist browsed data...
Our Cultural Record Stored Digitally Is At Risk
When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal—whether by design or by attack—our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its...
Maurizio Pollini’s Final Recording, With His Son By His Side
"Dedicated to Schubert, it marks a welcome return to a composer whose music Pollini had not taped since the 1980s. But what makes the...
What You Can Tell From An Imagined Audience
As researchers have noted, the less an actual audience is visible or known, the more communicators depend on their imaginations. Because journalists can never know precisely...
There’s No Way To Reach The Top Of Hollywood’s Corporate Ladders Because The Boomers...
"Unlike their bosses, some of whom ascended to the heights of authority in their 30s …, young professionals today … see no clear path...
Some True-Crime Podcasters Are Trying Something Different: Focusing On The Victims
"In a saturated and unregulated landscape, some creators — with little to no training on how to cover crime — try to humanize the...
Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry’s Missing Panel
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as...
How Choreographers Are Experimenting With AI
"The impact of artificial intelligence ... can already be seen across film, television and music, but to some extent dance seems insulated, as a...
Odesans Fight Back As Regional Governor Tries To Erase City’s Russian-Language History
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed...
The Baltimore Sun Eliminates Its Entire Features Department, And With It Most Arts Coverage
"(This will be) the first time since at least 1888 the newspaper won’t have even one reporter dedicated to covering the city’s cultural life,"...
Actress Teri Garr Has Died At 79
She began her career as a backup dancer in Elvis Presley movies and made countless guest appearances on TV series, but she's best remembered...
Canadian Playwright Under Attack For “Pretendianism”
Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none...
Study: An A/B Test Illustrates The Benefits Of Hybrid Work Rather Than Full In-Office
Before the experiment, managers estimated hybrid would reduce productivity by 2.6%. After the six-month experiment they estimated it increased productivity by 1%. Those working under...
