Here’s Why They Have To Charge So Much For Tickets To A Good Haunted...
The owner of Blood Manor, one of New York's top Halloween attractions, explains how much he has to spend every year — not just...
Steampunk’s Lessons For How To Manage The Technology Age
The distance between a mechanical watch and a modern smartphone seems to embody the divide between the pre-digital and digital worlds. We imagine that...
Is Understanding Math The Key To Democracy?
In civic life, decisions are increasingly driven by data, by algorithms, by statistics. Without the ability to understand or even grapple with the numbers...
Have We Lost Our Ability To Think Through Ideas?
Thinking through—rather than just thinking—is important. A thought or an idea is never that precious. People have thoughts and ideas all the time, many of...
A Dostoevsky Ballet?? Yep. ABT Is Dancing “Crime And Punishment”
"Acknowledging that the idea sounds inadvisable, (director James) Bonas and (choreographer Helen) Pickett explained in interviews what they saw instead as promising: Dostoyevsky’s hefty...
New York Has Become A Hub Of Endangered Languages
Just the last few decades, hundreds of thousands of people speaking hundreds of languages have arrived in New York from heavily minority and Indigenous...
New UK Anti-Terrorism Law Adds Security Obligations To Theatres
While theatre leaders have stressed that they are committed to the safety of their audiences, they have also pointed out that Martyn’s Law –...
After 50 Years, The Hirshhorn Museum Is Dealing With Something New: Popular Success
"Could the Hirshhorn be a major institution? These days, Director Melissa Chiu says it should assume its role as 'the national museum of modern...
The Giant Opera That Took Over The Streets Of Toulouse
Over the past three days, the streets of Toulouse, France, hosted an urban opera titled The Guardian of the Temple—The Gates of Darkness, in which...
Packing And Moving Museum Art Is One Of The Trickiest, Most Challenging, Most High-Stakes...
"Everyone who works (in the job) has stories about the expensive, delicate, sacred and impossibly large things they’ve had to pack into a crate...
Halloween Has Become Big Business For The Music Industry
“I feel very passionately about Halloween music. It’s camp. It’s carnal. It’s macabre. It’s, like, silly. It’s the only holiday where all of those...
Non-EU Citizens Should Pay Higher Admission For Sites Like The Louvre, Says French Culture...
"Is it normal for a French visitor to pay the same price ... as a Brazilian or Chinese visitor?" said Rachida Dati, who wants...
Midnight Book Release Parties Aren’t Just For Young People’s Lit Anymore
The phenomenon — in which bookstores open at midnight on a title's release date, so readers can get their fix as quickly as possible...
Is The True Crime Podcast Genre Returning To Its Public Radio Roots?
Serial is, after all, a spinoff of long-running public radio hit This American Life. After Serial's massive success, countless people wanted in on true-crime...
After Violinist Lara St. John Went Public About Sexual Abuse By Her Teacher, Many...
"I definitely did not know that it was this widespread," she said. "I’ve heard from people all over the world, mostly about sexual abuse...
In Pompeii, A Little House Full of Well-Preserved Frescoes Is Unearthed
"While the home is modest in size, researchers say that its decorations — including erotic scenes — are equal to those of much larger...
Gérard Depardieu’s Rape Trial Postponed Until Next March
"Gérard Depardieu's trial on charges of sexual assault has been postponed until March because the French actor is in poor health, a court in...
Here’s How To Get Cheaper Broadway Tickets, Even At The Holidays
That’s right, tourists (and New Yorkers), there are some ways to find those deals - though not, perhaps, if you want to see Robert...
What The Universe Looks Like: A Second Copernican Revolution Is Here
Just as Copernicus reimagined the architecture of our solar system five centuries ago, we are once again in a revolution that pivots on planets....
A Sculpture Of A Desk With Poop On It Appeared On The National Mall....
It is a figurative sculpture, rooted in realism, that shows an improbably large pile of human poop on the desk of Nancy Pelosi, then...
The Composer Who Said She Channeled Liszt
Rosemary Brown produced approximately 300 musical pieces in a variety of styles, according to a list of manuscripts in the British Library. She claimed they...
We Can’t Seem To Agree On Anything — Except Perhaps When We Gather For...
The importance of audiences gathering for live performances has been and can be a healing balm for this dark era – to unite us,...
Copyright Office Rules It’s Okay To Repair Your McFlurry (And Other Things)
US Copyright Office to "grant an exemption specifically allowing for repair of retail-level food preparation equipment—including soft serve ice cream machines similar to those...
It’s Now Illegal To Post Fake Reviews
The rule bans businesses from creating, buying or selling reviews and testimonials attributed to people who don't exist, including those that are AI generated....
Report: Art Collectors Are Changing Their Buying Habits
What comes through overall is a sense that collectors’ behaviors are are starting to shift, and not just in relation to the current market...
