In DC, The Problem For Small Theater Companies Is Finding Theaters To Perform In
"A number of companies that cater to smaller audiences with niche or experimental productions are struggling to find or keep their spaces in the...
Book Banners Are Trying A Stealth Method To Get Targeted Books Off Library Shelves
Regular weeding — librarians' term for removing from collections books that are out-of-date, damaged, or too seldom checked out to be worth shelf space...
Author Lore Segal Dead At 96
"An esteemed Viennese-American author and translator, (her) gift for words helped her family escape from the Nazis and … later drew upon her experiences...
San Antonio Philharmonic Turmoil: Two Rival Boards Suing Each Other
The organization itself has filed a case against two former board members who led a schism of the group into rival factions. Those two...
The Atlanta Opera, Bucking Trends, Is Doing Quite Well
Not to say there isn’t trouble brewing, particularly with its unions, but the opera’s numbers, and budget, have been on an upward trajectory for...
The FCC Gives Starlink Temporary Ability To Hook Hurricane Victims Direct To Their Cellphones...
Why? After Hurricane Helene, “communications continue to be heavily impacted throughout the southeast region of the US. Charts published by the FCC in recent days show...
Imagining A New Definition For Participating In Art
What gets defined as “art” often reflects a very specific perspective in our culture. Expanding our definitions of art and participation to include nontraditional...
Is London’s Art Market As Bad As People Are Saying?
Ahead of the 21st edition of the fair, which has now expanded to four cities around the world and brings week-long celebrations as well...
How Our Notions Of “Privacy” Have Changed In The Digital Age
“Privacy is valuable not because it empowers us to exercise control over our information, but because it protects against the creation of such information...
What Are The Mythologies That Define America?
Those stories that Americans tell about themselves in the name of the “imagined community,” manifest through public rituals like fireworks shows, public school curricula,...
Is Intellectual Humility Really A Virtue?
Part of living well is thinking well. Our souls have an intellectual, as well as a practical, part; we cannot live fully flourishing lives...
Artist Who Used AI To Create Images Says Copyright Office Ruling Is Anti-Creative
The US Copyright Office ruled that content created using AI tools, including Midjourney, can't be copyrighted. However, Allen argues that "the Office ignore the...
The Internet Archive Is A Library Of The Digital Age, A Record Of Civilization....
Though Kahle’s ideals have never wavered, his creations were subsumed by a Silicon Valley behemoth feeding off all things antithetical to his vision of...
The Met Opera Just Extended Yannick Nezet-Seguin’s Contract. Should It Have?
When he was first named as the next music director back in 2018, the Met asserted that he would conduct a minimum of five operas per season. What...
Southern California Can’t Have All The Visual Art Attention, A Newly Launched Northern Cal...
Stand back, PST: Here comes the Further Triennial. The name - in honor of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ famous bus - “is...
Show Everyone The Money
On the literary importance of money in fiction (even Raymond Carver agreed). - LitHub
Nostalgia Is Driving An Awful Lot Of Television Reboots
Millennials want to share their shows with their kids - and, in addition, “the world is a little bit hectic and crazy right now,...
What Is The Graphic Novel Equivalent Of Show, Don’t Tell?
It’s the two-apple problem. - LitHub
Some Good News For Books, And Readers
“The number of independent bookstores has grown by 200 from 2022 to 2023, and the number has more than doubled between 2016 and 2023.” Then...
The British Artist Who Has Bonded With Cy Twombly
Artist Tacita Dean says, "He connects to the classical world in a way that is deeply emotive. … I’m interested in where your mind...
Hollywood Feels The Lure Of Europe, Again
First of all, Hollywood studios are a bit risk-averse right now. Then there’s the pull, for actors, of high-prestige indies. Witness Zoe Saldaña, starring...
How Is It That Saturday Night Live Is Sometimes Still Funny?
Television shows that are 50 years old aren’t thick on the ground. But SNL strikes a thread of absurd comedy from time to time...
Should We Be Worried That Taiwan May Be Running Out Of Electricity?
Only if we want computer chips. Which we definitely do. - Wired
Little Of The Money In Music Is Flowing To Musicians, Says Pink Floyd’s David...
Gilmour: “The music industry is a tough one these days, and for people who are recording in it, the rewards are not justifiable. The...
Companies Like Instagram Are Deleting Our Photos And Videos
So please - make sure they’re stored somewhere else as well (preferably not in a cloud). - Slate
