Cell Phones Keep Interrupting Philadelphia Orchestra Concerts. Do The Orchestra’s Own Policies Bear Part...
"(Management) has invited the problem at least partially by asking audiences to ... engage with their cell phones during visits. Tagging the ensemble on...
Bringing South Africa’s Unique Street Dancing To The World’s Stages
Pantsula is a dance style developed in the country's black townships by Africans who combined the tap dancing they saw in American movies with...
Judge Denies Convicted Armorer For “Rust” A New Trial
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of manslaughter for the accidental shooting of the film's cinematographer by star Baldwin, who presumed that a prop gun would...
This Guy Evidently Found A Picasso In Somebody’s Basement
A junk dealer found the painting when cleaning out a deceased homeowner's basement on the island of Capri. The dealer took it home and...
Cincinnati Opera Postpones Production Of New Afrofuturist Piece
Lalovavi, set in the year 2119 and with a score by composer Kevin Day, was to premiere next June but has been postponed one...
Broadway Star Gavin Creel Dead At 48
A beloved musical theater performer, singer-songwriter and activist who won a Tony for Hello, Dolly! (opposite Bette Midler) and an Olivier for The Book...
LiveNation Is Building A “Temporary” Music Venue In Toronto To Hold 50,000 Fans
"This was a natural response to an unprecedented level of stadium-level artists on the road today. We now have another home for them to...
LA’s Hammer Museum Gets A New Director
Zoe Ryan will replace Hammer director Ann Philbin, who after transforming the museum over 25 years, is scheduled to depart in November. - Los Angeles...
What Made Maggie Smith Great
The omnipresence of Judi Dench notwithstanding, Smith’s career was substantial and varied—a testament to her flexibility as an actor and to her rigor as...
How To Create? Brian Eno Has Ideas
How should we create things? The word “should” isn’t quite right, since there’s no correct way to be creative; still, when you’re actually creating...
After Aggressive Book Bans, Soft-Bans
"I think that is where the danger lies, because we can track the books that are being banned, but we can’t track books that...
ChatGPT Is Changing Our Writing…
The overuse of certain words and phrases leads to writing losing its personal touch. It becomes harder to distinguish between individual voices and perspectives...
500 Publishers Demand Frankfurt Book Fair Cut Ties With Israel
The coalition has made four demands of the Book Fair: to condemn Israel’s regime of genocide in Gaza and affirm the human rights of...
Shutdown Of Internet Archive Leaves Higher Ed In Limbo
Legal experts are uncertain how much this latest court decision will affect colleges and universities, though they expect institutions to tread carefully. - InsideHigherEd
Report: Twenty Percent Of Workers In Nonprofits Can’t Afford Basic Essentials
More than one out of five nonprofit workers cannot afford basic living expenses where they live—and the statistics are even worse for nonprofit workers...
The Polari Prize Releases Its Shortlist
“The chosen titles 'remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned,’ said...
The Plan To Save Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Skyscraper Is A Disaster
“The new owners have sold some one-of-a-kind furnishings that Wright designed for the building. And the building itself is up sale, listed on a...
Australia’s Small But Valiant Presses Are Being Swallowed By Larger, Even Huge, Corporations
“This is what happens when the big fish eat all the little fish: grim times for employees, writers and, ultimately, readers. Should those of...
How One Gauguin Painting Went From Real To Lost To Fake
“How did a painting that was once coveted by museum directors and collectors alike simply disappear? And how can a work of art suddenly...
The Raw, Brief Power of Dance
Emma Portner isn’t thrilled that people are still finding her choreography from a 2012 Facebook video. "The whole reason I got into performing is...
Gavin Newsom Just Vetoed An AI Safety Bill That Silicon Valley Didn’t Like
The bill "would have established requirements for developers of advanced AI models to create protocols aimed at preventing catastrophes” - and would have required...
Looking For An Artist By Examining Her Palette
Or his, of course. For instance, "Picasso’s palette from 1961 recently fetched £56,250 at auction despite being made of cardboard.” - The Guardian (UK)
How Does Lin-Manuel Miranda Decide What Projects To Pursue?
“If it’s just one idea, it will probably die in the impulse phase. If the idea opens avenues and you see many more roads,...
The Most Devoted Fans Of Sleep No More Are Mourning Its Eventual End
And they’re going to see it again - and again, and again. Not that that’s unusual. - Washington Post
The Art Dealer Who Discovered Picasso And Matisse
Berthe Weill practically created the avant-garde, or least she paid them. Why has she been written out of art history? - The New York...
