How You Make Decisions: Going With Your Gut?
"My recent research findings suggest that people are often well-advised to decide intuitively, in terms of how it makes them feel. There is emerging...
Fandom Is Increasingly Becoming A Problem
Fandom has changed over the last decade to become more of a discourse, but while celebs have had to hear more and more of...
Archaeologists Using AI Discover 303 Unknown Geoglyphs In Peru’s Nazca Desert
"The large number of new figures has allowed the researchers to differentiate between two main types, and to offer an explanation of the possible...
Off-Road Joyriders Are Damaging Ancient Geoglyphs In Chilean Desert
"The rugged terrain of Chile’s Atacama Desert is etched with giant images of llamas, cats, fish, birds, and humans. … At Alto Barranco in...
Because Of New State Laws, Book Bans In U.S. Schools Are Soaring
"PEN America officials said that the organization has counted more than 10,000 cases of book censorship in public schools during the 2023-2024 school year,...
In U.S. Libraries, At Least, Book-Banning Efforts Are Slowing
"The American Library Association released its preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries, finding that the...
Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Where Things Stand Now And What Comes Next
With DBDT management having fired all the dancers (with an unconvincing explanation) after they tried to unionize, both the National Labor Relations Board and...
UK Culture Secretary Says Previous Government Had A “Violent Indifference” To The Arts
Lisa Nandy said that, under the 14 years of Conservative government which ended this past summer, "there's been a vandalism of the arts" and...
Why San Diego Symphony’s Concert Hall Needed That $125 Million Renovation
"Audience members had long complained about lousy acoustics under the balcony overhang and bad views from many seats. … Musicians coped with a backstage...
Venmo Is Actually A Social Network, Sort Of
Unless a user opts out, every profile is visible to the public and every transaction is shown in the feeds of a user's friends....
Longtime Houston Ballet Executive Director Steps Down
James Nelson who began his career as a dancer and went on to to serve in a succession of roles with Houston Ballet: company...
Does “The Show Must Go On” Create Unhealthy Workplaces?
Theatre workers across the sector have now described to The Stage how they feel pressure to "power through" all but the most extreme health...
Learning To Appreciate Neurodivergent Reaction To Art
"Listening to you also reminded me of my own adult son, who is autistic. When Ezra was a child, my wife and I sometimes...
Study: Why Public Media Needs More Stable Funding
The CSRL study says most local NPR stations lack the resources to systematically gather and report on local news, and in turn, spend too much of...
Critic Frederic Jameson, 90
For decades, Mr. Jameson’s voluminous work — more than 30 books and edited collections as well as reams of journal articles — has been...
“La Haine,” Revelatory Film About Paris’s Suburban Slums, Is Now A Stage Musical
Matthieu Kassovitz's 1995 prize-winner is still considered the reference film about the crisis in France's suburban housing projects. After almost 30 years, Kassovitz and...
Creative People Prioritize Information Differently Than Others
My work explores the ways in which creative individuals prioritise information differently to their less creative counterparts. In one of our studies, my research collaborators...
Saving The Day: NYCBallet Dancer Subs In During Performance With Four Minutes Notice
In dancer shorthand, this is what’s known as being thrown on. It’s scary sounding, isn’t it? Phelan, on Instagram, wrote that she was given...
How Our Culture Is Being Eroded
Olivier Roy argues that culture in the sense we have understood it is being inexorably eroded. It’s not, as some of his countrymen believe,...
Visitorship At French Heritage Sites Is Back To Pre-COVID Levels
According to the statistics department at the country's Ministry of Culture, the total attendance figure for more than 1,450 museums and 46,000 monuments is,...
An Alarming Rise In Retractions Of Research Papers
The publication of research papers drives university rankings and career progression, yet the relentless pressure to publish has contributed to an increase in fraudulent...
Benny Golson, Master Jazz Saxophonist And Composer, Has Died At 95
"Golson played an integral role in the transition from bebop to hard bop through his short but vital tenure with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers...
Stone-Eating Lichens Are Gradually Gobbling Up Ancient Persepolis
The ruins of the ancient Persian capital, built in the 6th century BCE, are an important locus of Iranian national pride and a major...
Firings At Dallas Black Dance Theatre: A Generational Culture Clash?
When management fired the entire main company in August, the dancers said it was because they tried to unionize; management said that a social...
About 40% Of Jobs In U.S. Book Publishing Have Disappeared Since 1997
Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that employment in the industry peaked in 1997 at 91,100 jobs; as late as 2008...
