We Fired All Our Dancers, But Not Because They Unionized, Says Dallas Black Dance...
Company management posted on Instagram on Monday that last Friday's abrupt mass sacking happened because "a video surfaced that violated their contractual terms and...
Another Jackass Gets Caught Leaving His Mark On The Walls At Pompeii
This particular jackass is a 37-year-old British man who carved his initials and those of his two daughters on a wall at the House...
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Appoints New Music Director
Ilya Ram, a 33-year-old Israeli-American, is currently music director of the Akademische Philharmonie Heidelberg, a position he will keep. He begins his tenure in...
To Greet The Democratic Convention, The Chicago Transit Authority Puts New Public Art All...
"The project, called 'Track(ed) Changes,' along with the related community events, jibes with the city’s promise to Chicagoans to broaden the limelight and to...
Despite Protests, Harvard Will Not Remove Arthur Sackler’s Name From Two University Buildings
Reasoning that he should not be held morally responsible for deaths from a drug (OxyContin) that his company (Purdue Pharma) brought to market years...
Podcasters Are Pulling In Real Money On Patreon
"Patreon says podcasters make up the second-largest group of creators on its platform and collectively earned more than $350 million from fans in 2023....
The Case For Occasionally Being Mean (And How That’s Different From Being Cruel)
"The difference between being mean and being cruel has to do with intention, scale, and intensity. ... Being mean is always directed at another...
Why Two Of London’s Major Classical Institutions Are Rebranding
The Royal Opera House's renaming as the Royal Ballet & Opera and concert venue St. John's Smith Square's rechristening as Sinfonia Smith Square —...
Charles R. Cross, One Of America’s Leading Rock Journalists, Is Dead At 67
In addition to editing Seattle alt-weekly The Rocket, Cross was one of American rock's most accomplished biographers. He wrote bestselling books on Kurt Cobain...
Abu Dhabi Is Buying A Billion-Dollar Piece Of Sotheby’s
"ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, investment, and holding company, has entered into 'a definitive agreement' to acquire a minority interest in Sotheby’s....
Asking AI Programs About Rip Van Winkle (Philip Kennicott Tries An Experiment)
The Washington Post's art critic has been thinking about John Quidor’s 1849 painting The Return of Rip Van Winkle and about a certain Rip...
The “Death Slot” On Broadcast TV Schedules: A Brief History
"Death slots" were times when audiences were presumed to be low, and therefore where network programmers would park shows presumed to be doomed anyway,...
The Academic Who Competed In Breaking At The Olympics
Dr. Rachael Gunn — whose nom de breaking is "Raygun" — knows that, at 36, she can't compete against the spins and strength moves...
No Mics, No Musicals, Just A Lot Of Wisconsin Theatre Fans
At American Players Theater, “banking on the glory of the human voice is primarily an artistic decision: Nothing comes between the actors, their words...
Banksy Tracker: Number Eight Is A Black Rhino
“His latest graffiti design, located on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, is situated on the side of a building and has been designed...
How Does Cultural Transmission Survive Without Written Explanations?
Redundancy and repetition can keep cultural traditions alive - or perhaps how an artistic practice feels in the body. - Aeon
This Conductor’s Group Gets Funding From A Russian State Bank, But Somehow It’s Still...
It’s more than two years into Russia’s war with Ukraine, and Teodor Currentzis’ “continued presence is frustrating to many, raising uncomfortable questions about...
What Design Is Right For A New Big-City Bridge?
This is a question Portland is asking as it prepares to scrap and remake the Burnside Bridge - "its most significant multi-modal downtown bridge...
Will Colleen Hoover’s Reign Over The Romance Lists Subside Now That Her Movie Is...
Well … no. “For all the tonal confusion of Hoover’s novels, readers continue to gravitate toward the repetitive writing and heavy emphasis on shocking...
Did Paris Benefit From The Olympics?
Well: "Already we know that the capital’s museums have seen massive attendance declines; now there is talk of a state fund for financial assistance...
Broadway Plays Borrow Shine From Their Hollywood Stars
“Broadway, still adapting to sharply higher production costs and audiences that have not fully rebounded since the coronavirus pandemic, is betting big on star...
No Taylor Swift? No Problem
Swifties gather in Vienna streets to sing her hits together - and to find community, despite the security-driven cancellations. - NPR
When Your Novel Accidentally Meets The Zeitgeist
The author has been checking out Goodreads to “see how the average enthusiastic reader has been responding to this book. It is in equal...
Re-Creating The Music Of Medieval Europe With One Instrument
The EP-1320 comes “pre-loaded with a selection of playable musical instruments from the Middle Ages, from frame drums, battle toms, and coconut horse hooves...
The Weird, Long Tail Of Seinfeld Echoes Through New York Summers
“It’s like a ‘Seinfeld’ convention with a baseball game in the background,” says the man who organized Seinfeld Night for the first time, a...
