Theatre Artists Make So Little Money, It’s Nearly Nonexistent
How can we fix this? Gloucester, England, has one (extremely dreamy) idea - give artists money, and tell them you don’t expect an outcome....
Mary Wings, Who Led The Way In Queer Comics, Has Died At 75
Wings was the first known US comic artist to produce work by a lesbian about lesbians. “After publishing her three comics, Ms. Wings turned...
Classic Films, Hard To Find On Streaming, Are Making Their Cinematic Comebacks
Perhaps surprisingly - but perhaps not, if you’ve ever tried to figure out what to watch from 12 different streaming services - “there...
Dreamy And Soulful Or Dreary And Dreadful? The Minimalist Piano Music That Crowds Love...
No, this doesn't mean the piano etudes of Philip Glass. Ludovico Einaudi is the most famous of a school of keyboard composers such as...
How Small Towns And Rural Areas Can Keep The Arts Going
Collective action is the key: “A rural community may not necessarily receive the art it deserves, but it certainly gets the art it is collectively...
The Soviet Puppet Theaters Of Kazakhstan
During the 1930s, the Communist regime in Moscow set up Russian-style puppet theaters in the republics as a way to impart Socialist principles to...
But What Exactly Is Banksy Doing In London?
When’s the big reveal after the surprise five animal appearances this week? Is the artist protesting far-right rioters, climate change, or … what? -...
You’ve Heard Of Slow Food And Slow TV. Now A “Slow Living” Movement Is...
"(There's currently) a wave of writers encouraging active resistance to the relentless 'goal-oriented' expectation that, 'in a world where our value is determined by...
The Message Of Recent Broadway Successes
“At a time when costs for Broadway shows continue to rise … the necessity is producers so committed to projects and their potential to...
The Four Children of Frank Zappa And Their Frustrations, Finances, And Fights
"Moon has spent decades reassessing the family dynamic. Dweezil no longer speaks to his siblings. Ahmet and Diva, meanwhile, seem dazed by the force...
Banksy Confirms A Fifth London Piece This Week
This one, hungry pelicans playing with fish, is appropriately located above one of London’s famous chip shops. - Euro News
What Does A State-Level Version Of The Atlantic Magazine Look Like? In North Carolina,...
"With a mission of publishing 'deep reporting about power and place in North Carolina,' the publication (called The Assembly) has an ambitious vision of...
Slovakia’s Culture Minister Is On A Firing Spree
This week, Martina Šimkovičová — who only just moved from across the border in Austria into Slovakia though she's been minister since last October...
Two Cultural Institutions Were Set On Fire During Bangladesh Riots
"Several locations across the capital, (Dhaka,) including Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, were set on fire as part of a...
Breaking At The Olympics: Inside The Scoring System
"The judges will score on five criteria: vocabulary, technique, execution, originality and musicality. … Judges will use digital sliders ... to represent each scoring...
Audit Finds More Misuse Of Funds And Possible Embezzlement At Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio
The forensic examination of finances at the long-troubled outlet revealed conflicts of interest, misspent funds, and more than $700,000 in expenditures ($400,000 of which...
Paramount To Cut 15% Of Its US Workforce
The layoffs, which follow the elimination of 800 jobs in February, are part of a plan for $500 million in annual cost-savings (part of...
This Guy Poured Water On 6,000-Year-Old Cave Art So He Could Get A Better...
"The cave paintings (in the Sierra Sur de Jaén mountain range) were made on limestone, which contains water-soluble salts. When water is poured on...
The Salzburgians Who Hate Sound Of Music On Its 60th Anniversary
“The story was too romantic. It was tears cutting out of your eyes. And the von Trapp, they left their home. For the others,...
Warner Bros-Discovery Takes A Huge Financial Writedown
Shares of the merged company dropped to their lowest point since they began trading in 2022. CEO David Zaslav said, “This better aligns our...
Art For Change Partners With Michelle Obama To Increase Voter Participation
Artists are “constantly engaging with these ideas around family, community and relationships, so I think that we look to artists, not necessarily on how...
What’s The Right Name For New Music?
“The goal of LOUD Weekend is to imagine the world that’s yet to exist — one where composers and musicians work on equal footing,...
Banksy’s Fourth London Piece Is Stolen Nearly As Soon As It Goes Up
The image of a howling wolf was on a satellite dish on top of a store on Rye Lane. Two men with a ladder...
Two Teenagers Arrested In Plot To Create Terrorist Attacks At Taylor Swift Concerts In...
The main suspect is a 19-year-old, who “had confessed to the plans shortly after being arrested, giving the police a detailed insight into his...
Could Terraced Rice Paddies Hold The Secret To Mitigating Urban Flooding?
"(There's a) trend in Asia seeing architects seek inspiration from the region's rice terraces and other agricultural heritages to help urban communities reduce waterlogging...
