AI Software Encodes Language The Same Way Human Brains Do During Conversation
"A neural code refers to particular patterns of brain activity associated with distinct words in their contexts. We found that the speakers’ brains are...
Remember Ruth Mackenzie, Who Was Abruptly Fired As Director Of The Châtelet In Paris?...
After her still-inadequately-explained sacking in 2020, she went in 2022 to be the Adelaide Festival's artistic director through 2026. She completed this year's event...
Elif Shafak On Being Prosecuted In Her Homeland For Her Fiction
"I was accused of insulting Turkishness, even though nobody knew what that meant. And it was quite surreal, because the words of fictional characters...
Rachid Ouramdane Is Director Of France’s National Theatre Of Dance. How Does He Find...
"His job is huge. His friends and fellow artists ask him how he finds time to create when he is in charge of so...
The Complete Freud, Revised For the 21st Century
"The new 24-volume, 8,100-plus-page Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud has been three decades in the making, with psychoanalyst...
The Florida Orchestra May Finally Get A Headquarters Of Its Own
The ensemble operates out of cramped offices in St. Petersburg and has no fixed rehearsal space; now the CEO has proposed a new building...
Racial Inequities In Arts Funding In Pittsburgh Persist, Finds Study
"For the new report, (the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council) analyzed more than 11,000 grants made to about 500 local organizations from 2018 to 2023....
Game Of Thrones Had Three Dragons, And The Sound Designer Could Hold Down Their...
But House of the Dragon? “There are more than a dozen dragons running around the Seven Kingdoms, and every one, Fairfield says, is...
The Puppet Makers And Puppeteers Reimagining “Spirited Away” For The Stage
Come for the hand-carved dragon scales; stay for the “evil flash mob” animating Kaonashi/No-Face. - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
In Liverpool, England, Far-Right Rioters Set Fire To A Community Library
“The Spellow Library and Community Hub library, a 'one stop shop for one of the most deprived', was set alight with flames visible inside...
After Blair Witch Project Came Out, Fans Swarmed A Town That Didn’t Want Them
Now, on the 25th anniversary of the iconic horror film, Burkittsville, Maryland, the new mayor “thinks the town deserves to see some benefit from...
A US Book Prize Judged By Incarcerated People Awards Its First Winner
And the winner of the Inside Prize is Imani Perry, who also won the National Book Award for her South to America. - LitHub
For Women And Girls In Gymnastics, Dance Is Required, But An Afterthought
What if the sport, and its judges, actually valued dance? “That would involve thinking of each floor routine as a miniature choreographic work: an...
Alexander Waugh, Grandson Of Evelyn, Opera Critic And Composer, Has Died At 60
“Beginning with Mr. Waugh’s great-grandfather Arthur, the family has produced nearly 200 books and thousands of pieces of journalism; all four of Auberon Waugh’s...
A Statue Of Johnny Cash Will Replace One Racist Politician’s Statue In The Capitol...
“His statue joins that of another Arkansas native, Daisy Bates, a civil rights leader who headed the state’s NAACP chapter and mentored the Black...
Peacock Cracked The Emmys’ Reality TV Code
"For starters, Peacock campaigned the heck out of” The Traitors. Then there’s just the fact of Alan Cumming. - Vulture
Why This Black And White Movie Hit Italy Much Harder Than Barbie
Movies that shift "feminist shifting “the struggle of feminism into the past strip it of its political essence and allow it to be viewed...
Colman Domingo Turned To Another San Francisco Theatre Veteran To Help Him With New...
Domingo wanted someone rooted in stagecraft to help as he made the film. Specifically, he “wanted his best friend, his San Francisco theatrical co-conspirator Sean...
Music-Loving Australians Who Live In Rural And Remote Areas Are Getting Some Attention
“People living in regional Australia recognise the positive impact of the arts on wellbeing, social cohesion and the economic opportunities created through tourism. However,...
Vince Vaughn’s Career Was Launched By R-Rated Comedies, But Those Are Mostly Gone Now
The actor who made his name in raunchy movies like Swingers and Wedding Crashers says that Hollywood execs are too concerned with IP now....
Winning At TV, But Still Loving Theatre
Ashley Park is now in-demand on Netflix - but says the theatre’s the thing, even if it’s not Broadway. “I love community theater and...
The One Design That Will Make, Or Break, Cities In The Near Future
That design detail? Shade. And not only tree shade, but structural shade in public spaces. - The Atlantic
Turns Out The Church Of The Holy Sepulchre’s Missing Altar Panel Was There All...
The carved stone-and-marble panel was installed by the Crusaders when they reconsecrated the church in 1149 and went missing after a fire ravaged part...
Apple’s Worst Feature Flattens Everything About Our Very Human, Complex Experiences
“When it comes to the health consequences of phones, so much depends on context. How someone uses an app matters, as well which app. One person...
Artist Anton Van Dalen, Who Made Art From Changes On The Lower East Side,...
He's famous for “Avenue A Cut-Out Theater, a three-foot-tall cardboard model of his townhouse at 166 Avenue A. He filled it with hand-painted and...
