Inside The Dismantling Of Voice Of America (As Recounted By One Of The Dismantled)
“An international media outlet employing hundreds of foreign journalists with the stated mission of promoting civil liberties abroad was bound to be incompatible with...
San Francisco Is Trying A Novel Approach To Securing Affordable Housing For Artists
“Trading financial gain for lasting impact, several older artists have donated the houses they bought decades ago to community land trusts, legal entities that...
BBC World Service Will Run Out Of Funding By April If Government Doesn’t Step...
Most of the World Service’s £400 million budget comes from the licence fee which funds the entire BBC, though the Foreign Office contributes a...
Oregon’s Portland Chamber Orchestra Abruptly Closes Down
The ensemble, founded in 1946, was believed to be the longest-running chamber orchestra in the US. While it has faced the same post-COVID financial...
Dallas Opera Chief Ian Derrer Appointed General Director Of Canadian Opera Company
Derrer — who came to The Dallas Opera in 2018 and then steered the company through COVID, raised $54.5 million and doubled the endowment,...
London’s “Brutalist Monstrosity” Southbank Centre Given Landmark Status
“The Southbank Centre in London, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Undercroft skatepark and was once voted ‘Britain's ugliest building’, has been...
How Has India Managed To Develop Over 100 Literary Festivals?
“The answer is that festivals in India are only partly about books. They are a ‘spectacle’ offering music, dance, handicraft sales and food. Even...
Can English National Opera’s New Leader Revive The Company’s Fortunes?
“I like this construction of London and Manchester,” he tells me, at the Coliseum. “And I like the spirit of pioneering, of becoming an opera...
American Tap Dance Meets Indian Kathak — And The Rhythms And Sparks Fly
“In Speak, American tap dancers collaborate with their counterparts in kathak, a classical Indian percussive dance form. While these genres have been crossed before,...
If I Can Write A Novel In A Day With AI And It Takes...
Through Hart’s teaching business, Plot Prose, she’s working on a proprietary piece of software that can “generate a book based on an outline in less...
Report: Enrollment At Australian Art Schools Has Plummeted
New research published in the Australian Journal of Education this week found fewer students in high school and university were choosing to study the creative...
A Campaign To Prohibit UK Police From Using Lyrics As Evidence In Court
Campaign groups want a change to the victims and courts bill, which is currently making its way through parliament, to stop police from being...
Master Cinematographer Roger Deakins On His Half-Century Behind The Camera
“Deakins – cinematographer to the Coen brothers, Martin Scorsese and Sam Mendes, whose work has earned him 14 Oscar nominations and two wins, five BAFTAs, a...
The Enormous Power Of Small Book Shops
How, against all odds, has City Lights managed to remain a vital symbol of literary dissent and free speech? How, after more than seventy...
Hollywood Unions Begin New Contract Negotiations
The sides will be negotiating in a Hollywood far different from 2023. Production has slowed significantly industrywide, as many entertainment companies struggle to adjust...
Indians Don’t Buy Books. So Why Do They Have So Many Literary Festivals?
If most middle-class homes are devoid of book-- if you can sit in an airport departure lounge or train all day and not see...
Letterboxd Has Become For Movie Fans What GoodReads Was (At Its Best) For Lit...
“Browsing Letterboxd, you find an eclectic range of tastes, tones and approaches to movie-watching, a buffet of high and low, mainstream and esoterica. …...
A Worldwide Shortage Of Tenors?
When men do join singing groups, they often avoid the tenor section. The tenor voice is “a cultivated sound”, says John Potter, author of...
Report: Canadian Artists Have Multiple Jobs
One in every 10 employees in the arts, culture, and heritage had multiple jobs in 2025, compared with just 5.6% of all Canadian employees....
We’re Not Ready For The Ways AI Will Disrupt Jobs
The immediate risk to employment may not be AI itself, but the way companies, seduced by its promise, overinvest before they understand what it...
After $41 Million Renovation, San Francisco’s Castro Theater Reopens As Performing Arts Center
“It was as if nothing had changed about the historic Castro district landmark. Except that nearly everything has.” The new removable chairs and flattened...
Broadway Musical Fans Are Recreating Favorite Dance Numbers On TikTok
“These content creators are not just copycats; they are attempting and sometimes mastering the complicated dance moves and distinctive performances of shows they may...
Antiquities-Trafficking Prosecutor Wins Art History Award
Matthew Bogdanos, founder and chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit in the New York District Attorney’s office, has been awarded the Marica Vilcek Prize in...
Three Sexual Assault Lawsuits Against Author Neal Gaiman Are Dismissed
“Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, in Wisconsin in February 2025, accusing Gaiman of multiple sexual assaults while...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Chief Of Staff And CFO Resign
“Maggie Fairs, who was promoted to chief of staff last year by former director and CEO Sasha Suda, will leave the museum at the end...
