Is It Okay To Throw Away Books?
A book is different from a pair of shoes or a scented candle—but is it that different? The kinds of excess we permit—even exalt—for...
Bay Area Film Festivals Are Struggling
This is not just a Bay Area problem. Film festivals all over the world are hurting, no matter how well-established. The two biggest film...
Colorado Public Radio Has Big News Ambitions. There Are Challenges
Colorado Public Radio has a vision to be the state's top, free news source. Getting there has created some controversy. - WestWord
What Is Music? Noise?
With a universal definition hovering out of reach, the discourse concerning noise often starts with the personal. - The New Yorker
The AI Dilemma: Who Owns The Essence Of Our Work?
“More and more, we’re seeing AI used to replicate someone’s likeness and voice in novel ways without consent or compensation." - Politico
Was Anne Of Cleves Really As Ugly As Henry VIII Said?
The famous Holbein portrait of the king's fourth wife portrays her as nice-looking enough. Yet Henry declared her a "Flanders Mare" and annulled the...
This Company’s Music Gets Played 2.5 Billion Times a Day, But Profits Are Thin
There are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok videos featuring Epidemic Sound music, and the company reports that its tracks receive 40 million plays daily on...
An Immersive Kit Kat Club — How Broadway’s Revival Of “Cabaret” Put Together A...
The lobby became the Vault Bar, with an elevated stage and a rotating disco-ball eye. Upstairs is the Red Bar, with dancers behind beaded...
New World Record For Dancers En Pointe
A total of 353 dancers from across the globe held the position, known as going “en pointe,” to beat the current Guinness World Record...
Things Finally Stabilize At Cleveland Ballet With A Permanent CEO
Larry Goodman, a board member, stepped in as interim CEO after founding chief exec Michael Krasnyansky resigned and his wife, artistic director Gladisa Guadalupe,...
“I Love The Art So Much I Sometimes Weep” — A Former Writing Professor’s...
"We are not a museum, just a neighborhood frame shop in Evanston, Illinois. … The art is unrelenting. … When I get home at...
Spotify Audiobook/Music Bundle Means Lower Music Payouts
With the introduction of the stand-alone audiobooks offering, Spotify is now able to pay lower music-licensing rates for the music-and-audiobook bundle, introduced in the U.S....
It’s Been Only Six Years, And TikTok Has Changed The United States
"Here are 19 ways of understanding how TikTok became part of American life. ... Even if you’ve never opened the app, you’ve lived in...
For Estonians, Culture Could Be The Only Thing Keeping Them From Being Swallowed By...
"Because as soon as Estonia doesn’t have its own culture, the country will become fair game for Russian propaganda and Russian aggression. … All...
Conserving Rare Books At (Yes) The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
"Not every workplace features a guillotine. … Fearsome machines are part of daily life at the lab, which serves as a hospital where ailing...
Here’s The Painting That The Fired Museum Employee Put On The Museum’s Wall —...
"'The motive behind (the caper) was to see if the directors of the museum were prepared to practise what they preach,' said one person...
Climate-Protesting Theatre Vandals Convicted In London
"Five Just Stop Oil protesters have been (convicted) of aggravated trespass after they stormed a performance of Les Misérables in London's West End. Two...
New York Philharmonic Launches Independent Investigation Into Revived Assault Allegations And Broader Work Culture
"The New York Philharmonic, which has been facing an uproar since a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against two players it tried...
PEN America’s Major Events For This Spring Are Falling Apart Over Gaza
"Amid growing criticism over its response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, freedom of expression nonprofit PEN America is facing questions over whether its...
What Does It Mean To “Own” Culture? (And Do We Have To?)
Our music, films, books and photographs are increasingly accessed via digital platforms rather than stored on our shelves. Do these digital items really feel...
Fighting Against The Information Overload
We’re living in what they call the “Information Age,” but life only seems to be making less sense. We’re isolated, listless, burnt out on...
Librarians Under Attack (And It’s Taking A Toll)
Instead of standing up for the robust exchange of ideas, lawmakers in state after state are pushing bills that would criminalize librarians for putting certain books...
How Accurately Can Computers Simulate The Real World?
Video games have long bent toward realism, and in the past thirty years engines have become more sophisticated: they can now render near-photorealistic graphics...
Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Protest At Venice Biennale
Around 100 protestors gathered outside of the Israeli Pavilion in the Giardini and moved toward other national pavilions, like those of the U.S., France,...
Canceled Glasgow Book Festival Gets a Surpise Gift From A Lottery Winner’s Fund
The full multiday festival – which last year saw 175 authors appearing in more than 120 events across 10 days – will still not...
