Why Rachmaninoff Is Still Hugely Popular (And Misunderstood)
In some ways he seems the archetypal modern man, prone to anxieties and constantly on the move, pushed around by world-historical forces. - The Telegraph...
Not The Norman Rockwell Of Verse — Robert Frost At 150
"Frost remains one of the greatest literary enumerators of a particularly modern darkness, regardless of his reputation (among those who refuse to read him...
State Of Podcasting: American Public Media Downsizes Its Podcast Unit
APM Studios will move away from being a standalone podcast studio and will instead “focus on building strong, multiplatform brands that align with our...
Klaus Mäkelä Appointed Chicago Symphony Music Director
"A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world. … Mäkelä will become CSO music director...
How The Logistics Of Transferring A Show To Broadway Work
"It’s a massive undertaking that, among other things, includes the public relations team finalizing (materials) for marketing and advertising, the box office setting ticket...
Why The UK’s Universities Are In Crisis
What has happened to Britain’s supposedly world-beating universities is partly the old post-Brexit story of the young suffering the consequences of something they overwhelmingly...
Some California School Districts Are Misusing New Arts Education Funding, Say Unions
The measure approved by voters, Prop. 28, explicitly said that the money authorized must go for additional arts education programs. That means not using...
How Harper Collins Is Tweaking Book Design To Save Trees
In an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of each book, they’re tweaking fonts, layout, and even the ink used. And so far,...
The Sad, Infuriating Story Of Vice’s Collapse
"Any attempt to look at the company’s finances suggests a long history of issues at the very top. … Sources described a corporate culture...
British Newspaper The Independent Will Take Over BuzzFeed’s UK Sites
"As part of a multi-year licensing deal, … The Independent will take over BuzzFeed’s sub-brands in the UK, including food vertical Tasty UK, black...
How Bad Are Things At The San Francisco Symphony? Quite Bad, And They’ll Get...
"The financial crisis (is) so dire that the leadership is willing to take this huge public black eye (Salonen's departure) rather than let it...
Let’s Not Be So Quick To Condemn “Madama Butterfly” and “Turandot” For Cultural Appropriation:...
"Puccini’s universalism was sincerely felt, even if it’s unfashionable today, and it deserves to be appreciated rather than cynically apologized for — as some...
Nelson-Atkins Museum Is Auctioning Off One Of Its Monets
The Mill at Limetz (1888) is expected to sell for between $18 million and $25 million at Christie's next month. The Nelson-Atkins owns only...
Maryse Condé, Award-Winning French-Caribbean Author, Has Died At 90
The Guadeloupe-born writer didn't publish her first book until age 40, and she came to international prominence in her 80s: in 2018, she won...
Government Watchdog Is Investigating British Museum Over Sacred Ethiopian Tablets
"The information watchdog is investigating the British Museum over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its...
Music Venues Are Being Squeezed Out Of UK City Centers
One in six live music venues closed in the past year, according to figures from the Music Venue Trust. But amid the gloom, there...
A Crisis In Classics Studies
Classics is no longer sleepy. The legacies of ancient Greece and Rome have reemerged as key cultural battlefields fought over by everyone from left-wing...
The False Promises Of Being More Productive
Time was the problem, I assumed: There was enough of it; I just wasn’t using it right. Or maybe the problem was my attention...
AI Is Changing Movie Workflow. But AI Still Won’t Show Up In Final Product
Speed. That’s what you hear, over and over again, as the real benefit of Gen AI imaging. By eliminating the friction of time-consuming tasks...
Voice Engine: Give Me 15 Seconds And I Can Sound Like You (Or Someone...
Voice Engine can recreate a person’s voice from a 15-second recording. If you upload a recording of yourself and a paragraph of text, it...
Want To Read More Books? Super-Readers Share Tips
We talked to a few super-readers, who routinely finish hundreds of books a year, about their habits and goals — and asked them about...
How Independent Publishers Change The Game
Over the last twenty years, the number of independent book publishers has grown by over 21 percent, with independent publishing now making up over...
The Rise and Fall Of Art Fraud Inigo Philbrick
Philbrick’s ascent paralleled a historic moment that Artnet writer Eileen Kinsella has called “the financialization of the art market.” Today, art is no longer merely displayed...
The Search-Engine Musician Who Writes 100s Of Thousands Of Songs And Makes A Living
For the past 20 years, he has been releasing album after album of songs with the object of producing a result to match nearly...
Is The Mr.Beast-ification Hyper-Stimulation Era Of Social Media Ending?
“Every 1.3 to 1.5 seconds you have to have a new graphic or something moving, you have to a lot of effects. For...
