Radio Giant Audacy Is Preparing To File For Bankruptcy: Report
The successor company to a merger between CBS Radio and Entercom, Audacy manages 235 radio stations in 48 US media markets. A decline in...
The Next Concert Halls: In Space?
Space living could also bring a revolution in concert-going, by giving new context to existing music and inspiring new ways of performing. - Washington...
The Business Of Books – Not An Art, But A Job
"A job is a material thing, a book is a material thing—a product—and if we are going to analyze material things we should set...
UK Theatre Leaders Talk About What’s Needed In 2024
"We should positively reframe and reclaim the word ‘risk’ as an artistic necessity that is vital to the future of our sector. What are the classics...
Jazz Musician Les McCann, 88
A Lexington, Kentucky, native, McCann was a vocalist and self-taught pianist whose career dated back to the 1950s, when he won a singing contest...
How The South Korean Government Is Changing The Way It Supports Artists
The culture ministry said Thursday it will move away from one-time, small grants distributed to a wide range of artists toward more targeted and...
Why Do Some People’s Personalities Change Over Time And Other Do Not?
Typically, most personality changes occur in young and older adulthood, with middle age appearing to be the period of the greatest stability. Changes in personality can be driven by the...
Five Ways (Which You Probably Haven’t Thought Of Yet) In Which AI Will Change...
Ben Davis: "I always say: Futurology is mainly people telling you what corporations are already doing. Here, I’m trying to avoid predictions like, 'art...
Vinyl Record Sales Are Growing. Can We Keep Big Labels From Ruining Everything?
In 2022, 5.5m vinyl records were bought in the UK, the largest volume of sales since 1990. Over the first nine months of last year,...
Gay Neo-Hula Master Patrick Makuakāne Says He Couldn’t Have Become A MacArthur “Genius” Anywhere...
"'If I was in LA or New York, or even Hawaii, I would not be getting this award,' he said. 'There’s something special about...
How A Cyberattack Has Crippled The British Library
The effect on the B.L. has been traumatic. Its electronic systems are still largely incapacitated. When I visited the library last Monday, the reading...
“Bridgerton: The Experience”. “Money Heist: The Experience.” “Squid Game: The Experience”. Yep, They’re All...
"These activations offer titles another way to stand out, literally, amid a crowded mediascape. For series, specifically, they offer a way to retain fans...
A Cancer Diagnosis That Called For A Dive Into Music
After his diagnosis, and during the pandemic, Andraes Staier continued sketching. “I didn’t start like, ‘I want to compose, and it will be done...
Are Jazz Big Bands Making A Comeback?
The rise of bebop led to trios and quartets replacing the 15-to-20-member orchestras of Ellington, Basie, etc. as the dominant ensembles in jazz. Economics...
City Of Annapolis Asks For Input On Public Art. Then It Got Nasty
Early in December, the Art In Public Places Commission narrowed dozens of submissions to just three and posted them online with a call for feedback. They...
Venice’s New Entry Fee For Day-Trippers Isn’t Nearly High Enough
The €5 charge won't even cover the cost of administering it, let alone discourage or limit wear-and-tear from too much foot traffic. Anna Somers...
Even If Right-Wing Book Bans Win, They’ll Never Achieve What Their Foot Soldiers Want
The bans and the battles over them, writes Laura Miller, might achieve the goal of their wealthy conservative backers (destroy citizens' faith in public...
Tap-Dance Legend Maurice Hines, 80
He and his brother Gregory formed a highly successful tap duo (and played a similar duo in Coppola's film The Cotton Club) before starting...
Mickey Mouse Has Been In Public Domain For One Day, And There’s Already A...
Just a year after the expiration of copyright on another extremely cute character was swiftly followed by Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, the...
Vienna Boys Choir Needed, And Got, A Government Bailout
"The Austrian government said Saturday that it is giving the country’s centuries-old Vienna Boys Choir 800,000 euros ($884,000) to help it out of severe...
America’s Oldest Working Actor, Chicago’s Mike Nussbaum, Has Died At 99
"Nussbaum’s films included Men in Black and Field of Dreams, but his primary business was being a Chicago stage actor. His credits were legion...
Peter Marks’s Farewell Column As The Washington Post’s Theater Critic
"For the most part, though, being a theater critic has been an extraordinary privilege. How many people have the opportunity to be transported by...
Deadline’s Broadway Top Ten Of 2023
What so much of Broadway did this year: Provide an unflinching eye — and offer at least a modicum of hope — during very...
The Award-Winning Plays Now Banned In Florida
That’s right: in Orange County, Florida, students currently can’t read three Tony Award winners for Best Play, as well as a major work by...
The Real Peril For Elite Universities
They will remain rich and powerful, and they will continue to have many bright and competent people working within their ambit. And yet their...
