Has The Great British Bake-Off Regained Its Mojo?
The first thing to do was to get rid of the deeply alarming "ethnic" bakes. - NPR
Portland’s Artists Rep Lays Off Its New Artistic Director
The grim news for Artists Repertory Theatre continues as the board lays off Jeannette Harrison "in a cost-cutting move." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Counter-Programming The Taylor Swift Movie With The Films Of Her Many Actor Ex-Boyfriends
Sheer marketing genius for Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. - The New York Times
The Streaming Music Revolution Began With A Demo Tape
Thirty years ago, The Ugly Mugs just wanted to get their music into people's hands. - Fast Company
Art Organizations Went On A One-Day Strike In Support Of Inhabitants Of Gaza
On Friday, October 20, "across New York City, Amsterdam, Santiago, Berlin, London, and beyond, dozens of art galleries, museums, and individuals their spaces...
92nd St Y Abruptly Pulls Event With Pulitzer Prizewinner Viet Thanh Nguyen
The author of the new memoir Man of Two Faces had signed a letter critical of the Israeli government's actions in Gaza. - The...
Australian Theatres Have Become All About The Contemporary
Of the 79 plays being performed in 2024, 68 (87%) were written after 2000, 60 (76%) were written after 2014 and 23 (29%) will...
What It Would Mean For Music If Bandcamp Goes Away
First, there’s the fear that an uncaring new ownership might end up sending one of the world’s most vital music libraries down the digital...
Research: Public Radio’s Storycorps Debates Move The Dial
Jennifer Richeson analyzed questionnaires completed by 400 One Small Step participants before and after their conversations. Her analysis showed that both liberals and conservatives...
Culture Wars And The Shaping Of Language
The culture wars that take place over controversial moral questions are, in part, battles over which ethically loaded concepts should win out within a...
Museums Are Caught In A Big Donor Problem
"There’s less philanthropic money around and need to work a lot harder to engage new donors and this will require a more balanced...
The Swiftie Universe Expands Yet Again (To Film). What’s It Mean?
Swift is that rare artist who’s been rolling along, picking up new fans and keeping the old, during her long career. Just as Taylor...
Could This Documentary Finally Convince People That Nonprofits Need Unencumbered Donations For Covering Basic...
“I hope that it becomes the equivalent of An Inconvenient Truth to the conversation about climate change,” says Dan Pallotta, main subject of the...
Redefining The Canon Of Women Artists: National Museum Of Women Artists Reopens
Yes, our encyclopedic museums need to do a better job of painting the full picture of art history, women and artists of color included....
Tired Of Being A Culture Wars Target, LSU Professor Resigns The Day After Louisiana’s...
“My reasons are simple: The person who will be governor in January has already asked LSU to fire me,” tweeted journalism professor Robert Mann....
AI Companies Are Using Artists’ Work (And Getting Rich). How Do Artists Get Paid?
Right now, a few authors joining together to sue the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Meta is a bit of a David-vs.-Goliath situation. Book...
On Very Little Money, Belfast Has Developed A Lively Little Dance Scene
"Everywhere I go in Belfast people tell me there’s no lack of talent here, just opportunity, infrastructure and funding. There’s been no executive committee...
Iowa’s New Library Book Ban Law Bans Books By James Joyce, Margaret Atwood And...
This week, the Iowa City Community School District released a list of 68 books that it removed from schools to comply with the law. Among the...
British Tour Of “The Merchant Of Venice 1936” Forced To Hire Security Guards
The production, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play set in the days of Oswald Mosley's Union of British Fascists, stars Tracy-Ann Oberman as a single-mother...
The Vegas Sphere: A Glimpse Of Architecture To Come…
The building raises “the question of analog architecture’s ongoing ability to compete with digital wizardry for popular attention.” - Smithsonian
What To Learn From Being Bored At The Opera
There’s a volitional component to situational boredom—it inspires a pivot, a consideration of what one deems valuable. To be bored in this way is...
A Wave Of Contemporary Operas Is Taking On Black Experiences In America, Past And...
The highest-profile recent examples have been the Metropolitan Opera productions of Terence Blanchard's Champion and Fire Shut Up in My Bones, but there are...
The Met Museum Is Spending $2 Billion To Do Major Capital Projects Without Closing...
"By the end of this, more than a quarter of our galleries will have changed,” said CEO Max Hollein. “It’s open-heart surgery and the...
National Theatre In London To Try Early Weeknight Curtain Times
After surveying more than 8,000 audience members, who expressed desires for more time for post-show dinner, discussion, and/or catching the last train home, the...
Cleveland Museum Of Art Sues Manhattan DA To Get Its $20 Million Roman Statue...
"The museum has filed suit against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over the August seizure of “Draped Male Figure,” which has been part of the...
