How To Make Writing Better Than ChatGPT
If we want to push the art of writing out of a computer’s reach, the questions posed in writing workshops should go past “How...
The Potential Of AI To Assist Artists
I am a composer who has used creative AI in my music and sound practice for almost two decades. My creative practice and research has focused...
How Folk Music Got Into The Mainstream
Knowing there was no way for him to compete with the established recording companies, Asch’s plan was to do what they wouldn’t: record what...
Pronouncement Culture: Whether Something Is “Good” Or “Bad” Sometimes Isn’t The Point
Just about everyone has been made to feel like shit because someone with “good taste” declared that something they love is bad. We’ve been...
Greek Island Declares Emergency Over Over-Tourism
For a broad range of Sifnians the island is rapidly approaching a state of crisis, as unregulated development and overtourism have kick-started a grim...
Reviving Merce Cunningham’s “Beach Birds” On An Actual Beach
"The glittering scene seemed like a dream. Surveying the shoreline of Rockaway Beach on a recent morning, Patricia Lent, from the Merce Cunningham Trust,...
The Culture And Museums Lost In The Maui Fire
“We’ve lost four museums. If you’re into environmentalism, if you’re into surfing, if you’re into history, something was lost in all those ways.” - Artnet
A Bio-Musical About Hunter S. Thompson? Now That’s A Gonzo Idea.
And it's not called Fear and Loathing, either. In fact, its title is The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, it's premiering next week...
Scientists: A Link Between Being Creative And Aesthetic Choices
Neuroscientists currently agree that the creative process has two parts: coming up with ideas and then assessing them to choose the good ones. Led...
This Bespoke Video Message Service Is Helping Actors Earn A Bit Of Money During...
"Cameo, which allows celebrities to send personalized video messages to fans for a fee, … has seen a notable uptick of new talent onboarding...
How To Value A Song? The Music Business Is In A Confused State Right...
The discrepancy between the way digital download storefronts like iTunes and streaming platforms like Spotify value the worth of a song is going to...
Behold The World’s Best New Public Library
"A Barcelona library specialising in Latin American literature has been named the best new public library in the world by the International Federation of...
Schools Reverse ChatGPT Bans, Wrestle With How To Use AI With Students
As schools reopen for fall, educators and district leaders are wrestling with complex questions posed by the A.I. tools: What should writing assignments look...
This Ukrainian City Named Its Museum After A Still-Beloved Local Hero. But He Was...
Yukhym Prigozhin was a mining engineer who helped make the city of Zhovti Vody prosperous. But his brother's grandson grew up to be the...
Arts Groups In Texas Are Confused And Worried About The State’s New It’s-Not-Just-Anti-Drag-Anymore Law
When specific reference to drag in the bill, known as SB 12, attracted national criticism, it was redrafted to cover "sexually-oriented performance" — defined...
Edith Wharton’s Never-Produced Play Is Finally Having Its Premiere
She wrote The Shadow of a Doubt in 1901 and came close to seeing it staged briefly on Broadway, only for the project to...
LACMA Finally Meets The Fundraising Goal For Its New Building That’s Already Half-Finished
"The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced on Tuesday that it has exceeded the $750-million goal set for its fundraising campaign for a...
Woman Who Fatally Shoved Broadway Singing Coach Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter
Lauren Pazienza, 28, acknowledged throwing 87-year-old Barbara Maier Gustern, a beloved teacher and performer, onto a Manhattan sidewalk and then walking away in March...
John Eliot Gardiner Punched A Singer In The Face Because He Walked Off The...
After conducting two acts of Berlioz's Les Troyens at a festival in France, Gardiner allegedly berated bass William Thomas, slapped and then punched him,...
Jackass Tourists Paint Graffiti On Vasari Corridor In Florence
The Carabinieri have identified two German tourists in their early 20s as the alleged culprits who spray-painted letters and numbers associated with a Munich...
500 Scientists Spent €600 Million Over 10 Years On The Human Brain Project. How’d...
During its run, scientists have published thousands of papers and made significant strides in neuroscience, such as creating detailed 3D maps of at least...
Hollywood Studios Make Proposal To Striking Writers Public
By releasing the proposal, the companies are essentially going around the guild’s negotiating committee and appealing to rank-and-file members — betting that their proposal...
This Summer’s Movie Box Office Might Just Turn Out Okay
Thanks in large part to Barbenheimer, summer revenue now rests at $3.797 billion, a 16.6 percent spike over the same summer corridor in 2022....
How Hip-Hop Revitalized American Poetry
America is celebrating more than just a musical form. It’s celebrating the moment when rap gave America back its poetry. - The New York...
More And More AI-Written Books Are Getting On Amazon
Searches on Amazon — estimated to control at least half of all U.S. book sales, and an even bigger share of the growing e-book market —...
