No, Streaming Doesn’t Cancel Everything

Or even most things! Only things you care about. (Or so it seems.) - The New York Times

Survey: Half Of Professional UK Musicians Earn Less Than £14,000

The census finds that despite high levels of education and training among professional musicians – 70% have a degree or higher, and 50% have...

Is The South Dakota Symphony The Future Of Classical Music?

South Dakota’s may plausibly be considered the most genuinely innovative, most inspirationally forward-looking professional orchestra in the United States. It is also the happiest...

Caught Between Two Worlds: Writers, Actors Strikes Looking For A Model That Fits The...

"That structure was created at the last big strike in 1960. The business has no resemblance to that anymore. When you cut down the...

Politics Intruding – More And More, Art Is Running Afoul Of Politics

The cycle of outcry, removal and reflection seems to be repeating itself more frequently. Proponents of artistic freedom say the current political climate has...

Disney, Charter Sign Deal And ESPN Returns To Cable

The deal puts Disney networks like ESPN and ABC back on Charter’s cable service, but also allows Charter to drop several of them, even...

AI Art Piece Wins Big Competition. Problem – It Can’t Be Copyrighted

The artwork was created using Midjourney, a platform that features in our pick of the best AI art generators. The judges apparently didn't realise that...

Curators Test To See If AI Can Curate And Organize A Show. Here’s What...

“We naïvely thought it would be as easy as plugging in a couple prompts,” Price recalled, explaining why curators at the North Carolina university...

The Sad Real Reason Apple Bought Tiny BIS, The Classical Label

Apple Music is now eight years old, but there’s no indication that the business is profitable. They need strategies to reduce costs, and substituting cheap...

Russia Is Destroying Ukrainian Heritage Sites. How Can It Still Be In Unesco?

Russia, a Unesco member, has a delegation in Riyadh because it is on the World Heritage Committee. This is a travesty. For its deliberate...

Agatha Christie Pilgrims Have A New Stopping Point

The author of 66 novels and 15 short-story collections gets her own (seated) statue in the town where she lived for more than four...

Fiber Art Is Flourishing Again

Not that it ever went away, but the "fine art" world is taking notice of the feminized and thus less important "craft" once more....

AI Is Not Actually Hollywood’s Biggest Problem

So says Cord Jefferson, director of Toronto International Film Fest favorite American Fiction. - Los Angeles Times

A Chinese Singer Went To Mariupol’s Bombed-Out Theatre And Sang A Patriotic Soviet Song

The theatre, which had been a civilian shelter, is "a symbol of Russia's war crimes," says the city's exiled mayor. "To turn the theater...

Scorsese’s Project Is Deconstructing Misogyny

You might not think it from his movies about violent men, but you can see it masterfully done in the 30-year-old Age of Innocence....

Former Dancers Say The UK’s Top Ballet Schools Constantly Body-shame Students

More than 50 former students told the BBC about issues, saying they had developed eating disorders, "while some said they had been left with...

The Movie ‘Poor Things’ Wins At Venice

Emma Stone is Frankenstein's monster, but a feminist one. - Globe and Mail (Canada)

What’s Scarier, Doing A One-Woman Show Or Riding A Coney Island Roller Coaster?

Ask actor Rachel Brown (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), who's performing in a show about existential dread for work, and riding for fun. - The New York...

Did Yeats Ever Say The Quote Engraved On Dublin Marathon Finishers’ Medal?

Twenty thousand finishers of the marathon are set to receive a medal reading, "There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met yet."...

What We Look Like When We Look At Art

It's not all selfies: "People are still engaging, if only for a moment, with what’s hung on the wall or placed in courtyards and...

What Hollywood Folks Are Doing To Make Ends Meet

Hand-cutting 3D-printed houses for snow globes, giving Hebrew lessons, living with their parents ... and walking their unions' picket lines. - NPR

Drew Barrymore’s Show Is Going Ahead Without Guild Writers

She writes, "I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help...

Is Google Search Now Just Sneaky, Janky Ad-Filled Spyware?

Possibly! The trial starts Tuesday. - Wired

The Artist Using Coloring Books To Push Back On How We Understand Punishment

Sable Elyse Smith:"The system itself is insistent. The fact that these things persist and keep developing and repeating themselves, kind of replicating the...

Balanchine Thought His Ballets Would Dissipate Quickly

Instead, "they have become classics, cornerstones of the international repertory, ... danced everywhere by all the major ballet companies and most of the minor...