Scientists Are Getting Close To Being Able To See What The Brain Is Thinking....
In theory, nothing about the brain’s squishy wetware prevents its internal states from being observed. “If you could measure every single neuron in the...
Hey – Theatre Kids Are Running The World!
All of these power-adult former theater kids exist in a moment when the very things that used to make drama-loving teenagers an easy punchline...
Oops: Image Metadata On Christie’s Website Inadvertently Revealed Locations Of Artwork
As was the case with the professor, photos uploaded to Christie’s oftentimes include GPS coordinates for where they were taken; those coordinates are so...
A Culture War Pop Song’s Success Signals A Shift In Pop Culture
"The stunning success testifies to potency of confrontational works that cater to an audience that believes it is underserved, but also: the increasing savvy...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Does CBS’s “60 Minutes” (And Vice Versa)
"The truth is I'm not necessarily concerned about not upsetting traditionalists. I think people who love our art form are still gonna love it...
“A Leading Figure In Postmodern Dance,” Choreographer Gus Solomons Jr., Is Dead At 84
One of a very few Black men present from the beginning of the downtown postmodern dance scene, he danced with Merce Cunningham and reviewed...
Tough Love For Shakespeare Through A Racial Lens
In a sweeping yet forensic 336 pages, “The Great White Bard” argues that “Shakespeare’s texts are a reservoir of what is known as race-making” —...
Is Interest In AI Waning?
For the first time since its release last year, traffic to the ChatGPT website fell by almost 10 percent in June. Downloads of its...
Will Cable TV Survive When ESPN Becomes A Streaming Service?
While the move could fill Disney’s coffers, it would take away one of the key reasons people still stick with cable – access to...
San Francisco Is Trying To Give Away The 40-Ton Organ Sitting Under City Hall
"Despite being in very close to playable condition, the organ has sat in pieces in underground storage near San Francisco City Hall for most...
Is It Strange San Francisco Hasn’t Had A Piano Festival Until Now?
“It seemed strange to me that there wouldn’t be a piano festival in such a major arts city, where there are in places that...
Data Analysis: Where America’s Writers And Artists Come From
If we focus on independent artists — writers and artists who say they’re either in publishing or outside of any defined industry — D.C....
What That Bradley Cooper “Bernstein” Nose Controversy Is Really About
"I am not in sympathy with a view of acting that centers an actor’s identity rather than a character, or with the blanket disqualification...
Alex Ross: Misguided Notions Of Culture At Lincoln Center?
"When people make the trip to Broadway and Sixty-fifth, they surely aren’t looking for an awkward transplantation of cultures that exist in more authentic...
Ted Gioia: Here’s How I Would Fix The Recording Business
"For too long, the record industry has treated artists as adversaries. They have tricked musicians with unfair publishing deals, dubious accounting tricks, and many...
Poll: 67 Percent Of Americans Support Actors, Writers In Hollywood Strike
The poll also found that 48% have an unfavorable view of the major studios, and just 31% support the studios. The survey also found...
NYT Might Sue OpenAI Over Use Of Its Stories
If, when someone searches online, they are served a paragraph-long answer from an AI tool that refashions reporting from the Times, the need to visit...
Ruling On AI-Copyright Has Enormous Implications
The essential question: "Maintaining copyright’s focus on human authorship makes sense only if we can redefine human authorship. - Shelly Palmer
Gimmick Or Not, National Cinema Day Returns
Sure, multiplexes and art houses are already crammed with people seeing Barbie and Oppenheimer, but for one day next week, it'll be a cheaper...
Need An Antidote To Hopelessness?
Try these films, music, books, and art. - The Guardian (UK)
Readers Want Comfort Fiction, It Appears
And Colleen Hoover is on the bestseller lists because that's what she provides, in every single book she writes, no matter the genre. -...
Where Have Theatre Audiences Gone?
One expert says theatres have to invest in kids to inculcate a cultural habit "they might enjoy as they get older" - but, she...
The Musicians In Love With Obscure Instruments
Paul Rogers plays "a hybrid of the baroque-period viola da gamba, double bass and Indian sitar, seven rather than four playing strings, as well...
AI Generated Work Is Not Copyrightable, Judge Rules
If there's one thing Hollywood moguls love more than cheap, AI-generated work, it's copyright. - The Hollywood Reporter
Actors With Dwarfism Aren’t Pleased With Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa
And those actors also point out that if Hollywood can go digital to make Grant small, Hollywood can use digital tools to make them...
