Netflix Offers A Whole Bunch Of Games. No One Is Playing Them.
"According to recent findings from analytics company Apptopia, 99 percent of the service's users have never touched a single video game on the platform....
A Bunch Of Theater Company Directors In The Bay Area Are Leaving Their Jobs...
Lily Janiak: "Recently, I heard about three artistic director resignations all in a single week. ... Three points do not a data set make,...
A New Cadre Of “Monuments Men” (Of All Genders) Trains To Protect Cultural Heritage...
Patterned after the famous "Monuments Men" who tracked down treasures looted by the Nazis, a group of archivists, archaeologists, art historians, and other specialists...
Getty Museum Determines Its Orpheus Sculptures Were Looted And Sends Them Back To Italy
"The J. Paul Getty Museum is returning its Orpheus group of sculptures — a significant group of nearly life-size terra-cotta figures known as 'Orpheus...
State Legislation Threatens To Criminalize Librarians For Providing Information About Abortion
"(The American Library Association) says it is 'developing guidance' for libraries and library workers and working with other organizations to 'oppose any efforts to...
Disney Passes Netflix In Number Of Subscribers
Disney’s numbers include Disney+ (152M), ESPN+ (22.8M) and Hulu total, including Live TV, at (46.2M). - Deadline
Our Ever-Evolving Definitions Of What’s Obscene
Many words we consider, at best, crude were medieval common-or-garden words of description and were not considered obscene. To say ‘I’m going to piss’...
Why The Role Of Poet Critics Is Different From Other Critics
Most often the role of the poet-critic is neither to delineate nor disseminate, but rather to illuminate. In such manner the main subject of...
Does Life Have A Purpose?
There is no controversy in saying that a single organism wants to remain alive. Even bacteria purposefully move toward where there is more sugar....
Ah, Soviet Architecture. How Stylish! Stalin’s Architect Had To Make Compromises (You Think?)
Rather than not build at all, he was prepared to build what the dictator demanded of him. As a result, Boris Iofan is now...
Streaming Services Are Consolidating Or “Rebundling.” Maybe Not A Good Idea
We live in an age when identity is intimately tied to cultural consumption. Trying to be everything to all people is a risky strategy...
Singer, Superstar, Soldier, Spy — Who Was Josephine Baker, Really?
"Even if Baker's career had been restricted to her role as an entertainer, it would have had the allure of a thriller. The racecraft...
A Major Corruption Scandal At Berlin’s Regional Public Broadcaster
"It's quite a catalog of allegations that have been leveled against Patricia Schlesinger. Until recently, she was both the director of the regional public...
Spotify Starts Selling Concert Tickets With Its Playlists
The site lists gigs that are available to book on the home page, and under the My events section, users can see their past...
Director’s Husband Banned From Premises Of Royal New Zealand Ballet
"Michael Auer, the Royal New Zealand Ballet's fired ballet master and husband of artistic director Patricia Barker, was banned from all company premises after...
Pew Study: Teen Social Media Use Has Doubled Since 2015
The share of 13- to 17-year-olds who say they're "almost constantly" online has nearly doubled, from 24% in 2014-15 to 46% today. Among Black...
Virginia Republicans Are Bringing Back Obscenity Trials
"Rather than demanding that school boards or librarians remove books, the current case takes the books to court, using an obscure Virginia law that...
A UK Band Dishes On Its Farcical Post-Brexit Problems Playing A European Tour
Live performances can account for 90%-95% of a band’s income, according to Help Musicians, but Brexit has cut into one of their most important...
Why Have The Culture Warriors Come So Angrily After Drag Queen Story Hour?
"It is not just about fabulous queens competing on RuPaul's Drag Race; even Mr Tumble performs in drag on CBeebies. So, how have we...
Kirill Serebrennikov And The Quandary Of Russian Artists During Wartime
Back home in Russia (where he spent years under house arrest on trumped-up charges), among culturati in Ukraine, in Europe (where he now lives...
A Wicked Daughter, A Fake Clairvoyant, And $139 Million Worth Of Stolen Art (Including...
Tarsila do Amaral's painting Sol Poente (Setting Sun) is one of 16 artworks (not including stolen jewelry and cash) that were conned out of,...
Western Art Masterworks Unseen For Decades Are Now On View In Tehran
A very popular exhibition of minimalist and conceptual art this summer at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art features major pieces by Marcel Duchamp,...
One Broadway Show Has Reintroduced Mask-Only Nights
"The Broadway production of The Kite Runner announced a policy Tuesday requiring masks for audience members at Friday evening performances only. The new hybrid...
Climate Change Has Started Causing Serious Problems For Outdoor Performance
Extreme heat, flash floods, and, especially, smoke from wildfires — which can affect venues hundreds of miles away — have been the cause of...
The Staff (What’s Left Of It) At Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater Unionizes
"The group of 16 employees — which includes front-of-house staff, stagehands and arts administrators — filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board...
