When Your Mind Goes Blank: What We’re Learning About Consciousness
Our consciousness roams, it can be focused on the here and now, or maybe the there and then, but it is always focused on...
Denyce Graves On The Challenges Of Retiring From The Stage
For opera singers, the challenges are unique. I’m going to have to figure out how to deal with giving up a life’s work that...
2026 Will See Major Copyright Rulings On AI
After a string of fresh lawsuits and a landmark settlement in 2025, the new year promises to bring a wave of rulings that could...
Meet The Goth Godmother Of New American Opera
“Twenty years ago, (Beth) Morrison had nothing in the bank. Just ambition, a belief in opera as theater and a high-flown goal to ‘change...
Fifteen Major Architectural Projects Opening This Year
Here's a look at 15 landmark architecture projects scheduled for completion in 2026, including museums, performing arts venues and a face-shaped tower. - Dezeen
2025: Average American Read Fewer Than Four Books
According to a YouGov poll released at year’s end, American reading habits stay in the toilet. Four in ten Americans didn’t read a single book during...
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Files Restraining Order Against Violinist
The orchestra alleges that Hwang, who was sexually assaulted by a senior player in the orchestra in 2017 and 2018, breached an NDA she...
After 50 Years, Grammy Category For Best Album Cover Is Back
“In recent years, covers had been assessed as part of the best recording package category, which considers all physical materials and images. … Recording Academy...
Utah Becomes The State With The Most Banned Books (They Banned “Wicked”?)
To begin the new year at public schools across the state, Utah officials banned three more books. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked...
The Enshittification Of Academic Publishing
The same forces that hollow out digital platforms are shaping how a lot of research is produced, reviewed and published. - The Conversation
Want To Head Off Dementia? Try Dancing
One study found that people who danced frequently (more than once a week) had a 76 percent lower risk of dementia than those who...
Every Hub Of Street Dance Has Its Homegrown Styles. Check Out These Examples From...
“The New York Times invited cast members of American Street Dancer to demonstrate the fundamentals of Detroit Jit, Chicago Footwork and Philly GQ.” -...
At Paris Opera, Semyon Bychkov Will Succeed Gustavo Dudamel As Music Director
“The 73-year-old Bychkov agreed to a four-year contract (starting in August 2028) and will conduct two operas and six symphonic concerts per season, (general...
Béla Tarr, Prizewinning Maker Of Darkly Comic Films, Is Dead At 70
“Tarr became internationally in the ‘90s and ‘00s as his films” — among them Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies — “were shown more widely, partly...
Somebody Stole The Sword Right Out From A Joan Of Arc Statue’s Hand
“The incident occurred on Monday morning, when the man approached the monument in Paris’s 8th arrondissement — with Joan of Arc dramatically riding a...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Has Officially Dissolved
“The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations … announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted...
As Far As Congress Is Concerned, It’s Still The Kennedy Center
“A bipartisan spending package released Monday by House Speaker Mike Johnson includes $32 million for operating expenses at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing...
After Holiday Pause, Strike At Louvre Is On Again
“The strike initially launched last month was suspended over the festive period, but staff have now voted overwhelmingly to walkout over working conditions leaving...
Our Most Important Institutional Foundations Are Being Eroded: Truth And Trust
Truth and trust are often treated as virtues, but they function as conditions: the prerequisites for coherent societies, functional institutions, and stable international systems....
The Birth Of The Literary Fraud (We Do Love A Good Story!)
It was not long before people began poking holes in Joan Lowell’s story. But the book didn’t sink—it was a great success, in part...
The Most-Anticipated Museum Openings Of 2026
A trio of prominent museum openings is expected in Los Angeles in 2026. Perhaps the most anticipated is the expansion of the Los Angeles County...
North American Movie Box Office Finished 2025 Slightly Up
Movie theaters in the United States and Canada sold an estimated $8.9 billion in tickets in 2025, a 2 percent increase compared with a...
If Americans Are More Skeptical About Going To College, Why Is Enrollment Still Growing?
Despite the reported skepticism of higher education, enrollment in four-year colleges and universities is growing. These institutions awarded 2 million bachelor’s degrees in 2023,...
Schools Stopped Teaching Cursive. These Kids Learn It For Fun
If boomers and Gen X are puzzled by the fact that many youngsters are not required to endure the same painstaking labor of mastering...
Hollywood Jobs Are Just… Disappearing
It's not like the frog boiling in the water. It's a dramatic drop-off. It happened very suddenly. Broadly speaking, in LA, if you're involved...
