Nobody In Hollywood Would Finance A Film Titled “How To Blow Up A Pipeline”
"Shot in the deserts of Texas, the film takes (climate activist Andreas) Malm's call to action and builds it into a heist movie. …...
Why Has The Hometown Paper Been Boycotting This Year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival?
Editor Gemma Jones said the Fringe launched a “rival” review website with “an almost identical format and functionality as our ‘Tiser Fringe Adviser”, a decision she...
How Bookshop.org Helped Save Independent Bookstores From Being Completely Crushed By Amazon
"What started as a favor done on a business-trip whim has since become the great project of Andy Hunter's professional life. In its first...
Elon Musk, Lauren Boebert Demand “Defund NPR” After NPR Quits Twitter
“Defund @NPR,” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after sharing an email that said the media outlet was no longer using Twitter. - The Hill
Anne Perry, Murder Mystery Author Who Took Part In A Notorious Murder Herself, Is...
"Ms. Perry, a prolific writer who sold more than 26 million books worldwide, had already become well established as a novelist when her sinister...
The Taliban Are Actually Moving To Protect An Ancient Buddhist Site
"The Afghan heritage site Mes Aynak is currently at risk of being destroyed due to a delayed mining project. The site, just 25 miles...
Today In Schadenfreude: Florida Woman Runs Her Rolls-Royce Smack Into A $3 Million Damien...
The unnamed motorist, who claims not to remember the incident, drove into the Palm Beach backyard of billionaire art collectors Steven and Lisa Tananbaum,...
The Popular New Place For Catching News Podcasts? YouTube
Polling from the firm Morning Consult that US podcast consumers, in the aggregate, prefer YouTube to audio-only platforms. Staffers from Slate, ESPN, and NPR...
Dallas Theater Center, Struggling With Attendance And Finances, Announces Layoffs
"Dallas Theater Center will lay off an undisclosed number of staff, it announced Tuesday, a cost-cutting measure that comes as the organization has struggled...
English National Opera Accepts £24 Million Funding Deal To Leave London
"The funding (from Arts Council England) would support the ENO's 'reimagined artistic and business model' to have a primary base outside of the capital...
BBC Reverses Decision To Cut Number Of Musicians In Its Orchestras
"The cuts, which were announced in March, would have reduced roles in the BBC Symphony, Concert and Philharmonic orchestras by 20%. On Thursday, the...
Why You Shouldn’t Sing Along At The Theatre…
There is a difference between a theatre show and a concert. "It's a musical and you're there to hear the lyrics, hear the words,...
Generative AI’s Intellectual Property Problem
This process comes with legal risks, including intellectual property infringement. In many cases, it also poses legal questions that are still being resolved. For...
NPR Quits Twitter
“At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter,” said NPR CEO John Lansing in an article posted on NPR’s website....
The Ultimate LA Books
How can we know if nobody reads and, just maybe, resurrects them? Obscurity doesn’t necessarily mean inferiority. - Los Angeles Times
Is This The Most Important Opera Of Our Time?
“I’m absolutely sure that this is one of the most important works of our time,” says Susanna Mälkki, who conducted that premiere with the London...
“What Chicago Needs Is A New Opera Company. Make That Two Or Three New...
Lawrence A. Johnson, founder of the Classical Review network of websites, decries what he sees as the deadly dull state of the art form...
New Zealand Arts Education Collapsing
A new national report reveals that achievement levels for primary-aged learners in dance, drama, music and visual arts have plunged compared to 2015 scores. - The Big Idea
Young Adults In Upper Egypt Work To Keep The Nubian Language From Vanishing
"In the 1960s, much of Old Nubia was destroyed by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. … Between 50,000 and 130,000 people were...
Citing Its Own WWII Experience, Poland Helps Lead Efforts To Save Ukraine Culture
“It’s equally important to preserve their cultural heritage, because this is their identity,” Kubicki said, “This is how they remain Ukrainians—who they are.” -...
Martin McDonagh Complains That Some Theatres Refuse To Produce His Plays Because They Have...
"'Only in the past few years have I had theatre companies refuse to do my plays, because they don't like some of the wording,'...
Missouri House Of Representatives Votes To Eliminate Funding For Public Libraries
Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to...
Disappointed By Streaming, Hollywood Is Kissing And Making Up With Movie Theaters
"The exhibition industry is finally looking like its pre-pandemic self again. That's partly attributable to studios releasing new installments of successful franchises, but it...
Why Complex Systems Are Weaker Than Simple Networks
Recall the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. A straw is a very small thing, it weighs almost nothing, but it can bring...
British Theatres Discover A New Target Audience: Female Novel-Readers
"(There is) a string of new stage shows based on hit books by female authors that were enjoyed largely by female readers. Waiting in...
