Artistic Director Of Vancouver’s Ballet BC Announces Departure
“Medhi Walerski will leave his role as of June 30, 2027, following the company’s big 40th-anniversary season. Walerski has led the company since July...
The Louvre Is Astonishingly Popular. It’s Facing Collapse From All Sides
Over time, this popularity has become both a blessing and a terrible burden, and daring jewel heists are only the most eye-catching of the...
How Architecture Shapes/Frames Politics
While it’s easy to see buildings and public spaces as somewhat neutral or superficial, it’s not. Like the frame of a painting, it frames...
How The Trump Administration Is (Mis)Appropriating Norman Rockwell
“They used . . . as though his work aligned with their values, i.e., promoting this segregationist vision of America. And so of...
Hollywood Is Making Big Bets On Microdramas
“The industry is investing heavily in the future of series like it: low-budget, mobile-only ‘microdramas’ with episodes between 60 and 90 seconds. These shows, also known...
Vancouver Has Become A Production Hub For Video Microdramas
“Verticals as the next big thing for Vancouver creatives and crews follows a major consumer shift in the entertainment ecosystem where made-in-China microdramas that...
Cecilia Giménez Zueco, Who Turned An Unremarkable Church Fresco Into “Beast Jesus,” Has Died...
In 2012, as an octogenarian artist with failing eyesight, she achieved worldwide (what’s the euphemism we want here?) recognition when her attempt to restore...
The Improv Artists Working For AI Companies
“Some Bay Area artists have found a way to ply their trades inside AI companies, to both parties' benefit. The catch: the techies have...
Former Vancouver Symphony Violinist Threatened With Lawsuit After Speaking Out About Alleged Sexual Assault
Esther Hwang alleges that she was assaulted by a senior orchestra member in 2017 — and that, after complaining to management, she was forced...
UK Taxpayers To Insure Bayeux Tapestry For $1 Billion While It’s At British Museum
The UK Treasury is guaranteeing around £800 million to insure the 230-foot-long tapestry against damage or loss during its journey to and from its...
Jazz Band Cancels New Year’s Eve Concerts At Kennedy Center
“Jazz supergroup The Cookers, scheduled to perform two concerts at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday as part of ‘A Jazz New Year’s Eve,’ have...
Nostalgia and Familiarity Oversimplifies What Audiences Want
Nostalgia may be having a moment, but to say that's all that audiences want is oversimplifying. A recent NY Times article flattens the current moment in regional theater and I analyze what it means for how we can understand audiences.
Beyonce Becomes The Fifth Musician To Become A Millionaire
The pop singer joins her husband, Jay-Z, along with Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna, in the billionaire club. - Variety
New York Public Library’s Most-Borrowed Books Of 2025
At the very top of the list is James by Percival Everett, the Pulitzer Prize–winning retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from Jim’s perspective. Close behind...
So You Thought Rock Music Was Dead? The Evidence Suggests Otherwise
The limited expectations for 21st-century rock may just have turned out to be freeing. For songwriters, musicians and — with luck — enough fans...
It’s Shocking How Radical Right Extremism Has Crept Into Mainstream Culture
Extremist messaging is now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch.’ - The...
Study: How AI Spurs Creativity In Humans
“People think of AI as something that speeds up tasks or improves efficiency, but our findings suggest something far more interesting. When people were...
Study: 20 Percent Of Videos Shown On YouTube Are AI
Together, these AI slop channels have amassed more than 63bn views and 221 million subscribers, generating about $117m (£90m) in revenue each year, according...
Study: Musical Expertise Relates To Other Cognitive Traits
Experienced musicians tend to possess an advantage in short-term memory for musical patterns and a small advantage for visual information, according to a large-scale...
Movie Theatres Turn To VIP Experiences To Lure Back Audiences
“We are rolling out 200 of our Ultra Lux seats, which have a built-in champagne or wine cooler, each day across Europe,” says Tim...
A Biennale That Wants To Make The World A Better Place
There are more than 1,200 works by 125 artists and collectives in the exhibit, titled “Not All Travelers Walk Roads,” with many of them...
Fascinating List: Here Are The Most-Borrowed Library Books Of 2025
The Women was among the most checked-out books in U.S. public libraries this year, making top 10 lists in library systems as far-flung as those...
We’ve Hit The Multicity Tour Time Of Podcasting
Listening to a podcast is usually a solo experience. “Going to a theater to see these podcast performers live can feel like the exact...
After Four Years, Yuval Sharon Is Leaving The Detroit Opera
A budget on the brink is ending his contract two years earlier than planned. "They really tried to make it work. ...But it was...
Mass Market Paperback Books Are Disappearing
“You could be anybody of any kind of background. And for basically the equivalent of a dollar or two, you could be educated. You...
