Bookstore Sales Up 28 Percent In 2021
The rebound was not quite enough to bring 2021 bookstore sales back to 2019 levels, falling 1% below 2019 sales of $9.13 billion. -...
The Simple Reason A Bunch Of Comedians Are Suing Pandora
"Let's say (Robin Williams is) singing the words 'reality, what a concept' — in that case … a royalty would have been generated and...
Facebook… Er, Meta… Is Revamping Its Art Program
Open Arts was initially founded as a residency program at Facebook. Artists were commissioned to create work along with employees on site at the...
Could Swahili Become The Lingua Franca Of The Entire African Continent?
"With more than 200 million speakers, Swahili, which originated in East Africa, is one of the world's 10 most widely spoken languages and, as...
New Midwest Powerhouse? Iowa Public Radio To Take Over Licenses Of Six University Stations
IPR began managing broadcast operations at the stations in 2007 and now the Board of Regents of the universities will decide on a proposal...
The Set Of “Slave Play” Had To Be Completely Redesigned For Los Angeles, And...
This staging, on the Mark Taper Forum's thrust stage, is the first time since playwright Jeremy O. Harris first workshopped the play at Yale....
How Has The Dance World Changed In The Past Few Years? Matthew Bourne’s Answer...
"In a general way, I think men dancing has become a much more acceptable sort of profession. That change has had a lot to...
For The First Time, Philly’s Barnes Foundation Is Displaying Its Collection Of Native American...
"The collection of 239 objects, encompassing Pueblo and Navajo pottery, textiles, and jewelry, is not well known, despite the fact that Barnes installed the...
Despite Emergency COVID Aid, Arts Funding In Australia Remains Well Behind Peer Countries
"Standard levels of funding of arts and culture in Australia continue to lag behind major world economies and have failed to keep up with...
The New York Times Bought Wordle Three Weeks Ago, And Already There’s A Controversial...
The newspaper is removing words from the game's master list of possible word choices (mostly dirty words and obscure ones). Consequently, one day this...
Links Between Music Preference And Personality Hold True Even Across Cultures And Demographics: Study
The research, involving well over 350,000 people in more than 50 countries, tested subjects for the "Big Five" personality traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness,...
An Excellent Year For Women At The Berlin Film Festival
Female artists won six of the nine categories in the Berlinale's main section, including the Golden Bear (Carla Simón for her Catalan film Alcarràs),...
Tate Britain Will Keep Blatantly Offensive Wall Painting, But Recontextualize It
Rex Whistler's wall painting includes depictions of black slaves on a leash and caricatures of Chinese figures. The room will no longer be used...
These Women Artists Weren’t “Forgotten.” They Were Erased
Unfortunately, much of the language that surrounds their retroactive inclusion — through museum retrospectives, new biographies, and increasing market interest — makes it seem...
Coming: A Digital Copy Of Your Brain
In 2016, Bill Ruh, then-CEO of GE Digital, predicted that “we will have a digital twin at birth, and it will take data off of the...
Our Evolving Understanding Of Stonehenge
Since 2001, there have been at least ten major archeological projects at or around Stonehenge, along with many smaller ones; many have involved techniques...
Viacom and CBS Change Name to Paramount
CBS is a foundational name in broadcasting — the Columbia Broadcasting System launch dates back to 1927 and the early days of commercial radio. The...
The Original Laptop? A Tiny Medieval Pipe Organ With Hand-Pumped Bellows
It's called the organetto, and though no originals survive, there are hundreds of depictions of the instrument in art and manuscripts of the era....
Melbourne Clubs, Musicians, Warn They’re Dying Under COVID Restrictions
“We used to play shows in Sydney, we can’t really get them much any more. There are no venues to play at. It’s a...
Arts Programs At HBCUs Are Underfunded
Many historically Black schools are known for their famous alumni in the arts, but donations to HBCUs these days have tended to go specifically...
What Jonathan Larson Taught Me About My Relationship With Theatre
Every time I encounter his work, it forces me to confront head-on the most futile labor that defines my occupation: finding language to describe...
“Fixing” Old Musicals To Fit Today’s Social Sensibilities?
Jed Perl’s “Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts” is useful in showing the problems with thinking of social justice as inherent to...
Pakistan’s Hottest New Pop Star Is A Veiled Female Rapper
"Eva B, once a little-known rapper from (a) Karachi urban-slum settlement" — and who now draws millions of viewers on YouTube — "says her...
Why Do The Oscars Organizers Seem Determined To Self-Sabotage?
The Academy is coming off as “the absolute most insecure girl at the party.” Babe, you’re the Oscars. You should be the most confident person...
Are We Witnessing The Decline And Fall Of Sex Scenes?
"Have reports of the death of the sex scene been greatly exaggerated? And, considering that just about any kind of erotic behavior can be...
