Oh No: Joe Rogan Listeners Head To The East River In Search Of Mammoth...
In a recent interview on that show, which has an estimated audience of 11 million listeners per episode on Spotify, a guest from Alaska presented...
Using Subtitles While Watching TV? You’re Not Alone
If you’re switching subtitles on because you simply can’t make out what the actors are saying, it’s (probably) not your ears that are to...
Singer Reflects On 12-Year Career Break And Body Shaming
In an interview, Limmie Pulliam reflected on his 12-year break from singing and the challenges facing larger artists, who once were common in the...
A Fascinating Window Into The Public Theater
The Public may be the only remaining major American theatre that operates according to proudly articulated left-wing principles. On a wall in the offices...
The NYC Housing You Have To Audition For
Would-be residents of a particular wing on the 12th floor of the Webster Apartments, a building on West 34th Street, must first give ‘em...
Arthur Miller, Reconsidered
To anyone who grew up with the image of Miller as a lionized elder statesman of the American theatre, John Lahr’s account of Miller’s...
Australia’s Labor Government Announces A $300 Million National Cultural Policy
"Among the major policies revealed on Sunday was the establishment of Creative Australia, a body that will supersede the Australia Council as the country's...
When People Want To Identify Themselves With A Favorite Artist (And, Oh Yes, Buy...
If visitors are willing to spend that kind of money to dress up like a favorite artist, that’s because today’s art-loving public finds as...
BBC’s Arabic Radio Service Closes After 85 Years
"The corporation said it is cutting hundreds of jobs in its World Service and has been forced to make the cuts because of the...
A Vast Mayan Kingdom Discovered In Guatemala
Their findings reveal a “level of infrastructure that is just mind-boggling,” said Dr. Timothy Beach, a professor of geography at the University of Texas at...
Even Now, Dance Company Auditions Aren’t Like They Were Before COVID
"Even as in-person auditions make a comeback, they don't quite look the same as they once did." Auditioning by video has become normalized, and...
Penguin Random House CEO Steps Down
Madeline McIntosh, a popular figure in publishing circles who steered Penguin Random House U.S. through the recent Covid-19 pandemic and championed a more inclusive...
Former Public Radio Employees Explain Why They Burned Out And Resigned
Last summer, Current got over 300 responses to an anonymous survey of ex-public radio staffers. Nearly three-quarters said they believe in public radio's mission...
The Academy Decides To Investigate How A Movie That Made $28,000 Earned A Best...
It was a grassroots campaign. But was it allowable? (And how exactly was it different from the million-dollar campaigns studios mounted for other stars?)...
On Broadway, It Really Is The Best of Times And Worst Of Times
"In many ways Beetlejuice, which closed Jan. 8, encapsulates life on the bifurcated Broadway of 2023 — a place where the hits are still...
Artist Alfred Leslie, America’s Leading Ex-Abstract Expressionist, Is Dead Of COVID At 95
"A second-generation Abstract Expressionist and filmmaker, (he) turned his back on nonrepresentational art in the early 1960s to lead a revival of figurative painting."...
He Bought A Chandelier In An Antique Shop For $309. Turns Out It’s a...
"In 1960, British painter John Craxton was passing by the store when he recognized the Alberto Giacometti light fixture as a piece once owned...
The Drag-Queen-Story-Hour Culture Wars Have Spread To Britain’s Museums
"In an open letter to the Tate's board of trustees, a controversial politician in the United Kingdom denounced Tate Britain's decision to invite a...
Pasadena Symphony’s Ex-Music Director, Fired For Refusing Vaccine, Sues For Religious Discrimination
"(David Lockington), who is a member of Church of Christ, Scientist, is suing the association, alleging he was wrongfully stripped of his job in...
HarperCollins To Lay Off 5 Percent Of Its North American Staff As Strike Continues
"The news of the layoffs comes a few days after HC said it had agreed to work with a mediator in an attempt to...
UK Museum Workers Announce A Strike
"Security and visitor services staff at the British Museum in London and civil servants at the (culture ministry) said they would refuse to continue...
The Baby Boomers Changed Everything. What Happens When They’re Gone?
They were a cohort of historically unprecedented size, whose basic need to be clothed, fed, housed and educated was a decades-long jobs creator and...
Last Week A Plan To Close The Vancouver Folk Music Festival. This Week A...
An open letter from the board says several parties have offered possible solutions for funding and support since it announced the plan to end...
Why We’re Missing Memories From The Pandemic
We might assume that our pandemic memories are missing because information entered our brains, then slipped from it—like a toy tumbling out of a clumsy...
A Nun From 900 Years Ago Had A Profound Influence On Music (And Does...
Hildegard’s fame has crossed over into zones of New Age spirituality, environmental discourse, and feminist thought. In the gift shop at the Hildegard Abbey,...
