In The Age Of Peak TV, What You Probably Missed Last Year
If you know, you know. And if you don't, well, read this list of 10 series you could catch up on at some point...
Remembering The NYT’s Andrea Stevens, A No-Nonsense Editor Who Whipped Culture Writers Into Shape
"'It was exhilarating to be edited by Andrea,' said Margo Jefferson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist and former Times writer. 'Can one feel chastened at...
Why Hollywood Is So In Love With Invented Languages
It's the nerds, basically: "The model for modern language creation lies not in philosophy or international relations, but in the work of the Lord of...
Why Barbara Walters Mattered So Much
Walters "repeatedly enjoyed the last guffaw over doubters and detractors during a career spanning five decades. She shattered glass ceilings, sending shards into many...
The Movie ‘RRR’ Captivated The World, Unexpectedly
Last year's surprise global hit: "Men wrestle tigers and hurl motorcycles, entire armies are single-handedly subdued, the dance scenes are supercharged. Stylised, CGI-heavy, logic-defying,...
How A Taiwanese Singer Turned Her Indigenous Language Into A Musical Powerhouse
Pop singer Abao: "When people think of Indigenous music, they think of some elder pounding a drum. That's important too, but young Indigenous people...
Wrangling These Stories Free Of Copyright Took Far Too Long
Yes: "The dribbling of classic works into the public domain every year on Jan. 1 may be gratifying, but it also serves to underscore...
You Think QR Codes Made A Good Comeback?
Well, they did, thanks to the pandemic. But now it's time for a resurgence something even older: The personal blog. - The Verge
Librarians Know Where Their Younger Patrons Like To Live
And that means gearing some content toward TikTok. - The New York Times
Before You Pick Goals For 2023 Or Whatever, Read This Article
"Building a habit can take a lot of time and energy, so it’s important to make sure you pick behaviors you actually want to...
Why Irish Art Galleries Need Help
It irks Kevin Kavanagh that the role played by private art galleries is not valued by the Arts Council, from which they get no...
Inside The Long-running HarperCollins Publishing Strike
"For almost a year now, it’s been clear that the HarperCollins People Team and the lawyers from our parent company, News Corp, hope that...
Kennedy Center Honors Score Big TV Ratings
The two-hour special averaged about 5.1 million total viewers, which was up 18% compared to last year’s audience of about 4.3M. It was the...
The Hundreds Of Museums Showcasing LA’s Diversity
These museums, hundreds of them, reflect the idiosyncrasies and specialized interests of their founders while offering a window into the ethnic, cultural and historical...
The Seventies: The Decade Taste Deserted
Nostalgic TV programmes often want us to remember the ’70s as the decade that “taste forgot”. They offer up montages of space hoppers, avocado-coloured bathroom...
New York Public Library Appoints New Research Library Chief
Brent Reidy will be responsible for four public research centers — the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln...
Phnom Penh’s Gender-Bending All-Gay-Male Classical Dance Troupe
"Merging two cultural streams — the progressive and the conservative — that many see as mutually exclusive, Prumsodun Ok presents a new outlook on...
Classical Music And The Terminology Trap
The more you get to know classical music, the more you’ll understand and appreciate the terminology. - The Conversation
The Quintessential Film Genre Of the 21st Century? Considering The Technical Disaster Movie
"Unlike the schlockier disaster porn that precedes it, the technical disaster movie depicts a real or realistic catastrophe that is in principle avoidable. Their...
When Mail Mattered
Mail mattered then, as it had from the beginnings of the republic through the 1970s, more or less, when the falling price of long-distance...
Should “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” Have Been Aired At All?
Critics hated it, audiences flocked to it, and some social media commenters and media columnists argues that it was immoral even to have written...
“My” Dancers?
I started bristling at the commonplace phrase: “my dancers.” And I find it increasingly problematic, especially in light of our woefully overdue national reckoning...
Yiddish Theatre In New York Is Alive And Well
"At one point in time, New York was home to more than 50 Yiddish theatres. … Today, reflecting both the relative decline and the...
Arts Patronage Has Always Been Messy
What then makes a great patron? Bags of cash, obviously, but what else? The best patrons — the ones you can count on to...
A Recap Of The Prize-Winning Novels Of 2022
"Awards ceremonies are back, baby. For the first time since 2019, your favorite writers got to dress up and attend a fancy party or...
