How Might One “Fix” Or Reinterpret Historically Racist Statues?
As some political leaders double down on the old memorial language, they ask: What if we thought of our memorials as works in progress,...
What If The Audience Prefers AI-Written Books?
I can write a book for my own reasons, but I can sell the book only if readers like it more than what they can get...
Broadway’s Record Box Office In 2025 Still Doesn’t Keep Up With Costs
“It’s just so difficult for (producers) to get their money back. These shows are now upwards of $25 million. Ten years ago, you could...
Trump Officials Threaten Smithsonian Funding Over Content Review
“Funds apportioned for the Smithsonian Institution are only available for use in a manner consistent with Executive Order 14253 ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to...
The Best Design And Architecture Of 2025
This year’s highlights include the remodeling of a Richard Seifert brutalist ‘corncob’ tower, a celebration of Japanese carpentry and a wearable hot-water bottle. -...
Turns Out Organ-Tuning Books In English Churches Are A Record Of Global Warming
“Organ tuners make brief records of their visits and often jot down observations, including the temperature and humidity inside the building. Materials within organs...
The Artists We Lost In 2025
In their own words: Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Rob Reiner, Frank Gehry, and many more. - The New York Times
The White House Is Still Trying To Threaten The Smithsonian’s Funds
The Trump administration threatened “to withhold federal funds if it does not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review. … It was not immediately...
Blame Our Loneliness On Our Land Use Plans
Here’s the reality for people in the U.S.: “Life in a single-occupant vehicle has its perks, like singing along to music or listening to...
A Theatre Tries To Answer The Perennial Question
Not ‘To be or not to be,’ but, obviously at this time of year, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” - NPR
Hollywood May Finally Be Ready For Nancy Meyers Again
In 2023, “Meyers had written a semi-autobiographical rom-com called Paris Paramount. She’d originally written it for Netflix, but they did not want to give her the...
When Tragedy Strikes Near An Entertainment Venue, Should The Show Go On?
“We didn’t have a lot of information before the show started, and the local authorities were telling our team that the best and safest...
What Does Realism Even Mean?
And, more importantly, how can creative people destroy the very word? - Happy Dancing
CBS News Yanks ‘60 Minutes’ Story On Brutal El Salvador Prison
Bari Weiss is said to have spiked the show a few hours before it was supposed to run. "The report … was to have...
Museums Are, Understandably, Freaking Out After The Louvre Heist
In short, they all want to make sure they’re guarding the perimeter. - The New York Times
Moviegoing Is Split Into Two Equally Miserable Experiences, But You Never Hear About The...
Hell is other people in a cinema, sure, but Hell - especially for a movie that needs an audience - is also no other...
Popular British Children’s Author Is Dropped By Publisher After Allegations Of Harassment
David Walliams, “one of Britain’s most successful children’s authors, was reportedly the subject of complaints that he had ‘harassed’ junior female staff at HarperCollins...
This One Little Word Can Make Or Break A Film
You know the word - the f-word. “A single use of the F-word requires at least a PG-13, while additional uses will elevate it...
A British Museum Asks Its Visitors To Help Uncover The History Of Its Looted...
“The museum holds more than 40,000 items from across Africa, many of which were traded, collected, looted or preserved during the era of the British...
James Ransone, Actor Who Played Ziggy On ‘The Wire,’ Has Died At 46
“Ransone was born in 1979 in Baltimore, an advantage in the early 2000s when The Wire, then a little-watched drama on HBO, was looking...
The Future Of Film Never Arrived, And Never Will
“I covered the 3-D boom from the start, and even early on one could see that the golden goose was cooked. It was clear that the...
In Los Angeles, People Daringly Put Their Faces On Buildings Asking ICE If They’re...
“Along with projecting portraits of Angelenos, Am I Next? highlights brief stories of people, including US citizens, accosted and snatched out of homes, cars,...
Why I Stopped Reading Print, And Embraced Audiobooks
“Here’s what I love about listening: I can do it all the time, not just while sitting still. I read … while making my...
Romance Fiction Is Booming, And It’s Not Just Because Of Love
“It is possible, with your small candle, to make your way in the darkness. One delight, against all this. The world crumbles, and lipstick...
Wait, The Right-Wing Is Using ‘Theatre Kid’ As An Insult?
This feels very, let’s say, sixth-grade. One actor: “‘Theater kid’ being the bullied party is a tale as old as time. … We’ve always...
