Does Life Have A Purpose?
There is no controversy in saying that a single organism wants to remain alive. Even bacteria purposefully move toward where there is more sugar....
Ah, Soviet Architecture. How Stylish! Stalin’s Architect Had To Make Compromises (You Think?)
Rather than not build at all, he was prepared to build what the dictator demanded of him. As a result, Boris Iofan is now...
Streaming Services Are Consolidating Or “Rebundling.” Maybe Not A Good Idea
We live in an age when identity is intimately tied to cultural consumption. Trying to be everything to all people is a risky strategy...
Singer, Superstar, Soldier, Spy — Who Was Josephine Baker, Really?
"Even if Baker's career had been restricted to her role as an entertainer, it would have had the allure of a thriller. The racecraft...
A Major Corruption Scandal At Berlin’s Regional Public Broadcaster
"It's quite a catalog of allegations that have been leveled against Patricia Schlesinger. Until recently, she was both the director of the regional public...
Spotify Starts Selling Concert Tickets With Its Playlists
The site lists gigs that are available to book on the home page, and under the My events section, users can see their past...
Director’s Husband Banned From Premises Of Royal New Zealand Ballet
"Michael Auer, the Royal New Zealand Ballet's fired ballet master and husband of artistic director Patricia Barker, was banned from all company premises after...
Pew Study: Teen Social Media Use Has Doubled Since 2015
The share of 13- to 17-year-olds who say they're "almost constantly" online has nearly doubled, from 24% in 2014-15 to 46% today. Among Black...
Virginia Republicans Are Bringing Back Obscenity Trials
"Rather than demanding that school boards or librarians remove books, the current case takes the books to court, using an obscure Virginia law that...
A UK Band Dishes On Its Farcical Post-Brexit Problems Playing A European Tour
Live performances can account for 90%-95% of a band’s income, according to Help Musicians, but Brexit has cut into one of their most important...
Why Have The Culture Warriors Come So Angrily After Drag Queen Story Hour?
"It is not just about fabulous queens competing on RuPaul's Drag Race; even Mr Tumble performs in drag on CBeebies. So, how have we...
Kirill Serebrennikov And The Quandary Of Russian Artists During Wartime
Back home in Russia (where he spent years under house arrest on trumped-up charges), among culturati in Ukraine, in Europe (where he now lives...
A Wicked Daughter, A Fake Clairvoyant, And $139 Million Worth Of Stolen Art (Including...
Tarsila do Amaral's painting Sol Poente (Setting Sun) is one of 16 artworks (not including stolen jewelry and cash) that were conned out of,...
Western Art Masterworks Unseen For Decades Are Now On View In Tehran
A very popular exhibition of minimalist and conceptual art this summer at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art features major pieces by Marcel Duchamp,...
One Broadway Show Has Reintroduced Mask-Only Nights
"The Broadway production of The Kite Runner announced a policy Tuesday requiring masks for audience members at Friday evening performances only. The new hybrid...
Climate Change Has Started Causing Serious Problems For Outdoor Performance
Extreme heat, flash floods, and, especially, smoke from wildfires — which can affect venues hundreds of miles away — have been the cause of...
The Staff (What’s Left Of It) At Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater Unionizes
"The group of 16 employees — which includes front-of-house staff, stagehands and arts administrators — filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board...
Post-Modernist Wong Turn? Maybe We Need To Redefine Reality…
Postmodern ideas have gained the status of absolute truths. Relativism, selectively appropriated into the language of both left and right politics, has metamorphosed into...
How “Effective Altruism” Grew From A Movement Into A Lucrative Business
It’s safe to say that effective altruism is no longer the small, eclectic club of philosophers, charity researchers, and do-gooders it was just a...
Just In: A New Theatre Season That Exhibits All The Current Trends
"This playwright read a Wikipedia page that mentioned a fascinating historical incident wherein Benedict Arnold and Frank Sinatra spent a night at the same...
Cox Media Buys News Startup Axios For $525 Million
The deal offers a rare flicker of hope for the digital publishing sector, which has been fraught with difficulty for investors and operators over...
Canada’s New Online News Act Builds On Australia’s And Could Be A Model For...
The Canadian code probably won’t have a material financial impact on these platforms, but countries learning from each other, improving on the model, and...
Artists Will Get Resale Fees Under New Canadian Copyright Law
Painters, sculptors and other visual artists stand to get a payout when their work is resold at auction and by galleries, in a government...
How To Fight Back Against Library And School Book Bans
Margaret Sullivan: "Local residents should show up at school board meetings to express dissent publicly, get in touch directly with school administrators to insist...
John Harbison: My Life In Music
"I identify much more as a composer. A couple of times, I backed away from conducting for a while. I felt it’s not a...
