Construction Of New Cultural Facilities Has Come Roaring Back: Study
The sixth annual Cultural Infrastructure Index, produced by AEA Consulting, has found that "after a predictable dip in 2020, due to broader pandemic lockdowns,...
The Problem With Remote And Hybrid Work, And How To Solve It
Remote work may be good for efficiency but it's deadly for team-building. So, just as the development of multi-location businesses led to the creation...
Surprising Good News: New Indie Bookstores Are Opening, Doing Good Business, And Serving Diverse...
Many of them opened during the pandemic shutdown, such as The Salt Eaters Bookshop in L.A. County and Socialight Society in Lansing, Mich., oriented...
Australia’s Beloved Skywhale Balloon Gets Torn In High Winds
Skywhale and her companion, Skywhalepapa, were to appear at an event in Ballarat, a historic town 72 miles WNW of Melbourne that's notorious for...
All Those TikTok Viral Dance Challenges? This Is Not The First Time America Has...
"A century later, the animal dance craze — and the issues it raises around body autonomy and regulation — is part of the legacy...
Here’s Who’s Replacing Beanie Feldstein And Jane Lynch In “Funny Girl” On Broadway
After Labor Day, Lea Michele, who has famously wanted the role for years, will play Fanny Brice, and Tovah Feldshuh will play her mother,...
Edouard Louis, His Mother, And The “Archaeology Of The Destruction Of A Smile”
Not long ago, the 29-year-old French memoirist (The End of Eddy) found an old snapshot of his mother at age 20 with a bright,...
This Couple Bought Their Small Newspaper Back From Gannett
Amy Duncan was editor and publisher, and her husband, Mark Davitt, managing editor, of The Record-Tribune in Indianola, Iowa, and when they heard that...
Old Redlined Neighborhoods In New Haven Have Become Havens For Black Artists
"A community of artists — many of color — has blossomed in unassuming districts with names like East Rock, Newhallville and Fair Haven. Most...
What Gives Some Peoples The Strength To Fight And Overcome Far Stronger Adversaries?
"Throughout history, those willing to sacrifice for cause and comrades ... have often prevailed against more powerful forces that mainly rely on material incentives...
The Afterlife Of Public Art
Should public art, once removed from its original space, go to a museum - or to a Dumpster? - The New York Times
Jafar Panahi One Of Three Filmmakers Arrested In Iran
"Award-wining director Mohammad Rasoulof and colleague Mostafa Al-Ahmad were taken into custody for posting a statement on social media urging members of the Iranian...
The Artist Who Reveals Los Angeles’ Tongva Heritage
Mercedes Dorame's work, "in quiet ways, illuminates how Indigenous life and thought remain present in Los Angeles and its landscapes." - Los Angeles Times
Beanie Feldstein Is Leaving Broadway’s “Funny Girl” Two Months Early
"Playing Fanny Brice on Broadway has been a lifelong dream of mine, and doing so ... has been a great joy and true honor. ...
Best Director Winner Thinks Netflix, Losing Subscribers, Will Be More Picky About Funding
Jane Campion, who directed the artsy Power of the Dog and won Best Director for it at the 2022 Academy Awards, is worried. "I...
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Doghouse
"The Civic Center will now be the permanent home of Wright’s smallest structure, a doghouse he drew on the back of an envelope...
Nevada Artists Join Forces To Get A Mountain Range Labeled A National Monument
Artists might more normally be working in the studio, but "though artist-as-intersectional-avatar is not an unusual circumstance, the curators’ efforts go above and beyond...
An Ode To Bookstores, And To Promiscuous Reading
"Bookstores, like wines, have different notes, different flavors, each one distinct. There are the musty, quirky ones with haphazard piles and dusty rows, usually...
Are Those Identification Apps Good For Anything But Music – And Big Databases?
Well, they're also good for stealing a sense of wonder, or any sense of self-reliance in the wild. But hey, also, "Do not eat...
Another Theatrical Shout-Out To The Legendary Peter Brook
"Friends and colleagues who worked with him on this side of the Atlantic, and theater makers who never met him but look reflexively to...
The Fourth Thor Is Doing Well At The Box Office, But Marvel Should Probably...
The worry doesn't come from money, but from audience grades - a B+ for Thor: Love and Thunder follows a B+ for Doctor Strange...
Why Danai Gurira’s Richard III Matters
The actor took a while to decide, but when she said yes, she dug into Richard's words. "Is there a different experience the audience...
Take Control Over Your Marvel Watch Habits
Fans don't have to see everything. Instead, they can follow the series and movies the way they would with comic books - only committing...
The Comeback Of Australia’s Country Pub
It's actually quite pleasing for architects - and fans of community spirit as well. "You can gut it and bring all of this modern...
A Former NFL Defensive Lineman And His East Baltimore Animation Studio
NFL player Trevor Pryce visited 20th Century Fox in 2005 and fell for animation. Now, his Kulipari series - "Kulipari, an Australian Outback aboriginal...
