Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Unions Express Non-Confidence In Chicago Public Media Chief
“Under Mr. Moog’s stewardship, we have seen a loss of talented and expert staffers and continued revenue declines, stunting our efforts to achieve sustainability...
Sydney, Australia’s Plan To Try To Stabilize Its Creative Sector
Key findings by the City include that Greater Sydney has the largest creative workforce in the country, but the number of artists who live...
Schools Are Now Teaching Reading Without Books
Beginning in September, this is what the majority of elementary-school kids in New York City will be doing. More than two-thirds of its school districts selected...
A Backlash To DEI In Book Publishing?
Works by white writers dropped from 88 percent to 75 percent in five years. It is by far the biggest such change in U.S....
What Ails Us: Government Support For The Arts On The Wane
The historically lamentable lack of government support for the arts in the U.S. is taking another turn for the worse. California and San Francisco...
Duh: Those With A Love Of Thinking Do Better
People who relish mental challenges are not necessarily more intelligent – although some research has found that, on average, they score higher on fluid intelligence, the...
How Algorithms Are Changing Performance Art
We are in a feedback loop in which social media edifies and dictates taste. In a time of strained attention, where every next post...
German Theatre Reinvents, Reuses, And Reimagines To Get To Climate Neutral
No aspect of the process of making a play has been left unturned. From the lighting (switching to LED bulbs) to reducing travel (rehearsals...
Who’s Consuming The News And Why Not
Instead of a left-right thing, the report repeatedly locates a different divide — between people who are interested in news and politics and those...
Why Is The Progressive Brooklyn Museum Being Attacked By The Political Left?
Seven months ago, the museum was criticized not for a sympathetic view toward Israel but instead for antisemitic leanings. The turmoil in which so...
What, Actually, Is Intelligence? Just A Label?
Instead of a measurable, quantifiable thing that exists independently out in the world, we suggest that intelligence is a label, pinned by humanity onto...
Bayadere Is Stuffed With Stereotypes. Should It Be Reinvented Or Put Away?
“As someone who’s interested in pushing the boundaries forward, we have to know what our past looks like and embody that. What do we...
How Daniel Radcliffe Overcame Harry Potter
From early on, Radcliffe was aware of two competing drumbeats—two inevitable destinies, usually somehow intertwined, that were being predicted for him. - The Atlantic
World’s Best And Biggest Video Store Might Have To Close
The longtime University District video store, which turned nonprofit in 2014, holds one of the largest publicly accessible video collections in the United States; its...
Post-Tonys’ Die-Offs Begin: Broadway’s Huey Lewis Musical To Close
The show is the second to announce plans to close in the wake of this year’s Tony nominations, joining “Lempicka”. “The Heart of Rock...
Colorado’s Storied Tattered Cover Books Is Sold To Barnes And Noble
Tattered Cover has faced a difficult financial situation in recent years. The local bookstore chain has been staving off bankruptcy for years under two...
Why Your Local Bank Branch Looks More Like A Starbucks These Days
Increasingly, customers are visiting physical banks to receive guidance on products such as mortgages, loans and financial planning, while accessing more basic services online....
Tonys Takeaway: Regional Theatre Should Be Bold — Non-Profits Do It Better
One obvious point is that if you’re looking to develop a winner, an off-Broadway or regional theater is the way to go. For all...
Martin Amis And The Primacy Of Words And Style
“Style isn’t something you apply later,” Amis said in 2021, explaining why he couldn’t abide JM Coetzee. “It’s embedded in your perception, and writers...
Technology Didn’t Kill Handwriting. Bad Penmanship Has Always Been A Problem
Even in an age when people frequently wrote by hand, messy and at times illegible handwriting was still a common problem. They even had...
Can We Inherit Memories From One Generation To The Next?
Scientists working in the emerging field of epigenetics have discovered the mechanism that allows lived experience and acquired knowledge to be passed on within...
AI Is Already Killing Web Publishers
The rise of web-connected LLMs is rapidly undermining traditional web publishing. It’s clear industry professionals are deeply concerned. LLMs reduce human web traffic, evade...
Baltimore Should Get An Iconic Bridge To Replace Key Bridge
The city deserves a replacement that is similarly expressive of the working harbor’s importance to the city and its location as a gateway between...
Remembering Poet Thom Gunn
Gunn’s early poetry was erudite, witty, and elegantly wrought, but it was usually coolly detached, framed in meter and rhyme. As he progressed as...
Met Opera Ticket Sales For 2023-24 Were Up
The Metropolitan Opera revealed its finances for 2023-24 season, including the fact that it had sold 72 percent of available tickets. The number was...