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The Point Of The Point Magazine
"As we see it, one of the goals of the magazine is to help our readers remain open to the possibility that facets of...
How To Grapple With An Artist’s Legacy When You’re Responsible For It?
As I’ve tried to make decisions about those areas of influence, I’ve found that I have to fight the “what would Michael have done”...
Want Certainty? (It Might Not Be Good For You)
Philosophers have long warned that this desire for certainty can lead us astray. To think and learn about the world, we must be willing...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Restores/Updates London’s Oldest Theatre, Built in 1663
In 2000, Lloyd Webber purchased the building, which he calls “objectively marvellous.” For the past two years, with Stephen Thurley’s help, he has been...
Songwriters Are Getting Screwed By Streaming Too
Last month, Midia Research, which specializes in music and digital media, released a study, “Rebalancing the Song Economy,” that was commissioned by Abba's Bjorn...
UK Government Slashes Funding For “Creative Subjects” In Universities
The government has said subjects like music, dance, drama and performing arts, art and design, media studies and archaeology are "not among its strategic...
Muti: COVID Year Was An Experiment In Global Culture
Riccardo Muti called the experience of the past year “an unnatural global experiment” that had “stunned” the world. “If we truly took into account...
The Compromises Of Live-Streaming
Livestreaming adds an additional layer of technical complexity and cost but doesn’t necessarily improve the audience’s experience of the play itself. Pre-recording allows the...
Inside The Museum Of Disgusting Food
As with the Museum of Sex, in New York City, and the Museum of Ice Cream, in San Francisco, the Disgusting Food Museum is...
The Science Behind Your Ums… and Ahs…
Indeed, these verbal hesitations have been viewed as undesirable since the days of ancient Greece and, more recently, the American linguist Noam Chomsky characterised...
The Culture Of Citations That Props Up Writing
"Like many systems that appear meticulous, the writing of citations is a subjective art. Never more so than in fiction, where citation is an entirely...
A Wild Spoof Sends Up The Absurdity Of Academic Science Publishing
"Take a bunch of clever, ambitious people and tell them to get as many papers published as possible while still technically passing muster through...
The Improbable Survival Of Seattle’s Annex Theatre
“Our motto is ‘big, cheap theater.’ ” “I’d rather make a glorious failure than an apologetic win.” “We’re the cockroach of the arts —...
What’s Behind Attacks On Critical Race Theory?
"The exact targets of CRT’s critics vary wildly, but it is obvious that most critics simply do not know what they are talking about....
When Conditions Are Ripe To Fall For Misinformation
"People become more prone to misinformation when three things happen. First, and perhaps most important, is when conditions in society make people feel a...
Canada Post Issues Two Commemorative Stamps Honoring Dancers
"Each Permanent domestic stamp, designed by Stéphane Huot, features a dynamic image of its subject in performance. Karen Kain almost breaches the borders of...
LA Dance Studios Struggle To Survive
"Some factors that helped the studio persevere? A landlord who is postponing the studio’s $22,000 monthly rent payments, PPP loans totaling more than $110,000,...
Amazon Earnings Soar, Streaming Up 70 Percent
Video streaming — sometimes a throwaway in the company’s earnings announcements — was this time a centerpiece. Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who is...
The Expert Problem — What We Need To Trust Science
"Complete rejection of expertise not only makes little epistemic sense (for there is no doubt that expertise exists); the complexities of the modern state...
Should Hollywood Abandon Georgia?
"Here we are in 2021 and many still think they can affect change by pulling their business from the very people who helped get...
Authenticity Is Overrated
"Everyone else might be taken, but the effort to be ourselves is the surest path to being just like everyone else, especially in the...
Why Publishing Consolidation Suggests A Bleak Future For Books
“Canadian authors will have fewer houses to present their manuscripts to,” explained executive director Kate Edwards. “A culture of ‘blockbuster’ publishing will become more...
LA Opens A Tiny Home Village For Homeless People
“The city keeps investing in these temporary shelters, but everyone acknowledges that there’s nowhere to move to from these shelters. And if it’s not...
Machines Are Getting Pretty Damn Good At Writing
In July of 2019, Microsoft invested a billion dollars, which allowed OpenAI to create a supercomputer with two hundred and eighty-five thousand C.P.U. cores,...
Indonesian Theme Park Ordered To Take Down Lights That Violate Chris Burden Copyright
The theme park had recreated Burden's collection of street lamps that he made for the front of the LA County Museum in Los Angeles....