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Unhappiness As A Political Act
The focus of the "medicalization of unhappiness" debate was whether unhappiness should be considered a scientific problem. That issue has given way to the...
Exit Interview: Architecture Critic Blair Kamin
It’s really, really important to have critics who, at their best, can deliver lighting bolts that say, “This is a horrible idea. Don’t do...
Mark Swed: My Picks For Culture Secretary
"A Secretary of Culture would serve not as advisor to the president but as a conscience to government itself. Mr. or Madame Secretary would...
The Different Flavors Of Change
The paradox of change is that while it impacts us on a very subjective, personal level and each of us perceives it very differently,...
Norway’s New Whale Museum Looks Like… A Whale
From far away, The Whale museum on the southern coast of Norway looks like, well, a whale — the tail of a whale emerging...
Dropped By Simon And Schuster, Josh Hawley Finds A New Publisher For His Book
Regnery will publish Hawley's book, titled "The Tyranny of Big Tech," in the spring, according to a news release from the publisher. - CNN
Is American History As We’ve Been Taught It Wrong? Trump Commission Says So
The commission’s report charges, in terms quickly derided by many mainstream historians, that Americans are being indoctrinated with a false critique of the nation’s...
Longtime NPR Arts Editor Tom Cole Retires
"That is a typical Tom Cole piece, which is to say it's not typical at all. For three decades, Tom has positioned himself as...
Perhaps We’d Be Happier If We Stopped Pursuing Being Happy?
As well as reducing everyday contentment, the constant desire to feel happier can make people feel more lonely. We become so absorbed in our...
Stage Union Volunteers To Help Theatres Be Vaccination Sites
Jonas Loeb, communications director of IATSE, says this time around turning music venues into a vaccination center would require a new configuration. “It doesn’t...
The Essential Importance Of Going Out Into The World To Discover Artists First Hand
"These trips were resource-intensive, but through the intrepid efforts of people like David White and Sam Miller, philanthropic support enabled cohorts of Americans to...
What’s To Become Of The Trump Impersonators?
“No one is going to want to see my Donald Trump” now. Anyone who is seeking Trump comedy after Jan. 21, I just feel...
UK Courts Are Leasing Theatres For Courtrooms – Artists Are Objecting
Three national lockdowns in Britain, as well as tough social distancing guidelines, have hampered the business of England’s court system this past year, creating...
A Dancer Breaking Ballet’s Gender Norms
What is unique about Ashton Edwards is that he is a man doing serious en pointe work in a professional ballet setting. "Ashton led...
Discovery Of Oldest Cave Painting – Made 45,000 Years Ago – In Indonesia
Humans have hunted Sulawesi warty pigs for tens of thousands of years, and they are a key feature of the region’s prehistoric artwork, particularly...
The Quiet Tragedy Of The Man Who Oversaw New York’s New Train Station
It is impossible to know what drives a person to suicide. But in his final months, his mental state took a turn for the...
Orange County Museum Of Art Chooses New Director
Heidi Zuckerman, who hosts the independently produced podcast “Conversations About Art” and who wrote the “Conversations With Artists” book series, was at the Aspen...
Researcher Sets Out To Disprove “Music Makes You Smarter” Idea. But…
"My intention was to show that the relationships are probably spurious, meaning that background influences are the main drivers of the relationships, and once...
Trump Wanted To End Arts Funding. Instead It Grew
“The years and years of work that we had done to create a pro-arts Congress, whether Republican or Democrat, really came through,” said Nina...
What New York Could Do To Help The Arts
"So what can the city and/or state do? From grants and loans to small theaters to negotiating with and supporting landlords with non-profit tenants...
Trey Devey Shares his passion for Arts Education
“If we are empowered with creativity, with collaboration, with all of the skills that come from practicing the arts… that will lead to the...
Unlocking The Technology Of Relationships
What does it look like when a small-scale, long-term community effort in Detroit is connected to a small-scale, long-term community effort in Seattle or...
Brexit Deal Visa Requirements Stymie UK Musicians
As it stands, British musicians may be forced to pay for country-specific visas and equipment carnets when touring the continent – a situation that...
Lessons From 40 Years Performing Online
"Everything about the experience of using a computer is still flat, everything uses these windows, but then we also have high-speed processes that allow...
Why Conspiracy Theories Are So Attractive To So Many
Experts say that the majority of people do not easily fall for falsehoods. But when misinformation offers simple, casual explanations for otherwise random events,...