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The Cinema Posters That Tell Us Who We Were
Before streaming, but especially before the internet, posters drew us in, some with era-defining visuals. - The Guardian (UK)
What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone For What Might Be Called A Brick
“We may yearn for the freedom from all the extraneous stuff embedded in our smartphones — the distractions from the world around us — but liberty...
After Last Year’s Absolute Disaster, This Year’s Hugo Awards Came With A Full Transparency...
The list of winners seems innocuous, but it comes with a link to a report that details everything possible, along with a link to...
Ireland’s Black Gay Population Finds A Voice
Zainab Boldale is a journalist and TV presenter, who “has already hit several impressive career milestones in her 27 years, her first young...
The Cellist Of Auschwitz
She played in the orchestra, somehow survived, and later helped found the English Chamber Orchestra. And at nearly 100 years old, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has forgotten...
The Emmys Finally Nominate The Right Writers
“The writers’ branch of the TV Academy isn’t the general public, and it’s reasonable to wish they’d be more discerning in their choices. This...
Horror Movies Need More Than Just Vibes
“This summer’s three biggest relatively high-brow, low-budget horror films — Maxxxine, Longlegs, and Cuckoo — represent a move toward big moods. … A horror movie doesn’t have to...
Churchill Loved Monet’s Work, Which Kept His Spirits Up During A Post-War Political Slump
Churchill was not one to enjoy being out of power, and perhaps abandoned the Conservative Party leadership behind the scenes. But his “love of...
Iowa Law Banning Books With Sexual Content Goes Back Into Effect
The law, which will be appealed again, “bans any titles that describe sexual acts from K-12 schools, with the exception of religious texts. The...
Banksy Confirms A Seventh Piece After His Sixth Is Removed, Supposedly For Safety Reasons
London police and security firms have no idea what to do with Banksy artworks (read about what happened to the sixth piece) - which...
Cable TV? Never Heard Of Her
Other than live sports rights, which may keep around 50 million people subscribed, cable certainly looks cooked. - Axios
As The Olympics Showed, Women Can Break
“Some observers view breaking’s evolution as most apparent in the development of its female athletes, a far cry from the early days when male...
Artists And Activists Both Have A Purpose, But Not The Same One
“We seem to be torn between two approaches to the role of the arts in American life — whether we need a narrowly political...
AI Music Production Is Getting Easier, But Is It Getting Better?
“Music appears so much earlier in human history than money, let alone the music industry. We’ve found all sorts of other reasons to make...
A Remodel Gets The University Of Texas’ Art Museum Back In The Thick Of...
A new director came in 2011, and has “since helped shape a museum that stands out on campus, in the city, and in the...
Despite Huge Cash Infusion, Australia’s Most Prestigious Arts Festival Loses Money
“Adelaide festival management confirmed on Friday it will post a deficit, just a week after the unexpected departure of its artistic director.” The good...
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Dancers Joined A Union – And Then The Organization...
The most recent post on DBDT’s Instagram is an audition call. “All of it comes after filed unfair labor practice charges last weekend...
The Knockdown, Drag Out War For Laughs On Streaming
“Before the rash of streamers elbowed in, the landscape had been dominated by HBO and, later, by Comedy Central.” Then Netflix opened its bankbook. - The...
The Chicago Artist Who Believes Art Can Help Communities, And Individual Artists, Heal
For vanessa german, “one of the threads that connects her varied interests is a belief that art can restore our capacities to love ourselves...
The Voynich Manuscript Is A 500-Year-Old Mystery
“Why riddle a puzzle? And yet that’s what the Voynich did, over and over again. The moment you felt you were getting somewhere, it...
The Paris Olympics’ Hostile Architecture Is Just Another Way That Cities Hate Unhoused Folks
And Paris isn’t trying to hide it. “'I haven’t seen anything quite like this,’ says Jules Boykoff, a professor and former professional soccer player...
All The News That Was Fit To Inscribe In Babylon
It wasn’t good news - or rather, it wasn’t good astronomical divination. “The futures foretold were almost uniformly bad news for the empire, though some...
One Of The Best Dance Exports From The United States Is Having Its Spotlight...
"Hip-hop first landed in France in 1982, when an elite group of ambassadors from New York City, including ... popular breakers the Rock Steady...
How Michelangelo’s Dome Has Survived For Centuries
He had some (postmortem) secret weapons at St. Peter’s Basilica: A team of mathematicians … and the Pope. - Hyperallergic
How Norway’s Public Broadcaster Figured Out The Algo
If you build it (in this case, climate coverage), they will come. “In 2023, stories produced by the organization’s climate teams outperformed the average...