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The Jazz Detective
To Zev Feldman, “solving a case means discovering a concert recording that has been gathering dust in an archive for decades, or studio sessions...
The Vatican’s Biennale Show Is Set Inside A Women’s Prison
So … the show is for what audience, exactly? Probably not the incarcerated: "As if involuntarily submitting to state power wasn’t enough, one of...
The Shakuhachi Is Having Its Moment
The Japanese bamboo flute is familiar to audiences who play video games and watch Japanese movies. "It is the sound of the earth. …...
As ‘Ecofiction’ Hits Its First Official Decade, Here Are Some Of Its Best Examples
"Many readers are seeking fiction that addresses environmental issues but explores a successful paradigm shift: fiction that accurately addresses our current issues with intelligence...
Portugal’s Eurovision Song In 1974 Helped Topple Its Military Dictatorship
Portugal's song tied for last, but coup planners needed a signal on the radio. The first song suggested was censored, and too obvious. So...
Call Salvador Dali On His Lobster Phone To Ask An AI Dali Your Burning...
Cool and deeply creepy at the same time: “The artist's AI voice was trained on voice samples taken from archival interviews Dalí did in...
Will Sony Buy Paramount As Streamers Consolidate?
Maybe! "Sony and Apollo’s entry would complicate a deal already in the works for the storied studio behind Mission: Impossible and The Godfather. Paramount,...
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Who Brought Humor To The Last Night Of The BBC...
Davis was both chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the musical conductor of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in the 1990s. In 1997,...
The Problem Isn’t TikTok; The Problem Is American Social Media Illiteracy
“The recent move against TikTok misses the larger point: Americans’ sources of information have declined in quality, and the problem goes beyond any one...
This May Seem Obvious, But Libraries Are Great Places To Write
Libraries, actually, are not just great places, but the absolute best places to write. - LitHub
Faith Ringgold’s Letter To The Guerrilla Girls Still Inspires, Thirty Years Later
After the artist’s death, the collective wants to remind the world of Ringgold’s dream: “I have a dream that one day the art world...
What Actually Happened To The DCist, And Beloved Radio Station WAMU
It’s a sad tale about a sudden, depressing end to the feisty - and revived - digital news publication, and a cautionary discussion about...
The TV Show That Changed Everything
Before Strangers with Candy, there was TV comedy, sure, and also true, not many people watched the show while it was on. But it...
The Nephew Of Norval Morrisseau, Implicated In Massive Art Fraud Scandal, Reaches A Resolution...
"In total, police laid more than 40 charges against eight people in March 2023. The investigation led to the seizure of more than 1,000 pieces of...
Actor Alfred Molina Has Fallen For New York
And New Yorkers love an actor who is moving to Broadway from Hollywood; though Molina has been nominated for three Tony Awards, it’s been...
Viola Davis Adds Publisher To Her Packed Resume
Davis and her husband Julius Tennon are opening JVL Media, adding to their TV and movie production business - their company that has brought...
The Trans Author Who Toured Red State Libraries With Her Book
"It occurred to me that in Iowa you don’t need a permit to carry a gun — open or concealed. A current of people...
Indigenous Artists Win Top Prizes At Venice Biennale
“The exhibition’s top prizes both went to Indigenous artists, with the Golden Lion for the main curated exhibition going to the Mataaho Collective, which consists...
Dying For The Liberal Arts
In 1942, a young man at war wrote a defense of the liberal arts to his family, and to his favorite professor - letters...
How Harlem Stage Has Helped Create Choreography Careers
The series E-Moves is 25 years old now, and one of its "intended effects has been to take choreographers who work mainly ‘downtown,’ in...
The Irish Lads Who Founded Smut Press Are Having A Bit Of A Laugh
“The goal of Smut, says Scollard, is to 'champion work that might find it difficult to get published elsewhere – maybe a bit risqué...
The Resurrection Of Notre Dame Is Bringing The French Together In Some Unexpected Ways
"For almost five years, Parisians looked into a sad emptiness when they walked past Notre-Dame and looked up. The void reminded them of a...
In Recent US Cinema, Women Loving Women Have Gotten Very Funny And Bizarre
"With their offbeat B-movie feel, these stories are ‘managing to mess with this dichotomy between the good representation and the bad representation,’” one expert...
Why Are Seattle Libraries Announcing 1,500 Hours Of Closures In Eight Weeks?
Library workers aren’t happy. "The City is denying Seattleites 1,500 hours of learning, checking out books, applying for jobs, talking with neighbors, sheltering from...
How Edward Hopper Nails Life In New York
Or so says SNL’s Bowen Yang. "You look at a Hopper painting , and it’s like people being in rooms regarding the arrangement of the city,...