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Off-Broadway Will Lose Its Theatres Without Support
“If Broadway is sustained by tourists, to use a sweeping generalisation, Off-Broadway is where the locals can be found, given the primarily limited run...
Israel Asks Eurovision Candidate To Change Song Lyrics
"The contest ... can disqualify contestants deemed to have breached its rules on political neutrality,” and the song “October Rain” currently contains lyrics that...
Jane Austen Changed Fiction Forever
Adding “free direct thought” meant her narrator had distance, but brought the reader into the characters’ heads. - Open Culture
AI-Generated Nudes At A Middle School Raise Legal Questions
The thing is, "Federal law includes computer-generated images of identifiable people in the prohibition on child pornography. Although the prohibition seems clear, legal experts caution...
New Yorkers Want A Flaco The Owl Statue
"The proposed monument’s design would involve a pedestal with a protruding branch where Flaco’s sculpture would perch for eternity." - Hyperallergic
At A Rally, Hollywood Craft Unions Warn Of More Strikes Looming
The IATSE president "addressed one of the key issues in the negotiations — artificial intelligence — saying it should not be used to replace...
Actor Who Uses Wheelchair Sues Shakespeare’s Globe For Employment Discrimination
"Athena Stevens is suing Shakespeare’s Globe for harassment, discrimination and victimisation, claiming she encountered ‘unfavourable' treatment because of her disability while working there” -...
Oscars Voting Is Over, But What Was The Best – And Worst – Way...
A week ago, it was crunch time for actors, musicians, directors, writers, and PR people on the path to an Academy Award. But importantly,...
Ignore The Nobel Committee, And Ask Yourself If Lyrics Can Ever Truly Be Literature
"While they can certainly be literary, a lyric is just one channel for conveying meaning in a song. The vocal delivery, melody, rhythm, arrangement and...
Composer Christian Wolff, Still Going Strong At 90
Wolff "is the last living representative of what’s known as the New York School of composition, a group that included John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and David Tudor....
Google Suddenly Lays Off Entire YouTube Music Team That Had Been On Strike
To add insult to injury (one that the National Labor Relations Board may not look kindly upon), the workers learned they had been laid...
The Sandworm ‘Dune’ Popcorn Bucket Is A Callback To The Days Of Hilariously Bad...
"My main obsession was Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, so when Burger King released a line of light-up goblets with the visages of characters...
Why The Dick Wolf Law And Order Universe Is Falling Apart
Reality has intruded into the universe of Law & Order. "The series has always been copaganda, built on a foundational love for the police,...
Wait, ‘Forbidden Broadway’ Is Headed For Broadway?
The newest version of the long-running humorous take on Broadway will spoof many, many Sondheim productions, including the current Merrily We Roll Along, as...
Los Angeles Loses Yet Another Landmark Cinema
Highland Park is yet another casualty of the pandemic, strikes, and multitude of streaming options. The theatre’s owner said, “It’s not the community’s fault...
Underground Railroad Quilt ‘Code Blocks’ Live On, Even For 21st Century Quiltmakers
Quilt historian Laurel Hinton, who's a folklorist, knows the tale is uncorroborated. But “as a narrative, she recognizes the cultural significance of the codes....
Iris Apfel, Iconic Designer And Maker Of Her Own Legend, Has Died At 102
Apfel was "a soaring free spirit known in society and to the fashion cognoscenti for ignoring the dictates of the runway in favor of her...
Who Owns Ana Mendieta’s Life?
Mendieta’s niece Raquel Mendieta “may be running the estate, which decides how her art is presented in museum and gallery settings, but as various...
The Distracted Viewing Life Of A Continuity Cop
"I freely recognize that being aware of this kind of detail makes one seem like a joyless dweeb. I wish I could help it.”...
Music Is So Over On Social Media, But Sounds Are Here To Stay
As TikTok blocks music clips, “royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips will become the new hot commodity.” - Wired
The Radio Squirrels Of Point Reyes Are Keeping Morse Code Alive
"Morse code outlived the telegraph age by becoming the lingua franca of the sea. But by the late 20th century, satellite radio was turning it into...
How Streamers Made ‘Binging’ Shows A Desirable Thing
Sure, people binge-watched DVD sets (anyone remember the classic Portlandia sketch about Battlestar Galactica?), but streaming makes it extreme. "I guess I’m wondering if...
Turns Out That ‘Fixer Upper’ Couple Bought Larry McMurtry’s Bookstore Contents For Their Hotel...
They were remodeling an old hotel in Waco, Texas. “Upon Joanna’s request for 'a ton of books,' Chip purchased around 300,000, the entire collection...
This 50-Part TikTok Saga, Totaling More Than 10 Hours Of Viewing, Makes It Clear...
Like Zola for those with long Twitter memories (your current editor watched that one unveil in real time), last weekend’s epic TikTok drama shows...
How Far Can Book Challenges Go In Minnesota?
A group of Muslim Somali parents asked their school district not to share any books with LGBTQIA content with their kids, and the school...