Last month a Saudi man took a wrong turn and drove his rented Maserati down the steps — then he tried to reverse the car back up, taking some chunks out of the marble. This week, an American couple tried to wheel their scooters down the steps and caused more damage. - Artnet
That sure seems like the plan. "It’s all part of a new strategy that we’re calling 'the Spotify machine'," said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Sounds, uh, interesting. - Axios
The Nederland Organization, owner of what's now called the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (where the musical Six is currently playing), will officially rename the venue the Lena Horne Theatre in a ceremony this fall. It will be the first Broadway house named for a Black woman. - Deadline
"The coffee shop chain has said the 2021 awards, which were announced in February this year, were the last. ... The awards were established in 1971 and known as the Whitbread book awards until 2005, when Costa took over the running and financing. Whitbread sold Costa to Coca-Cola in 2019." - The Guardian
"'Charlie Roberts' and 'Only Stand and Wait' were both published on 9 June in Strand magazine, a US-based print magazine that publishes short fiction and interviews. ... A previously unpublished story, 'Adventure on a Bad Night', was published by Strand magazine in 2020." - The Guardian
"At his peak, Mr. Lurie's evocative caricatures appeared in about 1,000 publications with more than 100 million readers in 100 countries. ... He welded drawing and writing into a mightier-than-the-sword instrument ... whose imagery, he said, conveyed even greater impact than photography." - The New York Times
The largest donation in MPR's history, the anonymous gift, to be placed in a separate endowment, will be divided between new media technology and enhanced content. MPR produces and distributes such programs as Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Pipedreams to public radio stations across the US. - Inside Radio
Or, as the announcement puts it, he will become "artistic director laureate" in July after 19 years at the Fort Worth company's helm. Associate artistic director Tim O'Keefe will succeed Stevenson, at least temporarily, as acting artistic director. - Fort Worth Magazine
The young Finn won't have the full job title until 2027, though he'll be "artistic partner" of the orchestra — widely considered one of the world's best — starting this August. The RCO post has been empty since Daniele Gatti was fired in 2018 over charges of sexual misconduct. - Gramophone
The previous director left less than one year into the role. But Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, who is currently the director of the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State, says she's eager to help the Parrish, in the Hamptons, connect more to its regional community. - The New York Times
Laura Dern: "I’ve had the luxury of spending these 20-some odd years with young women coming up to me and talking about how they went into science or tech or marine biology and myriad other professions because of Ellie Sattler." - The New York Times
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, the Scot who took Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art from expensive also-ran to "trail-blazing cultural attraction," is finished being quiet about the amount of crap she dealt with every day. "It’s just a modus operandi for politics in this country." - The Guardian (UK)
"My Comrade was a drag scene zine that documented the East Village demimonde from 1987 to 1994. In its sporadic 13 issues, drag royalty rubbed shoulders with go-go boys, nightclub denizens, art stars, and assorted riffraff and glamour-pusses." And it returns this month. - Artnet
"As its perspective has spread out into popular culture, pop EvoPsych has inflected highly charged debates about gender, race, violence, and social class. It has also permeated a receptive Silicon Valley culture that shares much of its intellectual DNA." - The Yale Review
