"The new renderings include the Gordon Strong Automobile Objective, a planetarium proposed in 1925, as well as the National Life Insurance building, the floating cabins of Summer Colony on Lake Tahoe, and his most famous unrealized structure ... in Chicago." - Artnet
"The latest controversy in Florida education policies began this month, when the DeSantis administration said a pilot Advanced Placement course on Black history would not be approved by the state Department of Education because it violated state law and 'lacks educational value.'" - Washington Post
A new Some Like It Hot musical tries to balance painful depictions "and the rich reality of drag as art, self-expression, and everything in between. But can a revision of an old story featuring harmful stereotypes ever truly be a vehicle for authentic representation?" - The Takeaway
"It's a miracle how she dispenses with the chair. 'Dispenses' isn't even the right word: She repels it. She parries it like an anime character deflecting a beam of supernatural power, like Neo dodging bullets in The Matrix, like King Kong swatting away a helicopter." - The New York Times Magazine
The gehu, an instrument which was introduced into Chinese orchestras in the 20th century and then replaced by the cello, "has four strings, a fingerboard and a horizontal cylinder." One Berklee student wants it to make a comeback. - The World
"Undine Spragg of The Custom of the Country ... can be conceived of as (a) social media influencer conscious of her brand. For Undine and her creator know that 'the future belonged to the showy and the promiscuous' and that the turn-of-the-century 'world where conspicuousness passed for distinction' foreshadows our own." - Literary Hub
The pandemic accelerated a generational shift: "Past program choices are not adequately energizing younger audiences. They want the experience to be new and different, on their feet, immersed in the experience and socially connected." - Seattle Times
At USC in Los Angeles, faculty at the Thornton School of Music are working with neurologists, otolaryngologists, psychologists, physical therapists, and other health care professionals on ways to treat, and to prevent, the repetitive-motion neuromuscular disorder that can end musicians' careers. - San Francisco Classical Voice
"What does it say that the Black women who did everything the institution asks of them — luxury dinners, private academy screenings, meet-and-greets, splashy television spots and magazine profiles — are ignored when someone who did everything outside of the system is rewarded?" - Los Angeles Times
"On Tuesday, Egyptian archaeologists announced that they had uncovered a complete 1,800-year-old residential Roman city. … Most archaeological work in Luxor, a city that has regularly turned up all kinds of ancient material, has focused on temples and tombs, so the city is a somewhat unusual find." - ARTnews
That long campaign was by climate activists, one of whom said, "What we are witnessing is a seismic shift, a near wholesale rejection across the arts of BP's brand and the climate-wrecking business it represents." - BBC
"Over the course of his decades-long career, Harris ... has been a guiding force, ushering hip-hop and street dance into new spaces and championing their history and legacy. ... Rennie Harris University builds on the principles that have shaped its founder's career, bringing them into the classroom." - The New York Times
"The (culture) minister, Miki Zohar, of Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, has pledged to 'revoke funding that promotes our enemy's narrative' and withhold grants from films that 'present Israeli soldiers as murderers'. … Israeli cinema, including its high-profile documentary industry, is heavily reliant on the state grants." - The Guardian
"Dallas Mayor pro tem Omar Narvaez brought up the issue of 'sticker shock' at the very start of the meeting early Tuesday. In 2010, a master plan put renovating the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theater at $25 million." The current expected cost? $308 million. - KERA (Dallas)
"On Tuesday, during an all-faculty staff meeting at the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based private liberal arts college, 92 full-time professors voted in favor of officially requesting Fayneese Miller's resignation. … Miller is not subject to action based on the faculty letter, which is addressed to the school's board of trustees." - ARTnews
