I can think of no recent novel or film that provoked passionate debate. Public arguments people do have about art — about appropriation and offense, usually — have grown stale and repetitive, almost rote. - The New York Times
"Onstage and off, Schumer is uncommonly open. Money, I.V.F., adolescent shoplifting, alcohol-induced blackouts, attending the Met Gala high on mushrooms, pooping her pants: all the things that most people keep desperately private, Schumer airs with no evident discomfort." - The New Yorker
Pablo Valdivia "will collaborate across Newsroom and Programming to identify, develop and distribute content that will appeal to Latinx audiences,” says Emily Barocas, Deputy Director of Digital Platforms & Curation in a note to NPR staff. - InsideRadio
Jesse Green: "Efforts to improve diversity onstage and backstage have too often come without the support necessary to help new hires succeed. Culturally specific theaters may face an existential crisis if their function gets co-opted by change. And ... traditional audiences, feeling disoriented, sometimes resist." - The New York Times
There seem to be several currents in European composition: the heirs of Pierre Boulez, post-serial, and neotonal. Among the younger composers, however, there is a yearning for the freedom of being decompartmentalized. And many look to the U.S. for new models. - Strings
Chioggia, about 15 miles away from St. Mark's Square, has been stuck in the shadow of its famous neighbor, whose highfalutin' sophisticates have always tweaked chiogiotti as rustic ruffians. But it's a pretty town, and one pleased to welcome visiting cruise passengers (for now). - The New York Times
The ultimate goal, in Dr. Ferrucci’s view, is that A.I. becomes a trusted “thought partner,” a skilled collaborator at work and at home, making suggestions and explaining them. - The New York Times
José Padilha, director of the Netflix series, alleges that producer Eric Newman "is concealing revenue — including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television. Under their profit sharing agreement, they agreed to an equal split of all revenue." - The Hollywood Reporter
Before there was an official policy, officials in individual districts could decide how to act on (or ignore) complaints about particular titles. Now districts must not only act on complaints, they must explain to legislators any decision to keep a book someone has complained about. - Axios
Ruling that it lacks jurisdiction, the federal District Court for Washington, DC accepted the motion to dismiss the suit by the German state foundation governing Berlin's museums, the defendant in a case brought by the heirs of Jewish art dealers who sold the medieval trove in 1935. - AP
Arguably the world's greatest living ballet choreographer, Ratmansky grew up in Kyiv, where his parents and sister still live, and has been very involved in relief efforts. Marina Harss visited The Hague to watch him rehearse the United Ukrainian Ballet Company in its first-ever production, Giselle. - The New York Times
Several hours after the pre-dawn Sunday attack, five children, aged 8 to 11, were caught throwing rocks at parked cars; they were arrested when found to have bicycles and other material stolen from Sculpture Space. They've been charged with burglary, larceny, criminal mischief, and possession of stolen property. - Hyperallergic
"I am still struggling with the consequences of the vasculitis I was diagnosed with in the spring," said the conductor in a statement. For this new Dmitri Tcherniakov staging at the Berlin State Opera, Barenboim will be replaced by Christian Thielemann for two cycles and Thomas Guggeis for one. - OperaWire
The three-body problem is the best metaphor I’ve found for a social complexity that affects us all today—a problem resulting from the interaction of three major centers of gravity. This dynamic is scrambling our intuitions and making us long for order in what feels like an increasingly chaotic world. - Wired
A piano has more than 8,000 individual parts. The building process begins with curing the wood, leaving large sheets of maple, beech and mahogany to dry for a year and a half. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
