After starting out in New York theater, Michael Schultz directed the classic PBS documentary To Be Young, Gifted and Black and made over a dozen films in the '70s and '80s, including Cooley High and Krush Groove. Now 83, he's worked steadily in television ever since. - The New York Times
One of the reasons that Rudin's extreme mistreatment of his employees went unreported for so long was his insistence on having everyone he worked with, including Equity members in his productions, sign NDAs. So the actors' union is now reviewing how and when they're used more generally. - Dance Magazine
Since the domestic Ukrainian market is in, er, a difficult spot just now, there's a raft of initiatives to aid Ukrainian creators with grants for script development, education on post-production techniques and marketing, and buying or co-producing Ukrainian content for the likes of the BBC and Netflix. - The Hollywood Reporter
Research shows that humans are born with an inherent sense of numbers, known as numerosity.5 The concept of numerosity is one of the only high-level cognitive functions that is mapped to a specific region of the brain. In other words, we are primed to do basic math, but culture gets in the way. - Nautilus
Aiming to bring younger and more ethnically diverse listeners to public radio, the urban alternative format has spread to cities from Denver to Milwaukee, thanks to financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - Inside Radio
Several public museums and universities in Germany have become embroiled in criminal investigations into the widespread trafficking of Middle Eastern antiquities. - The Art Newspaper
Set to be 550-metres tall and 3,000 metres in circumference, the skyscraper would be composed of two interconnected main rings that will house residential, public, commercial and cultural spaces. - Dezeen
Historically, songs were employed by labor unions to create a sense of solidarity and move labor rights forward against overwhelming odds. If music can be a salve and a rallying cry, is the opposite true? - 3 Quarks Daily
Jason Allen did not paint “Théâtre D'opéra Spatial,” AI software called Midjourney did. It used his prompts, but Allen did not wield a digital brush. This distinction has caused controversy on Twitter where working artists and enthusiasts accused Allen of hastening the death of creative jobs. - Vice
"Chairs have done the same job for centuries, whenever we wanted to sit. Presented like art, however, their variety is striking, from the delicate sensuality of the lyre-back to the plush comfort of a wing-back. Like most art, there's a social story of status and prestige attached." - Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
The universe is stranger than we can imagine, Albert Einstein is said to have said. Indeed, we should not even be sure there is a universe: we can see stars and nebulae and planets and whatever, but no one has ever seen a universe. - 3 Quarks Daily
"'It's hard to tell how healthy the art house market is right now because, since theaters reopened, we haven't had many of those real prestige, art house titles available,' (says one executive). Which makes Venice all the more important as a bellwether for the indie business." - The Hollywood Reporter
Sources also say that both sides were eager to avoid another protracted, distracting and brutally expensive legal battle, to put it mildly: The fight over the previous, 2018-22 rate period went on for more than three years and cost many millions of dollars in legal and other fees. - Variety
"He is an artist for whom Americanness truly matters, as much as the tradition of Western classical music — both heritages treated not with nostalgia, but with awareness and affection." Joshua Barone profiles Adams ahead of the world premiere of his Antony and Cleopatra in San Francisco. - The New York Times
The Encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s Language project at Lancaster University, deploying large-scale computer analyses, has been transforming what we know about Shakespeare’s language. - The Conversation
