Says one musician: "We are afraid of not being able to arrive at the place of the concert, of losing our (paid) commitments. Traveling with these old, fragile, expensive instruments is already stressful, but at the moment, anxiety dominates when buying an SNCF ticket." - The Strad
"Jokes about raising children make an easy connection with certain sleepy-eyed audiences, but that can be its own parent trap. This is well-trod ground. ... The primary challenge of stand-up on this subject is that it risks cheap sentimentality. Nothing smothers comedy faster." - The New York Times
"Geneva-based UNOSAT and UNESCO, the Paris-based educational, scientific and cultural agency, announced Wednesday that they are finalizing a database of cultural sites that compares 'before and after' images bought from private-sector satellite companies." - AP
The two plots are at the southwest corner of the National Mall, near the Washington Monument: one is directly across the Mall from the African-American Museum, and the other is directly around the corner, facing the Tidal Basin. - MSN (The Washington Post)
At the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, two guys in "Just Stop Oil" t-shirts walked up to Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring; one tried to superglue his head to the painting, then the other poured tomato soup over him. The art is undamaged; the vandals have been arrested. - The Guardian
In the U.S., teachers are turning to music to aid students of various ages with increased levels of depression and behavioral issues. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
At the heart of such suspicion is the assumption that persuasion is to be understood as an act done by someone to someone. One party is active, the other party is passive. - Psyche
“Tár” is a tantalizing example: an elite acting talent taking on a rarefied slice of the classical music world. The preparations Ms. Blanchett and her collaborators did behind the scenes mirrored aspects of the story, which involves the painstaking work of creation and rehearsal. - The Wall Street Journal
“TAR” is uncomfortably spot on. It’s more about abuse of power than music, though the classical trappings are a convincing gilding. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The gamers did better than non-gamers in tests where they had to control impulsive behavior or memorize information, according to the National Institute of Health, which promoted the research. - Axios
Some examples of these "unfair hidden fees" given by Biden were bounced check charges, bank overdraft fees, credit card late fees, resort charges at hotels, processing fees for concert tickets and "those huge termination charges to stop you from switching cable and internet plans to a better deal." - CNET
"The craft of shadow puppetry had historically been passed down, master-apprentice style, through the generations. With varied technologies and media dominating contemporary performance, practitioners of puppetry and scholars say this ancient form of theatre is under threat of extinction." - Hyperallergic
"These two white British men are getting themselves their own museum because lack folks and women have taken over the white man's art institutions." The South African artist Athi-Patra Ruga commented on the post: "The taste of #whitemantears". - The Art Newspaper
"In a refurbished hall that used to be the cafeteria (at the Ministry of Culture), 76 precious paintings and sculptures from Iraq's foremost artists are on display for the first time since the National Museum of Modern Art was pillaged in the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion." - The Guardian
In January, Sundance Film Festival screened it, and some employees of the Sundance Institute, which operates alongside the festival, soon resigned in protest. Even before viewing it, they had criticized the film for a multitude of sins. - The Atlantic
