Perhaps surprisingly in 2021, that magazine is in Afrikaans: Huisgenoot ("Home Companion"), founded in 1916 to help form a national Afrikaner consciousness in the wake of the Anglo-Boer Wars. Yet Huisgenoot has changed immensely in the past century, just as its country has. - The Economist
“Audiences who were very reticent or uninterested in digital content became interested. I believe we cannot turn back from that whole process.” - Dallas Morning News
Think about it: Parasite and Squid Game are pretty weird: intense drama, occasional shocking violence and dark satire jumbled with juvenile humor and an almost childish innocence. What does this strange mishmash come from? The difficult, disorienting past hundred years South Korea has lived through. - The American Scholar
“It’s really clear from our survey, that it’s not just about the data; it’s the stories that people are telling about their experiences working on productions. It’s clear that these hours are not sustainable – they’re not healthy and they’re not safe for people.” - The Guardian
Jeremy Bernstein: "When I was a graduate student Tom and I sometimes had lunch at the (Harvard) Graduate Center. On one occasion a student waiter dropped a tray with a horrible crash. 'They're playing our song,' Tom said." - London Review of Books
Longtermism might be one of the most influential ideologies that few people have ever heard about. I believe this needs to change because I have come to see this worldview as quite possibly the most dangerous secular belief system in the world today. - Aeon
There's a long history of radio serving indigenous Americans, but most of it involves dedicated stations serving individual tribes in rural areas. Here's a look at "Beyond Bows and Arrows", a show on KNON which serves the varied Native American community in Dallas-Fort Worth. - Texas Observer
The company announced it plans to create 10,000 new jobs across the European Union in order to develop what it calls the metaverse. In Facebook's own words, it's a "new phase of interconnected virtual experiences using technologies like virtual and augmented reality." - Mashable
In Chicago, Mike Nussbaum, 97, is "a part of theatrical history. And the people who run the theaters all know me. They know that people will come to see me if I'm in one of their plays. So they cast me a lot." - MSN (The Washington Post Magazine)
"Never heard of cycloramas? Understandable, since they have all but vanished from memory. There are still a few around, though, reminders that, in their time, cycloramas were entertainment as popular as movies would become, if for some they offered experiences as disconcerting as bad dreams." - MSN (Chicago Tribune)
"Through town halls and one-on-one virtual mentorships, which are open to dancers around the world," Boys Who Dance "aims to help students overcome bullying, negative stereotyping and other challenges they may face during their training." - Pointe Magazine
Why? Because capitalism has gone bananas. So now there are 10,000 bananas (real ones) piled around Charging Bull, with a seven-foot statue of the late Harambe the gorilla a few feet away. As with Fearless Girl, this is a marketing stunt. - Artnet
"Similar mergers and acquisitions have become a common way to bolster the struggling print industry, but if radio were to take on a major newspaper, that would be a first." - The Verge
"Coming back has entailed a few adjustments: the ability to deftly juggle proofs of vaccination and photo IDs and tickets to get inside; preshow announcements that now urge people to keep their cellphones off and their masks on." - The New York Times
"Rebranded simply as MUNCH, it will open on 22 October following a decade of development drama, political U-turns and staggering logistical challenges. The result is one of the largest single-artist museums in the world." - The Art Newspaper
