The book, “The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis” by the author “Dillon His Self,” had drawn so much attention by the end of January that 56 people were on the waiting list to check it out, said Alex Hartman, the manager of the library branch. - The New York Times
It wasn't hard to identify Filippo Bernardini once the FBI got involved; he didn't cover his email tracks very well. But none of the unpublished work he stole ever appeared on the black market, where it would have been nearly worthless anyway. So what was his motivation? - The New Republic
With their own instruments and evening clothes in hand, the Royal Philharmonic completed a 14-concert, nine-city U.S. tour on Monday night, the first international orchestra to play Carnegie since Feb. 24, 2020, a gap caused by the pandemic. - Toronto Star
So argues one business-oriented demographer. Why drama? Because you learn how to work closely in groups and to fill a variety of roles, onstage and off. - ArtsHub (Australia)
The survey shows that 55% of teachers now say that because of the pandemic, they’re going to leave the profession sooner than they’d planned. When the NEA asked the same question last August, the number stood at only 37%. - Fast Company
The sketch, titled The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bank and dating from around 1503, was purchased by a Massachusetts man at an estate sale in 2017. It has now been authenticated as the work of Albrecht Dürer. - ARTnews
Last year, the actor Francis Huster passionately made the case for the reinterment of Molière within the Panthéon, Molière’s remains having had a long and slightly hair-raising cultural history of their own. - The New Yorker
Vice Media, Audible, iHeartMedia, and the children's podcast producer Tinkercast are all working to expand offerings in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, French, and other languages — both by translating popular English-language properties and by creating original programming. - Digiday
Personhood is a property of the whole body, and the whole body is implicated in how both personhood and an individual person can persist in the face of perpetual forgetting. - Psyche
The panopticon-style jail, built in 1789 and closed in 1965, is on the tiny island of Santo Stefano, part of the Pontine Islands off the coast about halfway between Rome and Naples. The Italian Ministry of Culture is spending €70 million ($86 million) on the project. - ARTnews
Greta Gerwig is directing a Barbie movie with Margot Robbie (Ryan Gosling plays Ken). Lena Dunham has a Polly Pocket film coming. Tom Hanks will star as Major Matt Mason. There will even be movies based on Hot Wheels toy cars and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. - The Guardian
There's teaching, church gigs, the occasional out-of-town sub job in another orchestra. The lucky ones have fully-employed partners. - KPAC (San Antonio)
"President Joe Biden has reversed a Trump-era order requiring that any visual art added to government buildings must portray American historical figures or ideals — and not be abstract." - Artnet
Since the revival began rehearsals in October, five dozen cast and crew members have tested positive for the virus; at one point producers had to cancel 11 performances. Here, six company members (including stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster) tell us how they've gotten through it. - The New York Times
Currently the chief conductor of the London Philharmonic and Bergen Philharmonic and formerly music director at English National Opera, Gardner will become music director of the Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo in August 2024 (at which point he'll step down in Bergen). - OperaWire
