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London’s Science Museum Signed Non-Disparagement Clause In Sponsorship Agreement With Shell

The "gagging clause" was part of the contract for the oil giant's financial support for this summer's climate change exhibition at the museum, a show titled "Our Future Planet." - Channel 4 News (UK)

Tavis Smiley Wants To Build Nationwide Black Talk Radio Network

The veteran broadcaster, who lost his talk shows on both public radio and PBS after revelations that he had had sexual relationships with subordinates, launched KBLA in Los Angeles in June as an "unapologetically progressive" and "unapologetically Black" news-talk AM station. - Inside Radio

National Museum Of Dance Shuts Down

"The future of the museum" — which has had financial and administrative problems ever since it opened in 1987 — "and its affiliated school in a restored bathhouse in Saratoga Spa State Park is unclear. It is being absorbed into the Saratoga Performing Arts Center." - Albany Times Union

UK Court Slaps Down Planned Highway Tunnel Near Stonehenge

A High Court ruled that the transport ministry's project for a two-mile, £1.7 billion tunnel near the monument didn't include a mandated risk assessment and didn't give enough consideration to alternatives that might cause less damage to the site's archaeology. - Artnet

Director Of Hay Festival Resigns After Misconduct Investigation

Peter Florence, who founded the famous literary event with his parents in 1988, stepped down after an inquiry confirmed a staffer's accusation of bullying. - The Observer (UK)

Dancer Accuses Former Boston Ballet Principal’s Husband Of Assault

The dancer, who was an intern at the time, accuses ballet teacher Mitchell Taylor Button and his wife, then-principal Dusty Button, of various abuses, especially Mitchell for "using his position of power to groom, control and sexually abuse vulnerable young dancers." - WBUR

Silicon Valley Wants Us To Live In The Multiverse. How Bleak Is That?

“The metaverse is a vision that spans many companies—the whole industry,” as Zuckerberg put it. “You can think about it as the successor to the mobile internet.” - Vice

The Singular Influence Of Kerry James Marshall

The return to figurative art in the past two decades has been embraced by a new wave of younger Black artists, and for many of them, it is now clear, Kerry James Marshall has been a primary inspiration. - The New Yorker

How To Get At The Culture Of Anti-Vaccine Mindset

Sociology suggests that pundits and policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong: It’s not an individual problem, but a social one. - The Atlantic

Creativity As An Act of Activism

“I think creativity by its nature is activism,” says composer-pianist Max Richter. “It’s about meaning, it’s about experiment, it’s about the unknown, it’s about discovery.” - The Guardian

The Plan To Make Paramount+ Streaming Successful

The road ahead won’t be easy for ViacomCBS. Its fledgling Paramount+ was a late entry into streaming, and is essentially a rebranded and expanded version of CBS All Access. - The New York Times

Thriller In The Dance Company

"At times, the plot’s inevitable murder, sexual intrigue and family secrets seem almost incidental to the auditions and rehearsals, the bickering dancers and complaining parents, the punishing toe shoes and pulled muscles." - Washington Post

Theatre Internships Are Problematic. What To Do?

While it is laudable that these theatres no longer run programs that contribute to the industry’s holding pattern of inequity, complete cancellation is ultimately a failure of imagination. - Howlround

How Theatre Is Being Reimagined After The Lockdown

I do think that there is a new energy, there’s a new kind of way of engaging with live performance that is very exciting. You see all these non-traditional spaces opening up because of what happened in 2020, because of the economy, because there are more spaces available to artists to take over." - Howlround

What Our Repeated Mistakes Tell Us About Our Culture

"As fallible as human transmission can be, the fact that our mistakes in transmitting cultural information occur in systematic and directed ways, rather than purely randomly, is opening a new pathway to understanding continuity and change within the field of cultural evolution." - Nautilus

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