“Thinking about how cultural heritage survives seems like a useful thing to do, because right now—among many other things—that’s one of the important things threatened by things like climate change.” - Scientific American
Of the top 20 most performed operas worldwide in the 2017–2018 season according to Operabase.com, 75 percent feature female characters who were dead by the end of the opera. - Limelight
The driver of this greater bond with listeners is the idea that headphones make it sound like the voices are inside one's head, meaning they “trigger a feeling of greater closeness to the person speaking to you.” - Inside Radio
Nielsen is in the midst of a months-long joust with some of its biggest clients, the nation’s TV networks. The networks and their owners have grown disenchanted with Nielsen’s ability to count viewers who may watch their favorite programs via digital means, on mobile screens on through streaming video. - Variety
The copious notes the author made the springtime arrivals of flowers and birds provided valuable data to a team of Boston University scientists investigating precisely how much warmer and earlier spring is becoming in eastern Massachusetts. - JSTOR Daily
The hall will stand behind the Grand — the spectacular, multipurpose complex across the street from Disney Hall that was also designed by Gehry and is set to open in May. Its potential is to become the linchpin for finally turning Grand Avenue into a thriving arts district of international importance. - Los Angeles Times
Molly McGhee, an assistant editor at the Macmillan sci-fi imprint Tor Books, just saw her first acquisition hit the NYT Bestseller List at #3 — and she's quit after being denied a promotion, citing "the invisibility of the junior employee's workload" as well as the low pay. - The New York Times
Despite it donating £5.8m to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society from a recent auction in London, and its CEO condemning the Russian invasion, those calling for the company to be shunned argue that only a boycott will force its Russian business figures to put pressure on the Kremlin. - The Guardian
Vitali Alekseenok's had been expecting to spend March and April working in Ukraine, including at the Kharkiv Music Festival, which he directs. Instead, he and his girlfriend drove trucks with supplies from their Berlin home to the border, where they've been helping as translators and drivers. - Van
The new project, which includes both renovations to the existing structure and a 65,000-square-foot expansion, is focused on accessibility and furthering community connections. - St. Louis Magazine
"At some point during the pandemic, Hollywood's creative underclass realized it had power — on Slack, on Twitter, and in blind quotes to a trade press suddenly hungry for workplace-misconduct stories. ... Which is where Lacey Leone McLaughlin comes in." - New York Magazine
The 13½-by-22-foot, 1,225-pound painting is back in place at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which is about to reopen after a decade-long renovation. Moving the 417-year-old masterpiece was quite an operation. - AP
Sarah Kaufman: "To better understand the pressures facing these artists and how they'll affect audiences, I spoke with presenters, consultants and company leaders about what's happening now, and what the longer-term story may be." - MSN (The Washington Post)
Academies at top companies all over western and central Europe have given refuge to more than 60 young dance students since the war started, with more coming. - NPR
