"Researchers from (three University of California campuses) have found that when people listen to auditory messages – like podcasts, audiobooks, and radio news – via headphones, they feel more empathetic and persuadable than when listening to those same messages through speakers." - The Guardian
"History textbooks are basically designed to alienate students. Instead of enlightening them, textbooks prevent students from understanding history and why it's important. ... If we want to fix history education in the U.S., we have to lean into primary and secondary sources." - Mic
The online retail behemoth has announced "it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the United States and United Kingdom, ending some of its longest-running retail experiments." - Reuters
"The Shubert Organization, which is Broadway's biggest landlord, … said Wednesday that it would name the Cort Theater, a landmark 110-year-old house located on West 48th Street," after the 91-year-old actor. - The New York Times
The rocket fired on March 1 was aimed at the Ukrainian capital's main TV/radio tower, adjacent to the site of the largest single massacre of the Holocaust. A Jewish cemetery and building set to be used as a museum were hit, but the main memorial and synagogue are intact. - Forward
I’d been able to stop thinking about the ventilation, wondering what I was breathing and whether it was worth it. I decided it wasn’t and fled at intermission, back onto the street, back into the open air. - The New York Times
More than 6,500 Russian architects, designers and urban planners have signed an open letter to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and "demand the immediate end of violent war". - Dezeen
Increases in collections from the audio streaming and audio-visual sectors pushed ASCAP’s domestic revenue to $1.011 billion in 2021, up 4.4%, an increase of $42.5 million over 2020. This was the first year that ASCAP domestic revenues from U.S.-licensed performances surpassed $1 billion. - Variety
Saying he was “taking stock of my life,” Thomas, 77, the former music director of the San Francisco Symphony, said he was reducing his administrative duties to focus on his health. - The New York Times
An open letter demanding the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has attracted the signatures of over 13,000 Russian art workers on Google Docs—even though speaking out against the war could have serious personal and professional consequences. - Artnet
"The city, legally obligated to care for the collection under an agreement with donor Atwater Kent, doesn't want the hassle or expense of maintaining and storing Joe Frazier's boxing gloves or John Wanamaker's boardroom throne." But critics object to the deal transferring the collection to Drexel. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Social media enables people to make, shape, and share anything they want and call it their own, even when it’s not—further helps to distort what we experience on these platforms. Feeds are flooded with culture that, translated through the screen of a creator who is only interested in clout, comes across as hollow and cheapened. - Wired
Seven new theatre and rehearsal spaces have been added to existing facilities at Walsh Bay (just past the bridge from the Opera House), and nine major companies have permanent homes there, including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Dance Company, and Sydney Theatre Company. - ArtsHub (Australia)
