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Action Films Use To End Just As Happily As Any Rom-Com

Basically, “the heroes are still winning, but it’s costing them a whole lot more.” But why? - The New York Times

An Art Crawl, By Bike, In Melbourne

“Even as a Melbourne local and a longtime art lover I find it near impossible to keep up with the independent openings happening in my city.” - The Guardian (UK)

What The Grammys Usually Get Wrong About K-Pop, And Asian Music In General

“If eligibility is determined by musical style, what does language have to do with it? Why should a K-pop act’s music be labeled ‘Asian’ on the basis of language—and if a recording is performed entirely in English, does it somehow cease to be ‘Asian pop’?” - Time

Milwaukee Museum Returns Enslaved Artist David Drake’s Works To His Descendants

“Drake made and inscribed ambitious stoneware jars while enslaved in South Carolina in the 1800s, despite punishing conditions and anti-literacy laws that prevented teaching enslaved persons to read.” - The New York Times

The School District That Tried To Cancel ‘Ragtime’ Claimed It Was A Miscommunication, But Emails Reveal A Different Story

“In emails with members of the public obtained by KyCIR, Duncan repeatedly said the show was never canceled because Balasubramanian ‘went rogue.’” That’s a little different from a miscommunication. - WFPL

Haitian-Canadian Author’s Book Withdrawn From Goncourt Short List Over Accusations Of AI

“As critics sparred with defenders of Mr. Orélien, who is Black, over whether he was targeted because of his race and his book’s treatment of migrants, he was accused of plagiarism in earlier writings, inflaming the controversy.” - The New York Times

We Don’t Make People Pay To Access Public Parks

Public parks are widely considered a social good, and we know that because our tax dollars go to maintain them, we don’t have to pay every time we go to a park. What if the same were true for theatre? - American Theatre

While Some Cleveland Musicians Are On The Picket Line, Others Are Performing Free For The Community

One musician: “This is for our community and for the people who love what we do with our music. ...The concert came together very quickly and we have many people who are excited to play chamber music for our fans.” - WKYC

Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Tech Writing Career?

Maybe it wasn’t one person, or one magazine - maybe it was just the Zeitgeist changing. Right? (Because that’s the way it always goes for “difficult” women.) - Wired

Let’s Check In On How New York Feels About Dudamel

Justin Davidson is very, very pleased. “At every moment, you could feel Dudamel’s multilayered control — over the pacing, careening tempo changes, and the complicated sense of spaciousness.” - Vulture

A Guy Who Scammed Writers And Publishers For Years Sure Appears To Be Back, If Hidden, Online

“The messages bear the hallmarks of Bernardini’s original scheme: look-alike emails, carefully replicated fonts and signatures, fluency in industry slang and an intimate knowledge of relationships in the book world.” Then there are the poop emojis. - The New York Times

When A Limited Series Pushes Way Past Itself

Should a “limited series” that won Emmys and then turned unlimited less than two weeks later be forced to give those Emmys back? - Vulture

City Ballet Finally Gets A Woman On Its Choreography Staff

She - Tiler Peck - just happens to be a City Ballet principal dancer as well. - The New York Times

Catching Up With Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick, Now That He’s Out Of Prison

“I’ve done my time, and all that I ask is that people give me the benefit of the doubt. I may not be given a second chance — but at least recognize that I’ve suffered a lot from what happened.” - Artnet

Survey: How Libraries Are Using AI

Respondents were most likely to use AI for enhancing staff productivity (57.7%), supporting student learning (55.8%), and improving content discovery (53.3%). They were less likely to use AI tools for digital preservation (21.3%) or collection management (27.5%). - Publishers Weekly

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