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What To Say To A Friend After A Rough Theatre Performance

Basically, lie (unless you’re a critic, in which case say nothing until the review). One actor: “It takes incredible amounts of bravery to be vulnerable enough to offer yourself to an audience, whether screen or stage. I’m proud of anyone who dares.” - The New York Times

Beloved Los Angeles Landmarks Face An Uncertain Post-Fire Future

For instance, at the destroyed Zane Grey estate: “How to rebuild the site in a way that preserves Grey's legacy while protecting it from the inevitable future fires and other disasters resulting from the impacts of human-caused climate change?” - NPR

Roxane Gay And Debbie Millman Take Over Literary Magazine The Rumpus

Novelist and essayist Gay said, “The Rumpus was one of the first places where my writing found a significant audience, and it helped shape me into the writer I am today.” - Publishers Weekly

A Rising Star Conductor Makes Her Met Debut

Joana Mallwitz “did not come from a musical family. Her talent on the piano at home in Hildesheim was quickly apparent, but for three hours each afternoon she was banned from touching it and sent to play in the garden instead.” - The New York Times

Why The Current Administration Is Threatening Libraries

And why it’s so deeply, furiously urgent to save them. - Salon

Linda Williams, Scholar Who Essentially Invented Feminist Film Theory, Has Died At 78

“Her most headline-grabbing work focused on pornographic films, which she saw as worthy of consideration as a discrete genre — and worthy of scholarly analysis and inquiry as well. She shrewdly compared pornography to another popular genre: the musical.” - The New York Times

If The Minnesota State Capitol Were On Fire, Its Historian Would Save This Painting

Why would historic site manager Brian Pease save The Battle of Nashville? The Capitol “was finished in 1905, only 40 years after the Civil War. The war was fresh in people’s minds, especially the state’s veterans, who had become politicians, governors and business leaders.” - MPR

Writing In The Dance Steps of Pina Bausch

“On that island of quest, … Pina occupied my thoughts. She became an inspiration and a companion during my sleepless nights, often spent poring over her videos. Soon enough, I developed an aspiration: How to write a novel as if it were a piece of choreography by Pina.” - LitHub

In Berlin, Fine Tattoo Art Is Thriving

“Works on Skin sells artwork in numbered limited editions of 100, initially for €100 each but reaching up to €2,000 for the last remaining numbers. With their purchase, buyers acquire a signed fine-art print of the artwork.” - The Observer (UK)

Canada’s Classical And Jazz Juno Awards Include A Win For Inuk Opera Soprano

"Deantha Edmunds was the 2025 winner of the Classical Composition of the Year Juno Award. Her project Angmalukisaa (the Inuktitut word for ‘round') was part on the album Alikeness with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.” - Classic 107.

In Texas, A Librarian Standing Up For Her Students’ Rights To Read Is Threatened With Firing

“This is a book ban, and I am not going to participate in a book ban,” Georgetown High School librarian Susan Cooper said. “I believe that our community would not go along with these book bans and that they have the right to know that it's happening.” - Austin American-Statesman

Tate Britain Will Return A Nazi-Looted Work To The Family Of A Belgian Art Collector

“Painter Henry Gibbs' 1654 work, Aeneas And His Family Fleeing Burning Troy, was taken by the Nazis as 'an act of racial persecution,' said the Spoliation Advisory Panel, which which looks into cases of looted artworks.” - BBC

A Band Playing With The National Symphony Says It’s Possible To Protest The Kennedy Center’s Takeover From Stage

The band Guster, “no fans of the current administration, played uplifting, poppy tunes (backed by the National Symphony Orchestra) at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall … while subtly — and then not so subtly — protesting the venue’s new management.” - Washington Post (MSN)

France May Finally Get Its MeToo Moment With The Depardieu Trial

"The women’s lawyers told the court he was an 'all-powerful' star who deliberately targeted junior women, who were in fear of being blacklisted if they spoke out. The court heard there was a 'system of impunity' around Depardieu, with film industry insiders staying silent.” - The Guardian (UK)

Let’s Talk About The Disney Bubble, Its Theme Parks’ Near-Complete Control Of Reality

“The Bubble is why many guests prefer to stay within the Disney ecosystem for the entirety of their trip, shopping, eating and sleeping at Disney-operated stores rather than less-expensive options just a few miles away.” - Fast Company

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