"Insulated from mainstream Hollywood and decidedly idiosyncratic in their production — (faith-based films) are overlooked relative to their consistent success. We'll explore the rise of the faith-based film industry, tracing its historical roots and exploring the distinctive economics of these projects." - Stat Significant
Scholar Darren Freebury-Jones used a text database called Collocations and N-grams to spot parallel phrases and passages in Shakespeare's plays and those of his contemporaries. Oxford Shakespeare scholar Emma Smith writes that Freebury-Jones's computerized approach is less compelling than his own literary analysis. - The Telegraph (UK) (MSN)
A bid to bring the first-ever professional Australian-rules football team to Tasmania involves constructing a 23,000-seat stadium, to host rock concerts as well as AFL games, just 130 feet from the Federation Concert Hall, the Tasmanian Symphony's custom-built headquarters in the island state's capital, Hobart. - The Guardian
"Since March, the Tibetan-led campaign Our Ancestors Say No has been protesting the museum and collecting online petition signatures demanding the return of what they allege are stolen sacred cultural artifacts." - Hyperallergic
Despite having been banned under the 35-year dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, Guaraní is now, alongside Spanish, a fully official language of the country. Half of all public school classes in Paraguay are taught in Guaraní, and young people smoothly switch between it and Spanish even within a sentence. - The World
The Record of the Year Prize went to Hahn's disc of Ysaÿe's Six Sonatas for unaccompanied violin. Soprano Carolyn Sampson is Artist of the Year, the Czech Philharmonic is Orchestra of the Year, and Michael Tilson Thomas, still hanging on against glioblastoma, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. - Gramophone
The neighborhood of galleries, music venues, artist studios, breweries, and other businesses was completely inundated by the clay-brown waters of the French Broad River after more than a foot of rain fell on the North Carolina city. - Hyperallergic
The decision was likely because they didn't actually vandalize any art: the two Just Stop Oil activists simply glued their hands to the frame of J.M.W. Turner's 1809 painting Tomson’s Aeolian Harp at the Manchester Art Gallery. - Artnet
Yearslong decreases in corporate charitable giving and overall charitable giving made The Chronicle of Philanthropy ask, in January, “Has the giving crisis reached the point of no return?” Similarly, Vox wondered in July, “Are we actually in the middle of a generosity crisis?” - Esquire
Who needs to see a play in which inflammatory positions and arguments aren’t dangerous? Hatred and intolerance won’t disappear because pious new puritans stop them being aired in theatre for fear of causing offence. - The Stage
Glyndebourne, a privately funded festival that receives little state support, has been mostly immune from the convulsions of the opera industry in Britain. - The New York Times
The Royal Ballet principal was mid-performance in London when his Achilles tendon snapped and he was carried from the stage screaming in pain. After a year of a full tendon reconstruction and merely learning to walk again followed by two years of physical rehab, at age 38 he's dancing again. - inews (UK)
Among the changes it’s making on its flagship programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered are including more stories in the 2- to 3-minute range, featuring a broader range of topics and shifting to a livelier and more conversational presentation style. - Current
Kris Nelson, a Canadian national currently based in London, is well-known for his transformative work as the Artistic Director and CEO of the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT). - Limelight
Welcome to the glorious, occasionally terrible and definitely weird moment when old TV is slowly dying and new “TV” is not exactly thriving, either. No matter what and how you watch, this situation isn’t awesome for your viewing pleasure or your wallet. - Washington Post
