"The renowned author … said Monday that at age 77, it’s time to say good-bye to three Bangor, Maine, stations that have been bleeding money. King kept the stations afloat for decades, and he said he and his wife, Tabitha, are proud to have kept them going for so long." - AP
Ashley Benefield, whose marriage to Doug Benefield disintegrated after the ballet company they attempted to launch fell apart, was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter for shooting him during an altercation at her home in Florida in 2020. - CBS News
"Jasleen Kaur has won the 2024 Turner prize for her work animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community. The youngest artist on this year’s shortlist, (she) was nominated for her exhibition Alter Altar, at Tramway in Glasgow, which featured a range of sculptures and soundscapes." - The Guardian
Tate faces some serious decisions; unless the new government swoops in with increased funding, or visitors magically reappear, Tate will have to decide what kind of cultural institution it wants to be for the next decade. - The Spectator
Forensic linguistics, as the practice is called, has been a key tool in both identifying perpetrators (most famously, the Unabomber) and exonerating the wrongly accused. - The Dial
Any visiting alien would be confronted with the near collapse of a string of national institutions, including the National Theatre Wales, Welsh National Opera and S4C, the Welsh television channel. The Arts Council of Wales has suffered a 40% real-terms cut in funding since 2010. - The Guardian
Today that anger has festered to the point that we are losing sight of the real enemies of human vitality and imagination. Instead of satire, which aims at improvement, we have snark, derived from the old Low German word snarky, meaning bad-tempered. - Hedgehog Review
"In an industry that’s existentially threatened enough to need every theatrical hit it can get, no one in their right mind would dispute the need to make these films. … And yet ... there’s something a little skewed about this picture." Even when the sequels are better than the originals. - Variety
Data indicate "that in the US alone, vinyl sales are projected to bring in a staggering $1 billion for record labels in 2024. This means that vinyl revenues will soon surpass those of CDs, a feat that will be replicated globally." - Techspot
Even in Washington, DC, where the House and the Senate still come together in their steadfast support of the arts through their Subcommittees on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, we see the twinning of cultural and natural resources. - The Art Newspaper
"SNL has built a reputation as the way New York sees America, but it’s also always been the way America sees New York. … Like all of our institutions, SNL exists partly to be argued over and complained about, mirroring the love-hate relationship the rest of the country has with New York." - New York Magazine (MSN)
Concert halls need to commission young symphonists in the way that enterprising opera houses are engaging with new writers. The symphony may be dead, but it is not beyond resurrection. - The Critic
The value of global music copyright soared to a record high last year, and has overtaken the value of the cinema box office for the first time, according to a new report. - MusicRadar
"So what do we mean when we designate something a landmark? It’s a trickier question than you might think. Landmark laws across the country have come into existence to preserve things we deem culturally significant. But they don’t always protect what we actually want to save." - The New York Times
In 2022, Bésame Mucho’s first Los Angeles festival sold out within 12 minutes. Noting the festival’s cross-generational appeal, NBC declared that Bésame Mucho “created a cultural moment.” - SFGate
