Ashley Park is now in-demand on Netflix - but says the theatre’s the thing, even if it’s not Broadway. “I love community theater and high school theater youth groups — really any time I get to witness storytelling in its most pure and honest form.” - The New York Times
The carved stone-and-marble panel was installed by the Crusaders when they reconsecrated the church in 1149 and went missing after a fire ravaged part of the building in 1808. During recent construction work, the panel was found standing on end in a rear corridor, its underside covered with graffiti. - Artnet
“When it comes to the health consequences of phones, so much depends on context. How someone uses an app matters, as well which app. One person might use Instagram to message with friends, whereas another could just scroll their feed aimlessly, feeling worse about themselves.” - The Atlantic (MSN)
He's famous for “Avenue A Cut-Out Theater, a three-foot-tall cardboard model of his townhouse at 166 Avenue A. He filled it with hand-painted and photographed cutouts of police officers in riot gear, drug addicts, homeless people, sex workers, hawks, pigeons and dogs.” - The New York Times
Another sudden, grim, creepy reminder to journalists to save PDFs. One former staffer: “Heart is breaking for the folks that have been there so much longer, poured so much of themselves into it just for it to be taken away with ZERO notice. How is this ok?” - The Verge
Casey McQuiston explains why romance is literature - if you know how to read it. “Romance holds a mirror to our wants and needs. If we want to study works that sit within a greater literary tradition, romance has one of the richest.” - Time
The merchification of the movie-going experience was incomplete until Dune 2 kicked it off. Now? Viral merch may be helping save movie theatres. - Vulture
The second wave feminist idea is new again: Women have all of the art - and more: “We are asking visitors to ... take a leap of the imagination and think what it would be like if governance and decision-making were in the hands solely of women.” - The Observer (UK)
The DOJ says that TikTok “knowingly allowed children under 13 to create accounts in the regular TikTok experience and collected extensive personal information from those children without first providing parental notice or obtaining verifiable parental consent.” - Wired
Then try this 700-page Australian prizewinning novel that “is 'more like an experience’ than a story,” according to its publisher. Then there are the five million feral donkeys. - The Guardian (UK)
For instance, neither Deadpool nor Wolverine can die, and that makes them boring. “An entire generation has never known a time without the MCU and its reliable narrative architecture, with its wash, rinse, repeat of clever rejoinders, conflict resolution through fist fights and celebrity cameos.” - Salon
