“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
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
“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
“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)
"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.
“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
“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
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)
"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)
“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
His Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books have influenced tech bros in ways that might shock (and disappoint) him. But “Adams’s ability to see the future wasn’t confined to the page. In the early 1980s, he came to understand that mobile phones would forever change human relationships.” - Irish Times
The movie did, but the actor who voiced the character? Ouf - not to mention the way the Mouse House treated both Adriana Caselotti and the actor who voiced Prince Charming (they had to sneak into the premiere, for instance). - Salon
The indie star says, “You want a shortcut to art? You want to have made a product, you don’t want the internal process. … It breaks my heart that some people would forgo the chance to actually get to know what they have to say.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Members of SU’s theater community argue that the Lee, a relatively new building that opened in 2006, is an irreplaceable part of the school’s creative ecosystem that shouldn’t be razed to accommodate a glitzy, donor-driven project.” - Seattle Times
