"Many publishers have scaled back on national author tours, … (so there's) a different kind of thinking about store programming: bookstores are scheduling earlier, focusing on local and regional authors rather than national tours, and being more creative when it comes to both author events and authorless programming." - Publishers Weekly
The two highest-power frequencies in the western Massachusetts network, one FM and one AM, are moving to the news/talk format familiar on most NPR affiliates, while classical programming will be placed on five local frequencies with less geographical reach. - MassLive
"Climate activists have once again targeted a famous work of art, with a member of the group On2Ottawa throwing pink paint on Tom Thomson's Northern River (1915) at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and affixing himself to the museum floor on Tuesday." - Artnet
The weeks of core classical programming will be reduced, 15% of administrative staff jobs will be eliminated, remaining staff are getting mandatory furloughs, and senior executives will take salary cuts. - NJ.com
I was spending seven hours a day looking at my phone. I spent the following weeks actively trying to bring the number down. I deleted social media apps off my phone, but I just ended up looking at my account using my phone’s browser instead. - Wired
On the surface, Goodreads seems to have mission clarity. It bills itself as “the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations” and frames its function as one of community making. In practice, Goodreads is great for many things, but none of them includes what it’s ostensibly “for.” - The Walrus
Since NewMusicBox launched in May 1999, it has published in-depth interviews Oteri conducted with many of America’s most significant musical creators of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Elliott Carter, Ornette Coleman, Meredith Monk, Tania León, Willie Colón, Du Yun, and Jeanine Tesori. - NewMusicUSA
A paradox is operating here: why would such an influential visionary and radical creator as Schoenberg receive minimal attention and performances of his masterworks today? - LA Review of Books
Given the economics of falling enrollments, bloated administrations, ballooning deficits, and cultural illiteracy, it suggests something far more insidious, namely that Brandeis, of all places, considers an arts education at the highest level expendable. Taking into account the legacy of the university’s music department, that’s a chilling conclusion at which to arrive. - ArtsFuse
Netflix says games are a key part of its proposition to stay relevant with audiences in years to come, and is slowly ramping up plans to offer more gaming experiences to subscribers. - BBC
Author Carlos Fonseca: "I now always say that I have a little (of translator)Megan McDowell in my mind, even when I write in Spanish." (podcast with transcript) - Slate
Time and time again, presidents have wrestled with or in some cases openly fought back to challenge the ways they were being pictured. They sought control. By that standard, Mr. Trump’s mug shot is no outlier. Not all presidential portraits look like the ones hanging in our museums. - New York Times
Vicente Lusitano had been dimly remembered, largely by music historians, for "a notorious dispute which he won, then lost, but is now winning again." Scholar Garrett Schuman explains what's now known about Lusitano, why he fell into obscurity, and the revival of his (often gorgeous) works this decade. - Early Music America
“We very much came with an agenda, which was we were going to tell a different kind of story about Lincoln Center, to fundamentally shift the institution in terms of who leads it, who represents it, who’s on our staff, who’s on our stages, who’s in our audiences.” - The New York Times
"A passionate cohort of dancers (have) repackaged the footwork for a new generation. MC Hammer's running man and underground raves in the '80s popularized the moves, and now it's in the zeitgeist once more, courtesy of viral TikTok and Instagram videos." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
