Philip Clark, author of a forthcoming book on Brubeck, the American jazz legend, has for the first time gained access to 1959 recordings that had lain forgotten in a Californian archive unti…
For example, Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off" had a whopping 46.3 million streams in 2017 and earned between $280,000 and $390,000, according to one report. Swift, one of the world's bigge…
Ross Douthat: "What if the feeling of acceleration is an illusion, conjured by our expectations of perpetual progress and exaggerated by the distorting filter of the internet? What if we " o…
Given that psychological pain is so ubiquitous, we should focus less on what might make us happy, and more on achieving a sense of meaning, regardless of how we're feeling. " Aeon
The station draws about 170,000 listeners a week in New Zealand, heavily skewed towards those aged 65 and older, according to the broadcaster. But fans mobilised last week when Radio New Zea…
While few may lament the disappearance of these hate-filled books, the increasing number of banished titles has set off concern among some of the third-party booksellers who stock Amazon's v…
"I was surprised by the effect it had on me. I'd assumed that my skepticism and media literacy would inoculate me against such distortions. But I soon found myself reflexively questioning ev…
Nothing exemplifies the promises and perils of self-actualised work better than the cultural conversations around 'do what you love'. The injunction to 'do what you love' has had no shortage…
"Our contemporary moment is a culture of meanness. It's not based on facts. It's not based on conversation… it's destructive to our democracy and our institutions. Notice the bags under my…
Nowhere else in North America can you find two symphony orchestras (as opposed to chamber orchestras) with touring schedules and substantial discographies led by conductors of international …
New OSF director Nataki Garrett has big plans. In the next few years, she plans to push technology-driven initiatives, like the launch of a digital archive and an OSF app. She's also develop…
The murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi at the purported direction of crown prince Mohammad bin Salman in 2018 led several prominent board members to withdraw from the government-backed e…
"How is their pelvis shifting? How is their back moving? Is their foot collapsing in as they're plieing? Is their weight over as they jump onto one foot?" They're finding points of weaknesse…
If adopted, the executive order would be the most significant attempt yet to insert the new politics of populism into the world of art, aesthetics and design. " Washington Post
"When grief loosens its hold, you return to the world you once knew, only to find it transformed by the thing that is missing; when, at the end of the Goldberg Variations, Bach repeats the a…
The modern retelling of founding father Alexander Hamilton's life is a full-blown cultural phenomenon, one that has rolled out like a well-planned military campaign. The target? The hearts a…
The Jacksonville Symphony seeks Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and assessing the Symphony's development plans in s…
If you look at the U.S., Canada is culturally similar, as is Australia. If you look at China, Vietnam and South Korea are quite culturally similar. The point, though, is that the world, cult…
"The AIA strongly opposes uniform style mandates for federal #architecture. Architecture should be designed for the specific communities that it serves, reflecting our rich nation's diverse …
Wesley Morris: "Assembled, these distinct movies become a representative entity, and a person like me notices a theme that could poke out an eye. And whiteness is part of that story. It's al…
The sale, dubbed Christie's 100, featured 92 lots by many well-known contemporary artists, with bids starting at as low as $100. Certain works even sold for considerably less than the averag…
In proposed changes, the classical station will lose its FM frequency, all its presenters, interviews and live programmes. Playout of recordings will only continue as a fully automated playl…
In a seven-page draft executive order obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, Trump declares that the federal government since the 1950s has "largely stopped building beautiful buildings that the…
A native of Syracuse, New York, and graduate of Marquette University, Kot worked for the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa, before joining the Tribune as a copy editor in 1980. Ten years la…
"One of the big things that we're trying to do this season," Chief Executive Chad Smith said, "is really advance this idea that Gustavo has been initiating for so long, which is to shift the…