Whip through that "Seinfeld" at double speed? Audio books already come with this feature, allowing readers to speed up the playback. But video producers object to the idea as it changes how …
"Brexlit is uniting literary authors across genres, settings and sales brackets. And unlike nonfiction about Brexit, it offers escape as well as insight: an opportunity to understand the nua…
"That question took us on a journey from Appalachian front porches, to dance classes across our nation, to the halls of Congress, and finally a Kansas City convention center. And along the w…
In response to a new policy on e-book purchases imposed by Macmillan Publishers and effective Nov. 1, King County Library System will be boycotting the publisher's upcoming e-books, declinin…
"When Kauffman steps down [following next summer's festival], he will have finished his 20th year in a post held by only two other 'full-time, professional' leaders, according to the festiva…
That would be why the fire department in Cumberland County, Tennessee ordered it closed seven years ago. Horace Burgess, a landscape architect and ordained minister, began building the 97-fo…
"As Paramount's head of worldwide production from 1966 to 1975, he was credited with helping lift the company's sagging fortunes with a staggering variety of popular and often critical hits.…
"Around 1975, the art curator Alanna Heiss came across a hulking dilapidated schoolhouse in Long Island City during one of her scoping expeditions for exhibit spaces. … Heiss, who came to …
"Though it calls itself a 'nonpartisan forum for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas', it is more accurately described as a cross between a think-tank, a celebrity summer camp …
Said a statement from the actors' union, "The fact that [a performer] is trans may be completely invisible in the role or production, but it powerfully represents diversity in the industry. …
How often do we go to cabaret or a jazz club in London? In truth, not often. But I've been twice in the last year, to catch an autobiographical musical gig by the veteran movie, tv and stage…
This just in from Lisa Lapin, the Getty Trust's vice president for communications: "Situation improved, but still active. Fire Department estimates 48-72 hours to control and extinguish. We …
Unlike the previous one, which was across the 405 freeway from the Getty, this one is "100% on our side of the 405, immediately north and west of us, and on our property," according to Lisa …
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call "The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Life.…
From 2009: I always remember the fate of Carrie Buck whenever I hear a judge praised for the literary artfulness of his opinions. I yield to no one in my admiration for what Walter …
"Horatio looked handsomely miserable." Charles Dickens, Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University is now seeking a new Director who will articulate a bold and dynamic vision that leverages the Agnes' impressive strengths, collections…
"British Sign Language clapping is used by the National Union of Students since loud noises, including whooping and traditional applause, are argued to present an access issue for some disab…
Ted Mundorff: "Since 1927, attendance has gone down, though box office remains the same. It usually sits around $10 and a half billion dollars. I've always been very bullish on movie theater…
At the moment, at least, people seem to prefer podcasts and music that make them feel as if they're alone in the room with the performers. And that in turn has an appreciable effect on the k…
Mr. Hoffman, whose infamously anarchic work, "Steal This Book," included tips on how to shoplift, might be amused to have his papers end up in so solemn a setting as a university research li…
A spokesman for the University of South Wales said "projected recruitment figures for the degree mean that we will not have enough students in future to be able to continue to provide a high…
People come for all sorts of reasons: "One woman clearly thought it was going to be like the movie Austenland and she'd meet her husband here." " The Guardian
In June, Patrick Drahi, a French-Israeli telecommunications billionaire, took Sotheby's private in a deal worth $3.7 billion. The purchase, by Mr. Drahi's BidFair USA, returned the only publ…
Two years ago, ICOs lured billions of dollars into blockchain companies and spawned a cottage industry of pilot projects. For a while, a blockchain seemed a salve for just about any problem.…