For most people, creativity is precisely the ability to pursue multiple interests at once, and then bring them together in new ways. "Without contraries is no progression," William Blake wro…
The combination of computer use, Internet, and smart phone, I would argue, has changed the cognitive skills required of individuals. Learning is more and more a matter of mastering various a…
The breakthrough rapper smashed the record this week when the track spent its 17th week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart " the only song to do so since Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's du…
Spotify expects to add between 2 million and 6 million premium subscribers in the third quarter, and hopes to reach between 120-125 million paid users by the year's end. The company also sai…
In an Instagram post that has received tens of thousands of likes, children and adults can be seen playing and interacting on both sides of the fence using the seesaws, which provide "a lite…
"[He] created sculptures of some of the nation's leading public figures, works that can be seen today in major cities … He [always] maintained his commitment to verisimilitude, whether dep…
Extremophiles tell us that everything we think we know about the fragility of life is wrong. Life is indeed extraordinary, not to mention precious and deserving of reverence " but not in any…
"My arms jerk up and down and twist from side to side with the beat, but my own muscles aren't doing the work; my flesh is being pushed around in space by the 45 pounds of metal, cable, and …
Over his long career in the theater, Prince received 21 Tony Awards, including three special Tonys, marking the most Tonys received by any individual. The celebrated director and producer wa…
Most philosophers nowadays think that knowledge is fallible. In other words, they think that you can know something without its being certain for you. " 3 Quarks Daily
"Rather, viewed in their original form on large screens and prior to decades of degradation, these movies were vivid and realistic. In particular, early 68mm film, which was less practical t…
In Taiwan, Cloud Gate Dance Theater is so beloved that the company's farewell performance for founding director Lin Hwai-min (who's reitring after 46 years) drew 50,000 people to the plaza i…
"Two weeks ago, the Maryland-based National Philharmonic announced that it was planning to close because it had run out of money. Now, the group has an embarrassment of riches. On Tuesday, t…
"Although the downtown Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has long touted itself as the future home of the Orlando Philharmonic, Orlando Ballet and Opera Orlando, arts leaders say t…
Four cities in Denmark are running pilot versions of a program called Kulturvitaminer (culture vitamins), partly funded by the national health ministry, that gets people on long-term sicknes…
As the streaming giant reported the loss of 126,000 American customers, it "also announced a cheaper, mobile-only subscription plan in India. At 199 rupees ($2.80; £2.20) a month, it's pr…
When Shah Jahan (yes, the one who built the Taj Mahal) built Chandni Chowk in the 1650s, it was lined with trees and elegant buildings and had a canal down its center. Now it has jam-packed …
According to confidential documents leaked to the (paywalled) website Mediapart earlier this month and discussed across French media, locations surrounding the fire-damaged cathedral have re…
"Perhaps not, but where does the responsibility for change lie? Lyn Gardner speaks to theatremakers and festival organisers." " The Stage
"In order for the wisdom of crowds to retain its accuracy for making predictions, every member of the group must be given an equal voice, without any one person dominating. As we discovered,…
"Irish writing has never shied from experimentalism, and nor have readers been frightened off by it. There is, in general, a far more relaxed approach to genre, a less divisive bracketing of…
Any video that starred a child who appeared to be under the age of 13 "received nearly three times as many views on average as other types of videos." " The Verge
The Grammy Award winning Phoenix Boys Choir, located in Phoenix Arizona, seeks an engaging and results driven individual for its next Executive Director.
Gili Navot, who has been leading the company since last September: "For the past 30 years, Ohad was artistic director and choreographer, and this is the first time there was a separation bet…
We think that the way things are now depends on how they were in the past, but not on how they are in the future; we think of the laws of nature as telling the Universe how to evolve from ea…