Art and Culture

My biggest concern is that the Kennedy Center will remain nominally open—as in, I’ll be free to walk through the doors and perhaps buy a coffee at the cafe—but there will be few, or even no, performances to see. – Washingtonian…
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Good Morning, Two big stories for a Monday. First a landmark licensing deal between an AI company and industry-wide music publishers. (Music Business Worldwide). This is the first pact to value songs and recordings…
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Over the next few weeks, anyone in the US can plead their case that Disney’s ABC should not be permitted to renew its broadcast licenses for the eight local television stations they own.After the Federal Communications Commission’s…
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Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox Corp. and streaming tech powerhouse Roku have entered a definitive agreement under which Fox will acquire Roku for $160 per share in a cash and Fox Class A common stock transaction valuing Roku at approximately…
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“The biggest will be Glory Facade, which is the main facade. Maybe it will take 10 years, but we don’t yet have a fixed schedule.” – Dezeen Source link
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As a certified music therapist, I have observed firsthand the many ways music can bring meaning and beauty into people’s lives, even under very difficult circumstances. Much of my clinical work and research has occurred in dementia…
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This attitude found its fullest expression in America, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Americans were in love with the idea of youthful, upstart dynamism; they agreed with Ralph Waldo Emerson, who characterized “the forms…
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A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE provides evidence that reading comic books on physical paper helps the brain absorb and connect story details more easily than reading on a digital tablet. The findings suggest that…
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The National Music Publishers’ Association has agreed an industry-wide AI licensing deal with the AI music platform Udio.NMPA President and CEO David Israelite announced the deal on Wednesday (June 10) at the trade body’s annual meeting…
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By Joseph HorowitzA reconsideration of the Kennedy Center’s unrealized national mission — and what its future could yet hold.A worker removing a letter of Donald Trump’s name from the façade of the Kennedy Arts Center. Photo:…
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