MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Channeling Rimbaud’s Last Words

Opera Philadelphia, $11 tickets, and a predictable outcome

SUMMER RERUN: The Con Is On – Raising Emergency Money at the Expense of Everyone Else Is Not a Heroic Act

Stephanie Shonekan talks about the value of the arts in a modern world

How to Talk About a Terminated NEA Project

DANCE

Ballet Shoe Company Faces One-Two Punch: Catastrophic Fire And High Tariffs

IDEAS

The Loneliness Epidemic And Its Link To Technology

AI Is Rewiring The Internet And… Of Course There Are Downsides

ISSUES

The Festival That Puts a Scientist In Every Pub

MEDIA

“Jaws” At 50 – Why It Became Iconic

“Golden Girls” Gossip: Bea Arthur And Betty White Despised Each Other

MUSIC

Miss Manners Weighs In On Female Orchestra Musicians’ Concert Attire

Explaining The ABBA Phenomenon (In Retrospect)

Neuroscientist: Music Involves Every Cognitive Ability We Have

Curtis Institute Raises Nearly $200 Million To Keep Tuition Free

PEOPLE

Two Years After The British Museum Thefts Were Revealed, Big Questions About The Curator At The Center Of It

Journalist William Langewiesche, “Master Of The White-Knuckle Narrative,” Has Died At 70

Tom Bodett’s Commercials For Motel 6 Are Legends. Now He’s Suing To Get Paid For Making Them.

THEATRE

Bringing Malaysian Shadow Puppet Theater Into The 21st Century

France’s Most Notorious Rape Trial Is Put Onstage Only Six Months After It Ended

West End “Evita” Has “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina” Sung To A Crowd Outdoors From A Balcony. Ticket-Buyers Inside Aren’t Happy.

VISUAL

Why Is Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” So Important? Because Of The Tricks It Plays On You.

GAO Agency Finds That Trump Administration Withholding Of Library And Museum Funding Breaks Law

Colorado Museums Brace For Program Cancellations

One Of Gaudí’s Most Famous Barcelona Houses Has Its Rear Façade Restored

WORDS

The Long-Controversial Semi-Colon Is Falling To Neglect

Seventeen Years Later, Spain’s Publishing Industry Works Itself Back To 2008 Level

The Reason American Small-Town Newspapers Are Closing Isn’t Lack Of Money