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• A Maverick Pedagogical Proposition

  21-10-2026 23:04 via ArtsJournal
  
  Today’s crisis in humanities education takes many forms, and many are the proposed remedies. 
  One such is a brave new
  
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• Is Caryl Churchill’s Latest Play About One Of Trump’s Succession Of Blonde Press Secretaries?

  21-10-2026 21:02 via ArtsJournal
  “Triumph, which has opened at London’s Almeida Theatre, is Churchill’s latest piece of explosive minimalism. Running at just 20 minutes, it skewers contemporary barbarism (via) historical analogy and is a reminder that Churchill … has in recent years developed a form of elliptical drama for which the apt word might be compressionism.” – The Guardian
  
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• Broadway Has A Strong Week

  21-10-2026 20:31 via ArtsJournal
  
  Hamilton was the top grossing show of the week with $2.8 million, followed by The Lion King with $2 million. MJ was the fourth highest grossing with $1.76 million, followed by the Bowen Yang-led Oh, Mary! with $1.5 million. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Hong Kong Overhauls Its System For Performing Arts Funding, And Groups Are Nervous

  21-10-2026 20:04 via ArtsJournal
  Since 2008, the territory’s government has funded nine designated major performing arts groups, including the Hong Kong Ballet, Philharmonic, and Repertory Theatre. The city’s chief executive has announced a planned change to a more flexible, “merit-based” system which would make room for more organizations. – South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
  
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• Arundhati Roy On The AI End Game

  21-10-2026 19:44 via ArtsJournal
  
  Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? People ran out to marvel at the miles of pristine new beach that suddenly emerged, not realising that, far out at sea, a wall of water was building up and would come crashing over them. – Equator
  
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• Listeners Are Turning Against AI Music

  21-10-2026 19:31 via ArtsJournal
  Streaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand. On Tuesday, Spotify announced it had removed about 50m songs considered AI slop from its recommendations to users over the past year. – The Guardian
  
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• Did Hollywood Really Need Netflix?

  21-10-2026 19:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  “The movie business needed Netflix to wake up. They needed a real disruptor… Maybe we are now entering a period where the relationship works the other way around, with Netflix being inspired by the movie business. I think the two worlds are additive.” – Deadline
  
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• To Say Goodbye To Her Dance Company, Lucy Guerin Performs Onstage For First Time In 13 Years

  21-10-2026 19:03 via ArtsJournal
  “I have found it incredibly confronting, to be honest,” she says, hours before the premiere. “Part of me thought I could still do all those things if I just got back in the studio and trained a bit. But I’m afraid that wasn’t the case.” – The Guardian
  
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• Netflix Is Making Money. That’s Not Enough

  21-10-2026 18:44 via ArtsJournal
  For the year, Netflix said, it expects revenue growth to be 13 percent, roughly in line with its previous estimates. Shares dropped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company acknowledged the undercurrent that led to the recent tumult: concern about stagnating attention time on its service. – The New York Times
  
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• The Battles Over Jimmy Buffet’s Estate

  21-10-2026 18:29 via ArtsJournal
  Three years after Jimmy’s death, the family is locked in a legal dispute over that Margaritaville fortune. It has upended the fun-loving vibes the musician spent his life cultivating, with the family seeming rudderless without Jimmy as their figurehead, according to court documents and interviews. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• Remember This When Voting in the Midterms . . .

  21-10-2026 18:16 via ArtsJournal
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• Will Wikipedia Survive AI?

  21-10-2026 18:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  It was neither the first online encyclopedia—Britannica had a web presence by 1999—nor even the first that users could edit. Rather, its vitality arose from the community of obsessives whom it attracted, and its decline has coincided with the market’s capture of their creativity. – The New Yorker
  
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• Harry Houdini Did Not Die The Way Most People Think He Did

  21-10-2026 18:01 via ArtsJournal
  The received wisdom has been that a Montreal student named Joscelyn Gordon Whitehead punched Houdini in the stomach several times without warning, and the blows led to a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. Now a 77-year-old retired urologic surgeon has done a forensic medical investigation which challenges that narrative. – The New York Times
  
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• Jeffrey Daunt And The Culture Of Reading

  21-10-2026 17:44 via ArtsJournal
  
  Actually, in America, the reading of books is up. Sales of print books have increased nearly twenty-five per cent from a decade ago. The number of independent bookstores in the United States has climbed steeply since 2009, with a seventy-per-cent increase since 2020. – The New Yorker
  
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• When Music Teachers Are Gods

  21-10-2026 17:31 via ArtsJournal
  I have known countless music students who have gone on to distinguished careers who have described their teachers in God-like terms and continue to do so long after their student days. Often these descriptions are laced with affection and continued adulation. – Thomas Wolf
  
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• Phoenix Symphony Cancels Season And Shuts Down

  21-10-2026 17:15 via ArtsJournal
  Phoenix Symphony leaders announced today they are suspending programs and performances after their show on Nov. 1 due to ongoing operational deficits. They say they do not have the finances to continue the season. – Fox (Yahoo)
  
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• Two Out Of Three Microdramas Released In Past Three Months Were AI-Generated: Study

  21-10-2026 17:04 via ArtsJournal
  
  “Two-thirds of vertical drama releases outside China in the third quarter of 2026 from 20 top platforms were AI generated, according to the consulting firm Owl & Co.’s latest ‘What We Watched on Vertical’ report.” (In China, the figure is thought to be 95%.) – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Could AI Help Identify The Unknown Subjects Of Centuries-Old Portraits?

  21-10-2026 16:32 via ArtsJournal
  
  “Identifying a sitter in a portrait is a tricky art-historical task that involves a study of provenance, inscriptions, archival documentation, iconographic juxtaposition, collection history, and costume and jewelry. Could present-day technologies be another item in the researcher’s tool kit?” A project in Switzerland is giving it a try. – ARTnews
  
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• France Gets A New Literary Prize Specifically For Books Written With AI

  21-10-2026 16:06 via ArtsJournal
  “The Prix Pascal will open for submissions on 2 November, inviting French-language writers to submit manuscripts alongside an initial prompt of no more than 100 words and a technical account of the language model and generation process used. The competition is open to non-professional writers and those working in the literary sector.” – Firstpost
  
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• San Francisco Has Not Paid Artists The City Grants They Were Awarded This Year

  21-10-2026 15:30 via ArtsJournal
  “In typical years, grant agreements are sent in early July, with artists getting money in hand within four weeks. As of October, multiple artists still haven’t received a dime, and at least two received their grant agreements only after the Chronicle wrote the commission to ask about the delay.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
  
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• Philadelphia Orchestra Raises $344 Million

  21-10-2026 15:03 via ArtsJournal
  “The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts has coasted past the dollar goal in one of the city’s largest-ever fundraising campaigns for a cultural organization, … bringing in $344 million to support operations, build endowment, and fund special artistic initiatives.” One couple anonymously donated $55 million. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Historic City Hall Is Burned Down During French Riots

  21-10-2026 14:35 via ArtsJournal
  In Limoges, the 19th-century Hôtel de Ville, which had historic landmark status, was destroyed by arson during the violence that has convulsed much of France in recent days. One suspect has been arrested. – Euronews
  
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