Es Devlin Retrospective Opens at London's Design Museum as Calypso Legend Mighty Sparrow Dies at 91

On October 2, Es Devlin, the acclaimed stage designer known for her work on two Olympic ceremonies and two Super Bowl halftime shows, will unveil a 30-year retrospective at the Design Museum in London. Devlin, who refers to herself as an "everythingist," borrowed this term from Russian designer Natalia Goncharova. In other developments, the "Calypso King of the World," the Mighty Sparrow, has passed away at the age of 91. Meanwhile, middle school students, restricted from most social media, transformed the Spotify comments section of an NPR Wild Card episode into a chat forum; showrunner Dave Blanchard initially dismissed their comments as bot spam until one user noted, "so it deleted my com." Arts-management professor E. Andrew Taylor investigated the oversight of the Kennedy Center, revealing that most authorities answer to a president who chairs the board, a situation described as "derelict" by Judge Christopher Cooper in May. Additionally, the documentary NAZA, featuring 24 anonymous Israeli soldiers discussing Gaza operations, premiered in New York amid protests and an LED-screen truck, as its directors confront Netanyahu's threat to revoke their citizenship. Lastly, eight independent bookstores, including Firestorm Books in Asheville, alerted the American Booksellers Association about a memo on "domestic terrorism" that could impact them; in the Prairieland protest case, a printer and a book club were labeled as providing "material support" by prosecutors.