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English Can Be A Weird Language. That’s Why It’s Perfect For Competitive Spelling Bees.
Sure, there are some other languages whose speakers have spelling contests, but there are plenty — Italian, Finnish, Malay, etc. — whose words are...
Smithsonian Chief Lonnie Bunch Has Curated A New Exhibit About America’s Ideals. He Thinks...
“(He) did not set out to make the exhibit American Aspirations his swan song. But he said that his organizing of an exhibition that honors...
England’s Arts Funding Body Changes Its Criteria To Re-Focus On “Excellence”
Arts Council England has unveiled a new strategy to replace the “Let’s Create” regime, which was widely criticized for appearing to de-emphasize high quality...
ARTnews Lists “The 100 Best Artworks About America”
“What, exactly, defines America? It’s a question that’s been asked for more than two centuries, and it’s unlikely to be conclusively answered anytime soon....
How We Selected Our “100 Best Artworks About America”
“We started working on this list over a year ago and spent more than a month alone wrestling with how best to define its...
ABC TV Stations Say Trump FCC’s Review Of Their Broadcast Licenses Is Illegal
“Local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for launching an 'unlawful, arbitrary and unconstitutional'...
CBS Says It Will Be Making $15 Million In Profit From Stephen Colbert’s Former...
A network spokesperson argued that producing its own programming for the late-night talk-show slot is now “cost-prohibitive” — and that, by leasing that airtime...
Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon” Reopens After Three-Week Closure Due to Fire
“The Book of Mormon, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, resumed performances on Wednesday night after a three-week shutdown prompted by a damaging three-alarm electrical fire at...
Trump Camp Announces Summer Pop Concert Series On National Mall. Stars Promptly Start Withdrawing.
“A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the ‘first wave’ of performers for ‘The Great American State Fair’ shows on Washington’s National...
America’s First Late-Night Talk-Show Host Was A Woman
Faye Emerson was a Hollywood actress specializing in noir films; then she married FDR’s son, moved to New York and got into TV. From...
How Does A Choreographer Make Dance About Her Hometown Getting Ravaged By A Wildfire?
Alice Topp, a former principal dancer and choreographer-in-residence at the Australian Ballet, already had the idea of basing her first commission for Houston Ballet...
Margot Wellington, Campaigner Who Helped Save Grand Central Station From Wrecking Ball, Has Died...
“During her seven-year tenure (as executive director of the Municipal Art Society), she led pioneering campaigns to form historic landmark districts, renovate blighted blocks...
Royal Shakespeare Company Gets An Extra £2 Million For Touring England
Arts Council England, the national funding body, gave the RSC £2 million for two large-scale Shakespeare tours in 2028 and 2030 to regional theatres...
The Great Louvre Jewel Robbery Is Already A Book With A Movie Deal
The theft only happened last October; none of the indicted suspects have yet been tried. Yet a book by three investigative journalists, Main basse...
NPR CEO Katherine Maher Thinks Maybe We Should Just Accept Federal Defunding Of Public...
“I don't think (we'll) see the Corporation for Public Broadcasting come back, and … I wouldn't necessarily advise that ... we advocate for (that),...
Omaha To Get Its Own Dedicated Public Radio Station
“Nebraska Public Media (will) launch a new Omaha-focused station on June 15, expanding its statewide service with a dedicated FM signal designed specifically for...
Florida Legislature Approves $20 Million In Arts Funding (Will DeSantis Veto It Again?)
“The Legislature wants the first $12.45 million ... to go to arts groups recommended by Secretary of State Cord Byrd. The remaining money would be...
Libraries Plead With Big Five Publishers To Rethink E-Book Pricing
“Five public library organizations from the U.S. and Canada … (are urging) publishers to negotiate usage-based e-book lending models as well as perpetual-use options.”...
Interlochen Will Demolish Lodge Once Named For Jeffrey Epstein
The Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Michigan summer-intensive camp and year-round boarding school — which Epstein attended as a teenager and where, as...
Seattle Symphony Appoints New CEO
Jeremy Rothman, who for 18 seasons has been artistic administrator at the Philadelphia Orchestra, will begin in Seattle as of September 1. He succeeds...
Why The U.S. Radio Industry Opposes Year-Round Daylight Savings Time
You know how numerous radio stations have to reduce their broadcast power, and a few even have to go off the air, during non-daylight...
Knoxville Reverses Its Ban Of Alex Haley’s “Roots” From School Libraries
“Knox County Schools Superintendent Jon Rysewyk said the district will return the (Pulitzer-winning) 1976 novel to school library shelves, walking back a decision that (led...
Facing Serious Cash Crunch, Sydney Dance Company Builds Up Its Teaching Offerings
Despite reaching new artistic heights, Australia’s leading contemporary dance troupe has posted four annual deficits in a row, totaling $5.2 million (US$3.7 million) and...
Heinz Endowments Changes Priorities In Its Arts Funding Grants
The Pittsburgh-based foundation is ending grants for one-time projects and for individual artists in favor of funding arts organizations and cultural infrastructure in the...
Opera Australia Has Turned Its Troubled Finances Around
After posting an operating loss of $10.6 million (US$7.6 million) in 2024, the company — boosted by a 29% increase in ticket sales —...
