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Did Shakespeare Really Smoke Weed? The Answer Is Yes.
Some clay pipe fragments dug up from his backyard garden in Stratford-upon-Avon and dating from the time he lived there were found to contain...
The Avignon Festival Copes With Ever-Increasing Temperatures
Days over 100°F are no longer rare, with serious effects on audiences and workers. … Recent changes include eliminating performances between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m., the...
Remember The Collective That Sold Pieces Of A Damien Hirst Painting Dot By Dot?...
“Billed as a ‘financial trust fall,’ the project” — a sculpture of an infant, built to be taken apart and divided, which the collective...
Afghan Seen In Documentary “Retrograde” Was Killed By Taliban; His Family Sues Filmmakers
“Omar, (an) Afghan minesweeper tasked with protecting Green Berets, … was allegedly tracked down from a scene in Retrograde. … The estate accused the documentary’s...
Kyoto’s Overtourism Problem May Be Even Worse Than Amsterdam’s Or Barcelona’s
“Last year, more tourists visited Kyoto than Barcelona, Amsterdam, or even Paris. … (It's a) conundrum with no obvious solutions. Tokyo and Osaka are...
The Struggle For Pregnancy Protections And Parental Leave In The Ballet World
“Because the policies that do exist vary so widely, dancers can be impacted in different ways depending on which company they’re a part of;...
Famous Art Detective Arthur Brand Recovers Stolen Documents So Historic That They’re UNESCO-Listed
The cache of papers, dating from the 15th through the 19th centuries, was stolen from the National Archives of the Netherlands in 2015. Among...
How Websites Are Coping With The Collapse In Referred Traffic
“The problem started with Facebook pivoting away from the news in 2022, and has accelerated in recent months as Google makes seemingly corrosive changes...
Does America Really Have A Youth Literacy Crisis?
“How much panic over kids’ literacy is warranted? Scholars who study the subject, concerned English professors, and experts in the ‘kids these days’ phenomenon...
Is A Deal At Hand To Return The Parthenon Marbles? Britain’s Right Wing Sure...
“The former prime minister Liz Truss and a hard-right lobby group have been accused of stoking culture wars after reportedly writing a letter claiming...
Gilberto Gil, Giant Of Brazilian Music, Has Retired From Live Performance
“I’ll always have my guitar, my inseparable companion,” said the 83-year-old. “But my relationship with it will be more open, freer. It’s simpler when...
Is The Summer Group Show Disappearing From Art Galleries? No, But …
“Some have wondered if the group show is fated to die out altogether. But in talking to dealers and advisers, it seems less like the once-ubiquitous...
Australia’s New Funding Body For Literature And Writers: What Will It Actually Be Doing?
“On the surface, this is welcome news for Australian writers with its funding package of $26 million ($8.6 million per year) over the next...
Japan Has A Big Ballet-Fan Community. Now It’s Working On Homegrown Ballet.
“Until recently, that audience lavished attention mostly on prestigious foreign companies that tour Japan regularly, such as the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal...
My Nightmare Job Taking Care Of Patricia Highsmith
“Pat was seventy-four and knew she was about to die. ... I was trapped in her world with her, trembling. She had weeks left...
The Company Making Big Operas Work In A Small Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera performs in a house with only 476 seats, yet it has a track record of successfully staging such large-scale works...
Abu Dhabi’s Enormous National Museum Will Open This December
The world’s oldest natural pearl and an 1,100-year-old Qur’an will be among the star exhibits at Zayed National Museum, in a new building, designed...
Barcelona’s Opera House Names Jonathan Nott Its Next Music Director
The 62-year-old Briton — currently music director of the Tokyo Symphony and Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and formerly at the helm of...
Turns Out It’s Hard To Convict A Celebrity In A #MeToo Criminal Case
Sean Combs was acquitted on the most serious charges against him; Kevin Spacey has prevailed in both criminal and civil cases. Even Harvey Weinstein...
Now That Trump’s “60 Minutes” Lawsuit Is Settled, Can Paramount Go Ahead And Sell...
“Is there a chance the fog surrounding the company’s quest to sell itself to Skydance Media is about to lift? So far, it’s not entirely clear — not...
Another Ohio County May Use Cigarette Taxes To Fund The Arts
Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland is located, has long used such a tax to fund arts and culture organizations. Ohio’s newly-enacted state budget includes permission...
SAG-AFTRA Formally Ends Its Video Games Strike
“The 11-month strike waged by the performers’ union was brought to a tidy end on Wednesday as members voted overwhelmingly to ratify a labor...
Training AI To Transcribe Cursive (Because So Many Younger Americans Can’t Read It)
It’s a particular issue for historians in and of Philadelphia, since so many 18th- and 19th-century documents are in that hard-to-read script used in...
Oscar Wilde’s Forgotten Play About Russian Revolutionaries
The 1879 play Vera; or, The Nihilists is about a young woman and her band of radicals who plan to kill the tsar. Its...
Paul Libin, For 67 Years One Of New York Theater’s Leading Producers, Is Dead...
“Libin produced more than 250 Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. He led Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years until his death, serving...
