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In Defense Of Liam Scarlett, Five Years After His Suicide
Clarissa Hard argues that, with no hard evidence of serious sexual misconduct ever revealed, the gifted young choreographer should not have been made a...
A Change To Portland’s Widely-Disliked Arts Tax
“’We’ve not identified a way to make (the tax) not annoying,’ said Council President Jamie Dunphy, the architect of the new policy. ‘But we’ve found ways...
Lost Copy Of Oldest Surviving English Poem Turns Up In Rome
“Scholars from Trinity College Dublin uncovered the manuscript that contains Caedmon’s Hymn at the National Central Library of Rome. Bede, the medieval theologian revered...
Stephen Colbert On CBS’s Stated Reason (Financial) For Canceling His Show
“They’ve got the books, and I (have no) desire to debate them over what they say their business model is and how it does...
The Man Who Discovered The Inside-Job Thefts At The British Museum Has Died At...
“Dr. Ittai Gradel ... alerted the British Museum and the police after he was able to buy dozens of museum artefacts on eBay over the course...
Old Globe Theatre In San Diego Selects New Managing Director
Trish Santini — who, as executive director, oversaw the construction, opening, and programming of the Barry Diller-funded Little Island just off the shore of...
Opera Philadelphia To Continue $11 Ticket Scheme, Revive Timely Gershwin Show After 93 Years
There's a slight change to the all-tickets-for-$11-or-name-your-price scheme for next year: subscribers get first crack at tickets. And what is this "timely" Gershwin show?...
How Do You Put The Venice Biennale’s Central Exhibition Together After Its Curator Died?
Only days after she was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, curator Koyo Kouoh passed away. Nevertheless, the Biennale’s flagship show will open next...
Compromise: Russia Will Have Show At Venice Biennale, But It Will Be Closed To...
“According to new reports from Italian news outlets, Russia‘s group exhibition ‘The tree is rooted in the sky’ will only be accessible to members of the...
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians And Management Agree To New Contract Months Early
The new two-year agreement, effective Sept. 1, includes a 2.5% salary increase each year as well as what are described as “temporary changes to...
One Of America’s Oldest Period-Instrument Orchestras Names Its Second-Ever Music Director
Boston Baroque was founded back in 1973 by harpsichordist/conductor Martin Pearlman, who stepped down as artistic director last year. His successor, as of this...
“Ghost Imaging” Recovers Text Of 1,500-Year-Old Biblical Manuscript
The 6th-century Codex H included a Greek-language copy of the New Testament's letters of St. Paul. Sometime in the Middle Ages, though, the monks...
The Obsessive Who’s Rescuing And Preserving Indian Cinema’s Early History
“Seventy per cent of India’s films made before 1950 are gone forever. Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is trying to save the rest.” - Variety
When A Fierce Street-Dancing Competitor Starts Choreographing On Contemporary Dance Companies
“’Usually, when I walk in rooms, people are afraid of me,’ the choreographer Courtney Washington said recently.” - The New York Times
David Malouf, Australian Author And “Living National Treasure,” Is Dead At 92
“From reimagined Greek and Roman classics to the exploration of identity and morality in the suburbs and landscapes of Australia, David Malouf successfully merged...
Playwright David Henry Hwang Re-Works “Flower Drum Song” For A Second Time
“This most recent outing allowed Hwang, 68, to address some flaws in the original and even in his own (2001) remake. … He also...
The World’s First Museum Of AI-Generated Art Is Coming Soon To L.A.
“Dataland, the world’s first A.I. art museum, is set to open on June 20 after more than two-and-a-half-years of planning and construction. … The museum...
The Guys Behind The Onion’s Takeover Of Alex Jones’s Infowars Talk About Just What...
“The Onion always makes fun of the big thing in the cultural zeitgeist. We have not made fun of gut-microbiology influencers for far too long,...
UK Equity Threatens Strikes In London’s West End This Summer
“The reason? Minimum pay and terms settlement negotiations between Equity and the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) have hit a snag after ‘constructive’ beginnings,...
How AI Looks Set To Change The Actual Printing Of Books
“A new report from the Book Manufacturers’ Institute on the state of the book industry predicts that printing is on the cusp of potential...
Venice’s Opera House Fires Controversial New Music Director Over Interviews
After months of protests from musicians and others over the slender qualifications of conductor Beatrice Venezi, the board of La Fenice confirmed her appointment...
How Chicago’s Arts Institutions Are Coping With Federal Funding Cuts
“The defunding of arts and humanities programming across the state has left leaders skeptical as to whether government funding can be a reliable source...
no the english language is not like literally goin to pot as we watch...
While these common gripes point to eccentric speech patterns, they don’t point to grammatical annihilation. English has weathered far worse. … English has lost...
Inside The First-Ever, Very Strictly Confidential, Choreographers’ Summit In New York
To allow for genuinely open, honest exchange, the rules at the Creators in Dance Summit, which hosted 75 choreographers across numerous genres, were simple...
A Binational $1.3 Million Program To Fund Individual Creatives In San Diego And Tijuana
“At its core, Artists Count consists of a $1.3 million fund, available to active artists in both San Diego and Tijuana. In addition, a...
