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How Dancing Made The Savannah Bananas Social Media’s Favorite American Sports Team
"The factors driving the Bananas' online success are obvious. In-game clips of players swinging flaming baseball bats, pitching from atop stilts, and performing choreographed...
After A $3.7 Million Renovation, George Frideric Handel’s London House Is Open Again
"The former home of composer George Frideric Handel has reopened to the public following a two-year renovation project costing £3 million. The property is...
Artist-Professor Arrested For Threatening A Reporter With A Machete
Okay, it was a New York Post reporter, but still … "The confrontation … at professor Shellyne Rodriguez's apartment building on Tuesday came after...
An Apparent Family Suicide Pact Rocks Japan’s Kabuki Theater Scene
Ennosuke Ichikawa IV — scion of an eminent kabuki family, the force behind an updated style called super-kabuki, and a popular television star —...
Xi Jinping’s Latest Cultural Rule That Nobody Was Warned About: Treat China’s Armed Forces...
"In the chest-thumping nationalism that has dominated the country's tightly controlled official and public discourses, the Chinese military occupies a sacred, central place –...
When Langston Hughes Wrote A Children’s Book
In 1936, Hughes and artist Elmer W. Brown put together and shopped around The Sweet and Sour Animal Book. No publisher acquired the book,...
Actors And Stage Managers In London’s West End Win 17% Pay Raise, Drop Strike...
"About 94% of (Actors Equity) members who voted backed the deal with the Society of London Theatre, which will see them get 16.7% pay...
Rare Books Damaged In Italy’s Recent Floods Are Being Salvaged By Flash-Freezing Them
"Volunteers have been transporting the books and other precious documents, which became submerged in water and mud in flooded libraries in the worst-affected areas,...
Thousands Of Trafficked Antiquities Recovered In Raids In Southern Italy
"Italian police have arrested 21 out of 51 suspects in an operation which included hundreds of officers, authorities said. … Those arrested are under...
Hugh Grant’s Lawsuit Against A Murdoch Tabloid Can Go To Trial, Rules UK Judge
"Justice Timothy Fancourt said a trial in January will have to determine whether The Sun had carried out unlawful information gathering that included tapping...
Court Will Toss “Child Sex Abuse” Lawsuit By Stars Of Zeffirelli’s “Romeo And Juliet”
"Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alison Mackenzie signaled on Thursday that she'll dismiss the suit, finding claims that the movie depicts sexual acts are...
For The First Time In Four Decades, San Francisco Ballet Is Having An Open...
"Whether the company's open call for corps members marks a change in relationship with the San Francisco Ballet School is still uncertain." The company...
Nicholas Hytner Proposed A Whole New Model Of Arts Funding In England. Here’s The...
Nicholas Serota: "Nick suggested that the Arts Council's focus should only be on what he terms the 'professional' arts. … It's a mistake to...
Uh-Oh: An AI-Powered News Service For Local Radio Stations
"RadioNewsAI, an AI-generated news service developed in the Netherlands, is being shopped to stations in the U.S. The product allows local stations to deliver...
Kenneth Anger, Notorious Avant-Garde Erotic Filmmaker And Hollywood Gossip Hound, Is Dead At 96
"(He was a) shocking and influential avant-garde artist who defied sexual and religious taboos in such short films as Scorpio Rising and Fireworks and...
Gustavo Dudamel Resigns From Paris Opera After Only Two Seasons
His departure this summer comes four years ahead of what had been the end of his contract as music director of the Opéra national...
“I’m Proud To Own The Failure”: Jeffrey Katzenberg On Quibi
"I'm proud to own the failure," says the co-founder of the short-lived short-form video studio. "I'm not proud of the failure. But I'm proud...
These Climate Protestors Have The Right Idea: Do Joint Projects With Museums Instead Of...
"The group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) tested out the idea as a performance art piece at eight locations across (Germany last) Sunday. … It...
This Publisher Is Building A Business On Old Out-Of-Print Books
"A company called Open Road Integrated Media is trying to (give) a second life to older books. It does that by using machine learning...
2023 Tony Award For Regional Theatre Goes To Pasadena Playhouse
"The award marks an astonishing turnaround for Pasadena Playhouse, which was on the verge of shutting down in 2010, when it laid off most...
Broadway’s First Full Post-Pandemic Season Sold 12.3 Million Tickets And Grossed $1.58 Billion
"The promising numbers are both comparable to pre-pandemic totals, if still falling short. … This season's figures reflect a drop of 16.83% for attendance...
San Diego’s Museum Of Photographic Arts Will Be Merged Into The San Diego Museum...
"Under an agreement approved by both museums' leadership and boards of directors, MOPA's collection of more than 9,000 images by 850 artists and 22,000...
Tina Turner, 83
"Few stars traveled so far and overcame so much. Physically battered, emotionally devastated and financially ruined by her 20-year relationship with Ike Turner, she...
This Choreographer Is Incorporating Rock Climbing and Tightrope Walking Into His Work
In a work titled Corps Extrêmes ("Extreme Bodies"), which choreographer Rachid Ouramdane calls "halfway between a documentary and an art piece," involves highliner Nathan...
After 17 Years, Greece Regains 351 Looted Artifacts From Disgraced British Dealer
"After a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated company that belonged to disgraced British art dealer Robin Symes, the Greek Ministry of Culture announced...