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Turks Turn To Tango
The passionate ballroom dance of Buenos Aires and Montevideo has found a large, equally passionate base of fans in Istanbul, where a multitude of...
Director Milo Rau’s Staged Moral Tribunals Have Been A Big Success. His Latest Choice...
Rau’s trials — with real witnesses and arguments, followed by symbolic judgments — have put Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists, mining companies in the Congo, and...
The Director Who Brought Sicilian Dialect Back To Palermo’s Stages
Emma Dante, who will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at this year’s Venice Theatre Biennale, led a revival of interest in dialect...
How Gaudí’s Design Keeps Sagrada Familia Standing Tall Without Flying Buttresses
The great Barcelona architect despised flying buttresses, especially in 20th-century neo-Gothic architecture, calling them “crutches” for a building that couldn’t support its own weight....
Julio Le Parc, Pioneer Of Moving Op Art, Has Died At 97
“He focused on kinetic sculpture … and the geometric optical illusions of Op Art, infusing them with regional influences” — he was Argentine, though...
Plan For $1.16 Billion Opera House Scrapped By Mayor Of Düsseldorf
Millions have already been spent on planning and architectural design for a new home for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and total costs for...
Trump Administration Asked National Park Visitors To Report “Negative” History Info. Visitors Did Something...
What most respondents considered negative was the effort itself. One visitor called it “un-American.” Another criticized the idea of “having Americans call in and snitch...
Imax Is Considering Selling Itself To A Big Studio. Here’s The Problem It Has.
“A key challenge will be finding a buyer who wouldn't present a conflict of interest.” How so? - TheWrap (Yahoo!)
The “Middleware” Problem: How Do You Find Classical Music?
“For decades, the relationship between artists and audiences was heavily mediated and nurtured by newspaper critics, classical radio hosts, record-store owners, etc. — They...
Directors Guild And Hollywood Studios Agree On Four-Year Contract
“The deal struck between the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers came four weeks after talks began.” - AP
Forgotten Manuscript By JRR Tolkien Found In Oxford Library
“The Lord of the Rings author’s translation of a medieval religious text from the early 13th century had lain forgotten in the Bodleian Libraries’ collections...
As Russia’s War Rages On, Kyiv Hosts A Busy Literary Festival
“A sign of the nation’s complete engulfing by war was the presence of so many soldiers on the stages; writers who had become soldiers,...
Turmoil At Korean National Ballet Over Choice Of Next Artistic Director
Following widespread rumors that the chosen candidate was a politically-connected university professor with no experience in ballet, the company’s dancers issued a public statement...
Iranian Court Upholds Prison Sentence For Cannes-Winning Filmmaker Jafar Panahi
“On Sunday, the It Was Just An Accident writer/director’s attorney Mostafa Nili announced that Judge Iman Afshari rejected their objections and fully upheld the in-absentia verdict,...
Utah Bans Alice Sebold’s Memoir “Lucky” From All Public Schools
“The ban comes amidst a lawsuit challenging these state-sanctioned bans filed in February, and it comes after banning 15 other books in 2026 alone.” - Book...
Museum With World’s Largest Collection Of Kahlo And Rivera Paintings Reopens After Long, Unexplained...
“Set in lush gardens patrolled by peacocks and ... dogs, the (Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico City) closed in 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak....
The Latest Design For Rebuilding New York’s Penn Station Is Actually Very Good
Justin Davidson: “The latest version of this perpetual top priority just might dispel the curse of inertia — because it should dramatically alleviate crowds,...
One Year After It Shut Down, This Bay Area Theater Company Will Attempt A...
“Aurora Theatre Company devastated generations of fans and artists when it announced last summer it was vacating its (Berkeley) space and laying off staff. Now...
Geneva’s Orchestre De La Suisse Romande Names Tugan Sokhiev Principal Conductor
“The initial three-season appointment will begin with the 2026–27 season, marking the conductor’s first major long-term leadership position since stepping down from his posts...
French Superstar Patrick Bruel Detained By Police Over Multiple Sexual Assault Charges
“The singer became a major star across the French-speaking world in the 1980s and 1990s with a string of hits that became part of...
Wilma “Billie” Tisch, 98, One Of New York’s Leading Cultural Philanthropists
The wife of Larry Tisch, one of the brothers who made Loews into a conglomerate, she oversaw the donation of millions of dollars to...
Hampshire College Confirms It Will Offer Final Semester This Fall
‘Hampshire College says it has secured financing that will allow it to complete a fall 2026 semester before closing for good, reversing concerns raised last...
Meet One Of The American Revolution’s Leading Composers, William Billings
The self-taught composer, who lived in Boston during the revolution years, published six books of music, with over 340 choral works. In addition to...
Lucinda Childs On How She Keeps Her Working Pace After More Than 50 Years
“I just feel fortunate. I’m still running around and everybody keeps reminding me that I’m 85. I don’t think about that so much. I...
London’s West End To Get First-Ever Production With Audience Phone Ban
The show is the Broadway transfer of Bess Wohl’s play Liberation, which won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama (and may win a Tony...
