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Could AI Help Decipher The Indus Valley Civilization’s Writing?
There’s nothing like a Rosetta Stone for the Harappan script (as it’s sometimes called), which developed in and around the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro...
Behold Brisbane’s Shimmering New Performance Venue
The Glasshouse Theatre, a new extension of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia’s third-largest city, has a flexible 1,500-seat auditorium designed to accommodate dance...
Nova Scotia Gets Its First Professional Ballet Company
Port City Ballet Company in Halifax is currently in its first season, offering a full school program as well as professional performances (in the...
Venice Mayor Will Close Russia’s Biennale Pavilion If It Is Used For ‘Propaganda”
“Russia … is a problem, but the Russian people are not. I’m pro-Ukrainian, everyone knows that, I've twinned Venice with Odessa. (But) we must work...
Chuck Norris, Action-Movie Icon, Is Dead At 86
The martial-arts grandmaster starred in more than 20 films, including Return of the Dragon, Missing in Action, and The Delta Force, as well as...
CBS News To Lay Off 6% Of Staff
“It’s the second round of layoffs in six months at CBS News (a round in October canceled some streaming shows and overhauled the Saturday morning show), but these...
Leader Who Received Death Threats At Oregon Shakespeare Festival Has A New, Safer Job
“Since January, (Nataki Garrett), whose era-defining OSF term lasted just four years, has been at another helm as interim artistic director of San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare...
What Happened After Huntsville, AL’s Public Radio Station Dropped NPR Programming? Disaster.
Since WRLH ended its affiliation with NPR last October 1, the station has lost 75% of its listenership. This is notwithstanding the fact that...
Brooklyn’s BAM Names New President And Aims For Stability
“The Brooklyn Academy of Music (has) appointed Tamara McCaw, … who has served as interim president since last June, … as the center emerges...
Pittsburgh’s Two Largest Theater Companies Merge
“Pittsburgh Public Theater, founded in 1975, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, founded in 1946, will cease to exist under the plan approved by their...
British Museum Is No Longer UK’s Most Visited Attraction
With a record 7.1 million visitors in 2025, London’s Natural History Museum surged past the British Museum to take the top spot. - The...
When Daniel Radcliffe Married A New York Theater Critic Onstage
Sara Holdren of New York magazine recounts how she went to review Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway and wound up as the star’s love...
On The Popularity Of “Heated Rivalry” In Russia
“On Kinopoisk, Russia’s largest film-and-TV database and ratings site, it sits at 8.3/10 with more than 60,000 ratings. … As a scholar of Russian culture...
What’s The Proper Length For A Piece Of Theatre? Either Well Under Two Hours...
“The former is the perfect excursion. If it’s a bad show, you’re not held hostage for long; if it’s good, you can bookend the...
Can Ballet Make Room For Dancers With Flat Feet?
“The industry still has an obsession with ‘perfect’ feet. High arches have traditionally been praised in ballet, and some dancers today use farches (fake...
Hong Kong’s Huge Arts Hub Averts Its Cash Crisis (For Now)
The West Kowloon Cultural District — a 99-acre campus, home to the M+ contemporary art museum, Hong Kong Palace Museum, and two performance venues...
Madrid’s Prado Museum Institutes Crowd Control Measures
“The newly announced measures (against overcrowding) include slashing the (maximum) size of visitor groups from 30 to 20. Access for groups will also be...
Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week Fell Apart After State Premier Intervened, Documents Show
“Minutes from six crucial Adelaide Festival board meetings in December and January, obtained by Crikey, give an unvarnished view of how disinviting (Palestinian-Australian author...
Explaining The Row Over The Florence Price Piece At The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s...
The “Rainbow Waltz” which Yannick Nézet-Séguin programmed for the generally tradition-bound event was attributed to Price (America’s first Black female symphonist) in the program....
A San Francisco Museum Will Sell Its Large, Well-Located Building
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, which temporarily closed in late 2024 and laid off 80% of its staff, will sell its 63,000 square-foot building in...
Kevin Spacey And Three Accusers Settle Civil Lawsuits For Sexual Assault
“The Oscar-winning U.S. actor has reached a confidential settlement with three British men who had filed civil lawsuits at London's High Court accusing him...
BBC World Service Gets Funding Lifeline From UK Foreign Office
“Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, has agreed an additional £11m a year for the next three years on the government’s grant to the service...
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Adds Another Artistic Partner: Violinist Alina Ibragimova
The Russian-British violinist joins five current artistic partners: harpsichordist and conductor Richard Egarr, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, and violist Tabea Zimmermann. Ibragimova’s term begins...
The Weathermen Who Have Left Broadcast TV For Streaming
“From New Jersey to California to Louisiana, weather journalists are leaving traditional TV newsrooms to form all-digital platforms. … The Digital Weather Network, … which started in 2022, now has...
Now That We Know Who Banksy Is, The Price Of His Art May Soar
“The art world’s reaction: Go ahead and be known. Rather than undermine any mystique, the revelation could actually give his market a much-needed boost,...
