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The Japanese Island Dedicated To A Centuries-Old Theater Form
Sado Island, just northwest of central Honshu, is home to 34 of the roughly 100 Noh theaters remaining in Japan. Elsewhere, Noh is considered...
The World’s Smallest Commercial Theatre Has Been Saved
Located in Malvern, England, the Theatre of Small Convenience was once a public toilet; it measures 107 sf and seats 12. It was opened as a...
Presenting The Dance Magazine Award Honorees For 2025
“A tradition dating back to 1954, the Dance Magazine Awards are given in appreciation of the artistry, integrity, and resilience that dance artists have...
Without Federal Funding, Tribal Public Radio Stations Fear For Their Survival
“If we lose the radio station, it’s like you lose an arm or a leg,” said the tribal council vice-chair in Warm Springs, Oregon. Said...
Moscow Court Sentences Members Of Pussy Riot To Prison In Absentia
“(Five members) were sentenced to periods ranging from 8 to 13 years for ‘spreading knowingly false information containing data about the deployment of the Russian...
Meet The Attorneys Fighting For Public And School Libraries And Against Book Bans
“Libraries, and public libraries in particular, are often in financial crunches and depend on tax dollars to keep the lights on. They rarely have...
Internet Archive And Record Labels Settle $621 Million Lawsuit Over Old 78 RPM Records
The case, with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment as lead plaintiffs, targeted the Archive's Great 78 Project, an initiative to digitize, and make...
Emergency Campaign For Alaska Public Radio Stations Raises $3.5 Million
The state’s far-flung public radio stations are among the most vulnerable to the rescission of federal funding. The legislature has eliminated state funding as...
NPR Cuts $5 Million From Next Year’s Budget
“CEO Katherine Maher announced during a board meeting that while listener donations have surged (since the elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting), it’s...
Thieves Steal $700K Worth Of Raw Gold From France’s National Museum Of Natural History
“A break-in was detected on Tuesday morning, with the intruders reportedly using an angle grinder and a blow torch to force their way into...
The Italian Palazzo Where Broken Voices And Vocal Techniques Get Repaired
Marianna Brilla and Lisa Paglin spent years in Italy studying old vocal treatises and historical recordings to find the roots of bel canto technique....
Beirut, Once The Arab World’s Publishing Capital, Struggles To Keep Its Book Culture Alive
Before Lebanon’s long civil war, authors from all over the Arab world published in liberal Beirut the books they couldn’t release in their own...
A Librarian Recounts A Moment That Makes Her Very Difficult, Now-Very Controversial Job Worth...
“Libraries are enduring book bans, mental health crises, drug overdoses, and more” — including accusations of peddling pedophilie porn — “as we try to provide resources and...
Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Is Working Out The Cultural Divisions Within His Homeland And...
“I thought the (wider) world was so interesting (when I was young), and outside was where I could breathe. I think the world I...
Royal Shakespeare Co. Starts Major Staff Buyouts (With Layoffs To Follow)
“A spokesperson said the number eligible for voluntary redundancy was 420 of its (835) permanent employees, as part of a programme running until October...
Money Struggles And Retrenchment Plague Regional Theaters — But Not Milwaukee Rep
Chris Jones has a look at the company’s three-theater headquarters, which has just undergone an on-time, on-budget $80 million renovation, and at the programming...
Why Suppressing The Photo Of An Enslaved Man’s Whipped Back Is A Horrifying Idea
Philip Kennicott: “If you can erase ‘The Scourged Back,’ if you can erase … any one of the millions of enslaved people who suffered...
San Francisco Symphony Musicians’ New Contract Hits The $200K Mark
The agreement, retroactive to Nov. 24, 2024 and ending on Nov. 20, 2027, maintains the starting weekly base salary of $3,450, with biannual increases...
Polluted Air Is Leaving Black Crust All Over Delhi’s Red Fort
“Fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in the capital’s air are accelerating the decay of the sandstone fort, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan...
Louvre Discontinues Tours Guided By Nintendo 3DS
“For the past decade, visitors to the Louvre could rent a Nintendo 3DS console for personalized tours, audio commentary and additional information about more...
Agreement Is Near On Keeping TikTok Available In U.S.
In 2024, due to data security concerns, Congress passed legislation requiring the Chinese company ByteDance to either sell TikTok to an American owner or...
A Training Regime Designed To Strengthen Feet For Pointe Work
Working with a physician and several dancers, Lynne Charles (who had a 35-year-career as a principal ballerina) developed 4Pointe, a somatic method to strengthen...
What’s Happened To Cultural Institutions In Russian-Occupied Mariupol
“In the months and years since the siege that destroyed it, the city has been turned into a showcase of the concept of the...
Cleveland’s Ideastream Public Media Gets $1 Million Gift For Dedicated Jazz Studio
“Since its launch in February 2024, (the station’s) JazzNEO (channel) has been operating without a dedicated studio and airing all pre-recorded programming. The new...
Trump Administration Orders National Park To Remove Historic Photograph Of Enslaved Man’s Scarred Back
“The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with...
