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David Attenborough, Everyone’s Favorite Nature TV Host, Is Now 100
“(He's) the man who has brought frolicking gorillas, breaching whales and tiny poisonous frogs into living rooms around the world for more than 70...
America’s First Baroque Dance Company Is Now 50
“While early music enjoyed a strong following (since) the 1970s, historical dance needed help catching up — and the New York Baroque Dance Co.,...
Vice News Is Coming Back (Though Not Quite Like It Was)
“The hip current events platform targeted at Millennials, which sought to be ‘The Economist for young people’ during the decade (2014-2023), is now being resuscitated by...
Hungary: Will Péter Magyar Purge The Corrupted State Media Viktor Orbán Left Behind?
“Since taking power in 2010, Orbán and his Fidesz party reshaped the country’s media to promote themselves and demonise their opponents, sending press freedom rankings plunging and leaving...
U.S. Book-Banners Step Up Attacks On Nonfiction: Study
“PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the (2024-25) July to June period and found that over...
Judge Rules DOGE’s Cancellation Of NEH Grants Was Unconstitutional
“The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of...
More Mayhem At Venice Biennale: Artist Strike Closes Several Pavilions
“The Biennale was disrupted on Friday morning as some of the major artists at this year’s event shuttered their exhibitions in protest over Israel’s...
Historic But Shuttered Theatre To Become Winnipeg Symphony’s Once-And-Future Home
The Pantages, built in downtown Winnipeg in 1914, is getting $15 million from the Manitoba government for renovation. The venue was run by the...
Manuela Hoelterhoff, Pulitzer-Winning Arts Critic, Is Dead At 77
“(She) spent more than 20 years with The Wall Street Journal. She served variously as a critic, arts editor, book editor and member of...
Chicago Sinfonietta “Pauses” All Activities Until 2027 And Lays Off Its Staff
After this weekend’s concerts, the orchestra — founded in 1987 to develop diverse talent and reach underserved audiences — will present no more public...
Is This Why The Venice Biennale Jury Resigned En Masse?
The jurors had clearly stated, a few days before they quit, that they would not consider the entrants from Russia and Israel. The Israeli...
He Couldn’t Choose Between Dance And Visual Art. He’s Ended Up Putting Dancers In...
Meet Brendan Fernandes, whose latest work, Score for the Murphy Auditorium at Chicago’s Driehaus, deploys seven dancers executing semi-improvised steps within a dodecahedron of...
The Shady, Underpaid Gig Work That Makes Video Clips Go Viral
“Everything you’re watching on the feeds could, potentially, be an ad programmed to make someone a Discourse Topic and/or Zeitgeist Definer, made famous thanks to...
Study Confirms: English National Opera’s Breathing Therapy Program Brings Major Improvements For Long COVID...
“Published in The Lancet Digital Health, a new study looked at 1,438 participants and found that 80% reported improved levels of breathlessness, with 61%...
Arthur Miller Opens Up About Being Married To Marilyn Monroe On Newly-Released Tapes
“Miller had felt ‘death was always on her shoulder – always’ … (and) that if he did not ‘take care of her life’ she...
Parliamentary Report Proposes To Sweeping Cuts To France’s Public Broadcaster
Right-wing lawmakers have issued a report following a five-month inquiry into the “neutrality, workings and financing” of French public broadcasting. The paper’s recommendations include...
A Manifesto From The Battle Front Of French Literature’s Latest Culture War
“A publishing house is not meant to be a propaganda machine. It is a place where conflict, doubt and nuance can, and should, coexist....
Louvre’s New President Outlines His Plans For Museum Post-Heist
“With the search for France’s crown jewels still ongoing, … plans are afoot for a new display of Empress Eugénie’s diamond-and-emerald crown. … In time, Christophe...
San Francisco’s Notorious Brutalist Fountain Bursts Into Flames As It’s Being Disassembled
“A small fire broke out Wednesday during the removal of San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain, sending flames and dark smoke from a section of the massive...
As City Of San Diego Prepares To Slash Arts Funding, County Sets Up $2.75...
This despite the fact that the San Diego County government is facing a budget cliff of its own, just as the city is. -...
Of Course They Did: Pussy Riot Stormed Russian Pavilion At Venice Biennale
“Wearing pink balaclavas, the protesters ran towards the Russian pavilion where they gathered outside and lit pink, blue and yellow flares while playing punk...
Due To Fire, Broadway’s “The Book Of Mormon” To Be Closed For Two Weeks
“The long-running Broadway hit … will close its doors through May 17 as its theater undergoes repairs. … The blaze, which began May 4...
People Pray For Hot Concert Tickets At This 1,000-Year-Old Tokyo Shrine
For many pop concerts in Japan, “fans enter (a lottery) for the chance to buy tickets and can only purchase them in limited quantities...
“The Devil Wears Prada” And The Rise And Fall Of Chick Lit
“Before it was a movie, Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada, published by Broadway Books in 2003, marked the absolute high point of that once-ubiquitous...
“Death Of A Salesman” Director Joe Mantello On Working With Disgraced Broadway Producer Scott...
“I would be lying if I said … I didn’t grapple with making that decision. … I will say I do believe in accountability, and...
