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Japan Struggles With What Some There Call “Tourism Pollution”
“As the country’s economic malaise deepens, officials are eager for the economic boost of increased tourism, even as local communities find themselves entirely unprepared...
Translating “Swan Lake” Into Cambodian Classical Dance
In Lowell, Mass., a center of America's Cambodian diaspora, the Angkor Dance Troupe has worked hard to preserve the dance traditions nearly wiped out...
One Of France’s Most Prominent Writers Had A Past As A Failed Antiquities Looter
André Malraux went on to fight in the WWII resistance, write celebrated novels, get nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Prize, and serve as de...
She Built Russia’s Only Major Contemporary Art Museum Outside Moscow. Then She Was Chased...
Nailya Allakhverdiyeva turned PERMM (in Perm, 700 miles from Moscow) into one of the country’s most respected museums. She tried to cooperate with authorities...
Do All The Tax Breaks And Subsidies That States Hurl At Hollywood Really Create...
Some local jobs, yes, but probably not enough for the amount of money states are spending, according to recent research. The exceptions appear to...
Dallas Symphony Raises $50 Million For Endowment
“The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding $50 million to its endowment fund, thanks to donors matching a $25 million challenge grant from the O'Donnell Foundation. …...
$100 Million To Turn Studio 54 Into A Proper Broadway Theater
“Roundabout Theater Company moved into the building in 1998 and kept its disco-era name. Now Roundabout has a $100 million plan for the first...
Louisiana State Museums’ Reaccreditation Put On Hold
“The LSM system, comprising ten museums across the state — including the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Louisiana Civil Rights Museum and historic houses —...
Paramount Pictures Launches Its Own Book Publishing Imprint
“Operating under the products & experiences division, Paramount Global Publishing ‘will develop complementary publishing content inspired by its iconic portfolio of brands and franchises...
Lyric Opera Of Chicago Expands Season, Hires Sondra Radvanovsky As Artistic Advisor
While the company isn't back to the schedule it had before COVID, there will be six full productions plus one opera-in-concert, longer runs, a...
Maine’s Portland Museum Of Art Buys New Building
“The building, previously owned by MaineHealth, … was sold for $14 million. The plan is for the PMA to move its administrative offices to...
Considering The Tap Shoe
“You’ll never say you didn’t hear them coming.” - AP
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Attorneys Argue His Prostitution Conviction Should Be Reversed On First Amendment...
“Combs’s lawyers repeated claims they made before the trial judge, including an assertion that Combs’ films of sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male...
The Fight To Keep A Collection Of Landmark Art From Leaving Mexico And Going...
“One of the world’s most important collections of 20th-century Mexican art, including works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, is set to be exported to Spain...
Family-Friendly San Jose Theater Company Is Closing. Its Owners Blame City Government
“Scott Guggenheim, who with his wife Shannon Guggenheim owns 3Below Theaters, cited an ongoing landlord dispute as one major factor in what he called...
Can UNESCO Heritage Status Help Preserve England’s Tradition Of Choral Evensong?
You can make a solid argument that, except for the particular music being sung (and, today, the inclusion of girls and women), the practice...
Marcel Duchamp Was Anything But Reverent. Are We Being Too Reverent Of Him?
“Marcel Duchamp is an enigma that art history swallowed and got stuck in its throat. What do we do with him now? I left the Museum...
U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules That Iowa’s School-Library-Book-Banning Law May Stand
“In a blow to the freedom to read in the United States, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...
Big Hollywood Studios Aren’t Much In The Lineup At Cannes This Year
There will be famous actors in the competition, certainly, but they’re in indie-studio productions. Indeed, artistic director Thierry Fremaux said openly, “The United States...
LACMA Spent $724 Million On Its New Building. Here’s How That Money Got Spent.
For 25 years, people have been arguing about whether that this project was a good idea or a terrible one. Here’s a look at...
Disney Is Preparing To Lay Off 1,000 Staffers: Report
The Walt Disney Co. “is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 employees through role eliminations in the coming months, Variety has learned. Many of...
Trump Administration Abandons Appeal, Gives Up Attempt To Dismantle Institute Of Museum And Library...
“A federal court granted the administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down Trump’s attempt last year...
The Artist Behind The Banana On The Wall And The Golden Toilet Is Now...
Maurizio Cattelan has set up a hotline where folks from anywhere can “confess their sins.” Those the artist/father-confessor considers most in need of repentance...
In The Bay Area, Earlier Curtain Times Are Catching On
From ACT in San Francisco to Berkeley Rep to Stanford Live, producers and presenters are moving starting times from 8:00 to 7:30, 7:00 or...
Nathan Lane On Being Half-Outed By Oprah On Live TV
“In those days, you might as well say: ‘And by the way, I love cock,’” he said about his 1996 interview to promote The...
