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India’s Government Is Now Banning Books In Kashmir
The ban threatens people with prison time for selling or owning 25 works by authors such as Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, and...
Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates More Looted Antiquities
The objects came from investigations into several convicted traffickers and were returned to Italy, Hungary, and Spain. - ARTnews
Oregon’s Portland Opera Appoints Music Director
Damien Geter, a 45-year-old conductor, composer (Loving v. Virginia, premiered earlier this year), and bass-baritone who was already working as interim music director and...
Pioneering Rock Journalist Michael Lydon, 82
“(He) recovered from a galling pan of the Beatles for his college newspaper to become a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a pioneering rock...
Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media...
State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To...
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by...
Meet The One Actor Who’s Been In “Hamilton” For Its Entire 10-Year Broadway Run
“Thayne Jasperson … IS still thrilled to be in the room where it happens, finding new ways to make sure starring in a pop...
The Very Model Of A Modern String Quartet: Brooklyn Rider At 20
“There are many ways in which Brooklyn Rider isn’t a typical string quartet: its joyous disregard of traditional genre boundaries, its effortless cool in a centuries-old...
Minnesota Dance Theatre Will Move To New Location And, Eventually, Revive Its Performing Company
“It has been over a year since Minnesota Dance Theatre paused its performances and shifted its focus onto its school. On Wednesday, MDT announced that not...
Leonard Lopate, New York Public Radio’s Master Interviewer, Has Died At 84
"Across more than 40 years as a popular New York talk-show host, graced with a discerning ear and a sympathetic voice, he interviewed thousands...
There’s A New National Association Of Black Bookstores
“The National Association of Black Bookstores, a member-based nonprofit organization which aims to support and promote Black booksellers, announced its launch on Friday. Its mission,...
Herzog And De Meuron To Design New Museum In Honor Of Charles And Ray...
“The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, the organization dedicated to stewarding the Eameses’ legacy, will be transforming the former Birkenstock campus in Marin County...
Renovation Of Central Park’s Delacorte Theater: What Exactly Got Fixed?
There’s not a lot (other than a slightly more welcoming exterior) that will look different to an average theatergoer. However, the facilities backstage had...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Cancellation Of NEH Grants
“A judge in Oregon on Wednesday ordered the federal government to essentially freeze more than $200 million withheld from state and local humanities councils across the...
Latin Jazz Star Eddie Palmieri, 88
“The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that spanned...
Ten Years Of “Hamilton” — And The “Hamilton Effect”
“Little on Broadway looks the way it did on Aug. 6, 2015, when Hamilton opened; that’s what happens when a show runs 10 years,...
How Did Dinosaur Bones Get To Be As Expensive As Old Master Paintings?
Skulls and other recognizable fragments can sell for well into six figures, while complete or near-complete skeletons now bring tens of millions of dollars...
TV Series Imagining Mainland Chinese Invasion Becomes Major Sensation In Taiwan
“Zero Day Attack …, which aired its first episode over the weekend, was partially funded by the Taiwanese government, which hopes to raise awareness...
Qatar Is Using High Culture To Flex its Soft Power
“(Landing the newest expansion of the Art Basel franchise is) just the latest coup for Qatar, uncomfortably wedged between Saudi Arabia and, across the...
Jacob’s Pillow Cancels Remainder Of Season Following Production Manager’s Death
The western Massachusetts dance festival had originally called off performances only for this past weekend following the death of production manager Kat Sirico in...
Jamaica Kincaid Is Always Watching Herself, And Always Has
“It sounds awfully wooey, you know, kind of hippie-ish, but somewhere I’m still Elaine (her birth name). She doesn’t know how to write. I...
Disney’s Relentless Push To Promote Its Disney+ Streaming Platform Is Damaging Its Biggest Movie...
“Nearly every one of Disney’s core brands – in addition to Marvel Studios, (they are) Pixar and Lucasfilm (home of Star Wars) – have...
San Francisco’s Symphony Hall And Opera House To Start Screening Audience Members For Weapons
The War Memorial Opera House and Davies Symphony Hall will implement what they’re describing as “frictionless patron screening” — that is, a system using...
This Cheapo L.A. Motel Just Got Landmark Status
“This place gives a bad feeling, don’t recommend,” says one typical Yelp review (1.3 stars) of the Hollywood Premiere Motel — which the Los...
Britain’s National Theatre To Slash Staff At Its Commercial Arm By 70%
“National Theatre Productions is the commercial arm of the National Theatre, created to oversee touring productions and West End transfers of NT shows. ... The...
