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What These Newly Deciphered 4,000-Year-Old Tablets Tell Us About The Akkadian Empire
These particular artifacts mostly demonstrate that the people running the empire day-to-day were (pick one or both) thorough, detail-oriented administrators or obsessive bureaucrats. -...
Behind the Scenes: How The Great Golden Toilet Robbery Went Down
Maurizio Cattelan’s satirical piece America, a fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet, was ripped from the plumbing and stolen from an exhibition in England in...
Barbara Hannigan, Herbie Hancock, And Queen Win 2025 Polar Music Prize
“Founded in 1989 by ABBA's Stig Anderson, the Polar Music Prize is an annual award, usually given to one contemporary and one classical musician....
How One Big U.S. City’s Arts Organizations Are Dealing With The Tumult At The...
As the rules and criteria for grants have abruptly changed, many organizations in Philadelphia are taking a watch-and-wait stance, some, like the Black-founded-and-run Philadanco,...
Jury Duty As Theatre, Or Theatre As Jury Duty
“Jury Games (is) one of several immersive theater productions that are taking jury service … and repackaging it as entertainment. Similar experiences will be...
City Of Miami Beach Ends Attempt To Evict Cinema For Showing Best Documentary Oscar...
“Mayor Steven Meiner introduced a resolution last week describing the film No Other Land as antisemitic, but he withdrew it during Wednesday’s commission meeting after five...
After 37 Years, Chicago Sun-Times Film Critic Richard Roeper Is Leaving
“Roeper co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, succeeding Gene Siskel after his death. He announced his final day with the Sun-Times”— from which he...
National Symphony Music Director Gianandrea Noseda Will Stay On Through 2030-31
The four-year extension means that the Italian conductor will remain in D.C. at least through the National Symphony’s centennial season. - The Washington Post...
Radio Free Europe Sues Trump Administration Over Elimination Of Funding
“Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under Communism during the Cold War — said on Tuesday...
David Hallberg Extends As Artistic Director Of Australian Ballet
The five-year extension of his contract means that Hallberg will stay on in Melbourne at least through 2030. The company has also appointed a...
Pianist András Schiff Cancels All Tour Dates In United States
“(The) eminent concert pianist, who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform...
The Phrase “Pride And Prejudice” Has History From Long Before Jane Austen’s Novel
“The phrase, which has religious origins, appeared in hundreds of works before Austen was born. From Britain it traveled to America, and from religious tomes...
Plant-Based Music: Biologist-Turned-Composer Tarun Nayar Collaborates With Vegetation
“By connecting cables from his custom-built modular synthesizers to mushrooms, fruits, and leaves, he transforms their natural bioelectric signals into captivating sounds. During his...
Justin Peck And Patricia Delgado On Choreographing “Buena Vista Social Club” Together
Delgado: “Working on so many projects in the supporting role to Justin has given me such an understanding of his style and his pace....
Hugh Jackman And Sonia Friedman Launch Transatlantic Theatre Production Partnership
The Hollywood and Broadway superstar actor and the West End and Broadway super-producer, working in partnership with director Ian Rickson, have formed a joint...
Canadian Actor Writes About Her Two-Week Detention At U.S. Border
“I told them I would pay for my flight home and asked when I could leave. No answer. Then they moved me to another...
Why Robert Frost’s Poetry Became Uncool, Especially Among Literary Types
“This has a lot to do with the fetishization of what’s difficult, especially as both poetry and criticism professionalized. … (Ordinary people) understand the...
Come To The Cabaret Workshop
Reporter Elysa Gardner looks in on some master classes designed to hone young performers’ skills in delivering song lyrics, improvisation and scat singing, assembling...
Toronto Gets A New Venue For Theatre And Opera
The companies Tapestry Opera and Nightwood Theatre are the anchor tenants at the Jackman Performance Centre, which includes a flexible performance space as well...
Former FBI Lead Investigator Reveals His Theory About Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
“Retired agent Geoffrey Kelly, who led the investigation into the (1990) thefts for more than two decades, recently (said) he suspects the initial plan ... was...
Writer-Director Arrested For Cheating Netflix For Show That Never Aired
“A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering...
Two Convicted In Theft Of Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet
The satirical artist’s piece, titled America, was stolen in September of 2019 while on display at an exhibition at Blenheim Palace in England. Michael...
There’s A Contemporary Dance Boom In Ireland
Two decades ago, despite the strength of traditional Irish dancing, the Republic had no national ballet or dance company, a handful of independent troupes...
The Pub Has Become One Of Ireland’s Major Cultural Exports
The Irish Pub Company has created over 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries, in places from Berlin to Bahrain to Nigeria to Novosibirsk...
“The Acoustics Are Perfect”: Berkeley Gets A New Concert Hall
Hertz Hall, the existing classical venue at UC-Berkeley, seats 600; it wasn’t uncommon for some concerts to attract 100 people or fewer, but there...
