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Universal Studios Hollywood Has A Poverty Problem — Among Its Underpaid Staff
"A new UCLA Labor Center study of (the theme park's) employees reveals that … 44% of the workers reported that they worried about being...
The Queer Feminist Collective In North Carolina That’s Repatriating Banned Kids’ Books Back To...
Firestrom Books in Asheville got a call from a distributor asking them to take in eight tons of books rejected by Duval County Public...
How, When, And Why The Orchestra Plays Winners Off The Stage At Awards Shows
First of all, it's something that nobody wants to do. Yet the show's director, who makes the decision, has to balance the interests of...
Ex-Husband Sought For Arrest In Murder Of Gallerist Brent Sikkema
"Alejandro Triana Prevez, the man who confessed to the murder of New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, told Brazilian authorities Sikkema’s ex-husband, Daniel Sikkema,...
Musée d’Orsay’s Virtual-Reality Van Gogh Show Sets New Attendance Record
"Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise,' which closed last Sunday, brought … in a total 793,556 visitors, or an average of 7,181 each day. The show’s...
Is Wisconsin Now Dead Last In State Arts Funding Per Capita?
So reports Wisconsin Public Radio, which says that the state spends 18 cents per resident, while neighboring Minnesota spends $9.67 (53 times as much)...
Columbus Symphony To Build $275 Million Concert Hall In Center Of Ohio Capital
The new venue, on a city-owned plot directly across the Scioto River from the central business district, would have a main auditorium with a...
Bob Edwards, Longtime NPR Anchor, Is Dead At 76
"(He) stayed at Morning Edition for nearly a quarter-century and became as much a part of the begin-the-day rhythms for NPR listeners as coffee...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Throw Soup At A Monet
On Saturday, two young women from an activist collective called Riposte Alimentaire ("food counterattack"), the group responsible for a similar assault on Mona Lisa...
A Brief History Of This Weekend’s Actual Big Event: The Super Bowl Halftime Show
"In the 1990s, the halftime show started to draw more viewers than the game itself by featuring performances from the biggest pop artists in...
Method Acting Can Actually Empower Women Actors (Despite What Natalie Portman Says)
Portman, who plays a method actress in May December, called method acting "a luxury women cannot afford." But acting professor Evi Stamatiou points out...
Syracuse City Ballet Accuses Dancers It Fired Of “Misinformation Campaign”
"SCB’s Board of Directors released a statement sharing the news that the allegations eight of its former dancers made against artistic director Caroline Sheridan...
The Little Schoolhouse On The US-Canada Border That’s Keeping The Mohawk Language Alive
The Akwesasne Freedom School, on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, on the St. Lawrence River where New York, Ontario and Quebec meet, teaches K-8...
“A Sense Of Relief” In Poland’s Arts Community As The New Government Undoes Politicization...
"The moves indicate a desire on the part of the new government to restore international credibility after years of culture wars, but they also...
Italy Gives Iraq Replica Of Ancient Bull Of Nimrud Destroyed By ISIS
"Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in what (was) described as a 'miracle of Italian cultural diplomacy'. Constructed in the ninth...
Academy Introduces First New Oscar Category In 20 Years: Best Casting
"Not counting the short-lived 'popular film Oscar' which never came to be, this is the first time the Academy has added a category since...
Former Host Sues Miami’s Public Radio Station, Saying They Canceled His Show And Fired...
"Cuban-American journalist and former Sundial host (Carlos Frías) filed a federal discrimination complaint Tuesday asserting that he and his staff experienced discrimination at the...
Warner Music Just Had The Most Lucrative Quarter In Its History — And It’s...
CEO Robert Kyncl wrote in an internal memo, "We’re in a position of strength, and that’s the smart time to change, innovate, and lead....
It Took Three Years, But Faculty At Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts Finally Have...
"This would be the first contract passed since UArts faculty unionized in November 2020. The union has been fighting for such issues as job...
Conductor Seiji Ozawa, 88
"The shaggy-haired, high-voltage maestro who served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for almost 30 years, … was widely considered the first...
Low Morale And Low Ratings Plague Boston Public Radio/TV Station WGBH
"Several staffers … say there’s an undercurrent of fear and intimidation fostered by domineering bosses whose push to make the station more relevant online...
Bigger Than Ever: Now One Of Every Four Books Sold In France Is A...
"It is testament to the fresh energy injected into the (bande dessinée) market by the pandemic: between 2019 and 2021, fanned by measures such...
Tokyo’s Favorite High-Tech Art Collective Reopens Its Flagship Space, Now More Immersive Than Ever
When the group of "ultra-technologists" (as they describe themselves) called teamLab opened its flagship space in 2018, it drew 2.3 million visitors in its...
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Soldiers On The “Cultural Front” Of The Russia-Ukraine War
Shortly after the Russian invasion began, "the orchestra filed a request with the Ministry of Culture to go abroad. Military targets were under attack,...
Considering, And Reconsidering, The Prevailing Ethics In The Dance World
"The strong tendency in Western dance …, especially since the dawn of the twentieth century, … is to present honorable-sounding statements as rationalizations (often...
