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Smithsonian Finds (For The Second Time) A Founding Director For American Women’s History Museum
"Elizabeth Babcock … will head a (yet-to-be-built) museum that was shaken last summer by the withdrawal of its incoming founding director, Nancy Yao, following...
Philadelphia’s New Mayor Names A New Arts And Culture Chief
"A trained soprano with degrees from Temple University and the University of the Arts, (Valerie) Gay, 58, was most recently deputy director of audience...
Attempts To Ban Library Books Hit New High In 2023
"(The American Library Association) announced that 4,240 works in school and public libraries had been targeted in 2023, a substantial hike from the then-record...
After 20 Years, James Conlon Will Step Down As Music Director Of Los Angeles...
"James Conlon, the second music director in Los Angeles Opera's almost 40-year history, will step down from his role after the 2025-26 season. …...
Pro Basketball Has A Set Of Dance Teams Made Up Of Dancers Over 40
Both the NBA and the WNBA have, in addition to their "regular" dance crews (the Raiderettes, the Laker Girls, etc.) with members in their...
Should Crossword Puzzles Test Our Knowledge? No, They Should Expand It
While women played key roles in the development of crosswords in the US, by the late 20th-century, puzzle-constructing was dominated by college-educated white guys,...
The Ex Whom Picasso Tried To Destroy Is Getting Her Own Room In His...
"Ten years after a renovation, the Musée Picasso (in Paris) – which holds the world’s largest collection of Picasso’s work – has installed a...
Philadelphia Has A Brand-New Music Festival Opening This Weekend
"Everyone in Philly is always walking by these incredible buildings, including gorgeous houses of worship, but going inside is something we don’t usually get...
Putin Signs New Law That Will Starve Independent Media
"President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill that bans advertisers from working with 'foreign agents,' a move widely expected to make...
Merchant Ivory Productions Was A Much Shakier, And Sketchier, Operation Than You Probably Knew
"If you were asked to guess which prestigious film-making duo spent their career scratching around desperately for cash, trying to wriggle out of paying...
Thieves Grab $1.3 Million Worth Of Gold And Jewels From Italian Museum
"A horde (sic) of jewelry and gold statues ... worth €1.2 million was stolen last week from the Museo d’Annunzio Segreto (near) Lake Garda...
Lyric Opera Of Chicago Extends Enrique Mazzola’s Contract As Music Director
The 55-year-old Spanish-Italian conductor succeeded Andrew Davis in 2021, with a five-year contract. That agreement will now run for an additional five seasons, through...
Roman Polanski Sued By Accuser For Different Case Of Alleged Rape In 1970s
"The trial is scheduled to take place on Aug. 4, 2025, following a lawsuit that accused Polanski of giving a (13-year-old girl) alcohol and...
Vandalism Soars At England’s Historic Sites
"From York stone" — still valuable as a building material — "gouged from a 200-year-old bridge to graffiti sprayed on a medieval chapel, there...
Mo Yan, China’s Only Nobel-Winning Author, Sued For Insulting Communist Party, “Heroes” And “Martyrs”
"Patriotic blogger Wu Wanzheng, who goes by 'Truth-Telling Mao Xinghuo' online, sued under a law that carries civil penalties and (occasionally) criminal punishments for...
Batsheva Dance Company Creates An Entire Piece About Cultural Appropriation
Choreographer Hillel Kogan calls the work, titled Appropriation, a ballet because "In a symbolic way, ballet is the major appropriator." Yet Kogan also incorporates,...
Duplass Brothers Bring Their Indie-Film Model To Television
With the passing of Peak TV, they found themselves getting turned down by studio after studio, just like most of the other independent creators...
Street Art, Graffiti, or Advertising? How L.A. Decides Which Is Which
"How to keep murals thriving while keeping them from intruding illicitly into neighborhoods, how to keep businesses from simply ginning up wall-sized ads and...
One Of The Craziest Treadmills In Television: Casting Director For Procedural Dramas Like “Law...
"Each week’s new cases require new clients, new patients, new victims and killers and crooks, some at least mildly famous and each of them...
Public Libraries Must Pay A Higher Price For E-Books Than Consumers Do, And It’s...
"While one hardcover copy of (Robin) Cook’s latest novel costs (a) library $18, it costs $55 to lease a digital copy — a price...
Nashville’s Arts-Funding Agency Discriminated When It Withdrew Already-Awarded Grants, Finds Investigation
"An investigation into the clawback of Metro Arts grant funds intended for underserved artists (found) probable cause of discrimination. … Six people, including five...
Canada’s Shaw Festival Reports Both Record Revenue And Record Deficit
"The repertory theatre company, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., reported at its annual general meeting that cost escalations and attendance shortfalls led to it ending...
Malachy McCourt, Author, Actor, And Professional Irish-American, Has Died At 92
"As an actor, talk show guest and broadcaster, Mr. McCourt was a boisterous and entertaining counterpart to his more dour and literary-minded brother Frank,...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Who Targeted A Vermeer Are Let Off The Hook By Appeals...
"Three Belgian climate activists who were previously sentenced to prison for a protest targeting … Girl with a Pearl Earring will no longer face...
Esa-Pekka Salonen And Disco Pioneer Nile Rodgers Win 2024 Polar Music Prize
"Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the influential 1970s disco band Chic, and esteemed classical composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen won the 2024...
