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Why Theatre Fans Should Check Out An Opera, From A Composer Who Writes Both
"(Jeanine) Tesori knows that it takes more than a familiar name to entice audiences to a show, especially in a medium that is unfamiliar...
North America’s Busiest Opera Librettist Gets A Company
Royce Vavrek, Brooklyn-based but Canadian by birth, has been appointed artistic director of Against the Grain Theatre, an experimental opera company in Toronto. -...
Breakdancers, Too Much Head-Spinning Could Give You A Tumor
"Neurosurgeons in Copenhagen said in a recent case study that the man had developed a tumor atop his head from years of head spinning,...
The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens For A Trial Run
"The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt starting this week ahead of the still-unannounced official opening. … The...
She Used To Be China’s Biggest Movie Star — Until The Government Tanked Her...
"Fan Bingbing, once one of China’s most famous film stars, is returning to the screen after a more than five-year hiatus following her alleged...
Taliban To Ban From Afghan Media Images Of All Living Things
"'The law applies to all Afghanistan … and it will be implemented gradually," (said) the spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue...
BBC To Eliminate 130 Jobs In Newsroom And End “Hardtalk”
"The BBC plans to make a net reduction of 130 roles in its news and current affairs department, ending (flagship) interview programme Hardtalk, tech...
TikTok’s Parent Company Will Start Publishing Hard-Copy Books
"ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant that owns TikTok, made an initial move into publishing digital books last year. Now the company’s publishing imprint, 8th...
Restoring The Colors In An Ancient Egyptian Temple
"Egyptian and German experts have successfully restored the lost colors and glimmering metals that once enlivened ancient Egypt’s second largest, and perhaps best preserved,...
“Easy Rider,” The Messy Movie That Changed Hollywood
The 1969 road movie had an unusually messy shoot, thanks largely to director/star Dennis Hopper. (Co-star/producer Peter Fonda later described Hopper as "a bit...
How American Sign Language Is Transforming “American Idiot”
"Now, this revival of that show is proving, with gusto, that American Idiot can be yet another thing: a near-scientific study of the innumerable...
Flat Broke And Desperate, This Artist Signed Away His Works And His Rights. Now...
Bjarne Melgaard, whose career soared in the 2010s, developed some very ill-advised habits (including crystal meth) and ran up big debts. Two investors gave...
Meet The Woman Leading The Digitization Of The U.S. National Archives
"It makes a weird kind of sense that the government worker who understands the value of providing online advice and information to far-flung Americans...
University Of Texas At Dallas Is Building A New Arts District
"The new district, named the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, will have two museums, a performance hall, a music building and an outdoor...
One Building In, UT Dallas’s Arts District Has Already Gone Awry
The designers of the project, the L.A. starchitect firm Morphosis, have abandoned the original plan (around a garden) for a paved pedestrian artery that...
TikTok Bosses Know Very Well About The App’s Bad Effects On Teens, Documents Reveal
"For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American...
Trial For Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie Postponed Again
"The attempted murder trial of (Hadi Matar,) the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on...
One Year After Cyberattack, British Library Is Gradually Coming Back
"The time it is taking us to bring our services back is an exact measure of the destructiveness of the original attack, which directly...
Why Did Gustav Klimt Use So Much Gold Leaf?
Turns out, it ran in the family. - Artnet
John Eliot Gardiner Undercutting His Old Ensembles Is Disgraceful, And So Are The Presenters...
Andrew Mellor: "At best, he looks like a bitter fool. It’s a shame for him, for anyone who has a modicum of respect for...
Massachusetts Is One Of The Most Art-Vibrant States: Study
"A new study finds that Massachusetts stands out as a national leader in arts vibrancy, with every region — from the Berkshires to Cape...
Beloved Classical Record Producer Adam Abeshouse Dead At 63
"Over a career that lasted more than 30 years, Abeshouse made hundreds of records with some of classical music’s biggest stars," many of whom...
Writers Guild Issues “Do Not Work” Order Against Millennium Pictures
"The Writers Guild of America West has ordered its members to cease working with The Expendables producer Millennium Pictures, citing that the company is...
Meet Parris Goebel, The Popular Music Industry’s New Favorite Choreographer
"There’s a raw, instinctive quality to Goebel’s routines: The dancers look as if they aren’t just dancing but are following an elemental urge. ...
Who Uses Public Libraries In The US? A Look At Statistics
"One thing that doesn’t seem to drive most people to libraries? Financial hardship. In fact, the higher your income, the more regularly you avail...
