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Peter Marshall, Host Of The Original “Hollywood Squares,” Is Dead At 98
He had a career both before and after as a musical-theater star, but from 1966 to 1981, he was emcee/straight man on one of...
A Taiwanese Play That Openly Addresses The Question of Independent Statehood
"Written by Swiss and Taiwanese creators and produced in Switzerland, This Is Not An Embassy deals with Taiwan’s lack of global recognition as a...
Remembering Doc Brown, “The Prince Of Cakewalking”
"William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown, better known as Doc Brown, was born into slavery in Arrow Rock, Missouri. After emancipation, he moved to Kansas...
“Chile Is A Nation Of Muralists”
"Bridges across dry riverbeds in the Atacama desert are daubed with slogans demanding the equitable distribution of Chile’s water, and graffiti on rural bus...
A Guy Who Writes Fiction Suggests How To Get Guys To Read Fiction
Jason Diamond: "I’ve often heard this discussed as some existential problem that might be impossible to tackle, as if people have thrown up their...
Thousands Of Protestors March Against Slovakia’s Culture Minister And Her Firing Spree
"The crowds (marching in Bratislava) claimed that the dismissals (of the directors of the National Gallery and National Theatre) are a political purge by...
A Veteran Dolly Grip In Hollywood Fears That His Profession May Become Extinct
Diego Mariscal has worked on more than 80 feature films and TV shows. Yet with the advent of AI and the likelihood of virtual...
Melbourne Symphony Walks Back Its Cancellation of Pianist Over Gaza Statement From Stage
Jayson Gillham was removed from a concerto performance with the orchestra this week after, at an earlier solo recital, he dedicated a new work...
The Discovery Of Fossils Changed Everything About How (Western) Humans See Themselves
"(It) challenged long-held theological and scientific assumptions about nature and humankind’s place in it: that the Bible was to be taken literally; that the...
Rothko Chapel In Houston Is Closed Indefinitely Following July’s Hurricane Beryl
"Heavy rain and gale-force winds caused leakage to come through the roof of the structure. Part of the ceiling and several walls sustained water...
For The First Time In Years, Burning Man Is Not Sold Out
"For more than a decade, tickets to Burning Man have sold out almost immediately – sometimes in a matter of minutes. But this year,...
Gena Rowlands Has Died At 94
"(She) conveyed bewitching allure and wrenching vulnerability on-screen — notably in A Woman Under the Influence and many other movies directed by her husband,...
“Radical Courage” — How André De Shields Managed To Have A 50-Year Career In...
"The combination of the family" — he's one of 11 children — "and the city (Baltimore) provided me with what I call 'radical courage.'...
David Robertson Has A Metaphor For Conducting
“As a composer, getting a musical idea down on the page feels like a butterfly lover who catches this miraculous, beautiful thing. You then...
We Should Teach Schoolkids Meditation Skills The Same Way We Do Sports And Arts
"Where do we learn and refine the skills to be an artist or an athlete? We go to school. … (Schools) provide resources to...
“I Think One Of The Funniest Things You Can Do Is Try To Dance...
"As a dancer and a comedian, Sarah McCreanor, known as Smac, likes to up the ante. Why mimic a dance or a person when...
The Unnerving Experience Of One-To-One Shows At The Edinburgh Fringe
"Giving an audience member 'a hand in guiding the show' is key to the success of a one-person performance. 'You have to sort of...
A Disney Theme Park Is Apparently Closing One Of Its Most Beloved Attractions: Muppet*Vision...
At a major fan gathering last week, executives teased a soon-to-come Monsters, Inc. attraction. Sharp-eyed observers spotted that the location shown in the promotional...
Vienna Offered Free Museum Admission To Cancelled Taylor Swift Ticketholders — And They Came
Thousands of fans left at loose ends after Swift's Vienna show was called off (due to terrorist threats) flocked to the Austrian capital's museums....
Esa-Pekka Salonen Is Soon To Be, For The First Time In Many Years, A...
By now he can do anything he likes, and he got the first of many job offers five minutes after announcing his departure from...
The Boston Globe Hires A Podcasting Staff, Then Decides Not To Make Podcasts
"(The newspaper) hired three people this spring to launch a new weekly podcast, but the news organization scrapped that plan in July and is...
More Pre-Merger Carnage: Paramount Is Closing Its TV Studio
"Paramount Television Studios will cease operations at the end of the week, president Nicole Clemens and Paramount co-CEO George Cheeks told staff Tuesday morning....
French Customs Officers Thwart $1.4 Million Sale Of Counterfeit Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait
"Spanish police have arrested a man whose alleged plan to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting" — purportedly a portrait of Gian Giacomo...
Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson And How She Made Robert Louis Stevenson Possible
"Theirs was an unlikely Victorian love story: He was a university-educated writer from a prominent family in Scotland; she was a high school graduate...
The Big Jobs Facing The New South African Government’s Minister of Culture
"A string of ministers have been tainted by claims of favouritism, corruption and elitist practices when it comes to funds. … We asked some...
