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On Watching George Santos’s Post-Congress Cameo Videos
"There was once a transgressive appeal to the Santos persona. … It was the inappropriateness of his high status that made him amusing. Now...
A Report On Working Conditions For Literary Translators
"Just under 300 people responded to the survey, which was intended to collect data about copyright, payment, royalties, and other labor issues. … Only...
Philadelphia Orchestra Appoints Marin Alsop As Principal Guest Conductor
"Alsop, 67, was music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007-08 through 2020-21, the first woman to lead a top-level American orchestra. She...
In Rehearsal With The N.Y.P.D. Dance Team
"The seven-officer team has mastered hip-hop and salsa and is playing around with bachata and bhangra. … But what they really need is recruits...
UK Theatres Fear A Cascade Of Closures Due To Local Government Funding Cuts
"Loss of local support for the arts is a symptom of the increasing number of councils facing bankruptcy after more than a decade of...
Radio Giant Audacy, In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Plans To Discharge $1.6 Billion In Debt
"Radio’s second largest ownership group says it has reached an agreement with a 'supermajority' of its debtholders on a deleveraging transaction that will erase...
Joseph Lelyveld, 86, Former Executive Editor Of The New York Times
"He presided over the newsroom as executive editor from 1994 to 2001, a period that coincided with the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and...
Student At Art Institute Of Chicago Sues School For Anti-Semitic Discrimination
"Master’s degree student Shiran Canel — an Israeli-American Jew in her 30s who lives in the Chicago area — alleges the school discriminated against...
Martin Scorsese Is About To Shoot A Film About Jesus Of Nazareth
The screenplay, which is finished, is based on A Life of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō, who also wrote the book on which Scorsese's Silence...
Philip Roth’s Persona Has Now Superseded Philip Roth’s Books
"It's worth asking now, five years after Roth’s death, whether they have eclipsed the actual work that Roth produced, or any true reckoning with...
This Little New York Town Closed Its Public Library Because Of A Drag Queen...
Last spring, the library in Lake Luzerne announced, as a one-time event, a drag queen story hour. After months of strife that included a...
One Of England’s Most Prosperous Counties Has Zeroed Out Its Local Arts Funding
In Suffolk, where roughly three-quarters of the population qualifies as "wealthy" or "comfortable," the county announced that it will end all core arts funding...
The Filmmaking Safdie Brothers Are Splitting Up (For Now)
"While recent rumors suggest the pair had a falling out, (Benny) Safdie insists his split with Josh is amicable. 'It’s a natural progression of...
More Upheaval At Cleveland Ballet As It Severs Ties With Its Own Dance School
"The Cleveland Ballet has severed all ties with the School of Cleveland Ballet, which was co-founded by its currently suspended Artistic Director Gladisa Guadalupe,...
The Years-Long Oligarch-Versus-Art-Dealer Battle Arrives In A US Federal Courtroom — With A Suit...
Dmitry Rybolovlev has been pursuing dealer Yves Bouvier from country to country with lawsuits alleging that Bouvier fraudulently inflated prices for multimillion-dollar artworks (such...
Inspired By Their US Counterparts, Bollywood Screenwriters Fight For Fair Contracts
"'Most contracts have arbitrary termination clauses and offer paltry fees, especially to newcomers,' says a leader of the Indian equivalent of the Writers Guild...
San Francisco Symphony Cuts Back Its Experimental Series, SoundBox
"The first on the chopping block is a March program curated by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. … The orchestra added that future plans for...
Director Of Uffizi Gallery Still Won’t Swear Off Running For Mayor Of Florence
Eike Schmidt's widely-praised tenure at the city's flagship museum just ended, and he's been appointed director of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. But last...
Actress Glynis Johns, 100
"(Her) effervescence and crackling husky voice — which she attributed to 'slightly twisted' vocal cords that permitted the air to hit 'the soprano and...
Robert Spano Appointed Principal Conductor (But Not Music Director) Of Rhode Island Philharmonic
"The appointment as Principal Conductor is effective immediately. Spano will remain in the post until the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School hires...
Federal Court Partially Blocks Iowa’s Book-Banning Law
"A federal judge has blocked two key portions of SF 496, a recently passed Iowa state law that sought to ban books with sexual...
The New York Times Magazine’s Final Poetry Column
"Louise Glück’s … mode of lamentation was her signature, and it seems fitting that one of her poems occasions the end of this column...
Figuring Out How To Regulate AI Isn’t As Unfamiliar A Problem As We Think
"While the rush to do something about A.I. might feel new, it’s really just a continuation of a yearslong conversation about the unintended consequences...
The “Global Downtown”: Under The Radar Is Back, Bringing The World’s Experimental Theater To...
"In a year in which the festival (had) its budget halved, … a roster of local artists might have been an easier sell. But...
Broadway Stage Directors And Choreographers Have A New Union Contract And Achieve A Long-Term...
"The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has reached an agreement with the Broadway League on a new four-year contract that covers associate directors and...
