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Is The Publishing World Finally Getting Over Goodreads?
Less than a decade ago, readers, authors, and publishers put a lot of faith in the site and the ability of its user-written reviews...
English National Opera’s Chorus Threatens A Strike
"Equity said its members in the ENO chorus would vote in early January on whether to launch industrial action. The union said it was...
One Of DC’s Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Pleads Guilty, The Other Wants A Trial
Joanna Smith pled guilty to injuring museum property, punishable by up to five years' imprisonment; Tim Martin wants to see what a jury will...
What Made Christmas Cards As We Know Them Possible? The Pigment Revolution Of The...
The discovery and development of synthetic aniline dyes in the 1850s and the widespread adoption of color printing in the following decade made the...
Humorist Dan Greenburg, Who Wrote “How To Be A Jewish Mother,” Is Dead At...
"A best-selling author, essayist, playwright and screenwriter, (his) satirical prose examined Jewish angst, women and sex, and (he) later produced a series of humorous...
Despite Success On Streaming Services, African Filmmakers Face Tough Times
Notwithstanding the big bets on the continent made by Netflix and Showmax, "multiple producers and executives in countries including Nigeria and Kenya … said...
The Manhattan Transfer Gives Its Final Farewell Performance
"The reason … is one that several pop stars who made it out of the 20th century have cited lately. 'The road life just...
Real Progress For Female Choreographers At U.S. Dance Festivals This Year, Reports Dance Data...
"DDP findings show that women choreographed 50% of the works programmed at the dance festivals collected in 2023, the highest percentage of female-choreographed pieces...
Ireland’s Arts Funding Is Now Up Almost 80% From Four Years Ago
That figure is "unheard-of for most State bodies," let alone arts-funding agencies in almost any country. How did it happen? With what one might...
Scotland’s Next Budget Makes Up (Barely) For The Last Two Cuts In Arts Funding
A mid-cycle cut of £6.6 million imposed abruptly in September has been made up for, with another £6.6 million allocated to make up for...
Anderson Cooper And “60 Minutes” Look Into The Trade In Looted Cambodian Antiquities
America's flagship television newsmagazine reports on the now-notorious trafficking operation by the late dealer Douglas Latchford that saw sacred statues, goldwork and other items...
Recreating The Superstar-Artist Amusement Park From 1987 (That Would Be Worth A Few Hundred...
"The long-delayed reappearance of Luna Luna — with its Basquiat Ferris wheel, Keith Haring merry-go-round and installations by David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein —...
No Eligible Publishing House Dared Be Seen Accepting This Year’s International Freedom To Publish...
The annual honor by the Association of American Publishers normally goes to a house in a beleaguered country (e.g., Guatemala, Bangladesh, Venezuela) who has...
The High School Students Who Fought Back Against Kentucky Book Banners
A few students at Boyle County High School in central Kentucky learned that their school district had quietly banned more than 100 titles under...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Is Seeing His Play “Appropriate” Go Up On Broadway. Over A Decade...
"It’s been kind of an amazing experience. It’s so rare to have something that you’ve done get a glow-up. … (Broadway is) an important...
Lauren Lovette On Her Transition From NY City Ballet Star To Resident Choreographer For...
"Performing has always been my most challenging point. I didn’t live for the show — I lived for class, for rehearsal, being in new...
Remember “Her”, The Movie About A Guy Who Falls In Love With An AI...
"It’s a gentle, enjoyably melancholy story, twee but not damnably so — but something else stands out. Though set in the near-future, Her captures...
Oregon’s Arts Organizations Are Nearing The Brink
"Audience numbers still aren't back to where they were in 2019. Emergency state and federal funding has nearly evaporated, and (expected) annual arts funding...
The Weekly Satirical Magazine Produced By A Guy Hiding From The Nazis In An...
A German Jew named Curt Bloch spent two years, with two other people, living in a little crawl space in the Dutch city of...
Seven Surprising Upshots Of Netflix’s Viewership Data Dump
Shows about struggling, intrepid women are doing well. So are zombies, devils, and serial killers. Spanish-language series are major hits, and, as writer Lili...
“My Small Intestine Nearly Exploded”: Tracey Emin Recovering From Emergency Surgery
"The 60-year-old (artist) was recently in Australia ... and was on her way back to the UK via Thailand when she fell ill. 'Not...
Cincinnati Symphony Will Build New Amphitheater On Site Of Beloved-But-Aging Theme Park
The city's Coney Island amusement park, opened in 1886, had fallen out of public favor in the past few years. The Cincinnati Symphony's subsidiary,...
The Rapid Rise And Even Faster Fall Of Jonathan Majors
"It’s hard to mint a new movie star these days, (so) people in Hollywood were high on Jonathan Majors, … (and) this was supposed...
Italy’s Nationalist Government Replaces Directors Of Ten Top Museums With Italians — Such As...
The German-born Schmidt, widely admired for his stewardship of the Uffizi in Florence, acquired Italian citizenship last month; he'll be replacing French national Sylvain...
Watching A Robot Turn A Block Of Carrara Marble Into A Sculpture, Step By...
A company near Carrara called Litix has developed software to make carefully crafted mechanical arms carve the legendary stone into statues (occasioning many a...
