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The Founding Novel Of The Regency Romance Genre Features Some Ugly Stereotypes. Is It...

Georgette Heyer's 1950 novel The Grand Sophy isn't exactly The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but it definitely includes antisemitic language. That's been...

What Companies Like Amazon And Facebook/Meta Are Really Using AI For: Generating Ads

"These AI ad-generation products are less visible to regular users than, for example, an Instagram bot pretending to be Tom Brady. ... But they’re...

As A Show, “Pal Joey” Has Always Been A Mess. Can Making Joey A...

That's the gambit being tried with a new adaptation, co-directed by Tony Goldwyn and Savion Glover, that's getting a five-day run in New York...

Who Looted The Ancient Roman Bronzes From This Village? The Villagers.

"The story of the Bubon bronzes, though, is more than just a tale of looters’ remorse, investigative zeal, art market intrigue and antiquities repatriation....

The Drama Is Over: Philadelphia Has Selected Its Harriet Tubman Monument

After a long and initially contentious process, a panel has selected a winner from the five finalist designs for a Tubman memorial to be...

Music Therapy: How And Why It Works

"Scientific research has begun to explore why music appears to have such a strong effect on health and wellness, particularly mental health, where sounds...

Now Boris Johnson Is Going To Be A TV Pundit

The disgraced ex-prime minister has been hired as a presenter and commentator on the UK's right-leaning network GB News. "I’m going to be giving...

Why The Entire Board of The Banff Centre Was Dismissed

It all stems from a conflict between the now-former CEO, Janice Price, and now-former board chair Adam Waterous over her involvement in the choice...

What Alessandra Ferri Has In Mind For The Vienna State Ballet

"It is one of the great classical repertory companies, but I would like to have a company that lives in the present and looks...

Robert Brustein — Stage Director, Formidable Critic, Founder Of Yale Rep And Harvard’s ART...

"A forbiddingly erudite theorist who was also an in-the-arena practitioner, ... he had an uncompromising vision of what theater should be and no shortage...

Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Attack Louvre’s Pyramid With Orange Paint

"About a dozen protesters of 'Dernière Rénovation' (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint on the iconic glass-and-metal structure, while another scaled it and...

How Does A Kosovo Theater Dramatize The End Of The Post-Yugoslav Wars? Farce, Of...

In Jeton Neziraj’s Negotiating Peace, "vain generals can only be lured to the negotiating table by promises of Hollywood films celebrating their actions. Opposing...

All About Fake Movie Blood

"In all its elemental, metaphorical, campy, over-the-top, gore-y goodness, blood is something that has seeped into the visual vocabulary of movies. But how exactly...

You Should Never, Ever Tell David Sedaris Your Humiliating Stories

Well, unless you want them recounted in his writings or on stage, as Gabb Schivone learned the hard way. - Yahoo! (Slate)

How Akram Khan Found Himself Combining Classical Indian Kathak With Contemporary Dance

"That was accidental. … (At university) there were modules on contemporary dance. I didn’t know what the hell that was. But I decided because...

In Search Of The Songs In Shakespeare’s First Folio

The plays have many passages marked as songs, but no indication of what the melodies were or who composed them. Identifying that music requires...

Conductor Zdeněk Mácal Is Dead At 87

After fleeing Czechoslovakia following the 1968 Soviet invasion, he made an international career. He was music director/chief conductor of the Cologne Radio Symphony (1970-74),...

Italy Has Another Leaning Tower, And It Has Scientists Very Worried

"The (Garisenda Tower in Bologna) already leans at an angle of four degrees — only slightly less than the renowned five-degree tilt of the...

Why There’s A Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Being Built In A Tiny North Dakota...

"Mention it, and you tend to get a puzzled look and two questions: Doesn’t Roosevelt already have a presidential library? (No.) And why the...

Comedian Hasan Minhaj Responds To New Yorker Story Suggesting That His Stand-Up Act Is...

“To everyone who read that article, I want to answer the question that’s probably on your mind: Underneath all that pomade, is Hasan Minhaj...

Mario Vargas Llosa Says He Has Published His Last Book

"In a postscript to the new book, Le dedico mi silencio (I Give You My Silence), the 87-year-old novelist writes: 'I think I’ve finished...

Artforum’s Editor-In-Chief Fired Following Open Letter About Gaza War

"A week after Artforum published a widely criticized open letter calling for Palestinian liberation that didn’t mention the Hamas attacks on Israel, editor-in-chief David...

Revered Taiwanese Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien Has Dementia And Has Retired From Filmmaking

A statement from his wife and two children, all collaborators, said that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's pre-pandemic and a recent bout of COVID...

Eurovision Song Contest Added An Extra $66.4 Million To Liverpool’s Economy

"More than 300,000 people attended Eurovision-related events in Liverpool in May, giving the local economy a £54.8m boost. … In total, 306,000 people visited...

Breakdancing, In The 2024 Olympics, Is Out For 2028 Games

"The incredible feeling of recognition on the highest event stage has caused a glow through (the World DanceSport Federation) since its unveiling — but...
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