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Opera Philadelphia’s O23 Festival Was Considerably Smaller Than In Previous Years. How Did It...
Mostly well, writes Peter Dobrin. The three major offerings got a very warm reception from audiences and critics alike; one sold out its last...
Talks “Suspended” As Hollywood Studios Walk Away From Negotiations With SAG-AFTRA
"On Wednesday night, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers declared that negotiations with SAG-AFTRA are suspended, given that the gap between the...
Art Bridges, Alice Walton’s Foundation, Gives $40 Million To U.S. Museums In A Program...
"The grants, ranging from $56,000 to more than $2 million for a three-year period, are intended to fund programs to attract new audiences, whether...
State Of Utah Sues TikTok Over The Mental Damage The App Allegedly Causes Young...
"Utah became the latest state to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is 'baiting' children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits....
NPR Left Twitter Six Months Ago. The Cost In Web Traffic? Tiny.
"A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially...
Choreographer Kyle Abraham On His “Dance With Purpose”
"If I’m making a piece, whether I’m meaning for it to be political or not, I have to be aware that if I have...
Playwright David Adjmi’s Having His First New York Production In A Decade, And It’s...
"(Stereophonic) unfolds in a recording studio, where a rock band’s protracted work on an album straddles a year from 1976-77. 'It really is like...
“An Aesthetic Of Disobedience” — Oscar Wilde As Critic
As he wrote in "The Soul of Man Under Socialism," "Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue....
Influencer Boxing (Or, The Joys Of Watching Obnoxious Social Media Celebrities Punch Each Other’s...
"This is the world of internet-famous tough guys and celebrities clinging to relevance, of manufactured beefs and emotional arcs plotted via training videos and...
Shirley Jackson’s Horror Fiction As Grief Therapy
"A common trope in horror is that the character being haunted, possessed, or hunted is going through a personal agony — one that either...
A Never-Before-Published Interview With Gabriel García Márquez
"What would be great is to collect all the myths that exist about me, because maybe they’re more interesting than my life!" Q: "Could...
The Tiny Village Radio Station In India That’s Helping Fight The Patriarchy
"Meet 'Alfaz-e-Mewat,' a community radio station that offers a mix of group therapy, education, women’s empowerment and entertainment. … In this region — which...
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Proposes Requiring All Ticket Sellers To State Service Fees Up...
"The rule would not set a limit on the fees, but rather would require broader disclosures, including the purpose of the fees and whether...
A New Alabama Sculpture Park Aims To Tell The Story Of Slavery In The...
"When the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park opens in Montgomery, Ala., in early 2024, on a bluff flanked by railroad tracks overlooking the Alabama River,...
Princeton Art Museum Decides It Has A Rubens
"The work in question appears to be The Death of Adonis, an oil sketch on a wood panel depicting the hunter laid flat as...
Winnipeg Symphony Posts $1.3 Million Deficit, But Things Aren’t Desperate Yet, Says Board
A COVID stabilization reserve fund set up by the orchestra's board has covered that budget hole, but with government pandemic aid over and attendance...
John Waters Is Organized And Disciplined. Yes, Really.
"He wakes up every day at 6 a.m., … checks his emails, and reads (several) newspapers before beginning his writing at 8 a.m. on...
Standup Comedy Is In A Weird, Fragmented State. How Did It, And We, Get...
"On the one hand, there’s never been more of it — more specials, podcasts, comedy-generated discussions and debate and cultural flare-ups. … On the...
Bandcamp Has Been Sold Again, And Employees Were Locked Out Of The Site Without...
Epic Games (maker of Fortnite) purchased the streaming site for independent musicians 18 months ago. In late September, Epic announced the sale of Bandcamp...
UK’s National Lottery Will Spend $245 Million To Rehab Clusters Of Heritage Sites In...
"An oddly simple new £200m scheme will, for the first time," rather than funding only individual projects, "focus on clusters of heritage sites, including...
Chinese Porcelain Worth Millions Has Been Stolen From A Museum In Cologne
"The suspects ... broke into (the city's Museum of East Asian Art) on the night of September 12 and stole nine Chinese porcelain objects...
Cleveland Orchestra’s Tour Of Israel Is Canceled
The orchestra, with conductor Daniel Harding filling in for Franz Welser-Möst, was to have performed in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem during the last...
Changes At The National Museum of Women In The Arts
"Following several years of planning, a pandemic closure, a temporary reopening and a $67.5m makeover, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington,...
The American Library System Is Under Attack, And Not Just By Right-Wing Censors
"Book bans are at record levels, and libraries across the country are facing catastrophic budget cuts. … In a separate line of attack, library...
As Breakdancing Becomes An Olympic Sport, Some Worry About A Drift From Its Hip-Hop...
"Now breaking is preparing for its biggest international spotlight yet when it bows as an Olympic sport at the Paris Games in 2024. …...
