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Cassette By Cassette, One Pakistani Man Is Working To Preserve Afghan Musical History
In a small audio repair shop in Peshawar, across the Afghan-Pakistani border in Peshawar, refugee Mohammed Hasan Zamri collects old commercial cassettes and sometimes...
Why Two Big AI Companies Are Hiring Poets And Fiction Writers
"A string of job postings from high-profile training data companies, such as Scale AI and Appen, are recruiting poets, novelists, playwrights, or writers with...
Bollywood Star Wins Indian Court Case Over AI Use Of His Image
"Anil Kapoor (filed suit) because of the large number of morphed videos and emojis bearing his likeness going around as well as his iconic...
After Going Dark This Year, Cal Shakes Will Be Back In 2024 For Its...
"California Shakespeare Theater plans to produce a show of its own in 2024, after operating exclusively as a rental house this year. The production,...
Skilled Craftspeople Put Out Of Work By The Hollywood Strikes Are Going Real-World
"Scenic painters who once added 'Disney dirt' to make walls look old are now working on actual old walls, prop fabricators who built mechanical...
“We’re All Trying To Figure Out How To Get People To Care About News...
"I kind of fell into this avenue of media literacy influencing to help Gen Z get invested back into print media," said Kelsey Russell...
Independent Booksellers Have Started Using TikTok As A Marketing Platform
"Bookstore owners and staffers agreed that TikTok increases their visibility when they make a concerted effort to use it. … Though it's time-consuming to...
The Louvre’s First Female Leader Wants To Give That “Giant Ocean Liner” An Overhaul
Yes, she wants to make the world's largest museum more welcoming, relevant, and diverse. She also wants to carve an entirely new second entrance...
A Pair Of New Artistic Directors At Louisville Ballet
"Lexington-native Mikelle Bruzina and Harald Uwe Kern were named Louisville Ballet's new artistic directors after former artistic director Robert Curran's abrupt resignation earlier this...
Four Days After Abruptly Canceling Its Season, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Closes Down
The organization's entire board of directors has resigned. "This means," said a statement, "that the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony will cease all operations as of today,...
Melissa Barak Puts Her Stamp On Los Angeles Ballet
"I want people to see that LAB is on the road to … becoming one of the country's leading dance companies," she said. "Over...
The Eddie Redmayne “Cabaret” Will Be Broadway’s Most Expensive Revival Ever
The budget is $24.25 million, and the box office will have to take in $1,2 million a week just to pay running costs —...
The Critic Who Was Repeatedly Bopped On The Head With A Playbill (And Other...
In yet another article pegged to Lauren Boebert getting thrown out of Beetlejuice: The Musical in Denver this month, former Chicago Tribune critics Nina...
California Will Provide Money To Help Small Arts Groups Comply With New Employment Law
"Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget trailer bill allocating an estimated $11.5 million to small performing arts organizations to help them recover from...
Stephen Gould, One Of The World’s Leading Heldentenors, Dies Two Weeks After Announcing Cancer...
"The (61-year-old) singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival, where he was scheduled to perform (three different leading roles). He said he made...
SoundShirt: Lyric Opera Of Chicago Will Offer New Technology For Hearing-Impaired People To Experience...
"The technology utilizes tiny motors — 16 of them — embedded in the fabric, like those that make cellphones vibrate. … Lyric is the...
Rupert Murdoch Resigns As Chairman Of Fox Corp. And News Corp.
"Fox said Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief...
Grisham, Franzen, George R.R. Martin Lead A Third Lawsuit By Authors Against Open AI
"The Authors Guild — led by authors including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen and John Grisham — sued OpenAI, accusing the company of engaging...
Orchestra’s Last-Minute Season Cancellation: What The Board Has Said
In a statement headlined "Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Announces Potential Ceasing of Operations," the board chair said, "Despite our persistent efforts over the last year, we...
Library In Washington State Wins Lawsuit, Is Saved From Possible Closure Over Culture War...
"The Dayton library – which was on the verge of becoming the first library in the country to shutter over disputes about what books...
Two Years After Its Search Led To A Racism Controversy, Indianapolis Museum of Art...
"Newfields has appointed Belinda Tate as the next director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfield, concluding a nearly four-year hiring process and...
Gloria Steinem Remembers The Debut Issue Of Ms. Magazine
"I didn’t know what the response would be, especially on newsstands, with no precedent or place for a women’s magazine that wasn’t about home,...
The Highly Unusual Dance Career Of Choreographer Trajal Harrell
"This late starter — he turned to dance after graduating from Yale in the 1990s — has never taken formal classes in the techniques...
TikTok Stars Are The New Saviors Of The Cookbook Industry
"Several TikTok creators, many of them with little or no professional cooking experience, have gone from tinkering in their home kitchens to topping best-seller...
City Of San Francisco Appoints Its First-Ever Drag Laureate
"D'Arcy Drollinger …, who was initially caught off guard by the nomination, has found herself at the forefront of a long-brewing culture war. With...
