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Amsterdam Is Now Looking To Drive Away The Vice Tourists
"The Red Light District has become a huge problem for residents, sex workers, and city officials alike, as it attracts some of the world's...
San Francisco Ballet Uses AI-Generated Art To Promote Its “Nutcracker,” And Backlash Ensues
Said one of many Instagram commenters, "This AI art looks like CRAP, I can't believe you did this instead of hiring real artists." Another:...
Sharing Your Netflix Password Is Illegal, Rules UK Government
"Millions of UK viewers are breaking (copyright) law by sharing their passwords for services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, according to...
Someone In Turkey Accused This Prize-Winning Film Of Being “LGBT Propaganda,” And The Culture...
"The art-house thriller Kurak Günler ("Burning Days") was the subject of a smear campaign by pro-government media outlets that dubbed it an 'LGBT propaganda...
Elayne Jones, A Pioneering Timpanist, Is Dead At 94
"(She) was said to be the first Black principal player in a major American orchestra when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972,...
Broadway’s “Funny Girl” Sets A New Box Office Record For A Single Week
The revival, starring Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh, grossed $2,005,696.80 last week, breaking the all-time record set by Mean Girls in 2018. - Broadway...
A Collector-Dealer Thinks He’s Found A Rembrandt That’s Been Missing For 87 Years
Clifford Schorer saw the painting, described as in the "manner of Rembrandt" in an auction catalogue with a high estimate of $1,500, he smelled...
The International African American Museum Will Not Be Opening In January
An announcement from the museum's administration says that temperature and humidity controls in the building aren't yet robust enough to protect the fragile artifacts...
How Angelo Badalamenti’s Scores Made Sense of David Lynch’s Films
Matt Zoller Seitz: "Badalamenti did what Herrmann did for Hitchcock and John Williams did for Steven Spielberg: he created a recognizable musical character to...
A Poetry Slam That Draws Stadium-Size Crowds — And The Poetry’s In Urdu, No...
This month saw the inauguration of Jashn-e-Rekhta, an annual three-day festival devoted to Urdu verse, old and new. Attendance was over 300,000 —notwithstanding the...
In Search Of The Ingredients Of A Hit Christmas Tune
"The Guardian took every Christmas song that had charted in the UK Top 100 since 1952, and selected the 100 most popular of those...
New Zealand’s Arts Funding Agency, Mired In Controversy, To Review Its Entire Operation
"(Creative New Zealand) has, over the last several months, found itself (in) multiple controversial decisions, including declining funding applications for ... the Shakespeare Globe...
A Brief History Of Nativity Scenes And Crèches
The Gospels don't really tell much about the birth of Jesus: the shepherds are only in Luke, the Wise Men only in Matthew. So...
The Dance Data Project Looks At The Gender Balance In Leadership Changes In 2022
"(This report) details changes among artistic directors, executive directors, associate artistic directors, and resident choreographers at dance venues, ballet companies, contemporary/modern companies, and prominent...
It’s The Centennial Of “Carol Of The Bells,” Ukraine’s World-Famous Christmas Tune
"That complicated history of 'Carol of the Bells' has embodied a grim motif since its inception. ... Then as now, Ukraine was under threat...
A Battle In Sarasota Over Whether To Build A New Performing Arts Center Or...
"Members of the Van Wezel Foundation have been working with Sarasota officials on plans for a new performance space, arguing that the 54-year-old Van...
Atlanta Ballet Eliminates Its Low-Paying Apprentice Program And Will Expand Its Corps Instead
"Going forward, entry-level dancers who pass the main company audition will start as full company members, earning entry-level pay based on a collective-bargaining-agreement scale....
Nielsen, The Ratings Company, Is Splitting Itself In Three
The private equity group which purchased Nielsen last March is reorganizing into three divisions: Nielsen Audience Measurement, Nielsen Analytics and Gracenote. The company, once...
Stanley Drucker, Revered Clarinetist Of New York Philharmonic, Is Dead At 93
"(He) was known as the dean of American orchestral clarinetists during a 60-year career with the New York Philharmonic, ... presenting a style and...
The Art And Skill Of A Master Audiobook Narrator
"(Robin Miles) has been the voice of the Antiguan American novelist Jamaica Kincaid, the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Russian journalist Yelena Khanga,...
The “Berlin Snout”: The Dialect, And Attitude, That Make Berliners The Philadelphians Of Germany
"On paper, Berliner Schnauze is simply a dialect of German spoken in and around Berlin. In reality, it's a visceral dialect merged with working-class...
Going Totally Retro: An English Teenager Sets Up A Celluloid-Only Movie Theatre
"While studying for his A-levels (in 2019), Joe Cornick undertook a project close to his heart. He wanted to recreate a retro cinema utilising...
Opera Australia’s New Artistic Director Breaks Another Glass Ceiling
"Welsh-born Jo Davies, 52, an award-winning director of opera, theatre and musical theatre in the UK, Europe and North America, will join Opera Australia...
So Who Were The Two Mysterious Men Whose Coffins Were Discovered Under Notre-Dame De...
Earlier this year, in the course of the post-fire reconstruction, researchers found two unfamiliar sarcophagi under the cathedral's floor. Now researchers have partly identified...
Here Are Half A Dozen Dance Companies Who Are Thriving Despite The Field’s Post-Pandemic...
"Now expenses are high, earned income from ticket sales is limited, touring remains complicated and budget deficits loom large. Against these odds, a few...
