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Behold The New Church Designed By Santiago Calatrava At Ground Zero
The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine replaces a church which was destroyed in the attack on New York's World Trade Center...
Using Theatre As Therapy For Domestic Abuse Survivors In Cambodia
At least one Cambodian woman in five suffers from violence by a partner, yet the subject remains taboo, something which the Battambang-based company Lakhon...
How The Australian Ballet Became A Leader In Injury Prevention
Built on a foundation of sports medicine and run in partnership with a research university, the company's program is countered on daily conditioning exercises,...
A Radio Drama Adapted From A Video Game (Is This A First?)
"Video games are inherently a visual medium — which is why high-profile crossovers have focused in the main on film and television," and Sebastian...
Russian High Culture Feels Very Different Since The Invasion of Ukraine: Philip Kennicott
"The war recalibrates everything. The humanism and decency of Chekhov now seem less relevant than the survey of Russian violence in the works of...
The Rise Of Celebrity Book Clubs (Reese Witherspoon Is The New Oprah)
"For all their informal organisation, these virtual reading groups led by a famous figurehead have emerged as a driving force within the publishing industry,...
The Philly Pops Announced That It’s Shutting Down. Now Its Musicians Are Threatening To...
"According to union leaders, the musicians have been trying to negotiate contract commitments with Philly Pops management since August without success. They learned on...
Actors’ Equity Lobbies Congress To Pass Performing Artist Tax Parity Act
"The bill, if passed, would allow more performing artists to deduct essential work expenses from their taxes by updating what's called the Qualified Performing...
London’s New “Ticket Bank” Will Offer Unsold Seats At Performances To Social Services Clients
In partnership with food pantries, housing nonprofits, support organizations for ex-prisoners, and similar groups, the Ticket Bank will offer 1,000 free or pay-what-you-wish tickets...
Adam Sandler Awarded Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize For American Humor
Said Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter in announcing the honor, "Adam Sandler has entertained audiences for over three decades with his films, music, and...
Yet Again, The Turkic Languages Of Central Asia Are Changing Their Alphabets
"The question of alphabet reform is hardly new for these countries — over the last 150 years, Kazakh has been written in Arabic, Latin,...
Jerry Saltz Weighs In On The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals
"I wouldn't be surprised to see (the) protest included in upcoming lists of top-ten artworks of 2022. Theirs is a form of performance art,...
The Main Rival To Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre In Jacobean London Was Funded By Female...
"Academics have discovered that women made up a large part of the financial force behind the Fortune Theatre, the great rival to the Globe,...
London Police Burst Into A Gallery, Thinking That A Sculpture Was An Actual Dead...
Someone reported a woman inside, hunched over a table, who hadn't moved for two hours. Â Figuring it was a heart attack or overdose, police...
Why The New York Times Best Seller Lists Drive The Publishing Business Insane
Basically, nobody can figure them out: the Times rankings frequently don't match publicly available sales figures, and while the paper says it uses various...
After 45 Years, The Urban Institute For Contemporary Arts In Grand Rapids Is Shutting...
UICA, which merged with a nearby state university and art college in 2013 following earlier financial troubles, said in its announcement that it has...
Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s Go-To Composer, Is Dead At 85
He wrote songs for Nina Simone and Nancy Wilson, and scores for directors Danny Boyle, Jane Campion, and Paul Schrader, among others. But he's...
One Week After Being Sold, Bookforum Is Closing Down
Just days after its parent company, Artforum International, was acquired by Penske Media, the literary journal announced that the current issue is its last....
Adjunct Professors At Mannes School Of Music And Parsons School of Design End Their...
The walkout by part-time faculty (87% of the total) at the New School University, which encompasses both Parsons and Mannes, began on November 16...
Daniel Barenboim Will Return To Conducting (At Least For New Year’s)
In October, he announced that he was cancelling his performances indefinitely in order to deal with "a serious neurological condition."Â But he will make...
Oh, No! The Golden Globes Aren’t Going All Tasteful And Serious, Are They?
Owen Gleiberman: "As the nominations were announced, I thought, 'Please, Golden Globes! Atone for your sins, fix your corrupt ways, but don't take away...
“The Banshees of Inisherin” And “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Lead Golden Globe Nominations
"Banshees" garnered eight nominations (including picture, director, and screenplay), followed by "Everything" with six, and "The Fabelmans" and "Babylon," each with five. - Variety
Battlefield Memories From The Culture Wars Of The 1990s
John Killacky, performing arts curator at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis 1988-1996, presented much of the work attacked by right-wingers: Holly Hughes, Ron...
Dance At The World Cup: Brazilian Soccer Would Not Be What It Is Without...
It's not just the dances the players do to celebrate: samba steps have worked their way into the Brazilians' game technique. For instance, says...
What Learning To Read Braille Did To My Brain
"'Surely the part of my brain that I used to read with shut down at the same time as my sight?' asks Red Szell...
