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Threads: How A Small Team Built An Alternative To Twitter From Scratch In Seven...
"(The app's fast creation and launch) has become something of a marvel inside Meta. … Many see its quick rise as a reminder that...
Why “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” Was So Brilliant At What It Did
"(The show) made perfect sense. Kids are wigged-out surrealists by nature; it takes grown-ups to regiment their impulses into predictable TV formats. ... Maybe...
Paris Olympics Organizers Say The Bookseller Stalls Along The Seine Must Move, And The...
The opening ceremony, rather than being in a stadium, will be a parade of boats down the river through the city, and authorities say...
Judi Dench Says She Can No Longer See On A Movie Set Or Read...
Says the 88-year-old actress, who had already revealed her macular degeneration, "You just deal with it. Get on. It's difficult for me if I...
Myth Debunked: Antiquities Trafficking Is Not The World’s Third-Largest Illegal Trade, Finds Study
"Though (the researchers) agree that the illegal trade in antiquities is a matter of serious concern, they argue that the reiteration of and reliance...
Last Of The Big Holdouts Gives In: Hyperion Records Is Finally Making Its Catalog...
The classical label's founding father and son, Ted and Simon Perry, insisted for years that they'd allow their recordings to be accessed only by...
Paul Reubens, Actor Who Played More Than Pee-Wee Harman, Is Dead At 70
He first developed the Pee-wee character in the 1970s as a member of the Groundlings, then went on to a popular stage show, two...
The National Braille Press And How It Works
"NBP has been at the forefront of braille publishing since 1927. … Today, NBP produces and distributes braille books, reading materials, and technologies for...
One Of Japan’s Leading Kabuki Actors Will Face Trial For Assisting His Parents’ Suicide
"The indictment … alleges that Ichikawa gave an excessive amount of sleeping drugs to his father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro IV, and his mother...
Striking Actors And Writers Tell Us Just What They’re Going Through
"We spoke to 19 workers from every corner of the industry — from actors to writers to camera operators. They shared their salaries, their...
Bolshoi Ballet Will Return To The West On Tour “One Day,” Says Director
"Speaking in Beijing on the eve of the performance, artistic director Makhar Vaziev insisted the troupe was 'not suffering' from being unable to perform...
Here’s One Market Where Theaters Aren’t Giving Up On The Subscription Model
"Yet despite these (shrinking) numbers, subscriptions are here to stay, say Bay Area theater leaders, partly because the basic numbers don't tell the whole...
Scott Joplin Never Got His Opera “Treemonisha” Produced. Perhaps Now Its Time Has Come.
"Treemonisha experiments seem to be everywhere these days: Three very different versions have recently been presented, in the United States, Canada and France. Their...
In Post-Pandemic Philadelphia, The Recovery Of The Arts Is A Mixed Bag (Which Is...
"In the post-pandemic era, Philadelphia’s cultural districts often look like the good old days: streets and sidewalks crosshatched with arts patrons animating the city's...
Emperor Nero’s Theater Has Been Discovered In Rome
"Archaeologists said Wednesday that the ruins of Nero’s Theater, an imperial theater referred to in ancient Roman texts but never found, have been discovered...
Emmy Awards Postponed Amid Hollywood Strikes
"The 2023 Emmy Awards are officially moving off their usual September airdate as actors and writers continue their strikes against media conglomerates. … The...
A Major Gift Of 19th- And 20th-Century American Works To The Fine Arts Museums...
"Consisting of 50 paintings, nine works on paper, and two sculptures, the donation represents the art of 39 artists. Among those included are well-known...
Carlos Acosta Is Building A Dance Center In A Multiethnic London Neighborhood
"His arts education charity, the Acosta Dance Foundation, has set up its global headquarters in Woolwich. Housing five dance studios, it aims to teach...
One Of South Asia’s Great Architects Helps Victims Of Pakistan’s Floods Rebuild With Their...
Yasmeen Lari, who's spent nearly two decades creating and promoting architecture for the poor using inexpensive traditional materials and techniques, has designed improved, flood-resistant...
“Here Lies Love”: Inside The 20-Year Journey Of David Byrne’s Imelda Marcos Disco Musical...
"Democracy, it's been said, isn't easy. Neither is examining its terrible fragility through the form of a deeply fun, fairly avant-garde song-and-dance show. …...
“Barbie”, Greta Gerwig’s Hot Pink Philosophical Experiment
"Barbie combines the rules of the movie musical ... with the investments of a Beckett or a Ionesco play. … (It's) a highly symbolic...
The First Lady Of Brazilian Jazz, Leny Andrade, Is Dead At 80
"(She) was a percussive, samba-driven improviser, an interpreter as worldly-wise as Edith Piaf and a consummate nightclub artist. With a thick, husky voice seasoned...
Construction Of Philadelphia’s Long-Awaited Calder Museum Has Finally Begun
"Calder Gardens, the long-awaited showcase for the art of native son Alexander Calder, is finally moving toward reality. The new museum will be located...
Ezra Klein’s New York Times Podcast Is Coming To Public Radio
"The New York Times … has signed a deal with the public media organization PRX to repurpose (The Ezra Klein Show) into a weekly...
Booksellers And Authors Sue To Block Texas Law Requiring Sexual-Content Ratings For Books
"A group of booksellers, publishers and authors filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop a new law in Texas that would require stores to...
