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Red-State Governments Are Withdrawing Their Public Libraries From The American Library Association
"This summer, the state libraries in Montana, Missouri and Texas and the local library in Midland, Texas, announced they're leaving the ALA, with possibly...
Baltimore’s Flagship Theater Company Finds Its Next Artistic Director
"Stevie Walker-Webb, a theater director and rising star who at the age of 36 has already been nominated for a Tony Award, was appointed...
Roku To Lay Off 10% Of Its Staff And Write Off $65 Million
"Roku will cut more than 300 staffers … as the streaming-platform company continues its battle to control costs. In addition, Roku will remove certain...
The Doofus Who Broke Off And Stole The Finger Of A 2,000-Year-Old Terra Cotta...
"Michael Rohana, 29, apologized to his family and the Chinese government, saying he would make no excuses for his drunken prank at the (Franklin...
Another Jackass Tourist Damages Another Historic Italian Artwork
"A 22-year-old German man has been detained in Florence, accused of damaging a statue in the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della...
Venice Sets Its Entry Fee For Day-Tripping Tourists
"The fee, initially 5 euros ($5.50) per day-tripper, is 'not a tool for making cash,' (but) to improve the quality of life for Venice's...
Four Years Later, The Boy Who Was Thrown From The Tate Modern’s Balcony Is...
"He is now able to bend down, squat, grab his toys and clothes with both hands from his closet without falling or dropping them,"...
Philly Fringe Is Trying Out A New Model: Hub Venues
Two-thirds of this year's programming is at five hubs; one-half — 150 productions — is at Cannonball, which offers a stage, lighting and sound...
This Season, The Living And The Dead Create Theater Together
"Musicals can be shotgun weddings, their authors joined by necessity, not love. But in most cases, they're at least both breathing. Not so this...
Two Years After A Stroke, Choreographer Ronald K. Brown Is On The Road To...
"'At one point I couldn't move my left leg at all, and my therapist told me, just move it on a molecular level.' It...
A Rock Writer Watches The Gestation Of Carlos Acosta’s Black Sabbath Ballet
"While others try to persuade me that Acosta is a diehard Sabbath fan, he's a little more careful. He's Cuban, and Sabbath meant nothing...
The Myths Around One Of The Greatest of Native American Basket-Weavers
The Nevada businessman who sold the baskets in the early 1900s said they were made by a Washoe princess named Dat So La Lee....
Can The New York State Summer School Of The Arts Be Saved?
"For thousands of New York high schoolers without access to comprehensive arts education, the New York State Summer School of the Arts isn't just...
For Its 50th Anniversary, The Classical Label BIS Is Acquired By Apple
Founder Robert von Bahr says the label's staff will join the team working on Apple Classical, the streaming app launched earlier this year. BIS...
Meet The First Executive Director Of The New San Antonio Philharmonic
Roberto Treviño: "We finished the first season in the black. We did that without any city support and with a lot of things lined...
Warner Bros. Discovery Says Strikes Will Cost It Half A Billion Dollars
"The company said in a regulatory filing that it now expects 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to be between $10.5...
Composer Gloria Coates, 89
Known especially for the use of glissando, "(she) composed 17 symphonies, along with numerous works for small ensembles and voice, … pieces that were...
Here’s One Regional Theater Company That’s Doing Very Well Indeed. What’s Its Secret?
"Santa Cruz Shakespeare … hit 114% of its box-office goal for the year before its summer season even finished. And its 2024 lineup expands...
A Look Inside The BBC Singers, The Hardest-Working Choir In Britain
"In the last couple of weeks, we've done everything from synthy backing vocals to full-blooded Poulenc; we have opera choruses coming in the Last...
Gaza Is Chock-Full Of Antiquities. Keeping Them Safe Is An Enormous Challenge.
"Valuable items can be seized by Hamas … or sold by smugglers. There is little funding and equipment to adequately excavate or maintain historical...
“The Floor Is Moving!” The Challenges Of Performing Ballet On A Cruise
"The dancers on this unusual summer voyage" — English National Ballet was performing in the 1,000-seat theater aboard the Queen Mary 2 last month...
Edith Grossman, World-Renowned Literary Translator, Is Dead At 87
Best known for her English rendition of Don Quixote (considered the definitive version) and of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel GarcÃa...
Martha Graham Dance Company Is 100 Years Old In 2026. The Party is Starting...
"The result is Graham100, a three-year celebration that starts this fall at the Soraya. The (timing) is deliberate. 'We couldn't fit it all into...
With Lula Back In Office, Brazil’s Arts Sector Is Recovering From The Bolsonaro Years
Since taking office, President da Silva "has reinstated the nation's ministry of culture, which had been extinguished under Bolsonaro, and reversed decrees that had...
Russia’s Propaganda Movie About The Ukraine War Is A Big Ol’ Box Office Flop
"Set to a budget of 200 million rubles ($2.05m), The Witness has grossed less than 14 million rubles ($143,000) in its first two weeks,...
