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All About Fake Movie Blood
"In all its elemental, metaphorical, campy, over-the-top, gore-y goodness, blood is something that has seeped into the visual vocabulary of movies. But how exactly...
You Should Never, Ever Tell David Sedaris Your Humiliating Stories
Well, unless you want them recounted in his writings or on stage, as Gabb Schivone learned the hard way. - Yahoo! (Slate)
How Akram Khan Found Himself Combining Classical Indian Kathak With Contemporary Dance
"That was accidental. … (At university) there were modules on contemporary dance. I didn’t know what the hell that was. But I decided because...
In Search Of The Songs In Shakespeare’s First Folio
The plays have many passages marked as songs, but no indication of what the melodies were or who composed them. Identifying that music requires...
Conductor Zdeněk Mácal Is Dead At 87
After fleeing Czechoslovakia following the 1968 Soviet invasion, he made an international career. He was music director/chief conductor of the Cologne Radio Symphony (1970-74),...
Italy Has Another Leaning Tower, And It Has Scientists Very Worried
"The (Garisenda Tower in Bologna) already leans at an angle of four degrees — only slightly less than the renowned five-degree tilt of the...
Why There’s A Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Being Built In A Tiny North Dakota...
"Mention it, and you tend to get a puzzled look and two questions: Doesn’t Roosevelt already have a presidential library? (No.) And why the...
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Responds To New Yorker Story Suggesting That His Stand-Up Act Is...
“To everyone who read that article, I want to answer the question that’s probably on your mind: Underneath all that pomade, is Hasan Minhaj...
Mario Vargas Llosa Says He Has Published His Last Book
"In a postscript to the new book, Le dedico mi silencio (I Give You My Silence), the 87-year-old novelist writes: 'I think I’ve finished...
Artforum’s Editor-In-Chief Fired Following Open Letter About Gaza War
"A week after Artforum published a widely criticized open letter calling for Palestinian liberation that didn’t mention the Hamas attacks on Israel, editor-in-chief David...
Revered Taiwanese Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien Has Dementia And Has Retired From Filmmaking
A statement from his wife and two children, all collaborators, said that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's pre-pandemic and a recent bout of COVID...
Eurovision Song Contest Added An Extra $66.4 Million To Liverpool’s Economy
"More than 300,000 people attended Eurovision-related events in Liverpool in May, giving the local economy a £54.8m boost. … In total, 306,000 people visited...
Breakdancing, In The 2024 Olympics, Is Out For 2028 Games
"The incredible feeling of recognition on the highest event stage has caused a glow through (the World DanceSport Federation) since its unveiling — but...
Shadow Puppet Production Stolen In San Francisco Is Found In East Bay
Early Monday morning, thieves stole a U-Haul containing the hundreds of puppets, costumes, and equipment used in Hamid Rahmanian's Persian-style shadow-puppet show Song of...
Is The Frank Gehry-Designed Museum In Arles Having The Desired “Bilbao Effect”? And Is...
"The Luma Foundation … has relit a cultural fire in Arles, bringing the delights of the international modern art world to a debt-laden, struggling...
Can A Redesign Bring More Vibrancy Back To Philadelphia’s “Avenue Of The Arts”?
The development of South Broad Street into a performing arts destination has been widely considered a success, but in 2023, visitor numbers remain roughly...
Museum of Censored Art Opens In Barcelona
"The Museu de l’Art Prohibit … aims to explain how censorship works by exhibiting artworks that have been subject to prohibitions (successful or merely...
A New High Schoolers’ Prize From Penguin Random House To Help Combat Book Bans
"The Freedom of Expression Award invites applicants to write about one banned book that changed their life and why. The $10,000 (£8,168) prize will...
A Chicagoland School District Canceled The High School’s Musical Because It Had An LGBTQ...
Hampshire High School in the Chicago suburbs had been planning to stage "The Prom" — about, ironically, a school that tries to cancel a...
Scholastic Reverses Course, Won’t Segregate Diverse Titles For Kids At Book Fairs
"The educational company, which both publishes and distributes books, waded into hot water last month after it confirmed that it was changing its policy...
The Director Who Transformed Boston’s Institute Of Contemporary Art Announces Retirement
Jill Medvedow, who in 1998 took over a small museum in a former police station with 20,000 visitors a year and turned it into...
How Much Does It Matter Whether Fiction Is Written By A Human Or A...
"In moments of doubt, I think of Gertrude Stein’s infamous line, “A rose is a rose is a rose.” Isn’t a word a word...
Where Did The Looted Sculptures Recently Returned To Nepal Go? This 11th-Century Monastery
Itumbaha, one of the oldest monasteries in Kathmandu, has not only received statues returned from the Rubin Museum and the Met. The Rubin is...
To Solve Social Media’s Content Moderation Crisis, Go Back To The Old 1990s Way...
"Decisions about the spaces people gathered in online were often made by members of the community. Our examination of the early history of online...
One Of England’s Leading Regional Theatres Is Giving Up The Artistic Director Model
At the Royal Exchange in Manchester, "the new creative director will not be expected to direct shows but will take on a more strategic...
