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Kyiv City Council Temporarily Bans All Russian-Language Culture
"(The order prohibits) performing or showcasing Russian-language art and culture — such as books, music, plays and concerts — (as well as) cultural and...
Why Mozart Still Captivates After Two-And-A-Half Centuries
"His letters show how he savvily wrote with an eye toward the market, hoping to delight listeners at every level of society. And pleasure...
Can Cirque Du Soleil Make Itself Exciting To Gen Z? And Can It Move...
"After filing for bankruptcy protection in 2020, Cirque decided it had to be more than just a circus. It wanted to be a brand,...
Louisville Ballet Artistic Director Robert Curran Resigns
"His resignation was announced via a news release Thursday. Curran has been in the role since 2014 … (and) was at the helm of...
Dayton Ballet Has A New Artistic Director
"The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance named Brandon Ragland as artistic director of the second-oldest regional ballet company in the country. With more than 15...
Amsterdam Bans Cruise Ships
"Amsterdam is expected to receive over 18 million overnight visitors this year. By 2025, that number could reach 23 million, in addition to another...
Public Radio Stations In America’s Four Largest Media Markets Are Evidently Bleeding Listeners
Nielsen Audio ratings indicate that, over the past two years, market share and estimated listener numbers have fallen at an alarming rate at KQED...
Disney Is Trying To Sell Part Of ESPN To One Or More Of The...
"As Disney considers a strategic partner for ESPN, CEO Bob Iger and ESPN head Jimmy Pitaro have held early talks about bringing professional sports...
President Biden Will Establish National Monument To Emmett Till And Mamie Till-Mobley
"The new monument will be established across three locations in Illinois and Mississippi in an effort to protect places that tell Till's story, as...
House Republicans Move To Block Funding For Smithsonian’s Planned Latino History Museum
"The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved an interior and environment funding bill that bans the federal government from spending any taxpayer money on...
Concerns About Four Programs At Smithsonian’s Asian-American Literary Festival Were Flagged Hours Before It...
The flagging was part of a routine procedure before Smithsonian events. The institution insists that the festival was called off because the organizers were...
Philadelphia Orchestra Cancels Next Spring’s Tour To California
Concerts in early March in Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara, and Palm Desert were found "no longer financially viable" due to "significant increases...
Ken Jennings’s Travel Guide To John Milton’s Paradise
"You'll arrive at a realm ringed by a crystal wall and enter through the blazing portal of its golden-hinged gate — which will open...
Don’t Fret, Book Lovers: ChatGPT And Other AI Programs Will Not Destroy Literature
"For years, venture capitalists have promised to upend books and the structures around their creation and consumption. … For the most part, despite tech's...
A 24-Year-Long Restoration Of 16th-Century Tapestries Is Finally Complete
"On Thursday, the final tapestry in the set of 13 Gideon tapestries (at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire) was unveiled on the wall of the...
Even Librarians And Parade Organizers In Florida Are Relieved As Court Blocks DeSantis’s Anti-Drag...
"Librarians who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers can breathe...
Despite Rhetoric And Good Intentions, Arts Orgs In Australia Haven’t Done Much To Diversify...
"Of the 184 cultural organisations surveyed, and 1,011 individual responses from those working within arts organisations, more than half the respondents conceded they had...
Flooding Near The Taj Mahal May Actually Be Beneficial
Heavy monsoon rains this summer have swollen the Yamuna River in Agra right up to the Taj's walls. There might be slight damage to...
Why Would Disney Sell Off ABC? And Who’d Buy It?
"The decline of the linear TV business model has been apparent for years. But even so, the idea that ABC — not to mention...
Just Before A Strike Vote, Backstage Union IATSE, Broadway Producers, And Disney Agree On...
"The Broadway League and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees say a tentative agreement has been reached among the two parties and Disney...
Tony Bennett, 96
"Few entertainers have had such a remarkable second act. He had his first top-selling hit in 1951 with 'Because of You,' then topped the...
New Haven Symphony’s Next Music Director Is Perry So
"So" — who begins his term in the fall of 2024 — "isn't a stranger to New Haven. Born and raised in Hong Kong,...
David Byrne Named Artistic Director Of London’s Royal Court Theatre (No, Not That David...
"David Byrne, an award-winning playwright and director who has built a powerful reputation at a small studio theatre in London" called New Diorama, "is...
Philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt, The First Great Theorist Of Bullshit, Is Dead At 94
"(His) fresh ideas about the human will were overshadowed in the broader culture by his analysis of a kind of dishonesty that he found...
Keeping Yiddish Alive — And Secular — In Melbourne
"Today, Yiddish is most commonly used in ultra-Orthodox communities in places like Brooklyn or Jerusalem. But in Melbourne, snatches of it can be heard...
