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Library Funding Has Become Another Weapon In The Culture War Over Books
In Missouri and Texas, state lawmakers have been considering laws that would remove funding from libraries that host drag queen story hours or don't...
Illinois Passes A Law Banning Book Bans In Libraries
"Illinois lawmakers greenlighted a bill Wednesday that says libraries in the state must adopt an anti-book banning policy to receive state funding, in a...
In Charles III, The UK Will Have A King Who Genuinely Loves The Arts
"Throughout his life, King Charles III has involved himself in British cultural life, not only a maker of art but as an avid spectator...
Post-Pandemic, Theaters In Boston Find Their Way Toward The New Normal
"Audiences have been slow to return. National conversations about race put the internal practices of local theaters under a microscope. Many theater artists moved...
Why The San Francisco Conservatory Of Music Bought Two Management Agencies And A Record...
In just over two years, the school acquired Opus 3 Artists, Pentatone Records, and the major London agency Askonas Holt. SFCM president David Stull...
France’s Economy Minister Publishes An Erotic Novel. Mockery And Anger Ensue.
As inflation persists, the country is roiled by protests against President Macron's pension reforms, and Fitch downgrades French bonds, Bruno Le Maire has drawn...
Considering Cancellation Comedy
"Cancellation comedy permits comedians to recycle their controversies into a staged performance. A distant cousin of reality TV, the genre lets celebrity humorists reflect...
When Jerry Springer Met The Creator Of “Jerry Springer, The Opera”
Writer-composer Richard Thomas (not to be confused with the actor) remembers how he forgot to ask for Springer for rights clearance, how the host...
This Radio Station Tried AI-Generated Programming For A Day. The Audience Did Not Go...
On April 27th, Switzerland's Couleur 3 aired all-AI programming for 13 hours: the music was selected by algorithm, the scripts written by chatbots, the...
After Choreographing Broadway Musicals And Winning Tony Awards, Christopher Wheeldon Comes Back To Abstract...
"Returning to New York City Ballet now, after working on Broadway and on Like Water for Chocolate for the more theatrically oriented Royal Ballet...
Two Miami City Ballet Alums Start Up Southwest Florida’s First Professional Company
After they left MCB, Iliana Lopez and Franklin Gamero launched a school in Fort Myers, training dancers and then watching them leave for elsewhere...
Could Studios Use Chat-GPT To Produce Scripts And Get Around The Writers’ Strike?
"If half the internet can be tricked by an AI-created Drake and The Weeknd collab, could that same tech write scripts and enable studios...
Austria Prepares To Return Two Parthenon Marbles To Greece
"Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, a move which could have a knock-on...
Renzo Piano’s Latest Museum Building, Istanbul Modern, Is Opening
"The building boasts a footprint of 110,000 square feet, with dedicated space for temporary and permanent exhibitions, educational programs, film screenings, and a café....
Another Step To A Well-Deserved Pritzker Prize? Yasmeen Lari Wins The RIBA Royal Gold...
Her country's first female architect, Lari, now 82, gave up a career building high-profile landmarks to design simple, inexpensive structures of bamboo and mud...
What It’s Really Like To Live In A House By Frank Lloyd Wright
"Actually living in a work of art affects how you see and feel details on a daily level." says one of the seven homeowners...
Translating “Blue”, Derek Jarman’s Final Film, To The Stage
Released a year before Jarman's 1994 death from AIDS, Blue is a collage of texts, narrated over an empty blue screen, on illness and...
Yvonne Jacquette, Who Painted Dazzling Aerial Landscapes Decades Before There Were Drones, Is Dead...
"She crisscrossed continents for those brief glimpses of natural and man-made landscapes, which she often made into watercolors while on board." Sometimes she painted...
Can Members Of The Actors’, Directors’, And Tech Crew Unions Refuse To Cross The...
Contracts generally prevent unions themselves from joining in, but individual members may choose to honor the picket line — though not necessarily without consequences....
Disney Sued Florida Gov. DeSantis And His Hand-Picked Board. Now That Board Is Countersuing...
"The board overseeing Disney's special taxing district" – the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors – "voted on Monday to sue the...
Hollywood Writers’ Strike Immediately Shuts Down Late-Night TV Shows
The work stoppage by the Writers Guild of America has led to the temporary closure of the weekday late-night shows on NBC, ABC, CBS,...
Vice Media Is About To Declare Bankruptcy: Report
"Vice, the brash digital-media disrupter that charmed giants like Disney and Fox into investing before a stunning crash-landing, is preparing to file for bankruptcy,...
The Streisand Effect Applies To Censored Books, Too
"The best sales pitch is the threat of censorship. It draws attention to books that might otherwise have gone under the radar." What's more,...
Here’s Why San Francisco Ballet’s Executive Director Resigned So Suddenly
Two weeks ago, Danielle St.Germain stepped down from the dance troupe without explanation. Now the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have announced that...
La Scala Just Finished Its Second Renovation In 20 Years. Here’s A Q&A With...
Mario Botta: "We've added a 17-story structure (six floors are underground) on the Via Verdi. At the base of this tower is an orchestra...
