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Rufus Norris, Director Of London’s National Theatre, Will Step Down In 2025
"His time in charge (has) seen 10 Culture Secretaries come and five Prime Ministers come and go as well as the impact of Brexit...
So What’s The Deal With Van Gogh And Cypresses?
"Every element of the natural world tremored with significance in Vincent van Gogh's world. Sunflowers were his symbol of joy and devotion. Stars were...
A Brief, Cradle-To-Grave History Of Children’s Radio
"During the height of the pandemic, the only real player (left) in the kid-centric terrestrial radio space, Radio Disney, quietly wound down. … Today's...
People Are Totally Lining Up To Cast Me As Soon As I’m Acquitted, Says...
"It's a time in which a lot of people are very afraid that if they support me, they will be canceled. But I know...
The Bay Area’s Mass Transit Is Facing A Cash Crisis. The Region’s Theater Scene...
Over a third of the audience of the major theater companies uses mass transit, as do half the artists and staff; the percentage is...
The Case Of “Robbin’ Hood” And The Disappearing, Reappearing Picasso
In February 1969, amid one of Boston's worst-ever snowstorms, a crate containing Picasso's Portrait of a Woman and a Musketeer went missing from Logan...
Glenda Jackson, 87
"Hollywood showered her with admiration and two best actress Oscars. But Jackson was not easily flattered. Famously prickly, her view of Tinseltown often bordered...
Ukrainian Cultural Sites Damaged In Floods Following The Blow-Up Of The Kakhovka Dam
"Churches, monuments and museums are submerged all over the Kherson region. Archaeological sites dating back to the Scythians — a nomadic people who lived...
Southern California Public Radio Is Laying Off More Than 10% Of Its Staff
SCPR, which operates the LAist website and LAist radio station (the NPR affiliate formerly called KPCC) as well as a podcasting studio, will eliminate...
Stephen Petronio’s Dance Residency Retreat In Upstate New York Will Shut Down
"Caught in a web of financial difficulties, (the choreographer) and his board of advisers have decided to close the (Petronio Residency Center) and put...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Attack A Monet
"Two activists on Wednesday smeared red paint and then glued their hands to the protective glass on The Artist's Garden at Giverny, a painting...
Arkansas Symphony Goes In-House For Its Next Music Director
"Geoffrey Robson, who joined the orchestra in the fall of 2008 as associate conductor and a full-time member of the violin section, has been...
Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead” Wins 2023 Women’s Prize For Fiction
With this novel, which has already garnered her a Pulitzer, Kingsolver becomes the first author to win the Women's Prize twice. - The Guardian
UK Government Announces Ambitious Plan For Creative Industries With £77 Million In New Funding
"The Creative Industries Sector Vision, teased by culture secretary Lucy Frazer in May, aims to expand the sector by £50 billion ($63 billion) by...
Standup Comedy At Rock Festivals? Yes, It’s A Thing
In Britain, that is: Glastonbury has a cabaret tent that seats 2,000. "The memories you make doing zany things is why you come to...
Jacques Rozier, Last Surviving Filmmaker Of The French New Wave, Is Dead At 96
"Such luminaries (as Godard and Truffaut) acknowledged him as a member in good standing in what amounted to one of cinema history's most exclusive...
“We Do Not Read The Bible As It Is Meant To Be Read” —...
Certain books (Psalms, Song of Songs, Lamentations) are generally understood as poetry, but the historical books, Gospels, and letters all include a great deal...
Iraqi Christians Work To Save Syriac, Their 2,000-Year-Old Language
A dialect of Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, Syriac has been used for centuries for Bibles, church services, and literature as well as...
A New Generation Of US Army “Monuments Men” Are Learning About Ukrainian Artworks
"The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and the Met Museum have teamed up with the Army to help soldiers understand the role that art plays...
Court Throws Out The Lawsuit Against Maurizio Cattelan Over The Banana On The Wall
"A Miami federal judge ruled this week in favor of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who, for a few weeks in 2019, was the...
Fewer People Are Following The News — Because It’s Depressing: Global Study
"A report by Oxford University's Reuters Institute says 48% of people around the world are very or extremely interested in the news — down...
A New Dance Festival Begins In New York This Fall
"Van Cleef & Arpels, the French luxury jeweler, announced on Tuesday that it would sponsor a 16-day event partly aimed at bringing more international...
Recording Academy Adds Three New Grammy Categories
"The Recording Academy has added three new categories for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, it announced today: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz...
Author Cormac McCarthy, 89
"(His) lyrical and often brutally violent novels propelled him to the first ranks of American fiction, immersing readers in scenes of savagery, despair and...
Ethiopians Are Making New Copies Of Sacred Medieval Manuscripts The Old-Fashioned Way, On Parchment
"Armed with a bamboo ink pen and a steady hand, … at the Hamere Berhan Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Orthodox priests and lay...
