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Playing An Instrument As A Child Can Mean A Sharper Mind As A Senior,...
"People with more experience of playing a musical instrument showed greater lifetime improvement on a test of cognitive ability than those with less or...
There’s A Notorious List Of Great Books Banned In Florida Schools Floating Around On...
"The book list includes novels that have been taught for generations, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye and I Know Why...
Natalie Portman’s Apple TV+ Series “Lady In The Lake” Halts Baltimore Shoot After Extortionists...
"A (pair) of locals confronted a driver for the production on Friday and said they would only 'allow' filming to continue if they were...
Vandals Break Into And Smash Up A Sculpture Center In Upstate New York
"Sculpture Space, a residency program for sculptors in Utica, New York, was ransacked and severely damaged by vandals in the early hours of Sunday,...
NBC May Drop An Entire Hour Of Its Prime Time Programming
The schedule for this season is set, but, starting in fall 2023, the network would eliminate its 10-11 pm slate of shows and turn...
The Edinburgh Fringe Is Too Damn Big, Too Damn Crowded, And Too Damn Expensive....
Yes – there's nothing else like it. "But to defend it, we need to reform it. ... The fringe is unregulated, wonderfully so, you...
Metropolitan Opera Ends Its Audience Vaccination Requirement
Patrons will no longer have to wait in line to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before entering the building, though masks will still...
Reviving The Only Known Opera In Yiddish
Composer Henech Kon, who went on to success writing scores to Yiddish films such as The Dybbuk, premiered his Bas Sheve (Bathsheba) in Warsaw...
Pushing Back Against Anti-Woke “Comedy” At The Edinburgh Fringe
Says one, "You can get away with most things if you're smart and funny. If you (aren't), then you're just an asshole on stage....
The Black Dancer In The Imperial Russian Ballet
Born in 1872 in St. Petersburg and possibly descended from African servants at the Tsar's court, Maria Skorsiuk was directly recommended by her teacher...
A24 May Be The Only Movie Studio That Has Fans In Its Own Right
"The magic of the brand (is) that over time it has been able to sell the idea of A24 as synonymous with originality, idiosyncrasy,...
The Young Creatives Who’ve Stayed Behind In Kyiv
"These are some of the brave young Ukrainians" — a cinematographer, a choreographer, an artist, an actor, a line producer — "who have remained...
The Trickiest Thing About Marketing Foreign Film In The US? Translating The Title
Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite). Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie). Sometimes the foreign title...
This Young Dancer Wants To Make Ballet As Exciting And Popular As Sports
Joel Burke, founder of BIG (Ballet International Gala) in Brisbane: "I grew up playing footy and cricket. There's no reason why ballet can't be...
It’s Not 1975 Anymore: Let’s Stop Printing Sunday Newspaper Magazines
Dick Tofel: "First, let me be clear: I am not advocating eliminating the best longform stories that continue to distinguish many of these magazines. ...
This Startup Wants To “Decentralize The Museum” By Becoming An Art-Lending Library For Far-Flung...
"(At) the Web3 start-up Arkive, ... members don't put down any funds to participate (at least for now); the works it collects are meant...
A Return Visit To The Theater At The Heart Of A Tiny Rocky Mountain...
Last summer, Elisabeth Vincentelli traveled to Creede, Colorado to see how Creede Repertory Theater was holding up through the ups and downs of the...
With Lodging For Traveling Artists So Expensive, One Bay Area Arts Center Is Building...
Berkeley Rep used to spend $300,000 to $400,000 per year on lodging for out-of-town artists; these days, it's more like $2 million. So it...
Portions Of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Temple Fresco Unearthed In Italy
Says the excavation's lead archaeologist, "It's the first time that the ruins of a shrine painted with such a wide palette of colors in...
How Paul Robeson Became A Hero In Mao’s China
The great African-American singer-actor suffered a great deal in his home country because of his fervent Communism, but — starting in 1941, when he...
The Agony Of An Author Recording His Own Audiobook
Adrian Chiles: "Whenever I read back anything I have written, I think how I could have written it better. ... Having to read your...
In Narendra Modi’s India, Archaeology Isn’t Just A Battleground, It’s A Political Weapon
That Hindu temple built over the destroyed mosque in Ayodhya (said to be the birthplace of the god Rama) was just the beginning. Modi...
Lourdes López Marks Ten Years At The Helm Of Miami City Ballet And More...
After dancing as a principal at New York City Ballet under Balanchine, she became a TV reporter, ballet instructor, head of the Balanchine Foundation,...
American Librarians Are Now Having To Do The Jobs Of Social Workers
"In recent years, amid unrelenting demand for safety-net services, libraries ... offer help accessing housing, food stamps, medical care, and sometimes even showers or...
Two Of Paul Newman’s Daughters Sue The Charitable Foundation Behind “Newman’s Own” Foods
"The daughters, Susan Kendall Newman and Nell Newman, allege their own charity organizations are both supposed to receive $400,000 a year from the Newman's...
