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On Twitter, You Can Find More Really Smart People In One Place Than Anywhere...
"We don't have — and may never again have — another one-stop watering hole where many of the planet's most interesting celebrities, politicians, activists,...
Substack Is Trying To Get Its Writers To Buy Shares In The Company
"Newsletter company Substack, which reportedly struggled to fundraise last year amid a broader downturn in the tech market, wants its next round of financing...
D.M. Thomas, Author Of “The White Hotel,” Is Dead At 88
His 1981 novel, about a patient of Sigmund Freud's who ended up a victim of the Holocaust, was a huge success commercially and critically...
This 17th-Century Family Portrait Was Missing The Mother. A Museum Found Her On Google.
"A rare reunion has taken place at the Nivaagaard Collection in Denmark, as the museum has located the image of a woman, who, for...
Dallas Puts On Hold Plans To Revamp Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Theater Building
"Dallas Theater Center officials have hit the brakes on a proposed $308 million plan to revamp the Kalita Humphreys Theater and the surrounding 10-acre...
What Do You Get When You Cross A Cookbook And A Comic Book? This.
"The last decade has seen a flurry of illustrated Korean cookbooks, one-panel satirical comics about South Asian chai, and graphic novels about Japanese-American culinary...
Former Director Of The Australian Ballet Now Has Two Companies To Oversee
Earlier this month David McAllister became interim Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in Wellington, as Patricia Barker departed following a troubled...
Orlando Has A Lively Arts Scene. Disney Makes It Possible.
"From supporting educational efforts to assisting professional theaters to funding performance spaces, Walt Disney World has been an engine driving the growth of the...
French Bad-Boy Author Michel Houellebecq Loses His Bid To Squelch The Porn Film He...
"A Dutch art collective can release an experimental erotic film showing the French novelist Michel Houellebecq having sex with young women in spite of...
Apple’s Classical Streaming App Has Arrived. So What’s Actually In It?
In August 2021, Apple purchased the classical-only streaming app Primephonic and immediately shuttered it, announcing that it would be reconfigured as an Apple product;...
British Theatre Audiences Are Behaving So Badly That Nearly Half Of Front-House Staff Want...
"Front-of-house staff facing violent assaults, theatregoers urinating in fire exits and mass brawls in auditoriums were among the incidents uncovered by the report from...
They’ve Discovered The Secret Ingredient In Old Masters’ Oil Paints: Protein!
"Trace quantities of protein residue have long been detected in classic oil paintings, though they were often ascribed to contamination. A new study …...
A Midwestern Network’s “Pro-Democracy” Alternative To Right-Wing Talk Radio
"With a presence in Milwaukee-Racine, Wausau-Stevens, Green Bay, and Appleton-Oshkosh and recent purchases in LaCrosse and Eau Claire markets, Civic Media's talk-formatted stations are...
Author Dubravka Ugrešić Is Dead At 73
A novelist and essayist who was for several years considered a likely Nobel candidate, "(she) found herself ostracized in the (newly-independent) country of Croatia...
Three-Quarters Of The Chorus Would Quit If English National Opera Leaves London: Survey
"Most chorus members … would be forced to leave their jobs if the company relocates outside London, because of ties that include children at...
Scotland To “Pause” Participation In Venice Biennale
"A spokesman said that in 'the present financial and planning environment' it was necessary to 'review the current model of delivery'. … Scottish involvement...
When Spain’s Largest Newspaper Started A Book Club
The culture editors at El PaÃs had been considering starting a reading group for several years, but they only went ahead and launched the...
Arts Funding In New York State Faces A Sharp Drop As Pandemic Relief Cash...
"According to a summary of the (Governor's) executive budget released by the state Senate, the proposed fiscal year 2024 (arts) budget is $42.8 million,...
American Ballet Is Still Hung Up On George Balanchine, And He’s Been Dead For...
The new season of the podcast The Turning looks at the life of the choreographer; the heights, the difficulties, and the suffering that dancers...
Florentines Invite Floridians To Come See For Themselves Whether Michelangelo’s David Is Pornographic
The director of the museum housing the work said that the board, parents and students of Tallahassee Classical School to come see the white...
Countertenor James Bowman, One of The First Stars Of The Early Music Revival, Is...
Starting in the 1970s, he overtook Alfred Deller as the world's leading male alto through his work with David Munrow's Early Music Consort of...
Canada’s Regina Symphony Is Cancelling Performances Because Of Low Ticket Sales
This was supposed to be the first full season since the pandemic for the orchestra in Saskatchewan's capital. Ticket sales, however, are down...
Actors’ Equity Is Forming Its Own PAC
"The union ... will be launching the PAC in the first week of April, with the goal of contributing money to federal candidates who...
Yet Another Prosecution Setback In The Alec Baldwin “Rust” Shooting Case
The special prosecutor originally assigned to the case was legally obliged to withdraw, and now the judge has told Santa Fe's district attorney, whose...
The Texas Observer, Once The State’s Leading Liberal Print Outlet, Is Shutting Down
"The decision marks an end to 68 years of publication, starting with its founding in 1954 by Ronnie Dugger and including a six-year period...
