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Nicholas Evans, TV Producer And Author Of “The Horse Whisperer”, Dead At 72
He had a thriving career in network TV journalism and some success making films for cable TV until a rough patch in his 40s...
I Walked Into A Pakistani Bookstore And Asked For Salman Rushdie’s Novels
The writer recounting this story lived to tell the tale but feels the need, even now, to remain anonymous. The bookseller's answer was, perhaps,...
Iraqi Police Say They Found A Stolen Picasso During A Drug Raid
An announcement from Iraq's Interior Ministry says that the painting, found in the possession of three suspected narcotics dealers, could be worth "millions of...
Staffers At Mass MoCA Call A One-Day Strike For This Friday
"(A union official) said the museum 'has a very lowball offer on the table in terms of wages.' Two-thirds of the nearly 100 unionized...
Can You Actually Hypnotize Audience Members Into Doing Improv Theater Themselves? These Two Guys...
In fact, Asad Mecci and Colin Mochrie say that (as long as the scene isn't complex) amateur audience members can do as well as...
Sending An American Orchestra To Tour Europe Is Expensive. Why Do It?
In particular, why does an orchestra from a mid-sized city such as Pittsburgh do such expensive tours, and what good does it do for...
Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians Agree To One-Year Contract Extension
"It's a way of kicking a can down the road after a couple of seasons amid a global pandemic. Several other orchestras around the...
Online Arts Events Have Benefits For Isolated Elder People: Researchers
Subjects in the study reported improved quality of life, feelings of wellbeing, and even physical condition — as long as they had necessary technical...
Charlotte Politicians Battle Over Allocating $2 Million In Arts Funding
"When Charlotte City Council last discussed arts funding a month ago, members were sharply divided about ... $2 million allocated to the Arts &...
Was Lady Rochford Really The Villainess Of Anne Boleyn’s Story?
Jane Boleyn, married to Anne's brother George, tends to be portrayed as a schemer whose (likely false) testimony sent her husband and sister-in-law to...
There’s Country Music In Africa? Yes, And There Has Been For Almost 100 Years
"The history of African country music is largely uncharted. When you piece together the fragments, a long and rich musical relationship begins to emerge....
The Mysterious, Endangered Language That Can’t Say “No” (Or “Yes”)
"Nepal's Kusunda language has no known origin and a number of quirks, like no words for 'yes' or 'no'. It also has only one...
Is There Any Such Thing Anymore As A Star Whose Name Can Sell Movie...
"The A-list is a shrinking paddock of ageing thoroughbreds. All five films in the top 100 this year that might be called 'star vehicles'...
Netflix Offers A Whole Bunch Of Games. No One Is Playing Them.
"According to recent findings from analytics company Apptopia, 99 percent of the service's users have never touched a single video game on the platform....
A Bunch Of Theater Company Directors In The Bay Area Are Leaving Their Jobs...
Lily Janiak: "Recently, I heard about three artistic director resignations all in a single week. ... Three points do not a data set make,...
A New Cadre Of “Monuments Men” (Of All Genders) Trains To Protect Cultural Heritage...
Patterned after the famous "Monuments Men" who tracked down treasures looted by the Nazis, a group of archivists, archaeologists, art historians, and other specialists...
Getty Museum Determines Its Orpheus Sculptures Were Looted And Sends Them Back To Italy
"The J. Paul Getty Museum is returning its Orpheus group of sculptures — a significant group of nearly life-size terra-cotta figures known as 'Orpheus...
State Legislation Threatens To Criminalize Librarians For Providing Information About Abortion
"(The American Library Association) says it is 'developing guidance' for libraries and library workers and working with other organizations to 'oppose any efforts to...
Singer, Superstar, Soldier, Spy — Who Was Josephine Baker, Really?
"Even if Baker's career had been restricted to her role as an entertainer, it would have had the allure of a thriller. The racecraft...
A Major Corruption Scandal At Berlin’s Regional Public Broadcaster
"It's quite a catalog of allegations that have been leveled against Patricia Schlesinger. Until recently, she was both the director of the regional public...
Director’s Husband Banned From Premises Of Royal New Zealand Ballet
"Michael Auer, the Royal New Zealand Ballet's fired ballet master and husband of artistic director Patricia Barker, was banned from all company premises after...
Virginia Republicans Are Bringing Back Obscenity Trials
"Rather than demanding that school boards or librarians remove books, the current case takes the books to court, using an obscure Virginia law that...
Why Have The Culture Warriors Come So Angrily After Drag Queen Story Hour?
"It is not just about fabulous queens competing on RuPaul's Drag Race; even Mr Tumble performs in drag on CBeebies. So, how have we...
Kirill Serebrennikov And The Quandary Of Russian Artists During Wartime
Back home in Russia (where he spent years under house arrest on trumped-up charges), among culturati in Ukraine, in Europe (where he now lives...
A Wicked Daughter, A Fake Clairvoyant, And $139 Million Worth Of Stolen Art (Including...
Tarsila do Amaral's painting Sol Poente (Setting Sun) is one of 16 artworks (not including stolen jewelry and cash) that were conned out of,...
