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Russian Missile Strikes Targeted, And Hit, Museums And Cultural Sites In Kyiv
Among the institutions damaged by missile fire, reported Ukraine's culture minister, are the Kyiv Art Gallery, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, the National Philharmonic,...
How The Acousticians Went About Fixing David Geffen Hall
Rivka Galchen looks into the development of acoustical engineering as a craft (which goes all the way back to Chichén Itzá and Hagia Sophia)...
Ballroom Dance Was Created By And For Prancing Aristocrats. How Did It Get To...
"Although ballrooms were once the territory of the elite and considered off-limits for common people, in the upheaval of the 19th century, new types...
Ukrainians Are Making Video Games About Russia’s Invasion
In one game, the player is a Ukrainian tractor driver stealing Russian tanks; in another, she slaps Putin with a sunflower; in another, he...
He Was The Bestselling Poet In American History. He’s Totally Forgotten Now. What Happened...
"Rod McKuen sold millions of poetry books in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a regular on late-night TV. He released dozens of albums,...
A Leading Philadelphia Indie Theatre Company Has A New Artistic Director
"Inis Nua Theatre Co., a Philadelphia-based company that draws its material from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, has named longtime Philly theater director Kathryn...
Artist Billy Al Bengston, A Leader Of L.A.’s “Cool School” Artists, Is Dead At...
"Pop art was just emerging and Bengston spoke its language well with his simple, aesthetically direct and repetitive motifs. His shiny, heavily lacquered surfaces...
Europe’s Fuel Crisis Is Crippling Venice’s Murano Glassmakers
The high temperatures necessary for glassmaking require huge amounts of natural gas, whose price has soared by well over 1,000% since Russia's invasion of...
John Cleese of Monty Python To Host Show On Britain’s Equivalent Of Fox News
Cleese's as-yet-untitled show on GB News, shared with satirist Andrew Doyle, will presumably be part of his notorious ongoing campaign against "wokeness" and "cancel...
Innovative Arrangement Will Restore Ownership Of Ancient Artworks To Greece While Displaying Them At...
The deal involves the collection of antiquities from the Cyclades islands assembled by philanthropist Leonard Stern: the objects will be legally in the possession...
Journalist Grace Glueck, Who Pioneered News Reporting On The Art World, Is Dead At...
Starting at a time when American journalism about the visual arts was strictly by critics, she treated it as a news beat, writing more...
One Week La Scala Packed A 5,000-Seat Sports Arena. The Next, It Barely Half-Filled...
It's not about COVID fears. The difference between the two events was as simple as could be: price. - Gramilano (Milan)
Multicultural Japanese Literature (Yes, There’s Such A Thing)
"Understanding whether or not Japanese literature is changing also requires defining 'Japanese literature,' and defining the 'Japanese' part of the term is challenging enough....
How Jon Stewart’s Attempt To Fix TV Journalism Led To The Triumph Of His...
"The problem was that he misunderstood what made the monolithic mass media world a financial success. He was convinced that you could keep all...
The Podcaster Reclaiming Brazil’s Long-Suppressed Black History
Journalist Tiago Rogero has created three sets of podcasts — Negra Voz (Black Voice), Vidas Negras (Black Lives), and The Querino Project (Brazil's equivalent...
The Conundrum Of Preservation Hall, The New Orleans Jazz Mecca
"It is a white-owned and white-run institution with a self-described mission to 'preserve, protect and perpetuate' one of the nation's greatest Black cultural legacies....
Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Is Leaving A Year Ahead Of Schedule
"Within a week of former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Rod Sims (becoming board chairman) at Opera Australia, ... its artistic director of...
A Small Army Of Citizen Detectives Is Helping Locate Looted South Asian Temple Art
"Collaborating over Facebook groups, (these) heritage enthusiasts spend their spare time scouring virtual museum catalogs and auction listings to identify stolen items, as well...
Can Turning An Old KKK Meeting Hall Into An Arts Center Bring Healing To...
"The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing will house spaces for activities including performances, exhibitions, workshops and community meetings. ... As its...
Dan Sullivan, Longtime Theater Critic For The L.A. Times, Is Dead At 87
"The Los Angeles Times theater critic from 1969 until 1991, Sullivan earlier worked at St. Paul's Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The...
Second City To Open A Branch In Brooklyn
"The improv stage and training center, based in Chicago since 1959, announced on Thursday that it would open a location in New York City...
Sinking? Why, No, Our Building Isn’t Sinking, Says Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum
"The news site Bloomberg reported last month that this summer's drought ... has created a fungus that is eating away at the Amsterdam museum's...
Ten Of The Bolshoi’s Star Dancers Get Suspended For Doing A Gala In Uzbekistan...
They missed no performances in Moscow to do the gig, and while the official reasons given for the suspension were the gala's marketing (not...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Aspects Of Love” Is Being Reworked Again
Beyond the initial version, successful in the West End in 1989 but not on Broadway in 1990, the show has had at least three...
The Post-#MeToo Morals Clauses In Hollywood Contracts Are A Big Issue For The Guilds
"While these provisions have been criticized by talent reps for being too broad and too subjective, there's actually a bigger problem with their presence...
