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Who Was The Elise That Beethoven Wrote His Piano Piece Für? She Didn’t Exist,...
"In a forthcoming book, Why Beethoven, Norman Lebrecht presents evidence that the Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor has been known as Für Elise...
TikTok Is Experimenting With Podcasting (Well, That’s What They’re Calling It)
"The test allows users to listen to the audio featured in TikTok videos in the background. Until now, putting TikTok into the background paused...
Carlos Acosta And Birmingham Royal Ballet Launch A Second Company
As with ABT Studio, Ailey II, and other companies (largely in the US), BRB2 will offer limited-term contracts (in this case, two years) to...
Maybe Ticketmaster Doesn’t Deserve All The Rage Directed At It. (Some, But Not All.)
"Over a dozen interviews with former Ticketmaster executives, managers, economists, lawmakers, antitrust experts, fans and industry insiders, many agreed that Ticketmaster is enormous and...
They’re Not “Mummies,” They’re “Mummified Persons”
Some, though not all, museums in the UK have started moving away from the term "mummy" to describe deliberately preserved human remains from ancient...
Orlando Museum Of Art’s Accreditation Is Now At Risk Over The Basquiat Show Fiasco
"Still recovering its credibility after the headline-making FBI raid of its blockbuster Basquiat exhibition last year, the Orlando Museum of Art has been placed...
“Rust” Is Resuming Its Filming Despite Alec Baldwin’s Indictment For Involuntary Manslaughter On Set
"A person with knowledge of the project who was granted anonymity ... said that as of Thursday, the movie was still on track to...
Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Strike Again, And This Time It Sort Of Makes Sense (A...
At the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, two protestors spray-painted the logo of the company Woodside Energy on the perspex shield covering...
Professional Dance As Pure Silliness
"(With performers) wearing colourful inflated suits and roaming across streets, parks and city centres, La Grande Phrase (The Big Phrase) is a dance-work series...
Decorating Deities: How A Hindu Temple Artist Does His Work
The idols themselves are typically made of plain stone or metal alloy, but part of Hindu worship is adorning the statues with clothing, flowers,...
A Book Critic Defends Prince Harry’s Memoir As Literature
Laura Miller: "At its best, (Spare) reads like one of those popular late-1990s novels about British singletons blundering their way out of solipsistic immaturity...
Film Festivals These Days Are Treating Controversial Movies As Radioactive
"For many in the indie film world, the drama surrounding Jihad Rehab (now titled The UnRedacted) marks a new status quo. ... (There's) a...
“A Justin Peck Ballet Doesn’t Look Like Anything Else”
"He is mathematical like Balanchine, but there's more of a lightness, an everyday quality that feels playful, even when the steps are technically arduous....
Keeping Aztec Sacred Dance Alive In Los Angeles
"Twenty-two Indigenous dancers move as one in a circle with a man dancing in the middle. They call him 'el general.' Lazaro Arvizu has...
UNESCO Is Training Law Enforcement To Spot And Intercept Looted Ukrainian Art
"The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of...
New York City’s PBS TV Station Is Buying A Radio Station On Long Island
WNET, one of the flagships of the entire PBS system, will pay $100,000 for WEER, an FM station in Montauk on the eastern tip...
Philly Pops Gets An Eviction Notice From The Kimmel Center
"(The venue) has told the Philly Pops that unless it immediately comes up with rent from its just-finished holiday run, as well as advance...
Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In On-Set Shooting
"Actor Alec Baldwin, who fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie Rust in 2021, and the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez...
Performers In London’s West End Threaten A Major Strike
"Equity is calling for a pay increase of 17% in year one, and a further 10% in year two. Other demands include a five-day...
A Well-Known Tech Site Used AI Bots To Write Lots Of Features. Now It’s...
"It turns out the bots are no better at journalism — and perhaps worse — than their would-be human masters. On Tuesday, CNET began...
Jonathan Raban, Who Rejected The Label Of Travel Writer, Is Dead At 80
"He agreed with his fellow writer Bruce Chatwin, who famously turned down the Thomas Cook Award, that the term was too limiting. … When...
The Only New Broadway Shows That Seem To Be Selling Well Are The Ones...
Six productions — including A Strange Loop, Topdog/Underdog, and Death of a Salesman — closed last weekend, having struggled at the box office despite...
What Do You Get When You Cross An Opera With A TV Series?
While most US opera companies have returned to performing live and pulled back from the streaming video they offered at the height of COVID,...
Existing Podcasts May Be Doing Okay, But Development And Release Of New Ones Is...
"The number of new shows created dropped by nearly 80 percent between 2020 and 2022. Some of that can be attributed to the pandemic...
Meta’s Advisory Board Says Facebook And Instagram Should Stop Banning Breasts
"More than a decade after breastfeeding mothers first held a 'nurse-in' at Facebook's headquarters to protest against its ban on breasts, Meta's oversight board...
