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What’s Going To Change During The Hollywood Writers’ Strike: An Explainer
How the walkout will affect talk shows and scripted shows in the near term, and what the stakes are for each side. - AP
Gordon Lightfoot, Hit-Spinning Singer-Songwriter Of The 1970s, Is Dead At 84
A major presence on the US charts and an even bigger star in his native Canada, he's remembered for "Sundown," "If You Could Read...
The Joys Of Berlinglish
An editor at Exberliner, the English-language monthly magazine for expats in Germany's capital, considers the quirky ways in which Deutsch and English mix in...
Carlos Acosta’s Heavy Metal Ballet Is Ready To Storm The Stage
"Black Sabbath: the Ballet, due to open in September in the band's home city, … is the vision of Birmingham Royal Ballet's artistic director,...
Spokane Symphony Faces A $1 Million Deficit
"Expiring pandemic-related government funds, a scuttling stock market and the increasing cost of doing business have left the 78-year-old arts organization seeking some help....
Beatrix Potter: Biological Illustrator, Entomologist, Mycologist, Sheep Farmer
The creator of Peter Rabbit was more than a writer of children's tales about fuzzy animals. She did professional-quality zoological illustration, carried out serious...
The New Glossy Magazines Joining Ukraine’s Fight Against The Russian Invasion
Two Kiev-based publications, Solomiya and Telegraf, and a dissident magazine from inside Russia, BL8D (pronounced "blood"), are using visual art, fashion photography, interviews and...
Is This Humiliating? Or A Hoot? Italian Tourism Campaign Features Botticelli’s Venus As An...
""In one image, she takes a selfie at Piazza San Marco in Venice, while elsewhere on her travels she eats a pizza on Lake...
Why Epistolary Drama Can Work So Well On Stage
"It's an inherently dramatic device — because a letter is both a vessel for self-expression and a catalyst for a response. Suspense swirls around...
Paper Magazine Lays Off Its Entire Staff
"The staff of Paper Magazine, the pop culture publisher made famous by the 2014 'Break the Internet' photo shoot with Kim Kardashian, was laid...
BBC’s Chairman Resigns Over Boris Johnson Loan Scandal
"(Richard Sharp) quit Friday after a report found he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging ... a...
London’s Tate Modern Gets Its Next Director From Norway’s National Museum
"Karin Hindsbo, who oversaw the consolidation of four Norwegian art institutions into the National Museum in Oslo, will take up her new post in...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Back, This Time At The National Gallery In DC
"Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture at the National Gallery of...
Locals Complain About “Pornographic” Books In High School Library; Librarian Sues Them For Defamation
"A longtime librarian at Roxbury High School in Morris County (New Jersey) has sued a group of residents she says defamed her by falsely...
Making Contemporary Dance, With Ordinary Local People, In England’s De-Industrialized Northeast
Choreographer Liv Lorent settled in Newcastle 30 years ago; Esther Huss moved to a nearby former mining village more recently. Both see real advantages...
Twice-Exiled: The Life Of A Young Correspondent For Russia’s Only Independent TV Network
Valeria Ratnikova started at TV Rain at age 20; by 23, she was a network star. When Putin's government shut TV Rain down after...
Jerry Springer, Host Of America’s Most Notorious TV Talk Show, Is Dead At 79
The former Cincinnati mayor, who once said that he didn't mind being called the "grandfather of trash TV," hosted a "tabloid talk show known...
Consider The Poetry Slam
"Poetry slam is one of the few examples we have of a 'language game'. ... t is a place to play with words, and...
More Theaters Experiment With Collective Leadership And Term Limits
Several companies in the Bay Area have been finding real advantages in these models: without a single, well-paid executive, the remaining staffers can be...
Nigerian Government Transfers Ownership Of The Benin Bronzes, Complicating Repatriation Negotiations
A decree has declared the traditional king of the region where the artworks were made, the Oba of Benin, their official owner. Now...
This Theatre Will Have The UK’s First-Ever In-House Department Dedicated To New Musicals
The Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio "will be led by a Head of New Musical Theatre, who will commission, develop and produce new musicals in...
Ellsworth Kelly’s Widower is On A Giving Spree With Both Artworks And Money
To honor Kelly's 100th birthday, Jack Shear is dividing 146 works among 19 museums, with MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art,...
A New Bill In The US Senate Targets Ticketmaster’s Market Stranglehold
"Titled the 'Unlock Ticketing Markets Act,' the legislation aims to 'help restore competition to live event ticketing markets by empowering the Federal Trade Commission...
NPR’s “Fresh Air” Gets A New Full-Time Co-Host
Terry Gross isn't going anywhere; she remains as host and executive producer. Starting May 1, her on-air partner will be Tonya Mosley, a contributing...
The Africa Center In Harlem Is Becoming far More Than A Museum Of African...
It was called the Museum for African Art when it opened in 1984 and for decades afterward. After a long, troubled move into a...
