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Radio Stations’ Struggle To Stop US Automakers From Dropping The AM Band From In-Car...
"Facing an existential moment in the 100-year history of the medium, AM broadcasters are banding together, calling on allies in Congress, and enlisting listener...
Anna Netrebko’s Husband And Frequent Stage Partner Is Now Running A National Opera House
TThe tenor Yusif Eyvazov has been appointed director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in his hometown, Baku. (The couple has...
Another Thing TikTok Has Changed About Dance: Earning A Living
"TikTok creators, professional dancers, choreographers, and dance companies … said the app had changed the way they choreographed, helped them earn more money, and...
Canadian Gets Trapped Inside Outdoor Sculpture
A 26-year-old man (acting against his girlfriend's advice) climbed on top of a public artwork called Talus Dome and made of stacks of stainless...
Florida School Removes Anne Frank Book After Complaint That It Minimizes The Holocaust
"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in...
Choreographer Jennifer Muller Is Dead At 78
"Her choreographic career, which spanned more than five decades and produced more than 125 dances, set her apart from her postmodern contemporaries. 'I'm not...
British Theatre Audiences Behaving Even More Badly (We’re Talking Fists, Screams, And Urine)
"A front-of-house assistant at a theatre in the north says disruptive incidents now occur weekly and are increasingly serious: “Myself and my colleagues have...
Al Jaffee, Legendary “Mad” Magazine Cartoonist Who Retired At 99, Has Died At 102
"Few of the magazine's self-billed 'Usual Gang of Idiots' contributed as much — and as dependably — as the impish, bearded cartoonist. For decades,...
How Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” Got Upsized For The Metropolitan Opera
When the piece premiered at Opera Theatre of St. Louis ten years ago, it had a small pit orchestra, a four-piece jazz combo, and...
Laura Benanti Reveals How She Literally Sang Through An Onstage Miscarriage
"On Monday April 3rd, I performed on stage for 2000 people while having a miscarriage. I knew it was happening. … If it had...
The Enslaved Painter Who Modeled For Velázquez And Became A Star Artist In His...
"(Juan de Pareja) remains an elusive figure within art history, with details of his life prone to myth, his paintings often misattributed and no...
A Critic Makes The Rounds Of Immersive Art Shows
Adam Platt: "As you move from one pleasantly distracting set piece to another, pondering when to ingest the lemon-flavored edible in your pocket, it...
Brussels Museum Schedules, Then Cancels, Sparring Match Between Police Officers And Local Boxers
"The MIMA contemporary art museum in Molenbeek had planned to host a sparring session between around 20 amateur boxers from the Ixelles branch of...
Museum Of Peru’s Shining Path-Armed Forces Civil War Is Abruptly Closed
"Since its controversial inception in 2015, the Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion has received about 60,000 visitors a year. But Lima's ultra-conservative...
It Took A Dozen Years For “Shucked” To Plow Its Path To Broadway
"The history of iterations of Shucked is an interesting one, since it bears almost no resemblance to the show that McAnally and Clark started...
Will A Proposed New York City Law Banning Size Discrimination Make A Difference On...
"The bill … would 'prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and public accommodation.' …...
This Magazine With 1,000 Subscribers Has Become A Serious Force In Irish Literature
"Founded in Dublin in 1997 as a receptacle for 'all this great writing floating around,' The Stinging Fly has reached its 25th year as...
Pergolesi Meets Pole Dancing In Performance; Priest Punished With Death Threats
A performance titled Passions croisées (Crossed Passions) in a historic Strasbourg church featured Pergolesi's Stabat Mater accompanied by athletic (and non-raunchy) pole and silk...
Mimi Sheraton, Restaurant Critic And Food Writer, Is Dead At 97
"It's hard to find anywhere in the food universe that wasn't touched by (her) pen or panache. She helped shape modern food writing as...
The Choreographer, Videographer, And Oceanographers Who Worked On Boston Ballet’s New “La Mer”
It's the first live work in North America for beloved Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning, and among her many collaborators are video artist Heleen Blanken...
The Psychiatric Troubles That Made Yayoi Kusama And Her Art What They Are
"From a very early age Kusama has suffered from severe panic attacks and hallucinations, episodes during which pumpkins might talk to her, which is...
As Translated Literature Gains A Higher Profile, Translators Gain A New Role
"In the new visibility, the literary translator possesses a different sort of identity: still the articulate spokesperson for another language and culture, but self-conscious...
“There Is A Much Lower Ceiling Than There Used To Be”: Dallas’s Arts Institutions...
"There is no question that, because of their size, Dallas's big seven arts groups depend more heavily on attendance than others in the region....
Italy’s New Right-Wing Government Wants To Outlaw The Use Of Foreign Words (Yes, Just...
"(The) eight-article proposal includes imposing a fine of up to €100,000 ($108,000) on the use of foresterismi, or foreign words that have Italian translations,...
San Diego Opera Cancels Performances Of An Work It Co-Commissioned
"Citing rising costs and reduced revenue, the San Diego Opera Tuesday canceled performances of (Zach Redler and Jerre Dye's) The Falling and the Rising,...
