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Jay Leno Hospitalized With “Serious Burns”
The former longtime host of NBC's The Tonight Show, who is now 72, reportedly suffered burns to his face in a gasoline fire which...
Leveling Up? Who Are You Kidding? Say Tory MPs About England’s Arts Funding
"A Tory revolt has emerged over 'patronising' claims that funding for established cultural institutions contributes to the government's levelling up pledge, amid concerns from...
“Symphony Of Sirens”: The Mammoth, Raucous 1922 Concert That Would Have Made The Italian...
Arseny Avraamov's work, written and performed in Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan for the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution, "included the entire Caspian flotilla, cannons,...
The Plays Of Henrik Ibsen, Where Women, Philosophy, And Theater Intertwine
"The male philosophers in Ibsen's plays do not fare well. In fact, they are a bunch of ramshackle figures – either adding sheer comedy...
Philadelphia’s Merriam Theater Was, Well, Problematic. As The Miller Theater, It’s Getting Fixed
Well, partially fixed: even the planned $30 million renovation can't address all the issues from decades of deferred maintenance. But leaks will be fixed,...
Julie Kent Has Made A Huge Difference For The Washington Ballet
"When Kent arrived in Washington, she brought a radiant star power that was undeniable. ... While praise for Kent is uniform in the dance...
Watching The Decline Of Social Media
"Mark Zuckerberg's empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in value and laid off 11,000 people. ... Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has...
The Reason Deaf People Were Historically Excluded Wasn’t That They Couldn’t Hear
"Speech, rather than hearing, has been at the heart of deaf exclusion throughout history. People who were born deaf, or were deafened before they...
California Voters Approve Major Arts Education Ballot Initiative
"With the overwhelming approval of Proposition 28, California will now lead the nation in funding for the arts in every classroom. ... The passage...
Jury Finds Filmmaker Paul Haggis Liable For A Rape In 2013
"The jury deliberated for nearly six hours and the unanimous panel of four men and two women awarded the plaintiff, Haleigh Breest, $7.5 million...
HarperCollins Workers Are Officially On Strike
"Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and...
Museum Directors Warn Climate-Protesting Art Vandals: The Art Is Much More Fragile Than You...
"Climate activists targeting masterpieces around the world are not fully aware of how delicate the artworks are, the directors of almost 100 galleries have...
Now The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Coming After Classical Music
At the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam last week, members of the activist group Extinction Rebellion interrupted Verdi's Requiem, shouting "We are in the middle of...
China’s 400-Year-Old Women-Only Script Is Having A Revival
Nüshu, a phonetic, syllabic script (as opposed to the standard Chinese ideogram characters) used by and between women, developed in a rural area of...
Margaret Atwood And Wayne McGregor Make A Ballet Out Of “MaddAddam”
Atwood says, "I just want to know how you are going to get around the giant blue penises." McGregor's only response (other than laughter)...
Anselm Kiefer’s 200-Acre Gesamtkunstwerk In The South Of France
Michael Heizer's "City" isn't the only massive art installation out in the boondocks that took decades and millions of dollars to build. For 30...
“Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?” And The Age Of “Hagsploitation” Cinema
"In the years following its release, Hollywood started producing a string of (movies) which, like Baby Jane, provided veteran actresses including Barbara Stanwyck, Tallulah...
Classical Music Radio In Britain Is Losing Lots Of Listeners, Even Though Classical Music...
Data indicate that interest in classical music itself is growing, but BBC Radio 3, the more populist Classic FM, and newish Scala Radio have...
At 108, This Woman May Be The World’s Oldest Active Dancer
Eileen Kramer started dancing professionally in 1939 and lived in India, Europe, and the US before returning to Australia at 99. She now lives...
They’ve Found The Oldest Known Sentence To Be Written In An Alphabet
There are more ancient surviving writings in hieroglyphics and cuneiform, but the inscription on this 3,700-year-old personal-care item is the oldest to use letters...
Securities & Exchange Commission Investigates Hedge Fund That Invests In Broadway Shows
A marketing document from the Broadway Strategic Return Fund claims that the fund's value quadrupled from January 2016 through September 2021, a period that...
One-Person Shows Are Having A(nother) Boom — And Not Just Because They’re Cheap To...
There have been other periods when stage monologues were big on New York stages. The difference this time is the audiobook and podcast boom;...
“Absurd”, “Insane”, And “Not Doable”, Says English National Opera CEO About Moving To Manchester
Stuart Murphy: "We looked at the money. We spoke to people the Arts Council hadn't bothered to speak to in Manchester, from across the...
Gal Costa, Legendary Brazilian Songstress, Is Dead At 77
"The soprano with wild curls of dark hair was … an icon in the Tropicalia and Brazilian popular music movements who enjoyed a nearly...
A Look Inside The CIA Museum (Yes, There Is One)
The museum, whose collection documents CIA history from circa World War II to the present, is at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia and...
