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At 93, Pioneering Asian-American Actor James Hong Is Still Working
Born and raised in Minneapolis, he's had a 70-year career (so far), with around 500 credits on IMDb and, evidently, another 200 in voiceovers...
Prix Goncourt, France’s Top Book Award, Goes To Brigitte Giraud For “Vivre Vite” (“Living...
"Giraud, 56, a French writer of novels and short stories, was declared winner ... after the jury voted 14 times. After a final vote...
Making Performing Arts Accessible To The Blind And Visually Impaired: Expensive, But Doable
Bay Area choreographer Jess Curtis created a consulting company, Gravity Access Services, which aims "to help ... producers bring their work to life to...
They Thought It Was An Apprentice’s Copy, But Now They Say It’s A Genuine...
"'The Raising of the Cross' oil sketch from the 1640s was long thought to have been the work of a follower of the 17th-century...
Disgraced Manhattan Art Dealer Sentenced To Ten Years’ Imprisonment By Indian Court
"Subhash Kapoor, ... described by authorities as one of the world's most prolific antiquities smugglers, ... faced charges for the burglary and illegal export...
English National Opera Loses All Regular State Funding And Decides To Move To Manchester
"The English National Opera is to lose its £12.6m core annual funding from Arts Council England in a major shake-up that leaves its future...
Fired Costume Designer Sues Paul Taylor Dance Company For Gender Discrimination
Barbara Delo started with the company in September 2021, shortly after having a baby, and was dismissed this past July. She claims that she...
Germany Allocates €1 Billion To Help Arts Institutions With Soaring Energy Prices
Culture minister Claudia Roth: "We are particularly concerned with the preservation of cultural offerings, from cinemas to theaters and concerts, but also to institutions...
A Few Dedicated Artisans Preserve The Intricate Traditional Crafts Of Tajikistan
"What makes the usto ply their craft when their own culture moves beyond them? Some find work by updating old techniques for new patrons....
The Irish Language Is Seeing The Start Of A Renaissance In Northern Ireland
"Young people with no personal memories of a time when the Irish language was championed as a form of resistance by republican IRA inmates...
New Yorker Cartoonist George Booth Is Dead At 96
"(He) created a world of oddballs sharing life's chaos with a pointy-eared bull terrier that once barked a flower to death, and sometimes with...
John Leguizamo’s Plea: “Cast More Latinos!”
"We need a better pipeline for Latinos in movies, TV shows and plays. We need a system for our stories and our projects. ......
Sydney Dance Company And Rafael Bonachela Will Have Five More Years Together
"Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela has had his contract renewed for another five years, which will take his tenure to 19 years...
This Pulitzer- And Tony-Winning Playwright Decided She Had To Take Four Years Away From...
By 2018, Quiara Alegría Hudes found that the field she loved was causing more stress and heartbreak than joy and satisfaction. Last year, she...
The Best International Film Oscar Needs To Be Completely Reworked
"Nothing short of a total overhaul of the category is in order. Every year, the Academy tweaks the rules, trying to improve the controversial...
The Power Of Profanity: Using Bad Words Really Is Good For You, Finds Study
"'Swearing produces effects that are not observed with other forms of language use. Thus, swearing is powerful,' a group of scientists from universities in...
Fine-Tuning The Acoustics Of The New David Geffen Hall
How do you adjust the acoustics of an already-completed auditorium? Turns out the architects and acousticians built in some adjustable features. - The New...
NPR Launches A Paid-Subscription Podcast Bundle
"(The package gives) subscribers access to bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks from nearly a dozen NPR podcasts including Planet Money, Fresh Air,...
The Lena Horne Theater: Finally, There’s A Broadway House Named After A Black Woman
"Horne, called a 'fearless agent for change' by New York's governor, was a Brooklyn-born singer and actress whose career spanned decades and broke barriers....
The 21st-Century Hula Renaissance
"Forget Hollywood images of lithe women in coconut bras and grass skirts. ... Real hula is primal, archetypal, esoteric and ever- evolving. And it's...
“The Woman King” Is A Massive Hit At Benin’s Only Movie Theater
The film, headlined by Viola Davis, about the female warriors of the old kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin), has been running at the...
Arguments About Backstage Racism Are Getting Out-Of-Hand: John McWhorter
"But here and now: non-Black people of color mad that they weren't consulted about Black American slavery? ... Calling it an affront to mental...
It’s Word-Of-The-Year Season Again, And The First Winner Is Perfect For 2022
That word, chosen by Collins English Dictionary in the UK is "permacrisis." Among the other top choices are "vibe shift," "Partygate," "quiet quitting," and...
Ian Jack, Journalist, Essayist, And Ex-Editor Of Granta, Dead At 77
He wrote for the Glasgow Herald, the Sunday Times of London, "the Observer and Vanity Fair before joining the team that created the Independent...
Nico Muhly’s New, Most Unusual Setting Of Christ’s Passion
"In The Street, a new evening-length cycle for harp, narrator, and singer(s), composer Nico Muhly and librettist Alice Goodman treat the 14 stations with...
