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Gawker Is Closing Down. Yes, Again.
"Gawker, the snarky pop-culture site rebooted in mid-2021, is shutting down — for a second time, with the CEO of parent company Bustle Digital...
Evicted From The Kimmel Center. The Philly Pops Find A New Concert Hall
For the orchestra's February program, at least, the venue will be the Met Philadelphia, a former opera house on Broad Street north of Center...
Considering “Schoolhouse Rock” at 50
"Unlike the dutiful news interstitials that vitamin-fortified other Saturday-morning cartoon lineups, Schoolhouse Rock harnessed the power of comedy and ear worms. The facts and...
Donatello Was The First (More-Or-Less) Openly Gay Artist In Western History
That's not only because he made the first life-sized male nude statue in Europe since the Romans. It's not only because of his David's...
Lorraine Hansberry’s Other Play Gets Its First New York Revival In 50 Years
Why has The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window been neglected? "It's not a play about Black people. She was seen as going out of...
Three Years After A Fire, The Museum of Chinese In America May Be In...
"News of the tragedy brought attention from all over the US, reminding people of the rich history that was at stake. It also brought...
Book Twitter’s Crucial Role In Publishing — And What Could Happen If Twitter Goes...
"In the words of author and writing coach Paulette Perhach, 'It feels like the castle we made is being swept off the table by...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. On What Makes An African-American Work Of Literature A “Classic”
"(It) has the uncanny capacity to take the seemingly mundane details of the day-to-day African American experience of its time and transmute those details...
Ukraine’s Ballet-In-Exile Gets Settled In The Hague
No, it's got nothing to do with the International Criminal Court. The Netherlands' administrative capital is where the United Ukrainian Ballet, a company assembled...
The Academy Decides Not To Rescind Andrea Risenorough’s Best Actress Oscar Nomination
"No punitive action will be taken by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences against best actress Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough or those...
They Misspelled Poor Georgia O’Keeffe’s Name On The Wall Of The New Terminal At...
"After years of stuttered construction, the $11 billion Long Island Rail Road terminal in Grand Central has opened — and commuters have already noticed...
California’s Three Major Orchestras And Their Conductors Are Starting A Statewide Festival Of New...
"The November event — called the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music — is a collaborative project organized by three maestros: Gustavo Dudamel...
Australia’s Labor Government Announces A $300 Million National Cultural Policy
"Among the major policies revealed on Sunday was the establishment of Creative Australia, a body that will supersede the Australia Council as the country's...
BBC’s Arabic Radio Service Closes After 85 Years
"The corporation said it is cutting hundreds of jobs in its World Service and has been forced to make the cuts because of the...
Even Now, Dance Company Auditions Aren’t Like They Were Before COVID
"Even as in-person auditions make a comeback, they don't quite look the same as they once did." Auditioning by video has become normalized, and...
Former Public Radio Employees Explain Why They Burned Out And Resigned
Last summer, Current got over 300 responses to an anonymous survey of ex-public radio staffers. Nearly three-quarters said they believe in public radio's mission...
On Broadway, It Really Is The Best of Times And Worst Of Times
"In many ways Beetlejuice, which closed Jan. 8, encapsulates life on the bifurcated Broadway of 2023 — a place where the hits are still...
Artist Alfred Leslie, America’s Leading Ex-Abstract Expressionist, Is Dead Of COVID At 95
"A second-generation Abstract Expressionist and filmmaker, (he) turned his back on nonrepresentational art in the early 1960s to lead a revival of figurative painting."...
He Bought A Chandelier In An Antique Shop For $309. Turns Out It’s a...
"In 1960, British painter John Craxton was passing by the store when he recognized the Alberto Giacometti light fixture as a piece once owned...
The Drag-Queen-Story-Hour Culture Wars Have Spread To Britain’s Museums
"In an open letter to the Tate's board of trustees, a controversial politician in the United Kingdom denounced Tate Britain's decision to invite a...
Pasadena Symphony’s Ex-Music Director, Fired For Refusing Vaccine, Sues For Religious Discrimination
"(David Lockington), who is a member of Church of Christ, Scientist, is suing the association, alleging he was wrongfully stripped of his job in...
HarperCollins To Lay Off 5 Percent Of Its North American Staff As Strike Continues
"The news of the layoffs comes a few days after HC said it had agreed to work with a mediator in an attempt to...
UK Museum Workers Announce A Strike
"Security and visitor services staff at the British Museum in London and civil servants at the (culture ministry) said they would refuse to continue...
Popular Music Has Become An Asset Class
Justin Bieber selling his catalogue for $200 million is just the latest example. Investment funds have been paying big money for rights to pop...
“Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera”: Figaro In A South Side...
Baritone Will Livermore and DJ King Rico have adapted Rossini's Barber of Seville into a work called The Factotum, "blending operatic writing with a...
