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The Podcaster Reclaiming Brazil’s Long-Suppressed Black History
Journalist Tiago Rogero has created three sets of podcasts — Negra Voz (Black Voice), Vidas Negras (Black Lives), and The Querino Project (Brazil's equivalent...
The Conundrum Of Preservation Hall, The New Orleans Jazz Mecca
"It is a white-owned and white-run institution with a self-described mission to 'preserve, protect and perpetuate' one of the nation's greatest Black cultural legacies....
Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Is Leaving A Year Ahead Of Schedule
"Within a week of former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Rod Sims (becoming board chairman) at Opera Australia, ... its artistic director of...
A Small Army Of Citizen Detectives Is Helping Locate Looted South Asian Temple Art
"Collaborating over Facebook groups, (these) heritage enthusiasts spend their spare time scouring virtual museum catalogs and auction listings to identify stolen items, as well...
Can Turning An Old KKK Meeting Hall Into An Arts Center Bring Healing To...
"The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing will house spaces for activities including performances, exhibitions, workshops and community meetings. ... As its...
Dan Sullivan, Longtime Theater Critic For The L.A. Times, Is Dead At 87
"The Los Angeles Times theater critic from 1969 until 1991, Sullivan earlier worked at St. Paul's Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The...
Second City To Open A Branch In Brooklyn
"The improv stage and training center, based in Chicago since 1959, announced on Thursday that it would open a location in New York City...
Sinking? Why, No, Our Building Isn’t Sinking, Says Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum
"The news site Bloomberg reported last month that this summer's drought ... has created a fungus that is eating away at the Amsterdam museum's...
Ten Of The Bolshoi’s Star Dancers Get Suspended For Doing A Gala In Uzbekistan...
They missed no performances in Moscow to do the gig, and while the official reasons given for the suspension were the gala's marketing (not...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Aspects Of Love” Is Being Reworked Again
Beyond the initial version, successful in the West End in 1989 but not on Broadway in 1990, the show has had at least three...
The Post-#MeToo Morals Clauses In Hollywood Contracts Are A Big Issue For The Guilds
"While these provisions have been criticized by talent reps for being too broad and too subjective, there's actually a bigger problem with their presence...
A Major Cheating And Competition-Fixing Scandal Hits The Competitive Irish Dance World
"The prestigious global body that governs Irish dancing has this week been rocked by what is believed to be its largest ever alleged cheating...
Mumbai is Getting A Fabulous New Arts Center, Courtesy Of One Of The Country’s...
The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, "(a) mammoth 18.5-acre facility which is being inaugurated in stages (starting next March), is the vision of philanthropist...
Serializing The Original “Dracula” Novel Turned Out To Be Perfect For The Pandemic
"Count Dracula — a recluse plagued by yearning, a macabre flair for theatrics and existential loneliness — turned out to be an unlikely patron...
Con Artist Anna Sorokin (AKA “Heiress” Anna Delvey) Is Out Of Jail And Under...
"Sorokin's release from ICE custody comes after months of legal fights — and a blowout with Sorokin's old attorney — as she prepares to...
Edinburgh International Film Festival Will “Cease Trading Immediately”
"The Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Edinburgh Filmhouse and the Belmont cinema in Aberdeen have all stopped trading with immediate effect. The parent charity...
Prop 28: California Ballot Measure Would Provide Dedicated Arts Education Funding
"The measure would require the state to allocate at least 1% of Prop. 98 funding — money guaranteed for public schools and community colleges...
Two Ancient Roman Sculptures At The Vatican Get Smashed By A US Tourist Who...
"The man ... was stopped by the Vatican police in the Chiaramonti Museum ... shortly after he threw the busts to the ground. ......
A Critic’s First Hints About The Acoustics In The Renovated David Geffen Hall
Michael Andor Brodeur: "I can at least say without getting too subjective or getting in any trouble that the difference in sound is immediate...
Annie Ernaux Wins 2022 Nobel Prize For Literature
"Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs. Her more than 20 books, most very short, chronicle...
“Brazen Heads” — Legends Of The Robots Of Medieval Europe
"Let's take a look at three of these stories — builders of brazen heads and the ruin that visited them — and see if...
“The Personal Is Political” — Where The Slogan Came From And How It Went...
"To understand disagreements about race, sex and gender dividing the West now, we could do worse than go back to where the sentiment began...
“Bros” Shows, Yet Again, The Problem With Romantic Comedies These Days
"The tropes feel like they're driving the action rather than the other way around. The rom-com, like a delicate houseplant, must be watered with...
“California Is Moving Toward A Revolutionary Overhaul In How It Finances The Performing Arts”
"In signing SB1116 into law on Thursday, Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom created the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, which would reimburse small performing...
Ancient Buddhist Caves, Temples, And Murals Discovered In Indian Tiger Sanctuary
"The caves date back to the 2nd to 5th century BCE, but researchers also found more recent relics, including 26 temples, 46 sculptures, two...
