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Why It’s The Hands That Make All The Difference In Dance
“Hands not only guide the eye but are the body’s finishing touch. ... They also offer a way into how to look at a...
A New Wave Of Old Performers At The Edinburgh Fringe
“This year offers a ‘brigade of old gits’, as the actor Andy Linden says, some of them veterans such as Miriam Margolyes, who first...
Native American Tribal Radio Stations Try To Figure Out A Future Without CPB Funding
“Now, after Congress took away $9.4 billion in previously allocated public media funding and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting subsequently announced it will shut down, the future of...
We’ve Made Luigi Mangione Into The Latest Great American Celebrity Outlaw
His astounding social media fame has inspired a musical, Saturday Night Live skits, stand-up routines, academic inquiries into the regulation of health care algorithms and the psychosocial...
Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” To Undergo Restoration Early Next Year
The work on the monumental fresco behind the altar in the Sistine Chapel is intended to protect it from the effects of large-scale tourism....
NPR “Founding Mother” Susan Stamberg To Retire After 54 Years
“Stamberg, the first woman to anchor a national evening news program, hosted All Things Considered for 14 years before taking the helm of Weekend...
Chicago’s New Chamber Music Venue Is A Former 7-Eleven
At the CheckOut, Access Contemporary Music “aims to put on two or three chamber concerts a week, mostly self-produced. There are incipient plans for...
The Top Online Video Creators Are Building Systems That Mimic, And May Eventually Rival,...
“They're building production studios that stand toe-to-toe with Hollywood facilities and spending lavishly on higher-quality programming. Some of these stars, from MrBeast to Michelle...
Minnesota’s Arena Dances Changes Its Programming Model Away From Founder’s Works
For 30 years the Twin Cities-based company has focused on the choreography of its founder and artistic director, Mathew Janczewski. Beginning this season, Arena...
William The Conqueror’s Castle Reopens After $37 Million Restoration
“After five years and a $37 million restoration, Norwich Castle — one of England’s most iconic Norman fortresses — is reopening its doors with...
The Strange Things That Broadway Fans Send To Stars With Their Fan Mail
“A customized black track suit. Papier-mâché Little Shop of Horrors fly traps. Friendship bracelets in a range of colors and designs. … Fans are...
George C. White, Founder Of Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Is Dead At 89
“Mr. White had an immeasurable impact on the theatre industry through the Center, kickstarting the careers of countless playwrights, performers, directors, composers, and more.”...
Iranian Filmmaker Who Made Dramatic Escape Last Year Considers Going Back
Mohammad Rasoulof (Oscar-nominated The Seed of the Sacred Fig): “Over the 15 months I have been in exile, … so many bizarre events have...
Spain Is Roiled By Another Questionable Restoration Of Art In A Historic Church
This case isn’t as egregious as “Beast Jesus,” but it has happened to a far more prominent artwork: a statue, known as “la Macarena,”...
The Cuts DOGE Has Imposed On Public Libraries Are Affecting The Entire Book Publishing...
The funding freeze at the Institute of Museum and Library Services has left many public libraries without the bedrock federal grant money that keeps...
Nine Florida Counties Have Pre-Emptively Removed Books From Public Schools
Fearing legal action from the state Board of Education and Attorney General, the counties, which include the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Ft....
Trump White House Announces Review Of All Exhibits At Smithsonian Museums
“The White House will launch a sweeping review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th-birthday celebrations next year. … The vetting...
Enormous Influence: Arvo Pärt At 90
“(His) aesthetic (is) one of the most resonant and wide-reaching in all contemporary art. People who claim no interest in notated music cleave nonetheless...
Madrid City Council Rejects Multicultural Festival; Organizers Allege Ideological Bias
The Kúpula se Mueve (Kúpula Moves) festival has been held without incident in previous years, but city councilors rejected three different applications for permits this year,...
How One Small Ballet Company Managed To Give Its Dancers Full-Time Contracts
Julianna Slager, artistic director of Chicago’s Ballet 5:8, crunched the numbers and realized that using the dancers to do administrative office work which had...
Beloved Iron Sculptures In Chicago’s Grant Park May Be Relocated
“The sculpture Agora — a striking work composed of 106 nine-foot-tall iron human figures — has been a fixture on the southern edge of...
Sheila Jordan, 96, “An Impishly Imposing Jazz-Vocal Titan”
“Jordan was that rarest bird, a singer — a white singer, a ‘chick singer’ — who earned the trust and admiration of geniuses like Mingus and...
Another Bay Area Theatre Company Lays Off Staff And Vacates Its Venue
“Aurora Theatre Company announced in May that it was suspending production next season, Bay Area theater fans have feared the worst: permanent closure of yet...
Ravinia Festival Opens The First Of Its Newly-Renovated Venues
“The Audrey, formerly known as the Ravinia MusicBox, was revealed at a press event on Thursday. Inside The Audrey, in the north corner of...
Ten Semifinalists And Two Judges Withdraw From LGBTQ+ Lit Prizes Over Another Nominee’s Anti-Trans...
The awards in question are the UK’s Polari Prizes, and the issue is the presence on the longlist for Polari Book of the Year...
