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How A Fundamentalist Christian Polemic On Wifely Submissiveness Became (Ahem) Gospel Among Some Orthodox...
"The Surrendered Wife's popularity highlights how an insular religious group with carefully preserved boundaries can in fact be quite porous to outside influence —...
How CNN+ Fell Apart Just Weeks After It Was Launched
Or, to put it more clearly, how the new streaming service — into which the previous bosses had poured hundreds of millions — was...
Yes, CNN+ Collapsed, But CNN Has A Long Record Of Successful Innovation
"Some of those experiments, like Headline News (now HLN), paid off in a big way; others were here and gone in about a year....
Inquest Into Harassment At Paris Museums Ordered By Mayor
A report by the French daily Libération uncovered serious allegations of racial and sexual harassment, and even assault, at six of the 14 museums...
Italy’s “Monuments Men”-Style Task Force Has A New Deal With UNESCO
"The first heritage task force of its kind, the Blue Helmets includes officers from Italy's specialist police force for art crime, and ... art...
A New Orchestra Of Ukrainian Refugees Will Debut With An International Tour This Summer
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, a 75-member ensemble assembled with the support of the Metropolitan Opera and Polish National Opera, will visit nine European cities,...
Marmont, Hammer, Grauman, Getty, Norton Simon … So Who Are All These People That...
Okay, you may well know about J. Paul Getty, and if you're an ArtsJournal regular you probably recognize Eli Broad. Writer Patt Morrison introduces...
When They Dug Up The Cobblestone Streets, They Found Beautifully Preserved Roman Mosaics
"A group of ancient Roman mosaics dating from the second century CE were hidden under the city streets of Stari Grad, on the idyllic...
“A Political Switzerland”: Is The New York Times Book Review’s “Books As News” Approach...
With Bookstagrammers and BookTokers nearly equal in influence, and with its carefully maintained approach of relative objectivity, "the Book Review may have the luxury...
Artist William Kentridge Has Directed Many Other People’s Operas. Now He’s Doing One Of...
Premiered by the Rome Opera in 2019 and soon to open at the Barbican in London, Waiting for the Sibyl is a 40-minute chamber...
Egyptian Woman Gets Three Years In Prison For Tiktok Dance Videos
"Haneen Hossam, a social media influencer, was arrested in 2020. ... Prosecutors had accused her of promoting human trafficking by allegedly exploiting minor girls...
“It Was A Real Face-Plant” — CNN+ Was Doomed
"CNN+ was reportedly drawing only 10,000 active users. Blog posts do better numbers than that. This one probably will. ... People were calling it...
“A Disconcerting Level Of Disconnection” As College Students Return To Campus In Person
"More than 100 (professors) wrote in, using words like 'defeated,' 'exhausted,' and 'overwhelmed.' ... Far fewer students show up to class. Those who do...
Royal Shakespeare Co. Artistic Director Gregory Doran Steps Down For Good
Doran, who has worked with the RSC for 35 years and was its leader for nearly a decade, has been on personal leave since...
Architect Oscar Niemeyer’s Final Building Is Now Finished And Open
The late Brazilian modernist designed this public pavilion/art gallery at the Château La Coste winery near Aix-en-Provence in 2010, when he was 102. (He...
Creator Of “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812” Sues Producer For Unpaid...
"Dave Malloy, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, has filed a petition ... (saying) he is owed 'hundreds of thousands...
World War II Killed 20th-Century Classical Music, Says Conductor John Mauceri
His idea, spelled out in a new book, is that the natural heirs of Mahler and Richard Strauss were the "degenerate" composers (e.g., Korngold,...
Pianist Alexei Lubimov’s First Interview Since Moscow Police Tried To Break Up His Concert
"The police said they were just following orders, and they obviously didn't know the music or why they had these orders. ... Anyway, they...
Mills College, Where American Avant-Garde Music Got Wild (And Ultimately Kinda Cool)
Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh are alumni. John Cage, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, the Art...
And Just Who Is Joe Kahn, The New York Times’ New Top Editor?
For one thing, he's the first executive editor who may be wealthier than the paper's owners. (He is heir to a large retailing fortune.)...
France’s Top Stage Awards Underscore The Massive Divide Between State-Funded And For-Profit Theatre
"The Molières were designed to bridge the gap between (the) two opposing production models. ... The distinction has long structured French theater and shaped...
What Happens When Big Corporations Take Over Local Newspapers? A New Study Says —
— that there's "an immediate drop in content." The drop isn't exactly a surprise, but what one lead researcher found "shocking" was that the...
National Geographic Discovers Philadelphia’s Thousands Of Murals
Mural Arts Philadelphia started as an anti-graffiti program, drafting the taggers to paint something building owners and community members would be happy, not angry,...
Standup Comedians Say Audience Behavior Just Keeps Getting Worse
"There's something in the water,” said Nish Kumar. ... "I've had a few conversations with other comics and there's a sense that something doesn't...
For This Summer, At Least, Lincoln Center Is Replacing The Mostly Mozart Festival
"Summer in the City", running mid-May to mid-August (and including six Mostly Mozart programs), is the first festival under chief artistic officer Shanta Thake,...
