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SXSW Never Fully Recovered From The Pandemic. Have The Times Now Passed It By?
After the financial hit the organizers took in 2020 and 2021, they sold a controlling interest to Penske Media — which, after last year’s...
There’s Now An Official BookTok Chart
“(The) chart is set to launch later this year in the UK, offering a monthly rundown of the most popular titles on (the) social...
Major Off-Broadway Theater Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Over Discount For Ticket-Buyers Of Color
“’Playwrights Horizons regrets that Mr. Lynch felt excluded because of his race,’ the theater said in the six-sentence statement issued by both parties. The...
Retired Lead Detective On Gardner Museum Robbery Gives Current State Of The Case
The 1990 theft of 13 artworks, collectively worth over $500 million, from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has never been solved. Former FBI agent...
UK Culture Secretary Promises To Give BBC Something It’s Never Had: A Permanent Charter
For its entire history, Britain’s public broadcaster has had to have its charter renewed by Parliament every ten years; in effect, the BBC must...
Jack Kerouac’s 120-Foot-Long Typescript For “On The Road” Sells For $12.1 Million
“It’s one of the most mythic icons in American letters — and now the most valuable. The 120-foot-long scroll on which Jack Kerouac hammered out the...
Head Of UK’s National Theatre Wants To Bring More Of India To Its Stages
Indhu Rubasingham remembers the long lines when she brought Bollywood legend Shabana Azmi to the NT in 2000. “You can put people on this...
No More “Free-Speech Barbie”: Salman Rushdie Is Tired Of Being A Symbol
“It’s a subject I’m anxious to change. I don’t feel symbolic. I feel actual. I feel like I’m a working writer trying to make...
This Orchestra Has Stopped Doing Something That Audience Members Just Hate
“Sydney Symphony Orchestra has removed the $8.95 (Aus) booking fee on all tickets to its performances purchased from it directly, arguing the impost disproportionately...
Arkansas Public Television “Pauses” Its Plan To End PBS Affiliation
Following negative feedback from the public and a drop in donations to the state network, the Arkansas TV Commission voted 4-1 to hold off,...
A Bay Area Ballet Company And School Shut Down After 59 Years
“Peninsula Lively Arts and its subsidiary Peninsula Ballet Theatre are closing after six decades teaching and performing dance in San Mateo County, leaving a...
“War Of The Worlds” Named Worst Picture At 2026 Razzie Awards
The sci-fi film starring Ice Cube dominated the 46th Golden Raspberry Awards, also winning Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake,...
BuzzFeed Reports “Substantial Doubt” That It Can Stay In Business
In an earnings report released last week, the company (which also owns the news site HuffPost and the food site Tasty) said that it...
Why Trump Dumped Ric Grenell From The Kennedy Center
“Trump still fully intends to remake the center in his image; he’d just like to limit the backlash. Whatever his talents, Grenell is not...
El Greco Painting Discovered After Overpainting Is Removed
“This weekend, the Vatican revealed a newly discovered painting by master Mannerist El Greco, long hidden underneath a forgery. This small work of oil on board, titled The...
The First-Ever Film About Robots Has Been Rediscovered. It Was Made In 1897.
“A copy of Gugusse and the Automaton, an 1897 short made by legendary film pioneer George Méliès, was discovered by a man in Grand...
World Café Live In Philadelphia Files For Bankruptcy, Changes Name
The venue, named after popular a public radio music show, has been in turmoil for a year, since a new management team led by...
70 Years Into Their Partnership, Maltby And Shire Are Still Writing Revues
Lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. and composer David Shire met as Yale freshmen and have collaborated ever since, creating the musicals Baby and Big and the revues Starting Here, Starting...
Why Competitive High School Scrabble Has Become A Mess
It’s not just because of the intensity of the competitors, though that counts for a lot. Stefan Fatsis recounts a contested play at last...
Tony- And Olivier-Winning Actress Jane Lapotaire Dead At 81
She won an Olivier in 1979 and a Tony in 1981 for the title role in Piaf; alongside film and television roles — including...
Conductor Juanjo Mena, 60, Will Retire Due To Alzheimer’s
Early last year, the Basque maestro — former chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic and the Cincinnati May Festival and a very busy guest...
Banksy’s Identity Uncovered, Says Reuters Report
“The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out...
I Was A Recipient In Ireland’s Guaranteed Basic Income For Artists Scheme
Caelainn Hogan: “I am a freelance writer who, like most artists, has always had to work outside my creative focus to afford to live....
Oldest Surviving Photos Of Enslaved People Go To International African-American Museum
“The 1850 daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs, are of an enslaved man named Renty, his daughter Delia and five others known as Jack,...
Boston Philharmonic To Shutter As Director Benjamin Zander Retires
Next season, 2026-27, will be the last for both the Boston Philharmonic and its associated youth orchestra. The identity of the organization is thoroughly...
