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“To Make Space For A Real Teaching Of History, We Have To Get Rid...
"History textbooks are basically designed to alienate students. Instead of enlightening them, textbooks prevent students from understanding history and why it's important. ... If...
Last Year, Protesters Demanded Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater Address Racial Inequities There. And What...
Well, you can't say they did nothing whatsoever … - Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
Amazon To Close All Of Its Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores
The online retail behemoth has announced "it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods...
Broadway Theater To Be Renamed After James Earl Jones
"The Shubert Organization, which is Broadway's biggest landlord, … said Wednesday that it would name the Cort Theater, a landmark 110-year-old house located on...
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Near Kyiv Mostly Undamaged By Russian Missile
The rocket fired on March 1 was aimed at the Ukrainian capital's main TV/radio tower, adjacent to the site of the largest single massacre...
Can The City Of Philadelphia Just Hand Over Its History Collection To Drexel University?...
"The city, legally obligated to care for the collection under an agreement with donor Atwater Kent, doesn't want the hassle or expense of maintaining...
A Major New Arts Center Opens On Sydney Harbour
Seven new theatre and rehearsal spaces have been added to existing facilities at Walsh Bay (just past the bridge from the Opera House), and...
An Autistic Dancer Explains Why Ballet Is A Good Discipline For Her
"I was diagnosed with autism at age 25, but I've been autistic my whole life. In many ways ballet class has been a safe...
Love It Or Loathe It, It’s Architectural History In Concrete: London’s Barbican At 40
"Part bastion, part Brutalist Hanging Gardens of Babylon," it's is a city-within-a-city in the heart of old London, with apartments, schools, pubs, an artificial...
Duvall Hecht, Pioneer Of Commercial Audiobooks, Dead At 91
As an Angeleno with an hour-long commute, he was desperate to escape the "bad music and worse news" on radio and started listening to...
Forgotten Design By Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Has Now Been Built
The 1952 design was initially commissioned by a fraternity at Indiana University, but money ran out before construction could begin in earnest. The plans...
Another Major Chicago Theater Is Losing Its Longtime Director
"Barbara Gaines will exit her position as artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the company she founded some 36 years ago, … likely at...
Another NPR Host Departs
Sam Sanders, who joined the network in 2009 and has hosted the radio show/podcast It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders since 2017, said...
Owner Of Barnes & Noble And Waterstones Buys Britain’s Largest Independent Bookstore Chain
Blackwell's, a 143-year-old family business with 18 bookshops which went up for sale last month, has been purchased by hedge fund Elliott Advisors, which...
Russian Airstrike Destroys Kharkiv’s Opera House And Concert Hall
A large Russian missile was fired at Freedom Square in the center of Ukraine's second-largest city, causing severe damage to the Kharkiv State Academic...
Anna Netrebko Withdraws From All Performances “Until Further Notice”
The Russian soprano, a former protégée of Gergiev and supporter of Putin who has come under pressure to denounce the invasion of Ukraine, said...
Suddenly, Ireland’s Film Industry Is Booming
"Ireland is now host to dozens of international feature films in production or post-production and a multitude of TV series,' with spending in the...
Theater’s Dance Audition Call Becomes TikTok Craze
"What began as a legitimate audition call for the St. Louis theatre had become a micro-trend on TikTok, the short-form video app that has...
Birmingham Will Host A Six-Month Arts Festival Alongside This Summer’s Commonwealth Games
"Birmingham 2022 festival will include more than 200 events from March to September across the West Midlands and will involve more than 100,000 participants,...
Gemma New Named Principal Conductor Of New Zealand Symphony, Her Hometown Orchestra
The 35-year-old Wellington native, principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony and music director of the Hamilton (Ont.) Philharmonic, is not only the first...
Zelensky’s Previous Career As A Performer Was Useful Preparation For His Current Role
Says one academic observer, "He's used to being in front of a camera. He's used to performing. While before this conflict his poll numbers...
Dubai’s Architecturally Fabulous New Museum Of The Future
In recent years, Abu Dhabi has been the United Arab Emirate to build and open high-profile museums in eye-catching new buildings. Now Dubai has...
Missouri School Board Reverses Ban On Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”
Last month, the school board in Wentzville, a suburb of St. Louis, voted 4-3 to have the book removed from all district libraries because...
Russian Invaders Burn Ukrainian Museum To The Ground
The Historical and Local History Museum in the city of Ivankiv, about 50 miles north of Kyiv, was destroyed on Sunday. It housed 25...
The New Host Of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday: Ayesha Rascoe
Currently the network's White House correspondent, Rascoe formally succeeds Lulu Garcia-Navarro in late March. - NPR
