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3,400-Year-Old City Emerged From Tigris River Reservoir As Water Levels Fell
The ruins of the Bronze Age settlement, which include a palace and a large industrial and goods-storage complex as well as other structures and...
With Cell-Phone Cameras Everywhere, Will Stage Actors Refuse To Do Nude Scenes?
Says one publicist, "Ten years ago, I don't think the first thing out of my mouth (to a client) would have been: 'Are you...
Rhiannon Giddens Will Direct Next Year’s Ojai Music Festival
The versatile singer-instrumentalist-composer, whose opera Omar is about to have its world premiere at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, will head the 2023 edition...
Authorities Seize Five Ancient Egyptian Works From Met Museum
The case that led to the arrest of the Louvre's former director has spread to the US: the Manhattan D.A. office has impounded five...
This 15th-Century Hindu Temple Was Built To Double As A Musical Instrument
"Within the Vijaya Vittala Temple in Hampi, South India are 56 pillars, each 3.6 metres high, which when gently tapped produce delicate musical notes....
Straddling The Boundary Between Historical Fiction And Nonfiction Novel Is An Epistemological Feat
"Both (Benjamín Labatut's) When We Cease to Understand the World and (Danielle Dutton's) Margaret The First blur their relationship with historical fact, shifting between...
Here’s A Challenge For You: Designing Apartment Blocks For Refugees That Fit In With...
"Amid war with Russia, the city’s challenge is to integrate tens of thousands of residents displaced from fighting in eastern Ukraine without sacrificing Lviv's...
The Very Tricky Art Of Translating And Subtitling Streaming TV Series
After the English subtitles for Squid Game attracted a lot of criticism, "improving the quality of translated content has become a priority for streamers...
The Famed Cabaret Shows At The Lido In Paris Are No More
"Amid financial troubles and changing times, the venue's new corporate owner is ditching most of the Lido's staff and its high-kicking, high-glamour dance shows...
The Savannah Bananas, The Dancingest Team in Baseball
The players have their moves; the half-time dance team is a troupe of grannies; the ushers and umpires dance; the first-base coach is a...
Who’s The Greatest Performance Artist Of Our Lifetimes? HM Queen Elizabeth II
"Her controlled, carefully evolving, global visibility has been one of the great demonstrations of durational performance art. It is a feat ... made possible...
Yes, MoviePass Collapsed, But The Movie Theater Chains Seem To Be Making The Subscription...
Cinemark's Movie Club ($10 monthly for one movie) has 1 million active members, and AMC's Stubs A-List ($19.95 a month for 3 movies a...
How Did “The Karate Kid” Turn Into A Musical?
"Robert Mark Kamen was through with The Karate Kid, his semi-autobiographical 1984 martial arts film that spawned a string of movies, an animated program...
France Had Big Plans To Return Its African Art To Africa. Here’s Why There...
"It is almost five years since President Emmanuel Macron announced his revolutionary plan to return African heritage to the continent. … But following Macron's...
Is The Louvre About To Sue Its Former Director?
Last week, Jean-Luc Martinez, ousted as the museum's director last year, was indicted for complicity with the trafficking of stolen Egyptian antiquities purchased by...
The U.S. Military Has An Enormous Art Collection
"Each of the five branches of the US military (the air force, army, coast guard, marines and navy) has its own collection, curator and...
Wisconsin May Lose NEA Money Because GOP Legislators Won’t Provide Matching Funds
"Every year, the NEA parcels out federal funding to state-level arts agencies ... to distribute as individual grants. The states have to match this...
“Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)” — Yep, That’s The Title
"Blair is played by the comedian Charlie Baker. Saddam Hussein, with moustache and cigar, is given a Groucho Marx makeover. (Playwright Harry) Hill describes...
Once Again, France’s Government Attempts To Eliminate English From French Tech Jargon
This time it's about video gaming. "While some expressions find obvious translations — 'pro-gamer' becomes 'joueur professionnel' — others seem a more strained, as...
Writing In “The ‘New Yorker’ Sort Of Voice” (And Knowing When To Leave It...
"It is a voice of intelligent curiosity; it implies that the writer has synthesized a great deal of information; it confidently takes readers by...
Will Rogers — A Proudly Indian Actor In John Ford’s Cowboy-Movie America
He was born into the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in 1879; his grandparents had survived the Trail of Tears. "Despite his consistent and very...
How Choreographers Are Adapting The Dance Films They Made During Quarantine For Live Performance
"What goes into transforming a work from screen to stage? What gets added, lost or modified? Pointe spoke with three choreographers to learn what...
Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower Is Being Demolished, Yes, But Some Capsules Are Going To...
"The preservation project calls for some of the capsules to allow for real-life living in a separate locale. Those in museums will be refinished...
Brazilian Music Legend Milton Nascimento To Give His Final Tour
"As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one...
Britain Won’t Have To Have Kevin Spacey Extradited To Face Sexual Assault Charges
"I will voluntarily appear in the U.K. as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges," said the disgraced actor in...
