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What Does Germany’s New Culture Minister Have Planned? “Green Culture”
"Claudia Roth has taken office pledging to continue her predecessor's work in decolonising museums, to set up a central 'green culture' desk, to boost...
Now Boris Johnson Corruption Accusations Extend Even To Arts Festivals
Texts from the Prime Minister's phone indicate that the man paying for renovations to Boris's apartment at 10 Downing Street was pitching him on...
Prehistoric Rock Art In Texas “Irreparably Damaged” By Jackass Vandals
The petroglyphs, at least 4,500 years old, in Big Bend National Park were ruined by "Isaac, Ariel, Norma, (and) Adrian," who carved their names...
President Of America’s Largest Public Radio Station Departs After Two Difficult Years
Goli Sheikholeslami, who's leaving to become CEO of Politico, faced a firestorm over a program cancellation the week after she arrived at WNYC, where...
The Reason Audie Cornish Left NPR Was To Take A Job At CNN
"Cornish will host a weekly show for the network’s subscription streaming service, set to debut in the spring, and will contribute to its live...
Mezzo-Soprano Maria Ewing Dead At 71
Perhaps best known these days as the mother of Rebecca Hall and the ex-wife of Peter Hall, she had a stellar career in the...
Martin Luther’s German Bible Is Now 500 Years Old
Some colorful facts surrounding one of history's most consequential translations: Luther wrote it while a fugitive; some first editions included woodcuts by Lucas Cranach;...
A Rusty Old Water Tank In The Australian Outback Becomes A Chapel Of Music...
Deep in the red-dirt semidesert of interior New South Wales, composer Georges Lentz and architect Glenn Murcutt created the Cobar Sound Chapel, visually a...
Why Lynn Nottage Looks On The Bright Side
"The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Ruined, Sweat, Clyde's) breaks down her remarkable career and shares how, as an optimist at heart, she finds the...
Why Some Of The Earliest Depictions Of The Buddha Show Him Wearing Greek Tunics
Yes, it's ultimately because of Alexander the Great, but not directly. Among the unusual facts about this story is that many Greeks in ancient...
Actor Sidney Poitier, 94
"(He) overcame an impoverished background in the Bahamas … to rise to the top of his profession at a time when prominent roles for...
Virginia Museum Of Contemporary Art’s Building Is In Such Bad Shape, They’re Considering Leaving...
The building in Virginia Beach is aging, not particularly attractive, difficult to find, and very leaky; not for the first time, there's serious talk...
Audie Cornish Makes A Public Statement About Her Resignation From NPR
"I have had a great run with a company full of people I respect and admire. And I am ready to try something new....
Public Radio Stations Join In A New Rural News Network
Colorado Public Radio and KOSU in Stillwater, Okla. are taking part in the first two pilot projects of the new venture, in (respectively) water...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Settles Longstanding Lawsuit Over Pervy Photographer
The company has agreed to pay C$10 million in compensation to former students who say that longtime instructor Bruce Monk manipulated them into posing...
Irish Government To Begin Experiment With “Basic Income” For Artists
While public consultation on the scheme is still in progress, the plan is for roughly 2,000 visual artists and performers to receive, for an...
Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Dead At 82
"(He) was part of the vanguard of New Hollywood filmmakers who helped reinvigorate American cinema, gaining wide popularity with 1970s movies such as The...
Yves Saint-Laurent Tried To Live His Life According To Proust
He once wrote in an essay, "Like Proust, I'm fascinated most of all by my perceptions of a world in awesome transition. And my...
Why Linguists Accept New Expressions And Usage That Grammarians Tend To Hate
"If the only reason we disapprove of something people are saying 'these days' is that we just find it off-putting, then we should consider...
New Foundation Plans A Jack Kerouac Museum And Performance Center
The late author's estate has announced the creation of the Jack Kerouac Foundation, which will raise funds to build the center — which will...
Removal Of Looted Items Leads Smithsonian To Rethink Its Entire Approach To Collecting
The withdrawal from display at the National Museum of African Art of items taken from the Kingdom of Benin "comes as the Smithsonian completes...
Toledo Ballet Fires Artistic Director And Resident Choreographer
The decision to end the contracts of Artistic Director Lisa Mayer-Lang and her husband, resident choreographer Michael Lang, was reportedly made without consulting the...
Two New York Times Theater Critics Butt Heads (Their Term) Over The Fall Season
To be sure, Jesse Green and Maya Phillips disagree in a most collegial and cordial manner. Indeed, they value their disagreement (not least because...
Malcolm Gladwell’s Nifty Idea For Avoiding The “Sackler Problem” Of Toxic Philanthropy
You've got some benefactors' names all over the buildings of your non-profit, and then those donors, because of how they made their money, become...
Is The Departure Of Minority Hosts From NPR A Crisis Or Just Ordinary Turnover?
The network's spokesperson says hosts such as Audie Cornish and Noel King simply left for competitors who can pay better. But another departed host,...
