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Swahili — How A Little Coastal Dialect Became Africa’s Most Widely Spoken Language
Native to the East African coast, Swahili developed as a lingua franca for various nationalities doing business in busy ports like Zanzibar. Now Swahili...
An Andy Warhol Bioplay Becomes A Pilgrim’s Progress Through Manhattan’s East Village
"Blurring the lines between a walking tour and the theater, Chasing Andy Warhol sets off from New York's Astor Place Cube, with actors lying...
After A False Start, David Hallberg Finally Presents Australia’s First Nationwide Dance Festival
The former ABT star, now artistic director of the Australian Ballet, wanted to bring together leading dance companies from all over the country for...
For The Second Time, The Roman Villa With Caravaggio’s Only Ceiling Mural Fails To...
In January, the Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, was put up for auction with a floor price of €471...
North Carolina’s Biggest Public Radio Station Is Thriving. Can It Fill In Local News...
WUNC is no. 1 in the ratings for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill radio market, has $20 million in cash reserves, devoted listeners ready to donate,...
Florida Judge Rules That It Was Just Fine For Miami Beach To Censor A...
"A district court judge in Florida ruled that the City of Miami Beach had the right to censor a public artwork depicting Raymond Herisse,...
The Media Mogul At The Center Of The French Presidential Election
"Vincent Bolloré wields a fearsome agenda-setting power; his outlets, known for adopting the tics and style of Fox News, play an outsize role in...
Le Monde Launches An English-Language Version
"The leading French daily, with 425,000 digital subscribers to date, plans to reach 1 million paying readers in the next two to three years,...
Caracas’s Museum of Modern Art Starts To Emerge From Venezuela’s Years Of Chaos
After two years' closure, and with both storage/maintenance of the collection and staff salaries desperately underfunded, five of the museum's 13 display rooms have...
The Young Muslim Who Defied Her Conservative Community To Master Indian Classical Dance
Mansiya V.P. was three when her mother took her and her older sister to Bharatanatyam lessons. The family persisted despite opposition from the local...
How #MeToo Has, And Hasn’t, Changed Theatre
"Not only were narratives of sexual abuse – long regarded as too risky for commercial theatre audiences – being listened to, they were actively...
The Brass Bands Of Wales Are At Risk Of Fading Away
"There are fears Wales could lose its brass band tradition after player numbers plummeted during the pandemic. Bands from across the country said they...
At 70, Both Bill T. Jones And Eiko Otake Are Making Some Of The...
"(They're) two celebrated dance artists with different styles, temperaments and cultural backgrounds. What they have in common is willingness — hunger, really — to...
Nehemiah Persoff, Ubiquitous Character Actor, Dead At 102
A charter member of the Actors Studio, from the 1940s through the '90s he appeared in dozens of plays and films (ranging from Some...
Ruth Mackenzie, Chased Out Of The Châtelet In Paris, Will Run The Southern Hemisphere’s...
After successfully leading Scottish Opera, the Manchester International Festival, the Holland Festival, and the cultural program at the 2012 London Olympics, her firing from...
A Receipt For One Of Yves Klein’s Invisible Artworks Just Sold For $1.2 Million
"On the auction block was a paper receipt for a 'Zone de sensibilité picturale immatérielle,' or a 'zone of empty space,' a 1959 conceptual...
Rags-To-Riches Stories Reveal More About America Than Their Authors Think
From the Horatio Alger stories which launched the genre to memoirs by billionaires and even to Fifty Shades of Grey and other "billionaire romance"...
New York Public Radio Plagiarism Case May Be About To Get Messy
WNYC announced last week that 41 stories by a single author — unnamed by the station but reportedly former host Jami Floyd — had...
A Settlement May End The Strike At Chicago’s PBS Station
"Striking broadcast technicians at WTTW-Channel 11 reached a tentative contract agreement with management Wednesday, likely ending the three-week work stoppage at the public television...
Enforcing EU Sanctions, Finland Impounds $46 Million Worth Of Art Headed To Russia
The artworks, which belong to prominent Russian museums including the Hermitage and Tretyakov, were being returned from exhibitions in Italy and Japan. Finnish customs...
One Of Those Guys Who Writes SEO Clickbait Articles Fesses Up
"I spend my days writing optimized blog articles that feature short paragraphs and less-sophisticated wording — proven SEO winners — to help my clients...
Why “Fairview” Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury Finds Writing About Race Difficult
"Because to write about anything, you have to declare something and I find that very hard to do. I do very much feel: 'Is...
City Of Sarasota Approves Plan For New Waterfront Performing Arts Center
"The arts center will be the centerpiece of a 53-acre park on the Sarasota bayfront. It will have a 2,250-seat main stage theater and...
Olga Smirnova Opens Up About Walking Away From The Bolshoi Ballet And Running Away...
"My life totally changed in one day. In the morning, I didn't know I was going to leave Russia. And in the night, I...
Two-Time Oscar-Winning Director Asghar Farhadi In Iranian Court On Charge Of Plagiarism
The somewhat confusing case — earlier reports that the director had been convicted were later denied — concerns Farhadi's A Hero, an Oscar-nominee this...
