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He Acts And Directs In Four Languages. Actors Say He’s Gentle To A Fault....

Says Tiago Rodrigues, who's coming to Avignon from Portugal's Teatro Nacional, "I really love to see what happens to a play when you did...

Tommy Kirk, Teen Star Of A String Of Disney Hits, Dead At 79

In the 1950s and '60s, from ages 15 to 23, he starred in 11 Disney features, including The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The...

Industrial Vacuum Cleaners, Traps, And Micro-Wasps: How Museums Fight The Bugs That Invade During...

It's a battle even in normal times, but when the pandemic closed museums, clothes moths, silverfish, and carpet beetle larvae were left with no...

Scarlett Johansson And Disney Settle Lawsuit Over “Black Widow” Pay

"Johansson had accused Disney of reneging on its promise to do a traditional theatrical release for Black Widow in favor of a simultaneous release...

Carlisle Floyd, Dean Of American Opera Composers, Dead At 95

"Floyd's operas, more than a dozen, were steeped in southern culture, examining the post-Civil War South, the Depression and small-town life. Works such as...

Spain Finally Approves Money For Expansion Of Prado

The €36 million ($42 million) allocation, delayed by six years, will fund the renovation of the neighboring Salón de Reinos (Hall of Realms), which...

England Launches New £20 Million Arts Fund For Capital Projects

Over the next two years, Arts Council England's Capital Investment Fund will issue grants from £100,000 to £750,000 to cultural organizations to make improvements...

Want To Learn A New Language As An Adult? It’s Much Easier If You...

"New research suggests that it's not as difficult as experts previously thought for adults to pick up a new language. Immersing yourself in a...

How A Paris Museum Convinced Russia To Lend Out Its Most Important Collection Of...

The collection of the brothers Morozov, full of Picassos, Monets, van Goghs, Matisses and such, is split between the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and...

Why Are Gen Zers And Young Millennials Binging On ‘The Sopranos’?

The streaming stats are high. There are multiple podcasts, a book, a new prequel (The Many Saints of Newark), and memes galore, many of...

Using Artificial Intelligence To Complete Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony

Yes, it has now been done, and the AI researcher (already known for robot-created art) who led the tech side of the project —working...

Universities Are Screwing Over The Working Dancers Who Teach As Adjunct Professors

“Despite teaching seven classes a week, I was ineligible for health benefits. I had no job security and no time to look for other...

Burying Art, Hiding Books, Smuggling Movies: Afghans Fearfully Prepare For The Taliban’s Cultural Police

The Islamists now in control in Kabul have not yet stated any cultural policies other than that any art, music, publishing, film, and the...

The Little-Known Cave Art Of The American Southeast

Outdoor rock art made by ancient Native Americans in the Southwest is familiar to many; not so with the underground pictographs in the southern...

Drama League’s Directors Project To Get Multimillion-Dollar Overhaul

"The broadened Directors Project will offer fellowships for early-stage directors, programs to help mid-career theater directors transition into film and television, and assistantships for...

Chicago Public Radio Station WBEZ To Acquire Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Media, WBEZ's parent organization, will take on the newspaper as a new division, according to a letter of intent approved by the...

To Make Its Concert Halls COVID-Safe, Singapore Goes High-Tech

State-of-the-art filterless air purifiers and an "ionisation curtain" (a row of snake plants with ionisers attached to draw in aerosols) at the front of...

Violinist James Buswell Dead At 74

After debuting with the New York Philharmonic at seven and studying at Juilliard, he became one of the key members of the Chamber Music...

“Nothing Else Like It On TV, Before Or Since”: Soul Train, 50 Years On

"It was the iconic Black music and dance show, a party every weekend that anyone could join from their living room. (On It's Been...

Despite The Uncertain Times, One Ballet Company Has Increased Its Size By 21%

Western Australia has had only one new COVID case in 30 days, and, at least when resource prices are high, the state has money...

Preserving The Cree And Ojibwe Languages — With TikTok

"Combining humor, everyday language use, and relatable situations, these videos" — from the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre in Winnipeg — "are contributing to...

The New Hotness In Theater Set Design? Glass Boxes

"Even before COVID-19, many ambitious productions had been taking place … in elaborately engineered glass cubes that evoke high Modernism. … There wouldn't seem...

Bob Moore, Bassist Who Helped Establish The “Nashville Sound”

"As a mainstay of the loose aggregation of Nashville session professionals known as the A-Team, (he) played on many of the landmark country hits...

“Fire Shut Up In My Bones” At The Met Isn’t Just A Landmark For...

Justin Davidson: "Librettist Kasi Lemmons and composer Terence Blanchard … haven't blown up the genre or bent it to new purpose or smuggled anything...

Kenya Bans Documentary About Young Gay Man’s Struggle For Acceptance

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) announced a prohibition on the exhibition, distribution, possession or broadcast of I Am Samuel on Thursday, … saying...
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