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Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, Star Of French New Wave, Dead At 88
"Belmondo, who embodied … a new type of male star characterized by pure virility rather than classic good looks," had his breakout role in...
At Last, China’s Notorious “Ghost Cities” Are Getting Some Actual Inhabitants
Early in the 2000s. the People's Republic created a string of new mega-developments — building much faster than people were moving in. Images of...
It’s the Met’s First Opening Night Since The Pandemic And First Opera By A...
Justin Davidson profiles Will Livermore, a 33-year-old baritone who'd been specializing in comic parts such as Papageno and Figaro. Now he's taking on the...
Saleem Kidwai, Scholar Who Revealed India’s Queer Past To The World, Dead At 70
"By translating literature about same-sex love from 15 Indian languages composed over more than 2,000 years," the anthology he co-edited "challenged the modern homophobic...
As It Gears Back Up, Here’s What American Theater May Have Learned During Its...
"The pride-in-resilience, show-must-go-on attitude has started, at last, to be paired with other questions: Whose show? Why must it go on? Last year's reckoning...
A New Resource We Didn’t Realize We Needed: The Black Film Archive
Maya Cade, by day the audience development strategist at The Criterion Collection, built up a full register, with synopses and links, of about 250...
Ballet Companies Try To Make This Year’s Nutcrackers COVID-Safe
"Some are imposing restrictions on performers and audience members under 12, who remain ineligible for vaccines. Others are trying to minimize contact between young...
A Gay History Exhibit Went Up At Missouri’s State Capitol. Then It Came Right...
"Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights" opened last weekend and was supposed to be there through Christmas. It lasted four...
As D.C. Changes Its Arts Funding Model, Things Are Getting Contentious
After last month's announcement that the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities is moving $5.3 million in grants from large, traditionally dominant institutions...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Revamps Its Artistic Directorship
Three associate artistic directors, Scarlett Kim, Mei Ann Teo, and Evren Odcikin, join artistic director Nataki Garrett "to serve as a nonhierarchical team working...
Doctors In Brussels Are Prescribing Museum Visits To Treat Stress
A three-month trial at one of Belgium's largest hospitals involves selected mental health patients getting free visits — by prescription only! — to five...
Helsinki’s Mayor Says It Should Declare Itself An English-Speaking City
Why? Because the powers-that-be want more foreign professionals and tech workers to settle there — and foreign professionals and tech workers don't want to...
Professional Theatre Deep In A French Mountain Forest
"Hundreds of productions have been performed at the Théâtre du Peuple, a 126-year-old playhouse 45 miles from the German border. Yet no matter how...
At Nearly 90, Philadanco’s Joan Myers Brown Isn’t Stepping Down, She’s ‘Moving Over’
"I'm wishing people would understand that I need to shore up this organization. So, if I drop dead, the organization won't be saying, 'Aunt...
World’s Only Manufacturer Of Biblical Harps Destroyed In Wildfire
"Founded in 1984 by American immigrants Shoshanna and Micah Harrari, the tiny workshop" — called King David Harps and located near Jerusalem — "was...
Now Amazon’s Even Moving Into Live Audio
"The effort, led by Amazon's Music division, includes paying podcast networks, musicians and celebrities to use the feature for live conversations, shows and events....
The Cultural Jewels Of Caracas Decay As Venezuela’s Crises Drag On
As petrodollars flowed and it became one of Latin America's most prosperous cities, Caracas built cultural and architectural landmarks such as Parque Central, the...
Salman Rushdie Is Serializing His Next Novel On Substack
"'I'm going to kind of make it up as I go along, but I have some starting points,' he says. Aside from the novella,...
As If COVID Weren’t Enough, Texas Arts Venues Now Have To Worry About Handguns
As of Sept. 1, any adult in Texas may carry a gun in public, concealed or not, without any license. Private businesses and venues...
New Orleans Museums Got Through Hurricane Ida In Decent Shape — So Far
With the post-Katrina levees and fortifications having done their job, the city's art institutions suffered no flood damage. The worry is how long the...
Nielsen’s Accreditation For National TV Ratings Suspended
"The suspension is the latest salvo in a months-long joust between TV networks and the company that has long tabulated (their) viewership, … (as...
Composer Mikis Theodorakis, 96
"He was known outside Greece for the remarkable scope of his talent — a catalogue of more than 1,000 songs, film scores, symphonies, operas...
Edinburgh Festivals Bounce Back From COVID, Selling More Than Half A Million Tickets
With pandemic restrictions (excepting some audience capacity limits) lifted just around opening day, 520,000 tickets were sold for events at the International, Book, Film,...
Diana Taylor, Michael Bloomberg’s Partner, Named New York City Ballet Board Chair
A longtime banking professional in both the private and government sectors and the first woman to chair the board of directors in the company's...
Mosul Had A Beloved Street Of Bookstores. Only One Has Reopened Since ISIS Was...
"Not long ago, it was one of countless bookstores along the wide avenue lined with arched windows and doorways. … Four years after the...
