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Federal Judge Puts Hold On Iowa Library-Book-Banning Law
“The new decision from U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher again temporarily blocked the part of the law that prohibits school libraries and classrooms from...
Texas Drops Child Porn Charges Against Sally Mann And Fort Worth Museum
“A Tarrant County grand jury declined to take action against the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth or artist Sally Mann in (the) case...
Wildfires Ravage Ancient Temple Complex In South Korea
“The (Gounsa) temple was engulfed in flames on Tuesday as strong winds fanned the wildfires. About 20 of its 30 buildings and structures were completely...
Unhappy Staffers At Classical Radio Flagship WFMT Plan To Unionize
"Since (host Dennis) Moore’s termination, the Tribune spoke to nine WFMT employees, current and former, many of whom shared Moore’s concerns about the station’s...
Due To “Memory Issues,” Johnny Mathis Retires After Seven-Decade Career
“A statement posted to Facebook reads: ‘As many of you may already be aware, Johnny Mathis is approaching his 90th birthday this year. So,...
“Crippling” Red Tape: London’s Wigmore Hall Gives Up On Arts Council England Funding
“Wigmore Hall currently receives £344,000 of public money a year from (ACE), but will stop taking the funding from 2026. Director John Gilhooly said:...
It’s Not Only Gérard Depardieu Who’s On Trial In France This Week
“He faces two counts of sexual assault. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000. …...
Opera Theatre Of St. Louis Is Purchasing Real Estate For A New Opera House
The company has announced that it’s under contract to buy the former headquarters of the Caleres shoe company in the suburb of Clayton. If...
The Lost Frescoes Of Maxine Albro Are Uncovered In Los Angeles
The Four Sibyls were completed in 1933 at a fancy women’s club in Los Angeles — but too many of those fancy women found...
Scott Nickrenz, Violist And Chamber Music Director, Has Died At 87
As a musician, he was a founding member of the Lenox and Vermeer String Quartets and the Orpheus Trio. Over the years he directed...
Lawsuit And Walkouts Over Book Banning Policy In Minnesota School District
“As high schoolers staged a walkout Monday, parents filed suit against St. Francis Area Schools alleging the district unlawfully banned dozens of books based...
What’s The Data On Gender Equity At International Dance Festivals?
Dance Data Project finds and crunches the numbers for female representation in programmed works and among artistic directors at 69 dance festivals beyond the...
Dance Teacher Certification Courses Are All Over The Place. Are They Worthwhile?
“The vast majority of dance teaching positions (outside of public schools) don’t require a certification. And most dancers don’t have lots of disposable income to spend...
Federal Judge Puts Hold On Trump’s Shutdown Of Radio Free Europe
“RFE/RL has, for decades, operated as one of the organizations that Congress has statutorily designated to carry out this policy. The leadership of USAGM...
Execs At PBS And NPR Prepare For A Difficult Congressional Hearing
PBS is practicing answers with lawyers. NPR executives are preparing to monitor the fallout. Members of Congress are promoting the star witnesses ... as...
George Clooney “Good Night, And Good Luck” Breaks Broadway Box Office Record
“Two weeks after the Denzel Washington- and Jake Gyllenhaal-led Othello broke the record for top gross in one week by a Broadway play, the George Clooney-led Good Night, and...
Lapham’s Quarterly Is Resurrected
“Lapham’s Quarterly, the magazine of history and ideas founded by the legendary editor Lewis Lapham, who died in July of 2024, announced today that it...
Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Has His First-Ever Art Gallery Show
The director of Oscar winners The Favourite and Poor Things has a longstanding sideline in photography. “I like the fact that you can just...
Producers Block U.S. Release of Russian Blockbuster “Master And Margarita”
Director Michael Lockshin and Luminosity Pictures are suing two producers who argue that their purchase of the rights to make an English-language film adaptation...
Host Of BBC’s HARDtalk Has Hard Words About The Show’s Cancellation
Stephen Sackur — whose interviewing style gave the long-running show its reputation for forthright, even confrontational questions holding public figures from Britain and abroad...
Secret Book Club In Occupied Ukraine Studies Texts That Russian Occupiers Have Banned
What texts are these? Books of Ukrainian history, literature, culture, and just about anything in the Ukrainian language that Ukrainian students would study —...
Recovering The Great American Musical Nobody Thought Could Be Recovered
Love Life, composer Kurt Weill’s only collaboration with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, seemed like a very promising project. But its debut didn’t go over...
Oregon Arts Commission Does Something That Grant Applicants Dream Of
“The OAC has been funding arts organizations in Oregon for nearly sixty years, and operating support is one of its core programs. With these...
Pilobolus Debuts Multigenerational Dance Curriculum
“The dance program — developed by Pilobolus in a multiyear partnership with Saratoga Performing Arts Center — builds upon Pilobolus’ current education programming, which...
Enormous Hoard Of Iron Age Artifacts Uncovered In North Of England
“More than 800 objects were unearthed in a field near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire. They date back to the first century, around...
