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Afghan Dance Teachers In Exile, Cut Off From Students And Homeland
Makhloot had an entire crew of professional hip-hop dancers in Kabul (including one woman) and hoped to compete in breaking at the 2024 Olympics....
What’s The Secret Of Poetry’s Power? It’s The Rhythm, Baby
"Poems meet the raw needs of our most vulnerable inner selves in a disarmingly primal way, using a simple tool no other sort of...
The Art World’s Most Wanted Criminal (No, Not Inigo Philbrick)
"Not so long ago, Christian Rosa was a buzzy young artist on the rise. Now he's facing a series of charges related to alleged...
How Did 21st-Century TV Comedy Get So Dark?
"BoJack Horseman, Fleabag, Veep, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are among the comedies that have left the traditional sitcom form in the dust. … The laughs...
A LinkedIn-Style Platform Built Specially For Casting Dancers
"Choreographer Amy Gardner used to consistently run into the same problem: When jobs popped up in different cities, whether for Nick Jonas or Neiman...
Jazz Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield Sentenced To Prison For Stealing From Post-Katrina Charity
Mayfield, who became a symbol of the survival of New Orleans, and his business partner, pianist Ronald Markham, were given 18-month sentences for diverting...
Attendance At US History Museums Was Down By More Than Two-Thirds Last Year
"This (finding) contrasted (with) surveys in prior years, which indicated strong visitation growth for history museums — especially small, local ones." - Hyperallergic
Desperate Staffers Start A Wave Of Unionization At US Museums
“(The movement is) confront(ing) conditions that workers — from archivists and curators to those selling T-shirts — say are untenable: minimal wage increases, draining...
These Ruins Could Be Of One Of King Herod’s Roman Temples
The ancient Jewish historian Josephus reported that Herod (reigned 37 BC-4 BC) built four temples: the Second Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem and...
Another Major Theatre Company In The Berkshires Changes Leadership
Less than a week after news broke of Mandy Greenfield's departure from the Williamstown Theater Festival following reports of poor working conditions, co-founder Julianne...
Chicago Symphony Comes Through Lockdowns With A $1.4 Million Surplus
"(The orchestra) turned a $4.4 million operating deficit into a $1.6 million surplus by cutting expenses deeper than revenue fell during the pandemic-struck fiscal...
For The First Time, A Black African Author Wins France’s Top Book Award
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr of Senegal has won the Prix Goncourt for La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (The Most Secret Memory of Men), which...
Mark-Anthony Turnage Writes Music For A Soccer Match
Granted, this isn't just any match: it's the still-legendary 1989 English Premier League championship in which the London team Arsenal pulled off a dramatic...
Inigo Philbrick, “The Bernie Madoff Of Art Dealers”, Will Plead Guilty To Fraud
In 2020 he was indicted on multiple charges of wire fraud and identity theft and fled to Vanuatu in the South Pacific, where he...
After 80 Years, The “City Of Arts” Diego Rivera Dreamed Of Is Open
"The 13-building complex opened this weekend (in Mexico City) with around 64,600 square feet of gardens, workshops, and performance and exhibition spaces." Amazingly, the...
Not Your Grandfather’s Native American Dance Troupe
"When Indigenous Enterprise appeared on World of Dance, Kenneth Shirley described the group's style as 'Native American with a little bit of hip-hop.' And...
“Internet Culture” Reporting Is Technology Reporting (So Let’s Call It That, Okay?)
Taylor Lorenz: "Why aren't internet culture writers, who are primarily women and people of color, seen simply as technology or culture reporters? And do...
What Happened To Tony Soprano In The End? “Sopranos” Showrunner David Chase Finally ‘Fesses...
Okay, it's not really a surprise, but we finally get confirmation from the guy who made the decision, along with his feelings about the...
Tomb Of Chief Official To Pharaoh Ramses II Uncovered
The 3,200-year-old monument was the burial place of Ptah-M-Wia, who was treasurer and chief scribe to Ramses the Great. It's one of many impressive...
Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Opens Its Brand-New Building
Chris Jones: "Contrary to the way it has sometimes been reported, Steppenwolf has not added a theater to its portfolio so much as replaced...
One Of The World’s Largest Ancient Mosaics Restored and Unveiled In Jericho
The tiled floor in Hisham's Palace in the West Bank city dates back to the 8th century and covers nearly 900 square feet. -...
By 2100, Venice Could Crumble Into The Sea, Warn Scientists
The European Geosciences Union reports that sea levels could rise three feet by the end of the century — and that's before the seasonal...
Middle East’s Leading English-Language Newspaper Shuts Down
The Daily Star was founded in Beirut in 1952 and relaunched in 1996, after Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. Having struggled financially for years, it...
The Old Soviet Novel That Was The Prototype For Orwell’s “1984”
Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, published 100 years ago, set 1,000 years in the future in a technologically controlled superstate, was the first novel ever banned...
AI Is Figuring Out Ancient Board Games — And Letting Us Play Them Online
Those games go back as far as cilivization does. Yet when archaeologists discover game boards and pieces, of course, they never find rule books....
