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Can Paris’s Iconic Zinc Rooftops Be Adapted To An Ever-Hotter Climate?
Some four-fifths of the city’s roofs are covered in the lightweight, malleable, low-maintenance metal. Many of them now need replacing — to prevent leaks...
Mali’s Capital City, Beset By Jihadi Militants, Cheers Itself Up With Marionettes
Bamako, a city of 3 million, is being squeezed by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militia which has blocked fuel imports and made travel beyond the capital...
Margaret Atwood On Being A “Feminist”
“So we have to be a bit careful with that word, right? Because I do think words are important. And that word has been...
Five Takeaways From The Dallas Black Dance Theatre Fiasco, Now That It’s Over
Bad publicity, funding lost and regained, a change in leadership, “community trust,” and so on. - KERA (Dalllas)
Ireland’s Basic Income For Artists Program Proved That It Works. Why Is The Government...
The results from the three-year pilot were clear: artists were able to make work and less dependent on other government assistance, and every €1...
Hilary Mantel’s Most Notorious Short Story Is Now Being Staged
“’The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher – August 6th 1983’ was published in The Guardian in 2014 and gave the title to Mantel’s collection of short stories...
Brooklyn Public Library Is Now Lending Out Contemporary Art The Same Way It Lends...
“The institution has announced an experimental art lending program that coincides with its new exhibition ‘Letters for the Future,’ created in collaboration with the artist-organized...
China Cracks Down On Gay Male Romance Novels That Young Women Adore
“Fans of the popular danmei same-sex romance genre, written and read mainly by straight women, say the Chinese government is carrying out the largest...
BBC Offers Trump An Apology But Balks At Financial Compensation
“The BBC says it has apologized to President Donald Trump over an edited interview clip that suggested he encouraged violence ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The...
Disney Co. To Add Yet Another Billion Dollars To Its Content Budget
The entertainment behemoth is increasing its spending on content to $24 billion for fiscal 2026. Does this mean more work for underemployed creatives? Actually,...
International Opera Awards 2025 To Dallas Opera, Glimmerglass, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Agnes Baltsa
Grigorian and Brownlee took male and female singer of the year honors; Theater an der Wien is company of the year; Agnes Baltsa was...
The Book That Shaped The Modern Revival Of Wicca
In 1899, Charles Godfrey Leland published, with the help of Roma Lister, Aradia, or the gospel of the witches, which purported to record an ancient...
Chicago’s Unofficial Arts Czar Is A Daughter Of The City’s Most Famous Political Dynasty
“Amid (Trump-era) turbulence, Nora Daley — who generally prefers to avoid the spotlight — has quietly built a reputation as one of the city’s...
Sarasota Orchestra Releases Design For Its New $425 Million Music Center
The 32-acre campus, designed by William Rawn Associates of Boston and HKS Architects of Orlando, will include an 1,800-seat concert hall, a 700-seat recital hall, and...
Editing Video News Footage Has Become A Fraught Matter (Thanks To You-Know-Who)
“In the space of a few months, a straightforward journalistic skill — editing tape for broadcast — has been behind a $16 million legal...
Turmoil At Palm Springs Art Museum Over Hiring of New Director
Trustee Patsy Marino, who chaired the search committee, has resigned (along with two other trustees) over the elevation of chief curator Christine Vendredi to...
“The Hunger Games” Has Now Become An “Immersive Theatrical Experience”
“To succeed, critically and commercially, the stage version must balance the horror the novel describes with enough verve and spectacle to delight a discerning,...
City Council Restores Funding To Dallas Black Dance Theatre
“On Wednesday, Dallas City Council voted to grant $225,000 for cultural programming to (DBDT). Last year, $248,000 in funding was cut in response to...
Sting Will Revive His Old Broadway Musical At The Metropolitan Opera House
The Last Ship flopped in its initial Broadway run in 2014-15. Sting has now revised the show, with new songs and a new director,...
George Lucas’s Museum Of Narrative Art Gets Official Opening Date
“After years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles will finally open its doors to the public on September 22,...
World Cup Draw Will Take Over Kennedy Center For Three Weeks At No Charge:...
The Dec. 5 draw, the World Cup’s highest-profile pre-tournament event, was expected to be held in Las Vegas. Trump reportedly swooped in at the...
Temple University To Open Downtown Philadelphia Campus Where UArts Used To Be
Temple, the Pennsylvania state university whose main campus is in North Philadelphia, will renovate Terra Hall, which had been a classroom building for the...
When The Andrew Lloyd Webber Canon Becomes Experimental Theater
Critic Zachary Stewart considers how the new immersive adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera (titled Masquerade), the drag-ball production of Cats (subtitled The...
San Diego City Council Promises Not To Cut Arts Funding In Next Budget
“Council members have declared city arts funding off limits for budget cuts next spring, even as they face a projected $111 million deficit. ......
Explainer: The Crisis At The BBC That Cost The Director-General His Job And Drew...
“(A journalist) takes a deep-dive into all the facts of this fast-developing story, and why it’s brought the BBC to an inflection point.” -...
