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India’s Nationalist Government Is Pushing Hindi To Replace English. Non-Hindi-Speaking States Are Pushing Back...
It’s the latest outbreak of a recurring argument: the central government in Delhi (in Hindi-speaking north-central India) pushes for Hindi in place of the...
Russia’s Private Art Museums Are Targets In Putin’s Crackdown On Dissent
“Many cultural workers and some billionaire museum founders have chosen to leave Russia; others have felt compelled to do so after warnings that they...
Two Orchestras In Southwest Florida Have Recently Closed, While Two Others Are Thriving. Why...
In the past 18 months, the Punta Gorda Symphony and the Fort Myers-based Southwest Florida Symphony have gone under. Meanwhile, the Sarasota Orchestra and...
Leonard Slatkin Returns To Nashville Symphony As Music Advisor
Slatkin held the post — in this particular case, a sort of interim music director position — twenty years ago, from 2006 to 2009,...
Burlesque Is Experiencing Yet Another Revival
“(The 21st-century’s neo-burlesque) feels relevant to 2025 – in step with drag and queer culture, and in line with the broader movement towards diversity...
Battle Between Operators Of South Florida’s Public Radio Station And Owners Of Its License
South Florida Public Media Group has raised funds for the southeast Florida public radio and TV stations since 1974 and managed them since 2022....
Connie Francis, One Of The Best-Selling Pop Stars Of The 1950s and ‘60s, Has...
“(She was) the most popular female singer of the late 1950s and early ’60s, with such hits as ‘Who’s Sorry Now,’ ‘Stupid Cupid’ and...
Rhode Island Passes “Freedom To Read Act” In Response To Book-Banning
“The law contains protections for school and local librarians and staff and is, notably, the first to guarantee writers and readers a right to...
“Gypsy” Starring Audra McDonald Will End Broadway Run Early
The revival, which was nominated for five Tony Awards but won none, had been expected to run until at least Oct. 5; it will...
The Power Of Cutting Loose On The Dance Floor
“A new season at London’s Southbank Centre is inspired by Emma Warren’s book Dance Your Way Home, about the potency of communal movement. She...
KQED, San Francisco Public Radio/TV, Lays Off 15% Of Staff
Approximately 50 positions are being eliminated, including the entire video division, as the Bay Area’s flagship public media outlet faces a projected $12 million...
Australian Artists And Universities Could Have Funding Blocked If They Fail To Fight Antisemitism
“Universities and artists would have funding withheld if they fail to act against antisemitism, AI tools would be banned from sharing Jewish hatred, and...
Poet Andrea Gibson, Subject Of Prizewinning New Documentary, Is Dead At 49
Gibson, spouse Megan Falley, and their four-year struggle with Gibson’s ovarian cancer are the main subjects of the documentary Come See Me in the...
Electrical Recording Debuted 100 Years Ago This Year
“The ascent from one method (purely mechanical recording on a horn) to the other (electrical recording with a microphone) was more significant even than...
US Publishers Charge Libraries Exorbitant Prices For E-Books. Some State Governments Want To Change...
How exorbitant? A license for a digital copy of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 costs $51.99. Connecticut has already passed a law (not yet in...
The Complete Replica Of The Bayeux Tapestry Made In 1885
To call this enormous replica, on display at the Reading Museum, complete is not to call it completely accurate, mind you. The thread is...
The Biggest Mystery In Chaucer Was, It Turns Out, Probably A Typo
Okay, there were no typewriters then; it was a scribal error — and it led to serious confusion about genre. The eureka moment by...
More Trouble For BBC: 300,000 More Households Have Stopped Paying Licence Fee
“As the broadcaster continues to battle the rise of YouTube and streaming services that have split audiences ..., its annual report revealed 23.8m licences...
UNESCO Names 32 New World Heritage Sites
The list includes four palaces built by Bavaria’s King Ludwig II; ancient rock art in Australia, Korea, and Russia’s Bashkir Republic; and three sites...
Williamstown Theater Festival Is Back From The Brink With A New Plan
“This summer, the ... latest leadership team has opted for a radically new and risky reboot: Instead of a summer-long season with two shows...
The Most Talked-About Director In British Theatre
“Theatre is controversial again and it’s happened, surprisingly, in an Andrew Lloyd Webber revival” — the Evita in which Eva Perón sings to the crowd...
The Latest Korean Pop Culture Phenomenon? Swing Dancing
“For a vintage American cultural practice to spread overseas and thrive there more robustly than at home is a story at least as old...
Beetles Are Eating Their Way Through One Of Europe’s Oldest Libraries
At the Pannonhalma Archabbey, founded in 996, conservators are removing 100,000 books from the library shelves for disinfection from an infestation of bread beetles,...
1,700-Year-Old Mayan Royal Tomb Uncovered In Belize
“The tomb is the final resting place of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of (the) ancient Maya city (of Caracol) and the founder...
Philadelphia’s Newest Art Museum Is Also Its Smallest
It holds only six paintings. It’s free, though reservations are required. And it’s an unlikely spot for a museum: the Green Room of the...
