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Why Some Dance Companies Are Giving Up On Social Media
“At first, these outlets seemed good for dance. … They could expose dance to larger mainstream audiences. They could help democratize an industry infamous...
Trump, The Smithsonian, And Dueling Conceptions Of American History
Philip Kennicott on the administration’s attitude toward the Smithsonian's African-American and Indian Museums: “Simply put, Trump would like the actual practice of history —...
National Gallery Of Art To Loan Works To Museums Across The U.S.
“As part of its programming to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States next year, the NGA has launched ‘Across the Nation,’ which...
San Francisco’s Fillmore Jazz Festival Rescued From Cancellation By Donor
“The Fillmore Jazz Festival has been saved days after organizers decided to cancel the annual event thanks to a nonprofit organization helmed by San Francisco crypto...
Russian-American Dancer Imprisoned By Putin’s Regime For Treason Is Released
Ksenia Karelina, also identified in the media as Ksenia Khavana … was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and...
The Latest Discoveries At The Funeral Temple Of Ramses II
Archaeologists have finally found physical evidence for something they had long suspected: the temple complex included an educational institution, likely for training scribes and...
Director Robert Garland On His Vision For Dance Theatre Of Harlem
“As a 10-year-old in Philadelphia, I experienced Dance Theatre of Harlem much in the same way that (today’s children) are experiencing it now. ......
Once “The Handmaid’s Tale” Became A Political Symbol, The TV Series Suffered For It
“Eight years after its premiere, the series adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel is coming to a much lower-key close, indicative of all that's...
“Revivification”: A Reconstituted “Mini-Brain” Of The Late Alvin Lucier Is Creating Music
A team of artists and neuroscientists took white blood cells donated by the composer (who cooperated with the project), reprogrammed them to be stem...
Frank Rich’s Brief History Of Broadway As Business
“The historic fantasy of the Great White Way as a glamorous montage of gleaming marquees, sparky backstage romances, and elegant audiences reveling in black...
Yorgos Lanthimos Denied Permission To Film Sci-Fi Comedy At Acropolis
“Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century BC site in April. But in a statement...
Some Of The Plainest Objects From Tutankhamun’s Tomb May Be Among The Most Interesting
“Call them what you like — mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen dishes — but the four 3x1½-inch dull-colored things hardly get the pulses...
US National Park Service Deletes, Then Restores, Harriet Tubman From Webpage On Underground Railroad
“The (NPS) on Monday appeared to restore its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after it was met with backlash for...
ALA Sues Trump Administration Over Dismantling Of Museum/Library Agency
“The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), whose members include museum and library workers nationwide,...
Only One In Six Attempts To Censor Books In US Is Originated By Parents
“72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups, government entities and elected officials, board members and administrators, reported the American Library...
William Finn, Composer-Lyricist Of “Falsettos” And “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Is...
“(He) became a heavily autobiographical musical theatre writer, folding his experiences as a gay Jewish man with a brain stem malformation into some of...
Only Ancient Greek Theater In Ionian Islands Has Been Excavated
“Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been excavated by archaeologists from the Ephorate...
Russian Ballet Company Pretending To Be Ukrainian Toured Scandinavia
During 2023 and 2024, a troupe calling itself “Ballet of Ukraine” played dates in several cities in Sweden and Finland — but an investigation...
Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin, Harvey Fierstein, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda And Other Broadway Legends...
“For our annual ‘Yesteryear’ issue, we asked 29 Broadway legends to pose before Mark Seliger’s camera and revisit their most memorable roles. Their careers span an...
Montana Lawmaker Awards His Wife’s Festival More Than Double The Funding It Requested
State Rep. John Fitzpatrick pushed to zero out funding for some other groups in the state, calling them “slackers” and “no-shows,” while awarding St....
Three-Year-Old Girl Stumbles On 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet
The find happened at Azekah, a site roughly 18 miles from Jerusalem. - Artnet
Books Are Exempt From Trump’s New Tariffs, But Publishing Will Still Be Affected
The tariff documents include an annex listing exempt items, among which are listed “printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter.” The tariffs could,...
Former Westminster Choir College Campus Acquired By Town of Princeton, NJ
Using eminent domain, the municipality acquired the largely vacant campus from Rider University for a payment of $42 million. A financial crisis led WCC...
Would Trump Defunding Public Broadcasting Kill PBS? Probably Not, But …
“Because most federal funding goes to ensuring underserved areas of the country have a news source, defunding PBS would likely disproportionately impact rural communities....
Audit Reveals Yet More Problems At Sacramento’s Capital Public Radio
“A new audit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting found that Capital Public Radio and its affiliate stations overstated funding, reported ‘questionable costs,’ and...
