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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...
Praemium Imperiale 2025 Winners: Marina Abramović, András Schiff, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Peter Doig,...
It seems the categories for the $100,000 arts prizes this year were made a bit flexible: performance artist Abramović won the prize for sculpture...
Hackers Commandeer Elmo’s Account (Yes, From “Sesame Street”) And Tweet Offensive Messages
“The account was compromised over the weekend and instead of the usual posts of encouragement and kindness, Elmo’s 650,000 followers were given antisemitic threats...
Social Prescription — When Doctor’s Orders Are Art, Music, Dance, Nature, Or Group Exercise
“It's the idea of health professionals ‘literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies.’ ......
Milwaukee Ballet Will Use Live Orchestra For “Nutcracker” After All
Less than two weeks after the company announced that, due to financial troubles, it would use a recording of Tchaikovsky’s music for the next...
Unreleased Music By Beyoncé Stolen From Car In Atlanta
“The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, … along with footage, show plans and concert set lists, … happened on July...
“Gorky Park” Author Martin Cruz Smith Dead At 82
“(He) had just published Hotel Ukraine, the 11th and final installment in his Arkady Renko detective series, three days before he died. The novel...
Did Shakespeare Really Smoke Weed? The Answer Is Yes.
Some clay pipe fragments dug up from his backyard garden in Stratford-upon-Avon and dating from the time he lived there were found to contain...
The Avignon Festival Copes With Ever-Increasing Temperatures
Days over 100°F are no longer rare, with serious effects on audiences and workers. … Recent changes include eliminating performances between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m., the...
Remember The Collective That Sold Pieces Of A Damien Hirst Painting Dot By Dot?...
“Billed as a ‘financial trust fall,’ the project” — a sculpture of an infant, built to be taken apart and divided, which the collective...
