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How The Carabinieri Busted Tomb-Raiders Right In The Center of Naples
The thieves used the basement of a condo building as their excavation site, tunneling 26 feet under the city to find thousands of ancient...
Can “The Cleveland Of Britain” Get A Reputation Boost As The UK’s Latest “City...
Just like Cleveland, Bradford (just west of Leeds in Yorkshire) has a mighty industrial past, a de-industrialized present, notoriously grey weather, and a very...
One Of Brazil’s Hottest Dance Scenes Is Under A Freeway Overpass In Rio
"Charme" is a popular dance style which developed in the 1980s as the Brazilian way to party to American soul and R&B. When COVID...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality Rules
A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals in Cincinnati found that the Internet is an "information service" rather than a "telecommunications...
Gov. Kristi Noem Proposes Two-Thirds Budget Cut To South Dakota Public Broadcasting
"She approved the last six state budgets, each of which included an increase for South Dakota Public Broadcasting. The organization’s annual state funding went...
Meet Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch For 2025
"Whether or not you’re already familiar with these up-and-comers, our editors and contributors from across the dance world predict that we’ll be hearing a...
The Love Letters Of Georgia O’Keeffe And Alfred Stieglitz
O’Keeffe to Stieglitz: "Having told you so much of me — more than anyone else I know — could anything else follow but that...
The Artworks Of Henri Matisse And Frida Kahlo Are Now In The Public Domain
Before you go wild with the cutouts and unibrows, however, remember that (especially in Kahlo's case) those images may be trademarked. - Hyperallergic
A Traditional Instrument Maker Struggles On Under The Taliban
"Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his...
What A Ballet Company’s Shoe Manager Does
Yes, it's a real job, and not an easy one. - Dance Magazine
Teaching Classical Music To Children In Kenya’s Poorest Urban Slums
"Ghetto Classics provides lessons to about 1,000 students, who feed three orchestras, a choir and a dance group. … (The organization) works in schools...
Opening Up The Secret Places In Philip II’s Royal Monastery
"Although El Escorial is hardly an unknown destination — it received more than 450,000 visitors last year — Pérez de Prada and his colleagues...
The Question Underlying All The Turmoil At Nashville’s Arts Agency
"Much of this drama stems from a debate about whom Metro Arts should serve with its limited budget. The debate can be summed up...
Young Stand-Ups Now Have To Spend More Time Self-Promoting On Social Media Than Sharpening...
"Young artists ... have always had to promote themselves, but the balance between that element of the job and the actual art feels worryingly...
State Supreme Court Reinstates Louisiana Librarian’s Defamation Suit Against Right-Wing Accusers
"On December 27, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Amanda Jones’s 2022 defamation case against two local men who accused her of pushing pornography...
After A Rough Year, Good News From Scotland’s Arts Funding Agency
"Cultural venues, festivals and events have been given a new £20 million boost weeks ahead of crucial decisions on their future funding by (Creative...
Germany’s New Film & TV Funding Scheme Is A Boon To Both Local Producers...
The funding application process for local productions has been streamlined, and the cash-back production grant (which covers foreign studios shooting in Germany as well)...
2024 — The Year In Art Forgery
A pan-European forgery network, a disputed Malevich at the Pompidou Center, supposed Monet and Renoir on eBay, yet more fake Basquiats, and the bogus...
The State Of British Theatre, In 20 Shows Across All Four Nations
"Two decades after theatre’s funding taps were turned off, editor Alistair Smith embarked on a tour from the tip to the toe of the...
The Literary World’s Biggest News Stories Of 2024
"Here are the book-world-adjacent stories that thrilled, disgusted, amused, and otherwise occupied our group chats this year." - Literary Hub
Have A Listen To The Earliest Known Recording Of A Country Music Song
"A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania. The track, 'Thompson's Old Gray Mule,' was recorded in 1891 and...
The Highs And Lows Of U.S. TV Ratings In 2024
"A little blue dog was the biggest star in the streaming world; the most watched cable series in years took a final bow; sports,...
The Worst Artworks Of 2024
"As we close out the year, we’ve rounded up the artworks that left us unimpressed — pieces that didn’t live up to the hype,...
How Modern Dance Came To The People’s Republic Of China
Beginning in 1986, with funding from two foundations and the U.S. Department of State, American Dance Festival director Charles Reinhart sent American teachers to...
Assessing Damage Done To Lebanon’s Heritage Site’s By Israeli Bombing
"Lebanese cultural preservation organisation Biladi said at least nine heritage sites were completely destroyed and 15 badly or partially damaged by Israeli attacks between...
