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Edinburgh Cancels This Year’s Hogmanay Celebrations Due To “Extreme Weather”
With heavy rain and very high winds pounding the Scottish capital, the torchlight parade, outdoor concerts, street party and fireworks display have been called...
Actress Linda Lavin, 87
She became a household name in the US thanks to her decade starring in the CBS sitcom Alice, and she worked regularly in TV...
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, Pioneer Of India’s New Wave, Is Dead At 90
"Known for his incisive and socially conscious storytelling, … (Benegal) left an indelible mark on the film industry, blending art with activism and bridging...
How Lutherans Saved The Organ For (And From) The Reformation
Early on, many in the Protestant movement saw organ music as just another Popish frippery; even Luther disapproved of it at first. He changed...
How George C. Wolfe Remade “Gypsy” Into A Tragedy
Adam Moss sits in on rehearsals and talks with the five-time Tony-winning director and his actors (including Audra McDonald and Joy Woods, of course)...
Do Gender-Neutral Acting Award Categories Shortchange Female Actors?
There's been some concern expressed about this, so journalist Steve Pond looked into four high-profile awards that have gone gender-neutral in the past few...
The Very First Film Version of “Peter Pan,” Now 100 Years Old
It was considered a blockbuster back in 1924, and its producers were pioneers in movie-related merchandising. It faded from public view after the talkies...
After Ten Years Away, Trey McIntyre Is Working With A Dance Company Again
"After his Trey McIntyre Project gave its final performances 10 years ago, choreographer Trey McIntyre didn’t think he’d work in-depth with another dance company....
The State Of The Dallas Arts District, 40 Years On
"This once-desolate northeast corner of downtown attracts millions of guests annually to renowned cultural institutions housed in buildings such as I.M. Pei’s Meyerson Symphony...
A Red King, Vandals, And A Very Pricey Banana: The Biggest Art Controversies Of...
Also, the artwork thrown in the trash by accident, the four-year-old who accidentally smashed an ancient jar, the grown man who deliberately smashed an...
Italy’s Largest Set Of Medieval Mosaics Is Restored
The 12th-century Byzantine-style mosaics in the cathedral of Monreale, on a hill overlooking the Sicilian capital, Palermo, are exceeded only by those in Hagia...
Salman Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses” Is Back In India’s Bookstores After 38-Year Ban
Then-prime minister Rajiv Gandhi blocked publication and import of the novel not long after it was released in 1988. Last month, when the government...
Syracuse Opera Files For Liquidation Bankruptcy
The company, which canceled all performances and laid off staff last last year, filed earlier this month for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the legal step...
That Time William S. Burroughs Made A Claymation Christmas Movie
Yep, it's true. The 21-minute film, The Junky's Christmas (1993), was written and narrated by Burroughs and produced by no less than Francis Ford...
When Thieves Made Off With The Corpse Of St. Nicholas
In 1087, a group of three grain ships from Bari, the port on the heel of the Italian boot, decided to steal the relics...
Why We Keep Returning To The Same Pieces Of Christmas Pop Culture, Even When...
Nostalgia is a powerful lure, even when it comes to songs like "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" and movies like "Santa Claus Conquers the...
A New York Times Editor On What 2024’s Broadway Plays Got Wrong And Right...
Sarah Bahr: "For me, watching fictional journalists scheme their way to scoops is akin to what I imagine it must feel like for doctors...
Super-Splashy “Turandot” In Seoul Nearly Collapses In Chaos On Opening Night
The venue is in the city's top conference center/shopping mall; the cast includes Asmik Grigorian and Brian Jagde; José Cura is conducting; top tickets...
The Birth Of The Christmas Card
As with so many innovations, the first Christmas card, sent out in 1843, was devised by a guy trying to avoid a big, tedious...
A Christmas Ballet In The Streets Of One Of Africa’s Largest Slums
Dozens of students from Nairobi's Kibera Ballet School, which provides free instruction to impoverished children and teens, donned Santa hats and sequined outfits to...
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Almost Never Made It To The Airwaves
"CBS executives thought the 25-minute program was too slow, too serious and too different from the upbeat spectacles they imagined audiences wanted. A cartoon...
Why Some Of The Crown Jewels Of France Are Kept In A New Jersey...
The ultimate reason is the wave of anti-monarchism that swept the country after Napoleon III's fall and the foundation of the Third Republic. Why...
Prosecutors End “Rust” Shooting Case Against Alec Baldwin For Good
"Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the appeal of a July decision at trial to dismiss the (involuntary manslaughter) charge against Baldwin in the death...
Berlin Goes Through With It: €130 Million Is Officially Cut From City’s Arts Funding...
Well, Merry Christmas. (Even with the cuts, the city's arts and culture budget for 2025 is well over €1 billion.) - ARTnews
Hilma af Klint’s Family Tries To Stop Proposed Deal With David Zwirner Gallery
"Klint family members say that a proposed deal between Zwirner, who is one of the biggest gallerists in the world, and the foundation’s board...
