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Another Piece Of 1980s Culture Is Back: Queer Country Line-Dancing
"LGBTQ country dancing is quite old, a joyous four-decade tradition rooted in the love of the dance and the music. And it's finding renewed...
Why “Try That In A Small Town” Sounds As Much Like Grunge Rock As...
"The big-city problems Aldean laments — violent crime, sedition, even fraying communal ties — are, in many cases, worse problems outside the cities than...
They Became TikTok Stars By Cleaning Up Indonesian Rivers And Beaches
"The Pandawara group ... was formed in 2022 after flooding caused by rivers clogged with rubbish damaged their homes. … On TikTok, their profile...
A Johnny Appleseed For Prison Libraries?
"Reginald Dwayne Betts is the founder of Freedom Reads, a nonprofit with a mission to 'transform access to literature in prisons' by opening handcrafted...
Minimalist Set Design Is All Over Broadway These Days
"At its best, minimalism ignites the audience's imagination, making theatergoers active participants instead of passive consumers. … But practicality may also be driving minimalism's...
This Little Publisher In A Stone House In Yorkshire Issues Only Ten Books A...
"The green front door leads straight into Kevin Duffy's living room, the nerve centre of Bluemoose books, his independent literary hit factory. It is...
Chautauqua Institute Cuts Its Opera Programming, And Donors Rebel
"In June the opera company announced plans to slash its budget by about two-thirds and no longer put on full productions. After a transition...
Jacaranda, L.A.’s Widely Admired Contemporary Classical Series, Will Close Its Doors After Next Season
"Hailed by critics for its high standards and wide-ranging repertoire, which has included all eras but emphasized the 20th and 21st centuries, the organization...
Guggenheim Museum Staffers Have Their First-Ever Union Contract
"The two-and-a-half-year contract is retroactive to July 1 and includes a minimum salary increase of nine percent, starting with three percent now and again...
Due To DeSantis’s Law, Public Schools In Tampa Will No Longer Teach Complete Shakespeare...
"English teachers in Hillsborough County … (and) school district officials redesigned their instructional guides for teachers because of revised state teaching standards and a...
Michael Boyd, Former Director Of Royal Shakespeare Co., Is Dead At 68
"Boyd's tenure at the RSC (2003-2012) helped rejuvenate the organisation after the rocky stewardship of his predecessor Adrian Noble. It also saw him direct...
Only One Person Came To See Her Edinburgh Fringe Show. She Tweeted Sadly About...
"There was one person in my audience today when I performed my one-woman play, 'Sunsets' at #edfringe. It's fine, isn't it? It's fine …?"...
Inside The Making Of A Medieval Illuminated Manuscript
Morgan Library curator Roger Wieck explains just how an elaborate 15th-century Book of Hours was copied out and embellished — and paid for. -...
“I’m Not A Philanthropist. I’m A Dance Educator.” Really, She’s The Godmother Of Dance...
Jody Gottfried Arnhold taught children in New York City schools before and after she married an extremely wealthy banker; she even created a dance...
In Boston, Artists Pushed Out By Gentrification Are Fighting Back
"An unlikely group of artists and activists known as the Art Stays Here Coalition has emerged to combat displacement. The small, all-volunteer group is...
“Barbie” Has Become A Surprise Hit In China: Middle-Class Women Can Really Relate
"Despite limited availability, Barbie has quickly become widely discussed on Chinese social media, at one point even topping searches on Weibo, China's version of...
With The Philly Pops In Limbo, The Kimmel Center And The No Name Pops...
As the Philly Pops' legal and financial difficulties drag on, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. will produce a holiday pops concert with...
Cecilia Bartoli Moves Into Opera Management
At 57, though her singing career is not yet over, she's becoming a top administrator: having been artistic director of Salzburg's Whitsun Festival for...
In This Rural Town, If Conservatives Can’t Ban Books From The Library, They’ll Shut...
In Dayton, WA, about halfway between Seattle and Boise, when the public library's board refused a demand to remove or sequester a list of...
“Jeopardy!” Finds A Resourceful Way Around The Writers’ Strike
With no more new clues being written during the work stoppage, the game show will re-shuffle and re-use answers and questions from earlier seasons....
William Friedkin, Director Of “The French Connection” And “The Exorcist”, is Dead At 87
"In a checkered filmmaking career spanning 50 years, Mr. Friedkin was regarded as both a cinematic pacesetter, responsible for two box-office juggernauts, and a...
It’s Official: Simon & Schuster Has Been Acquired By Capital Firm KKR
"In a move that some in the industry will welcome as putting at least a temporary stop to industry consolidation, the private investment firm...
Who Invented Public Libraries? Roman Emperors
"If Asinius Pollio was the one who 'first by founding a library made works of genius the property of the public', it was Augustus...
Meet New York Magazine’s New Theatre-Critic Tag Team
"Alongside longtime entertainment reporter Jackson McHenry … will be Sara Holdren, a theatre director who stepped into the job for a brief, blazing tenure...
Staffers At Picasso Museum In Málaga Will Strike Next Month
"Citing wages and working conditions that they claim are unequal to those of other Spanish art institutions, workers at the museum announced plans to...