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America’s Leading Medical Museum Changes The Way It Displays Human Remains
The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia has been mired in a two-year controversy over an “ethical review” by the now-former executive director which removed all...
Dallas Museum Of Art Appoints New Director: Brian Ferriso of Portland Art Museum
“Ferriso, 59, will succeed Agustín Arteaga, who stepped down in December after eight years at the helm. Ferriso’s first day will be Dec. 1. … He...
Keeping Traditional Somali Dance Alive In Minnesota
Mohamoud Osman Mohamed, director of the Somali Museum of Minnesota, and his father founded the Somali Museum Dance Troupe a decade ago. At first...
Quantum Physics In Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
“Researchers say that its swirling sky is uncannily similar to some of the ‘exotic vortex patterns’ produced by a classic scientific phenomenon known as...
This Is Certainly Bucking The Trend: Queensland Increases Arts Funding
Arts Queensland, the government funding body for the northeastern Australian state, has announced recipients for the 2026-29 funding round, with the total amount of...
For These Stage Actors, Getting Older Is A Career Peak
“As a culture we tend to talk about ageing as a series of losses, a whittling-away of vigour and ability, but talking to actors...
What Hit American TV Series Look Like After Russian Censors Get Through With Them
“There is no intimacy between men, no talk of abortion, no logos of banned companies or jokes about Putin. By August, censors had cut...
Reading Tiny Buddhist Scrolls Without Damaging Them By Unrolling
The scrolls come from a small Mongolian shrine found by an expedition in 1927. Researchers are virtually unrolling and deciphering them using X-ray tomography,...
A Challenge: Getting Chinese-Language Literature In Front Of English-Speaking Readers
“(There’s) a new effort from Riverhead Books, led by editor Han Zhang, to publish more translated Chinese language literature. … The books that Zhang...
Repairs Underway At Building Which Caught Fire Just Months After Curtis Institute Bought It
It’s known as the Art Alliance building, it’s near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square, Curtis bought it in January in the UArts liquidation sale, and fire...
Who Are The Generals In The Trump White House’s Culture War?
Since he returned to the White House, Trump has appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, revived the Garden of Heroes statuary project, and...
Another Casualty Of Public Radio And TV Defunding: Upgraded Public Safety Warnings
FEMA had been using the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to evaluate proposals and award grants for the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program, which...
Audra McDonald Followed Home From Theater By Autograph-Seeker
She says that on Saturday, following her next-to-last performance in Gypsy on Broadway, an audience member “snuck around and found me the way I...
A24’s New Release Is Already The Fifth-Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time, And You’ve Probably...
“Ne Zha 2, an animated fantasy adventure movie written and directed by the Chinese filmmaker Jiaozi, broke multiple records after it premiered in China earlier...
They’re Moving An Entire 113-Year-Old Church Three Miles Across Town — In One Piece
The Kiruna Kyrka, weighing 672 tons and made mostly of red-stained timber, has been elevated onto rolling platforms and is lumbering its way across...
Meet Maceo Harrison, The Savannah Bananas’ Choreographer
“When I choreograph for dancers, I put a lot of thought into it. But for the Bananas, I’m quick. I have to (remember) the...
Fired US Copyright Chief Tells Federal Court To “Connect The Dots”
Attorneys for Shira Perlmutter, who is suing the Trump administration for what she argues is her illegal dismissal as U.S. Register of Copyrights, said in a...
The Bayeux Tapestry: A Quick Refresher Course
As the 230-foot-long, 950-year-old embroidered cloth is returned to England for the first time since it was completed, here’s an explainer with all the...
The Promised Layoffs At Minnesota Public Radio Have Arrived
American Public Media Group, MPR’s parent organization, warned last month that between 5% and 8% of staff would see their jobs eliminated; the arrived-at...
When Music Notation Goes Way Beyond Dots And Stems On A Staff
“Musicians routinely wrestle with interpreting oblique, ambiguous and outright surreal markings as they try to bring a composer’s idea to life” — from Satie’s...
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Loses Its Entire Production Shop To Flooding
“Intense rainfall Aug. 9 and 10 left the relatively new facility (in Wauwatosa) under three feet of water. … (Executive Director Chad) Bauman described...
San Francisco Theater Director Resigns After Anti-Predator Vigilante Group Posts “Catch” Video
“The executive director of Boxcar Theatre in San Francisco resigned Sunday, the organization said, after anonymous internet vigilantes accused him of attempting to meet...
Britain’s Top LGBTQ+ Book Prizes Cancelled After Mass Withdrawal Of Nominees
Organizers have decided to “pause” the Polari Prizes after multiple nominees and two judges withdrew in objection to the inclusion on the longlist of...
Actor Terence Stamp, 87
“His six decades in the business were peppered with highlights, including his touching portrayal of the transsexual Bernadette in 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla,...
He Was Once A Bus Conductor. Now He’s One Of India’s Biggest Movie Stars,...
Rajinikanth even worked briefly as a porter in his youth before checking bus passengers’ tickets. Now he’s Tamil-language cinema’s number-one superstar and one of...
