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Despite Court Ruling, Radio Free Europe Has No Money And Is Furloughing Staff
Pursuant to a judge’s order, the US Agency for Global Media said last week it has rescinded its decision to terminate funding for Radio...
April Fool’s Day Ads Used To Be Fun, And Folks Loved Them. Not Anymore....
“When we were less assaulted by news on a daily basis — and, crucially, when we had no access to social media — April...
America’s First Professional Dance Therapist
For three decades, starting in 1942, “Marian Chace helped shell-shocked soldiers, sexual abuse victims, and the mentally ill use movement to communicate their feelings....
Do Studios’ First Amendment Rights Cover Hiring And Firing Actors?
The question is central to two wrongful dismissal lawsuits now before courts: those of Gina Carano, fired by Disney from The Mandalorian for social...
Director of Smithsonian’s African-American Museum Is On Previously Undisclosed Leave
Kevin Young, who succeeded founding director Lonnie Bunch (now secretary of the entire Smithsonian) in 2021, has been on personal leave for an “undetermined...
City Of San Francisco Withdraws $500K Grant To African-American Shakespeare Co.
“The city (government) has pulled $500,000 of Dream Keeper Initiative funding previously awarded to African-American Shakespeare Company with ‘no explanation,’ according to its founder. Executive...
Organization Behind NaNoWriMo Closes Down
“The nonprofit behind National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, has announced that it is shuttering. The closure follows a period of turbulence which included...
One Of Toronto’s Top Concert Halls To Get Major Renovation
Work on the 998-seat George Weston Recital Hall will begin in the summer of 2026; the project will include upgraded seating, refreshed paintwork, and...
The Gérard Depardieu Trial As Both Tragedy And Farce
“The tragedy came from the women’s testimony — a set decorator who spoke of how Depardieu trapped her between his legs and groped her,...
Sudan’s National Museum Ransacked And Looted By Paramilitaries
“Videos of (the) museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid...
Trump Administration’s DOGE Comes At NEH
“On Tuesday morning, managers told staff members that DOGE had recommended reductions in staff of as much as 70 to 80 percent (of approximately...
Actor Val Kilmer Dead From Pneumonia At 65
“(He) experienced the ups and downs of fame more dramatically than most. His break came in 1984’s spy spoof Top Secret! … (and) his...
The Pair Of Episodes That Marked A Turning Point For “This American Life”
Revisiting the long-running series’s biggest misstep: the January 6, 2012, episode, “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” and its sequel, “Retraction,” which aired two...
Pianist András Schiff On Cancelling All His U.S. Engagements
“What has been lost is a sense of decency. It’s a new system of values or rather of a lack of values. We no...
Gigil, Videoke, Alamak: The Latest Additions To The OED
The most recent crop of words added to the Oxford English Dictionary is notable for terms from Southeast Asia: from the Philippines, gigil (that...
The Unpredictable Power Balance Between Othello And Iago, And How Actors Have Pulled It...
“Othello is Shakespeare’s only major work in which the hero and antihero are given equal weight. … As the Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom summed...
BBC To Cut Spending On Content By Almost $200 Million
A plummet in international co-productions is one major factor that led to an expected surplus for the past year becoming a £33 million ($42.5...
Historic Landmarks Damaged In Myanmar Earthquake
“The most significant damage to cultural heritage sites appears to have occurred in and around Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city and the home of...
Now-Fired Kennedy Center VP For Social Impact Speaks Out
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: “Monday afternoon we began to construct a plan, because we engage with scores of arts organizations, and it’s not easy given...
Kennedy Center Employees Brace For More Cuts And Layoffs — But Are Its Finances...
“Staffers at the Kennedy Center are bracing for more cuts following the dismissal of several employees and a message from administrators that the performing...
Ozy Founder Carlos Watson, Convicted Of Fraud, Gets Prison Sentence Commuted By Trump
Just hours before he was due to surrender to Federal authorities to serve almost 10 years in prison, Watson received clemency from the Trump...
Former Director Of Santa Fe Opera Arrested For Soliciting Minors
Charles MacKay, who was general director of the summer company from 2008-2018, was arrested in March in Powell, Wyoming after having allegedly solicited two...
Entire Staff Of Institute Of Museum And Library Services Placed On Leave
“According to a statement from AFGE Local 3403, which represents IMLS workers, the agency's staff was notified by email about being placed on paid...
The Impromptu Airport Dance That Sparked An International Social Media Craze
“The clip — titled ‘Slayed this TikTok but missed my flight’ — has inspired a months-long social media trend as scores of fans around...
In Search Of The Buddha: What Archaeologists Are Learning About The Real-Life Siddhartha Gautama
“Archaeologists have been searching (in and around Lumbini in southern Nepal) for an altogether different Buddha — not the figure of faith and metaphor,...
