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We’ve Hit The Multicity Tour Time Of Podcasting
Listening to a podcast is usually a solo experience. “Going to a theater to see these podcast performers live can feel like the exact...
After Four Years, Yuval Sharon Is Leaving The Detroit Opera
A budget on the brink is ending his contract two years earlier than planned. "They really tried to make it work. ...But it was...
Mass Market Paperback Books Are Disappearing
“You could be anybody of any kind of background. And for basically the equivalent of a dollar or two, you could be educated. You...
We May Finish A Book, But That Book Is Never Quite Finished With Us
“My books are teachers but also companions who know more than I do, and who in the long run wish me well. I would...
Muppet Christmas Carol Is A Classic, Sure, But It’s Also Got Some Real Narrative...
That’s because … drumroll, please, Animal … "Gonzo’s initial work on The Muppet Show was as a highly abstract performance artist who created acts the audience...
The Infamous Australian Prison’s Huge Record Collection
“The most remarkable records bear the hallmarks of the prison itself: a Bob Dylan album that was censored to remove the song ‘Desolation Row,’...
Kyiv’s Rebuilders Try To Retain Architectural Heritage In The Midst Of War
“A group of activists have been attempting to preserve the city’s crumbling mansions, built in a playful style known as Ukrainian modernism.” - The...
The Right To Repair Movement Had A Pretty Good Year
"For many advocates, the right to repair is an environmental issue. People are less inclined to throw gear into landfills if they can fix...
Vienna Stages A Gender-Bending Jazz-Age Operatic Work Banned By Franco
Benamor, by Pablo Luna, “featured cross-dressing characters and risqué humor that was largely tolerated during the Roaring Twenties in Madrid and premiered just months...
Jamie Lee Curtis Is Glad She Was Never A Child Star
“A producer wanted her to audition for The Exorcist. However, her mother, Janet Leigh, shut down the opportunity, protecting her then 12-year-old daughter from...
Robert Lindsey, Who Wrote The Falcon And The Snowman, Not To Mention Reagan’s And...
“Combining keen curiosity, dogged investigative skills and a gift for storytelling, he covered Hollywood, … presidential politics (capturing Richard M. Nixon’s first, albeit...
Wuthering Heights Can Never Be Successfully Filmed
Spoiler alert: “We are still calling it a love story – a great one! The greatest! It’s being released the day before Valentine’s Day!...
The Northern Hemisphere Is Cold, Dark, And Almost Out Of Holidays
The solution? Poetry. - The Atlantic
Arab Americans And Muslim Americans Don’t Have A Big Public Voice
But some TV shows are trying to fill the gap. - Seattle Times (AP)
Responding To The NYT’s Weird Article Praising Certain Regional Theatres
Nataki Garrett Myers, former artistic director of Oregon Shakes: “Neutrality is an illusion. What the article actually offers is a case study in how...
Don’t Blame Netflix For The End Of Cinema
If you must blame anyone, blame the Boomers, and Gen-X. “One lesson of 2025 may be that only younger people – children in particular...
Gary Graffman, Child Piano Prodigy Turned Renowned Teacher And Administrator, Has Died At 97
“In 1964 Mr. Graffman canceled a booking in Jackson, Miss., after learning that the house would be segregated, leading other prominent classical artists to...
See Roofman, Or At Least Read Slate’s Movie Club About Everything In Film This...
Choosing only one post from these annual critic chats is a challenge, but this 10th in the series features the weirdly, deeply American Roofman...
Apparently, One Can Insure The Bayeux Tapestry
Does £800 million seem like enough? Hm. - The Guardian (UK)
This Movie Season, Sad Art Dad Is Finally Being Held Responsible For His Actions
“Does the Sad Art Dad regret his choices? Is making great art—which, in these films, has a capacious, allegorical quality—worth ruining your relationship with...
The World Is In A Reading Slump. These Podcasts Might Help
Reading is down “thanks in large part to the number of digital distractions competing for our limited attention.” Ironically, these podcasts might help fix...
Rob Reiner Was Good At Nearly Every Genre Of Film For One Reason
“What Reiner’s vastly differing films all share is the generous and empathetic heart of their director, a deep sense of humanity, and a relentless...
Brigitte Bardot, Who Used Her Stardom To Help Animals But Spew Hatred Of Other...
Bardot “shot to international fame in 1956 with And God Created Woman” and stayed famous as a “sex kitten” for two decades. Then she...
The ‘Craftivists’ Using Fiber Arts To Fight Back Against The Current US Regime
“For some fiber artists, craft is inherently political. ‘Creating in a time of destruction and chaos, that is resistance in and of itself,’ said...
Nazis Plundered 175,000 Church Bells Across Europe, Changing The Sound Of Those Countries Forever
More than 150,000 were taken, and never returned, often turned into ammunition or taken to a Glockenfriedhof, or bell cemetery. The sliver of silver...
