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In Kashmir, Listeners Prove The Lasting, Nearly Spiritual Power Of The Cassette Tape
“For decades, cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the mystical melodies of Kashmiri instruments like the sarangi and santoor,...
Portland Volunteers Strive To Catalog, And Save, Treasure Trove Of Five Thousand Film Reels
“The archive has become a center of gravity for a group of Portlanders who adhere to the mantra Film is Dead. Long Live Film.” -...
This Man’s Lockdown Project Turned Into An Exhibition About Belfast’s Lost Theatres
“Children appreciate the miniature dolls house type model making, adults appreciate the skill that goes into making them, and older people who may remember...
Ted Lasso Is Coming Back
And the U.S., mired in political drama every day, rejoices. Star Jason Sudeikis said the folksy character will be coaching a women’s team in...
The Getty Villa Could Have Burned To The Ground
Is it time to move? "Flames came within feet of the building, and 17 courageous staff members who remained onsite went through 40 handheld...
Spotify Paid More Than Ten Billion Dollars To The Music Industry In 2024
But how much of that made it to the artists? “Major-label artists with massive streaming numbers can make substantial money, but for mid-level and...
People Really, Really Want To See Denzel Washington And Jake Gyllenhaal At The Public
“Othello sales are next-level, seeming to reflect the appeal of the combination of two well-known actors with a well-known title, and also a 'Taylor...
The BBC Settles With Four Women Who Say They Were Put Through A Sham...
The broadcaster admits no liability in the settlement (of course). The four women “argued they were discriminated against because of their sex and age,...
Theatre Schools Need To Get Smarter About Teaching Their Students How To Get Jobs
”Undergraduate theatre training programs have a moral imperative to prepare students for the profession, not simply teach them to be good at what they...
The Artist Of Blue Paint, And Soil
Artist Amanda Williams wanted to recreate George Washington Carver’s Prussian blue. “It’s a pigment that took Williams, together with two material science labs, three...
The Newest Best Actress Doesn’t Like Intimacy Coordinators. She’s Not Alone.
But perhaps there’s a missing link in some actors' and directors’ minds. After all, "if an actor doesn't like working with a particular stunt...
The Deaths Of Gene Hackman And Betsy Arakawa Are A Red Alert About The...
That’s what Bruce Willis’s wife says as she cares for her own husband, who has dementia. “Caregivers need care, too. ... They are vital,...
Michael Connelly Was Writing A Lincoln Lawyer Book Set In 2025 Los Angeles When...
What does a writer do when not only his own beach house but much of his beloved city burns? - The New York Times
Meta Manages To Muzzle Former Employee Who Published Memoir
“The book, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company's global public policy director, includes a series of critical claims about...
The Supreme Court Just Reopened The Question Of Who Has The Right To This...
A new California law changed a ruling that had seemed to be final last year, and now the painting, which is hanging at a...
Now, They’re Coming For All Of The Libraries
These executive order-demanded cuts will affect public libraries, museums, the Voice of America, and so very much more. - Politico (MSN)
Los Angeles Firefighters Were An Oscars Highlight
Awards season, a few weeks after the devastating fires, was a good break for them too. But then it was right back to work....
Xiaolu Guo Rewrites Melville
“I don’t have this need to consume ‘story': I need to have a debate, a dialogue with truth; to think more, write less, and...
Is This The First Oscar-Winning Movie That Appeals To Our Domestic Companions?
That is to say, cats and dogs alike seem to be obsessed with Flow. “The trend is a particularly cute coda to what was...
Vienna Has An Intense, Formal Ball Season
In Austria, teenagers go on YouTube to learn dance moves - but they also “attend multiple lessons at a dance school and receive a...
Nobody Puts Writer Geoff Dyer In The Corner
Well - nobody but himself. "The feeling is most intense after dark, when the chair is bathed in the glow of a lamp, after...
You Might Not Even Know About The Best Comedy On TV Right Now
That’s right, it’s The Righteous Gemstones, which is about to conclude its four-season run, “one of those rare works that channels all the pathos...
Playing A Sumo Wrestler On Stage Takes Months Of Exacting Choreography
“As Peña and Dring committed to having the actors wrestle, and doing so smoothly and within budget, they hired two fighting directors — one...
Remembering Jeanne-Claude And Christo’s Gift To New York, Two Decades On
The artists “illuminated Olmsted and Vaux’s paths in municipal orange, rendering the park’s plan visible to a visitor, thus reinscribing it as a public...
The Day The Movies Went Dark
“The first weekend in March 2020, … North American cinemas had a snappy $100 million weekend.” Two weeks later? That take was just over $4,000...
