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Do Banned Books Tables At Bookstores Do Anything To Help Authors?
Honestly, To Kill a Mockingbird doesn't need a Banned Books table. But youth book authors who are authors of color or LGBTQIA are facing...
Artists May Be Losing Work For Their Posts About Gaza, But That’s Not Censorship
"Every artist must exist in two realms: as the art maker, who thinks and ponders and creates work of radical honesty (an activity that...
The Golden Globes’ Most Obvious Snub Is A Weird Repeat Of Last Year
The movie Air was nominated, and actor Matt Damon was nominated, so where in the heck was a nomination for Viola Davis? - HuffPost
Israel Detains West Bank Refugee Camp’s Freedom Theatre Members
The artistic director; his brother; the general manager; and a recent graduate were all arrested on Wednesday. "In their statement, the Freedom Theatre adds...
Michael Bishop, Genre-Busting Author, Has Died At 78
Bishop "was best known for his award-winning science fiction, but ranged far beyond the genre, venturing into realism, noir mystery and even Southern...
Mailchimp Cancels A Podcast, Apparently To Avoid Working With Unionized Workers
According to Pineapple Street Studios, "management gave them an ultimatum: sign a side agreement allowing the company to hire non-union contractors, or Mailchimp walks...
Why Do We Keep Making Movies About The Holocaust?
So much can go wrong, not to mention that "whatever can be shown on screen will always be less hellish than the reality." -...
Janet Panetta, Polio Survivor, ABT Dancer And Revered Ballet Teacher, Has Died At 74
Panetta, who was also a "vital presence" in Pina Bausch's ballet company in Germany, "adapted the rigor of classical ballet to promote healthy alignment...
What Does The Milky Way Sound Like?
Ask Montreal composer Sophie Kastner, whose music for Where Parallel Lines Converge "was generated from the type of data NASA scientists usually use to...
One Of Norman Lear’s Legacies: Reshaping The View Of Black Families On Mainstream TV
On shows like The Jeffersons and Good Times, there were still stereotypes (hotly debated even now), but Lear's "full-rounded view of Black life in...
The BBC Is Still Hiding Emails About That Princess Diana Interview With Martin Bashir
"Judge Brian Kennedy ordered the BBC to release more emails - saying the corporation had been 'inconsistent, erroneous and unreliable.'" The emails still haven't...
One Of Britain’s Parliament Buildings Has Severe Structural Failings
Rain is coming into MPs' offices, but the real risk is that the atrium's glass dome might just ... fall in. - The Observer...
The Radical Art Group Who Smuggled Left-Wing Messages Into Network TV
Artist and CalArts professor Mel Chin "had to pull off something like an art heist in reverse. Instead of stealing art from a well-guarded...
Independent Bookstores Are Thriving In The UK
But that's not necessarily because of the books. - The Observer (UK)
Should AI Ramp Up Or Calm The Heck Down?
Both, to save democracy - and humanity. - The New York Times
Three Months After A Fall Off Stage, Stephen Fry Is Back In The Public...
Fry said he "was left needing constant physiotherapy after breaking his leg, pelvis and a 'bunch of ribs.'" - BBC
Big Publishing Has Mostly Abandoned Change And Diversity
But writer, editor, and idea peddler Dhonielle Clayton is determined to drag books forward. - The New York Times
Disney’s – And Salvador Allende’s – Fight For Our Cultural Souls
Ariel Dorfman: "The smiling, friendly form of capitalism now presents — the very fact that it doesn’t wish to shock or alienate its...
A Comedian Performs Three Secret Shows To Help His Hometown Theatre
Peter Kay "broke off from his current mammoth arena tour to appear at Bolton's 390-capacity Octagon theatre on Sunday, raising £80,000 for the venue."...
A World Map With No Borders, Only Animals
The artist started work on this during lockdown in July, 2020. "Three years, approximately 2,602 working hours and 1,642 animal species later, “Wild World”...
The One Game You Might Want To Be Playing
The game Baldur's Gate 3 had a gonzo night at the Game Awards - it won "Game of the Year, the Dungeons and Dragons...
A Melbourne Gallery Drops An Artist Because Of Words In His Artwork
The words "Nazi" and "Israel" appeared next to each other in performance artist Mike Parr's work, says his longtime gallery owner, Anna Schwartz. Parr...
Irish Playwright And Novelist Thomas Kilroy Has Died At 89
Kilroy was praised "for his role in modernising Irish theatre since his 1968 breakthrough play, The Death and Resurrection of Mr Roche," which included...
The Noguchi Museum Board Picks A Director Who Was There At The Beginning
Amy Hau "set up first archives and built the collection records for more than 3,500 works, including sculptures in stone, metal, wood and...
The Strikes Even Hurt A Los Angeles Public Radio Station
Popular Santa Monica station KCRW has a $3 million budget shortfall. The station generally "relies on member contributions and corporate sponsorships, including studios looking...
