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Is This The Year That Film Directors Revolt?
Or at least that film directors go on strike? - Los Angeles Times
The Dangerous Decline Of The Profession Of History
"Without professional historians, history education will be left more and more in the hands of social media influencers, partisan hacks and others unconcerned with...
How Michael Tilson Thomas Carries On
The conductor survived brain cancer surgery and has been conducting at a furious clip - but he's also been "trying to dig out his...
Hugo Ball Prize Halted As Organizers Address The Artist’s Antisemitism
The prize, named for the influential German Dadaist, was awarded - but at the request of artist winner Hito Steyerl, and agreement of writing...
Publisher Withdraws Coloring Book Based On Popular Novel About Domestic Abuse
No, not even Colleen Hoover's popularity can win this one. "The coloring book, which was set to be published by Atria, was, according to...
Riverdance’s Michael Flatley Diagnosed With An Aggressive Cancer
The long-heralded "Lord of the Dance" (who retired in 2016) once had his feet insured for $30 million, at the height of the traditional...
The Wait For Prince Harry’s Memoir Stretches Into Years At Libraries
At Orange County, the wait is more than 55 weeks (or was when the article was written, as "more than 700 people are on...
Some Historical Fiction Is Only Kinda Based On A True-ish Story
And lawsuits are quick to follow. - The New York Times
Some Film Sets Are (Finally) Getting Therapy
Why? "Film and TV sets can be stressful and dangerous places to work. The pandemic added a raft of anxieties as cast and crews returned...
Dance Is Easing Some Pain For Survivors Of Civil War In Peru
The dance program Buenas Notícias, for those who suffered during the Shining Path insurgencies of the 1980s and '90s, "helps women connect with others...
The Latest Chapter In The Saga Of The Italian Man Who Stole Unfinished Manuscripts...
Filippo Bernardini pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court last Friday, admitting he "had engaged in an elaborate email-impersonation scheme aimed at duping others in...
American Historical Society Embroiled In History Wars
And at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, the argument over how to treat "history" has flared up into fierce battles over...
The Intimate Opera Of PROTOTYPE
Call it intimate opera, call it black-box opera, but the small-venue opera festival is making a post-COVID shutdown return. - NPR
Warner Bros Thinks We’re Ready To Pay More For Streaming
Sure, heck, it's only a time of rampant inflation. Tell us, current CFO, just how much more should we be paying for Warner Bros....
Outrage Spreads At An Author’s Faked Death And Recent Online Resurrection
After someone claiming to be the daughter of indie author Susan Meachen wrote that the author had died by suicide in 2020, her community...
Russell Banks, Award-Winning Author Of ‘Cloudsplitter’ And More, 82
Banks's "vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists." His...
The Poetry-Filled Nightstand Of San Francisco
In Golden Gate Park, a park ranger placed a piece of furniture with instructions: "'Take a poem, leave a poem.' Since the nightstand’s debut there...
Let’s All Calm Down About ChatGPT
Will the AI program kill high school English? Well ... maybe. But "if ChatGPT can do the things we ask students to do in...
After 29 Years In New York, STOMP Comes To An End
The co-producer says foreign tourist ticket money hasn't returned to New York in the COVID era. But the "group of street performers banging stuff"...
Why Writer Katherine Mansfield Divided Opinion A Century Ago, And Still Does Today
""One explanation might lie in Mansfield’s keen sense of the absurd and the striking lack of anything deferential in her attitude – whether towards...
Acting To Change History, Not To Win Awards
Danielle Deadwyler plays Mamie Till in the movie Till. She says, "It is a bigger thing to combat racism, right? And racism is seedy,...
Right-Wing Italian Government Targets Music Producers And Promoters
Italy has a draconian - and patently ridiculous - new code: "It makes organising raves a specific crime punishable with three to six years...
Speaking Of AI, Why Are We So Creeped Out By Dancing Robots?
"People have been afraid of robots for as long as robots have existed. But robots that can dance — really dance — are distinctly unnerving." - The...
The Science Of AI Art, And The Future Of Human Artists
"It’s pretty wild and a little disturbing. It definitely provokes some mixed emotions." - Science Friday
Joyce Meskis, Who Refused To Hand Bookstore Records To Law Enforcement, Has Died At...
Meskis was the owner of the Tattered Cover in Denver. "In addition to creating a bookstore famed for its vast selection and bibliophile-friendly atmosphere,...
