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The FBI Raids An Art Foundation In Puerto Rico
The investigators "seized over 100 works from the Michèle Vasarely Foundation in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which houses pieces by the late artist Victor Vasarely...
It’s Incredibly Hard To Find Canadian Box Office Figures
Except for Quebec, Canada's film numbers are lumped in with the U.S. But would knowing them make much difference? - CBC
Ahmad Jamal, Jazz Pianist With A Spare Touch, Dies At 92
Jamal's "trademark was an ingeniously airy approach to classic pop standards such as 'Love for Sale,' 'A Gal in Calico' and 'Don’t Blame Me' or in his own...
The Secret Cinema In The Back Of A London Shop
"The dimly lit space, which is sandwiched between a former Victorian public baths and a burger shop in Clapton, east London, is a cinematic...
Center Theatre Group Chooses Snehal Desai, An Artistic Director With Deep Connections To LA
"CTG seems to have received the message that local knowledge of a sprawling, culturally complex city is necessary to rebuilding the communal connection that...
An Englishwoman In New York
How Cecily Brown moved from working as a waitress, farmer's market worker, and animator to being a working painter celebrated at the Met. -...
Larissa Fasthorse On Getting The Thanksgiving Play Ready For Broadway
"It’s meant to give people that beautiful release and time together as an audience, getting to have a really good time in the theatre....
The Fight Over Books, Libraries, And Free Information In Llano, Texas
County commissioners agreed to keep the library open and restore some banned books, but the threat isn't over. A librarian who resigned explains not...
Why Not Have A Cinema That Looks Like Beautiful Pile Of Melting Ice...
The designer of many of India's single-screen cinemas created "visually enticing places that transported you from the commonness of the streets and prepared you...
Why Board Gamers Need To Chill When People Say No
"I desperately want everyone to witness the euphoric tactical flourishes and wonderful social interactions that a great board game can foster in the right...
The Asia Society Will Stop Blurring Images Of The Prophet Muhammad Online
The Asia Society blamed a contractor for the blurring of two images in its show about the underworld. "We take responsibility for this error,...
Machines, Humans, And The Definition Of Art
Let's rethink the whole thing. "Seeing a work of art as indissolubly linked with an individual creator’s technical skills is a worn-out myth. The...
Collectors In Britain Are Warned Against Overzealous ‘Restorers’ Of Furniture
Is that desk an antique, or is it a much more recent piece that's been, er, "restored"? One expert says, "Quite frankly, if you...
Amazon’s Growth May Be Slowing, But Warehouse Injuries Are Still High
Does "move fast and break things" really have to mean "move fast and break people"? - Fast Company
What Explains The Appeal Of A Book Published More Than A Millennium Ago
For one thing, it feels shockingly contemporary - and for another, "From its opening line, The Tale of Genji signals its author’s focus on...
Scholastic Wanted To License This Book About Romance In The Internment Camps
But Scholastic only wanted the book if author Maggie Tokuda-Hall removed all references to racism in her book about the imprisonment of thousands of...
Successful Video Game Adaptations Have Some Common Threads
Respect the source material, pay for talent, use visual cues from the games, and pick wisely. (The latter seems like it might be the...
Time Might Have Defined The ‘Most Influential’ Writers Of 2023 By Accident
Well, not accidentally, but not on purpose. Its list of the 100 Most Influential People is "surprisingly literary! I mean, it’s not that literary, but considering...
As She Leaves The Arena Stage, Molly Smith Has Some Post-Pandemic Audience Thoughts
How is the DC theatre doing? Well, each production is "either a boffo hit, with tons and tons of people, or it’s small audiences."...
Digital Modeling Is A Key Component In Restoring Notre Dame
Of course, stories abound about the ways artisans skilled in medieval construction have helped recreate the beloved cathedral. "But the builders, architects, and engineers...
Rachel Pollack, Writer Of Groundbreaking Fantasy And Comics, Has Died At 77
Pollack, a transgender activist and tarot creator and interpreter as well, observed that "people think things like comic books, science fiction, can’t have an...
The Nonprofit Theatre Reckoning Is Here
The recent stories about Williamstown and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival have thrown some serious structural issues into relief. "Quality theatre ... is not in...
The High-Drama Music Of Award-Winning Anime
Thanks to the Japanese band Radwimps, anime director Makoto Shinkai has made changes to movie narratives - and won over a lot of new...
Ann-Margret Is Finally Getting Her Chance At Rock And Roll
After years of being thought of as rock 'n' roll adjacent,"it’s only now, at the improbable age of 81, that Ann-Margret is getting the...
It’s OK To Enjoy Yourself – Even To Have Fun – While Writing
Apparently, it's not necessary to be filled with self-doubt or depression while creating a novel. Wild if true. - LitHub
