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The Ashes Of Nichelle Nichols Are Bound For The Final Frontier

The ashes of the woman who played Lieutenant Uhura at the behest of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and who died last month at...

The Problem With HBO Max Is Something Any Retail Manager Could Explain

It's the inventory, stupid - and the cost of carrying that inventory. "There is no version of keeping a show available for viewing on...

The Baryshnikov Dance Center Picks Its A New Leader

Sonja Kostich, a dancer and experienced administrator, said she wanted to expand the offerings and attract a wider, more diverse group of artists to...

A New Definition For The Word, And Place, Museum

"Following a years-long debate over how ideological the definition should be, the final text includes new language about museums being ethical, diverse, accessible, inclusive and sustainable"...

What’s Going To Happen To Sydney’s Rather Ugly Central Station Area?

Central Station is a "blight" that "sliced central Sydney in two" when the tracks were built in 1871. The infrastructure minister "said he hoped...

Michael Tilson Thomas Returns To Tanglewood

"These days, despite having stepped back from the New World Symphony, Thomas has not stopped trying to influence musicians coming up the ranks." -...

Cinematic Nostalgia May Be In Its Dying Gasps Right Now

Why? Because the way we watch movies has changed. (Also, just how many shots of small children watching movies with their parents at the...

The Murky World Of Stolen And Forged Art

There's a lot - a wild amount, and it's possibly underreported - of art theft via forgery or replacement paintings, and now photos as...

Bob LuPone, Leader Of Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater And Sibling Of Patti, Has Died

LuPone, along with two others, "led MCC across four decades, producing shows that ended up on Broadway like Frozen, Reasons to Be Pretty, Hand...

The Finnish Ballet At 100

Can a national ballet actually have a style in a global world? What, indeed, is Finnish about the Finnish National Ballet? - The New...

Goodbye, Ridiculously Paywalled Scientific Research

If research is publicly funded, the results need to be available for free as soon as it's published (by 2025), says a new White...

Zoom Kept Us Safe, But Kept Us Apart From Music

Irish musician Martin Hayes: "We need to eat, to sleep, to have shelter, to keep our bodies alive, ... our souls need music,...

A New Law Requires Museums In New York To Prominently Identify Nazi-Looted Art

The state senator who introduced the bill said, "Today, artwork previously stolen by Nazis can be found hanging in museums around New York with no recognition...

Finding Gold At Shakespeare And Company

A battered copy of The Outsiders helps a writer start to heal, and write again. - LitHub

Reviving Older Crafts, With A Decidedly Raunchy Flair

Yeah, those aren't asparagus stalks on that Delft. - The New York Times

Actor Gary Busey Is Charged With Sex Crimes Offenses After A Horror Convention

Police in New Jersey said there was groping at the Monster-Mania convention. "The 78-year-old Busey ... was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree...

We Already Know We’re Renting, Not Owning, Digital Media

But now we know car companies and other companies might tell us we're also renting proprietary info and perhaps services too, what does this...

Making Films With And About The Community Of The Amazon

Filmmaker Alex Pritz: "It was so clear from the first frame that his was just plain better. You felt the chaos and tension in...

Frank Stella’s Sculpture Ranch, And His Uncertain Near Future

His massive sculptures are on display on Long Island, on the oldest continuous working ranch in the United States. But he says it's not...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong With AI Art?

Dall-E's "appearance generated intense interest, perhaps because while most people can write text, many of us cannot draw to save our lives. So having...

John Malkovich Is Building A State-Of-The-Art Studio In North Macedonia Why, Exactly?

"The region is already enjoying an unprecedented production boom, with Greece, Croatia, Serbia and neighboring countries luring big-budget studio projects to the dazzling coasts...

Benin Gets Its Art, And Its Artistic Groove, Back

Says one sculptor, the descendant of a king of Dahomey, "The artistic awakening of our population was switched off from the end of the...

Artists Who Built Their Careers Around Instagram See The Platform’s Changes Yanking Away Their...

"'But things have changed since Instagram was in its golden years,' says who's watched her reach and engagement plummet in recent months as...

The Scientist Whose Books Are Her Secret Joy And Shame

Ali Hazelwood wrote one of last year's bestselling books, a romance called The Love Hypothesis, but the scientist author won't give away her real...

This Young Singer Says Long Covid Has Taken Away Her Voice, Job, And Passion

The 21-year-old had been performing "her whole life" until she contracted COVID-19. Now what? - BBC
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