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Where Have All The Black TV Shows Gone?

It’s not just the current administration causing problems, says Issa Rae. The actor’s new docuseries “makes a comprehensive history and showcase, with evidence, that...

On The Day Before A Five-Year Renovation Begins, Paris’s Pompidou Is Swarmed

France does not do museum renovations by halves. “The building, famous for its facade adorned with colourful pipes and ventilation shafts, will be given...

Whether You Love Or Hate Daylight Saving Time, Here’s A Reading List For You

Of course, don’t stay up too late reading it; the week after the time change is dangerous for commuters. - The Atlantic

Athol Fugard, Playwright Who Chronicled And Dissected Apartheid, Dead At 92

In South Africa, “for decades he was considered subversive by the government; at times productions of his work, with their integrated casts, were considered...

This Ukrainian Theatre Troupe Is All Women, Though Not By Choice

Because so many men are fighting against the Russian invasion, "We only had the female part of the troupe left. So we thought, ‘Well,...

Why We’re So Obsessed With Tales Of True Crime

“Feito turns up the volume in the new novel, ‘because it was fun, but also because they did drip belladonna into their eyeballs!’ (A...

Is It Possible To Mount A History Play About Civil Rights In Florida Right...

“‘We’re sort of really trying to ride a fine line of when we talk about the play and how we talk about the play,’...

The Writer Who Coined ‘Love Is Love’ Wins An Award

Writer Thalia Zepatos: “Oregon became the testing ground where we first discovered the catchphrase 'love is love' and realized the power of telling the...

A Painter’s Work Is Never Finished

Janiva Ellis says, “Some of them are done,” she said. “Some of them are actually not done. Some of them are not done, but...

The Humiliations Of Working In A Fulfillment Center Are On Full Display In This...

“They were expecting the job to be physically demanding, but didn’t realise how psychologically demanding it would be,” the director says. “Then, when they...

Dear People Seeking To Escape News Turmoil In Hobbies, There’s More Bad News

Everything hobbyists love - from graphic novels to BluRays to vinyl to, yes, yarn - is in a constant state of flux and higher...

This Artist Grew Up In A Civil War, But Now Creates Games To Help...

“All of Hazelight’s games are cooperative endeavors, played best with two people sitting near each other on the couch. The studio tries to balance...

At The University Of Iowa, The Feds Cut Funds For The Famous International Writing...

“It’s the end of a 58-year-old partnership, which has brought writers from all over the world” - including later Nobel Prize winners like Han...

King Charles Listens To Kylie Minogue?

is this … is this real? His playlist in honor of Commonwealth Day “features a diverse range of artists across various genres, including Bob...

With The Politicization Of The Kennedy Center, This Is What’s At Stake For United...

A prominent human rights lawyer warns that “when a political leader tries to ‘capture culture' it's something ... typical of an authoritarian. ‘Right by...

Can We Build Clones To Watch All Of These Clone Movies?

It might be a full-time job for someone to follow the strands of clone movies - and TV shows - in the 21st century....

Frank Lloyd Wright May Have Owed A Lot To This Long-Forgotten Nicaraguan Artisan

Manuel Sandoval “had been part of the 1932 founding class at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship in Wisconsin. … The young man had been interested in...

Showing The Tender Side Of Avant-Garde Filmmaker And Historian Jonas Mekas

A new documentary “draws heavily from Mekas’s visual diaries, which Davison said seemed to reflect the rootlessness he experienced as a refugee during World...

You Know What Would’ve Been, Could’ve Been, Great For Horror Fans?

Not to mention women older than, oh, 29, who aren’t playing sex workers? Yeah. A win for Demi Moore. However: “Since the birth of...

As A First-Amendment Lawsuit Continues, The NEA Drops One Of Its Anti-Trans Requirements

“The news is mixed, however. While artists may now apply for funding without attesting to the new ‘gender ideology’ requirement, the NEA has not...

In The Netherlands, Anselm Kiefer Wonders If Humans Will Ever Learn

The German artist said “stays abreast of current events, and said that recently he has felt a physical sense of threat by the rise...

Buffy Sainte-Marie Stripped Of Two More Big Music Awards

"Both the Juno Awards and the Polaris Music Prize announced Friday they were rescinding the honours Sainte-Marie had received over the years, after the 84-year-old musician returned her...

Hollywood Has Always Been Obsessed With Sex Workers

So what’s new about the attention and awards for Anora? - The Guardian (UK)

In Buffalo, Protestors Decry The Layoffs Of 13 Unionized Museum Workers

The sudden “reorganization” happens (coincidentally!) to result in openings for non-union security guards. A union organizer said, “It is appalling to see AKG take...

In 2020, Hollywood Pledged To ‘Do Better’ With Diversity And Equity, But Backslid Almost...

And now that backsliding is more like an avalanche crushing BIPOC creators of any gender — and women of all races and ethnicities —...
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