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Artists Pull Out Of British Show After Gallery Director Is Asked To Resign
The University of Manchester asked him to leave after UK Lawyers for Israel complained about his statements in support of Palestinians and "suggested that...
To Get Museum-Goers Truly Involved In The Work, Add Theatre
Science says it's a good idea. "Audience members, whether they know each other or not, will synchronize their heartbeats while watching a live theater...
Verdi, But Make It French
Verdi tinkered with Don Carlos for years, making a variety of (all French) versions. And "the opera is better overall in French — but...
Black Women Photographers Want To Be Seen In Full Color
Says one, "So much of the photography we have seen of the lives of Black and brown people is in black and white, which...
How Asian Representation In Movies Got An 80s Child Star Back Into Acting
Ke Huy Quan was a child star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, but a lack of roles led...
Where Are Today’s Monuments Men And Women?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has alarmed cultural experts still waiting "more than two years after the Army, with some fanfare, announced new effort, styled after...
Podcast Host Sarah Marshall Changed The Way We See Outcast Women
Marshall: "I often try to reclaim a story that the tabloids have found lucrative because they present someone who the public can safely mock."...
The First Abolitionist Paper In The US Is (Finally) Available Online
"While the legacy of the publication stretches over two centuries, its actual time in print was short lived. Not even a full year after...
A Reading List For Those Who Desire To Become So-Called Bad Girls
Hey, why not? "Being a bad girl may mean unleashing destructive force, or simply shrugging off expectation. It could mean embracing the calamity of...
An Asian American Dancer Was Attacked On His Way To A Performance
The dancer was on his way to a first-performance celebration at New York’s Public Theater when he was attacked "in what theater officials describe...
The Biggest Winners Of France’s Oscars
A rock opera and a Balzac adaptation dominated the night, and Cate Blanchett won an honorary César. - Variety
Discord Is The Latest Site To Revamp Its Policy On Anti-Vaxx Posts
There's more: The updated policy is "designed to target groups or individuals that participate in organized violence, spread harmful anti-vaccination material, or harass other...
Why ‘Cyrano’ Is So Infinitely Adaptable
Why, it's about unrequited love, of course. The newest version shows that "singing can make a character (and an actor) more vulnerable, tapping into...
Nelson Mandela’s Paintings Of Life In Prison Are About To Be Sold
They'll be sold as NFTs, of course. Mandela's daughter: "My dad was all about creating an accessible society. This is a way of democratising...
Carnegie Hall Cancels Pro-Putin Musician, Conductor Appearances
Both conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev had signed a letter endorsing Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. "Carnegie Hall also canceled two...
Developers Have Known All The Worldle Answers From The Very First Day
Developers have a little thing about looking at source script - "the digital equivalent of popping open the hood to see what’s underneath." -...
For Touring Musicians, Navigating The Pandemic Has Been Very Rough
"Now we're working on a new record, and someone recently asked me what the endgame is, like, 'Oh, you're making a record, what's the...
Watching ‘Slave Play’ With An All-Black Audience Makes For A Qualitatively Different Experience
"The communal understanding that this is our space, our work, our shared awareness is an incomparable feeling. ... Every joke hit. Every cultural reference...
Do College Dance Programs Really Need To Be Ranked?
Honestly, "most ranking systems are focused on academics; they aren’t designed to reflect the quality of artistic education. So do dance program rankings matter...
Jim Broadbent On Being An Anti-Establishment Actor And Turning Down And OBE, An
"When Richard Eyre accepted his knighthood and I asked why, he said 'vanity.' If somebody asks me why I turned down an OBE, I’d say...
Finally, Media Companies Are Starting To Support Latinx Podcasting Ideas
It's not just about music, but "as Latin music’s popularity balloons well beyond the Hispanic community, podcasters see opportunities for additional growth." Podcasts, like...
The Re-Re-Rise Of Pompeii
Pompeii, the city buried by Vesuvius' eruption in the year 79 CE/AD, nearly lost its fame and fortune again in 2010 this time because...
During The Pandemic, We Sometimes Read To Escape
Well, not just sometimes. "The practice provides a valuable form of understimulation, an inoculation against an illness-inducing reality." - Los Angeles Review of Books
A New Food Show Demonstrates How History And Food Teach Us Everything
A new show with veteran journalist Lisa Ling does what Ling's 10-year-old self could only imagine. "Food and travel shows sometimes take an idealistic...
The Hidden Text That Makes The Internet Somewhat Accessible
"In an image-saturated world — over 63 million were uploaded to Instagram alone in a single day in February, according to Internet Live Stats — it...
