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Visual Humor Might Be Helping Ease The Stresses Of Pandemic Life
That's right, to deal with the constant dread and worry about what's next with a constantly evolving virus, we all need ... memes. -...
Did Judy Chicago Troll A Crowd At The De Young Museum?
No, but yikes. "When that initial plume dispersed a bit the first things I could see were dozens of people running in the opposite...
You Thought COVID Was Bad For Music Festivals
But the long-term impact of climate change - and festivals' impact on the climate - is yet to come. For large festivals, "They’re basically...
A Different Kind Of Gold Torso
These aren't from ancient Greece or Rome. Instead, they're modern casts artist Ellen Downes makes to help women heal from trauma. - BBC
Peter Scolari, Who Found Fame With Tom Hanks On Bosom Buddies, Has Died At...
Scolari also played Bob Newhart's producer on Newhart and Lena Dunham's character's father on Girls. - The New York Times
Moments Before Fatal Shooting, Baldwin Was Told Gun Was Safe
An assistant director, Dave Halls, handed actor Alec Baldwin a prop gun during rehearsal. "'Cold gun,' Halls yelled. But it was not." - The...
The Week That Shook The Center Theatre Group
The reaction to Center Theatre Group's 2021-2022 lineup came quickly. "CTG had received a torrent of calls, emails, and criticism on social media ......
The Poem That Provoked An FBI Investigation
"Dial-a-Poem received more than a million calls before it lost funding and ended in 1971. There were complaints of indecency, claims that the poems...
The New York City Council May Remove The Thomas Jefferson Statue In Its Chambers
Black, Latinx, and Asian councillors have been asking for its removal for two decades. - The New York Times
But Wait: IATSE Members May Not Vote To Ratify Contract
Says one IATSE member who's a dolly grip about the supposed changes, "The 10-hour turnarounds — that’s the same shit that’s already in my...
How The IATSE Strike Was Probably Averted
"The companies — Walt Disney Co., Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia — were forced to abandon their take-it-or-leave-it approach...
Penelope Lively On Her Writing Career And The Difference Between Novels And Short Stories
Lively, who's 88: "When I started, publishers didn’t expect a breakthrough with a first or second book. They were prepared to stay with an...
Netflix Fires One Of The Organizers Of The Trans Walkout
The fallout from Dave Chapelle's special continues. The employee is Black and pregnant; Netflix says they were "terminated on suspicion of leaking metrics to...
Why We Can’t Speak Second Or Third Languages Without An Accent
"As with chemistry, the important thing is not just how the elements behave in isolation, but how they come together. Each language has rules...
Gilbert And George And London’s East End
When the artists go out, they find more than their favorite cafés: "Walking is their research. They photograph graffiti, look out for curious new...
This Choreographer Who Won A ‘Genius’ Grant At 70, And Has Some Big Plans
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's groundbreaking contributions have become both mainstream and topical. "An experimental dance company in Brooklyn? Nothing unusual about that now —...
Dali’s ‘Lips’ Sofa Started Life As A Back-Of-The-Envelope Sketch
Of course it did. - The Observer (UK)
The Musician Solange Launches A New Free Library Of Out-Of-Print And Rare Books By...
Solange's creative studio, Saint Heron, hired a community bookstore founder to "curate" the first 50 items in the library, which will be mailed to...
Paddy Moloney, Who Died Last Week, Put Irish Music On The Map
The Chieftains became bigger stars than the Rolling Stones in 1975, when Stanley Kubrick used their music in the movie Barry Lyndon - and...
Turns Out Amelia Earhart Was Also A Poet
"Earhart was one of the earliest aviators, a record-setter, a college professor and well ahead of her time as a champion for women’s rights....
Alan Hawkshaw, Composer Who Was Surprisingly Popular With Hip Hop Artists, 84
Hawkshaw, who composed the theme music for several popular British TV shows, was also a pianist and Hammond organist who "ended up working at...
A Russian Actress And Director Shot Film Scenes On The International Space Station
"The 12-day journey, backed by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, was the latest act in a race among spacefaring countries to generate public excitement about...
A Woman Wins A Writing Prize, And She Turns Out To Be Three Men
"Carmen Mola" was always pseudonym, but the fact that "she" was three scriptwriter men in tuxedos shocked the crowd (and the crime-thriller-reading world) at...
The World Is So, So Ready To Dance Again
"Maybe it’s because of the advent of COVID-19 vaccines. Maybe it is because feet can be repressed for just so long. But it seems...
Is The Line Between Inspiration And Appropriation Clear, Or Sometimes A Bit Fuzzy?
"People in power have always had a way of working nuance to their advantage. If consent is also nuanced, are we ready to admit...
