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A Dancer Retires Young, But With A Plan
Harrison Ball was promoted to principal dancer at City Ballet last year, after years of being wild, getting sober, and living through the pandemic....
The Value, Joy, And Community Of Local Libraries
When you can't find a place to just sit down in the middle of a city, the library is there, with books, newspapers, community...
Writers And Producers Meet Again To Try To Avert Monday Night Strike
"After talks Saturday in the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks offices, the two sides have scheduled further negotiations for Sunday in hopes of sealing a deal...
How Strong Is Disney’s First Amendment Case Against DeSantis?
It looks like "Disney’s retaliation claim is a strong one because corporations have substantial rights to express their views under the 1st Amendment, just as...
We Need To Remember Not Just What We Listened To And Watched, But How
And that how is together. "The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of...
The Joys And Perils Of Staging Don Giovanni
The opera is a work "of slippery psychology, frank humanity and, crucially, crystalline construction that punishes any mistake onstage or in the orchestra pit."...
When One Actor Ruins A Whole Show
David Choe's acting isn't bad. But "instead of being able to enjoy its cathartic portrayals of Asian American rage, I found myself disturbed every...
BBC Chair Who Had Improper Dealings With Boris Johnson Has Resigned
"The probe was set up after reports in the Sunday Times revealed Sharp, a close associate of Mr Johnson, had played some role...
Principal Ousted In Michelangelo’s David Controversy Sees The Real Thing In Florence
"'There is nothing wrong with the human body in and of itself,' Carrasquilla said while visiting David on Friday, according to a statement from...
Found In Manhattan: Manuscripts Likely Looted From A Greek Monastery During WWI
The manuscripts, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, were probably lost in 1917 "when Bulgarian combatants are said to have plundered nearly 900...
Why Rural Artist Residencies Are So Important
Residencies need funding to continue to exist - and not to charge the artists for their time - but "even when funding is available,...
How Can A Judge Decide If Ed Sheeran Copied From Marvin Gaye?
"The music industry is keenly interested in the outcome. Over the last decade, the business has been rocked by a series of infringement suits...
In The Heart Of Paris, Archaeologists Uncover 2000-Year-Old Graves
The Gallo-Roman graves "will offer further insight into the funeral practices of the Parisii, the Gallic tribe that inhabited Lutetia. In the process, we...
The Leonardo Ferry Is Left High And Dry By Bureaucracy And Climate Change
"Since the last ferry operators left to run a more lucrative water taxi in Lake Como, no one has bid to take over the...
When Hilary Mantel Died, She Left Behind A Jane Austen-Inspired Manuscript
The book world is salivating. "Imagine the post-modernist-Austenite novel that would have been! Imagine the Mantel treatment being given to poor Charlotte Lucas, not-quite-good-enough-and-not-rich-enough...
Why Do Apps Love The Color Blue So Darn Much?
"It’s a very distinct color, it’s a distinct design. Paramount and Prime are a little bit on the lighter side, Disney+ has more of...
This Is How The Universe Ends
Not with a bang, but a black hole (or a few). - Wired
NBCUniversal CEO Ousted For Inappropriate Relationship
The news "sent shockwaves through the Burbank-based company, is unfolding days ahead of Comcast reporting its first quarter results on Thursday, including a conference...
The New Canon Of Julius Eastman
"We’re firmly enjoying some new period of appreciation for the pioneering but once-overlooked work of this Black queer composer and multi-instrumentalist; archival recordings and new...
Putin’s War On Ukrainian Cultural Memory
It's always the libraries. "Three national and state libraries, including the National Scientific Medical Library of Ukraine, as well as some 25 university libraries,...
Remember All Those Chromebooks School Kids Got Early In The Pandemic Lockdown?
Turns out they're low quality and not reparable, and, three years later, that's not turning out to be so great for the schools or...
The Small British City Getting A Bunch Of Dali’s Surreal Sculptures
In Shrewsbury, a town of 40,000 a few miles east of the Welsh border, "the organisers of an ambitious arts trail in the Shropshire...
Imagine Being A 16-Year-Old Bookstore Owner Who Gets To Interview Judy Blume
Just, like, wow. That is extremely cool. And: "'It’s people like you who give us hope, because you’re the next generation and you’re who’s...
A Blockbuster Show, Ripped In Half By War
The National Gallery in London and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow both have a new show up - "After Impressionism."...
Tracking Down Retired Celebrities Is A Gross New Trend For Paparazzi
"The rush to track down people who used to be famous does seem to have picked up some speed lately. And, as far as...