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Ursula Le Guin’s Family Is Turning Her House Into A Writer’s Residency
Writing in the same room as Ursula K. Le Guin’s rock collection? Yes please! - Seattle Times (AP)
What Is A Book Ban, Anyway?
Basically, it’s removing a book from the people who would otherwise have access - but oh, the details are complicated. - NPR
What Next For American Ballet Theatre?
Susan Jaffe has some ideas, some plans, and some hopes. But “the challenges facing Ballet Theater, which begins its summer season at the Metropolitan...
How Sleep No More Changed Theatre For Better
And for worse. “The world of the McKittrick, we believed (or let ourselves pretend to believe), was an enchanted one; not just by the...
Philadelphia’s UArts Gets Hit With A Class Action Lawsuit Over What It’s Doing To...
“The suit claims that UArts failed to follow the 1988 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires employers with 100 or more employees...
The Books That Inspire Emma Donoghue
Donoghue doesn’t know why one story “about a risk-loving boy thief and the scary/seductive witch whose island he repeatedly sneaks on to” gripper her....
The Hype Man For ‘Asian Hollywood’ Gets His Day In The Sun
Bing Chen’s Gold House “operates behind the scenes of a dizzying array of projects. The team’s consulting work for film and TV includes cultural...
Seems Like Making Video Games Universally Accessible Would Be The Most Obvious Goal On...
The true game-changer was 2020’s The Last of Us, Part 2. The makers "decided to do a lot of experimenting and consulting with gamers...
Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer And Fierce Advocate For Musicians, Has Died At 67
“His passion for the music was stronger than his patience for taking directions — and when he found out that some of his U.S....
As The Senate Blocks A Bill Enshrining The Right To Contraception, A New Sculpture...
Yes, it’s protest art: “Installed by Americans for Contraception (AFC), a campaign advocating for contraceptive access across the country, the lavender IUD is set...
How Fran Drescher Won Social Media, And The Support Of Hollywood’s Unions, During The...
“In an industry shaped over the decades by bombastic and hard-charging men, Drescher embraced her idiosyncratic and unabashedly female style. She offered spiritual teachings...
Apparently, Hollywood Is Sexy Again
“Hollywood is trying to bring sexiness, if not always actual sex, back to the big screen, at a time of superhero fatigue, years of relative...
That Awful Apple Ad Was Even Worse Than Every Creative Person Thought
“It’s not just that the ad is a car crash — it’s that the people who poured so much work and money into something...
Private Museum Employees Vote To Unionize After Pressure From Owners
There’s a wave of unionizing among museum employees, and “Glenstone is a relative newcomer. The museum opened in 2006 as a private center for...
Catherine Opie’s Lifelong Work Is To Fight Queer Invisibility With Art
Opie: “We have a national warning advisory around pride for gay and lesbian and trans folks. It’s crazy. But we’re still trying to go...
What In The Living Heck Just Happened At The Philadelphia Free Library?
On June 3rd, the staff who run the author events program with 120-130 events per year resigned en masse, for the end of the...
A Small Town In Spain Wants To ‘Break The Stranglehold’ Of Madrid And Barcelona’s...
“If the aesthetic aim is to share 120 pieces that illustrate how the arrival of Italian and Flemish art in Valencia fuelled and influenced...
One Director Who Isn’t Freaking Out About Streaming
Richard Linklater isn’t mad at Netflix for premiering Hit Man on streaming. “You got to look at the industry and say, ‘Why did they...
The Artist Who Defines Persistence
Alison Aye, a "58-year-old textile and collage artist who is based in London, has submitted work to the Royal Academy (RA) over the last...
Clips Of Comedians Interacting With Audience Members Often Go Very, Very Viral
“‘To be a stand-up comedian in today’s world, you have to be a content machine,’ said Gianmarco Soresi, a New York-based comic with about...
Remember When TV Channels Had Music On Them?
In Britain, “at their peak, between 2003 and 2010, there were nearly 40 rolling music video channels available in the UK.” - The Guardian...
It’s Pride Month, But LGBTQIA Actors Want Better Hollywood Rep All Year ‘Round
Carl Clemons-Hopkins says that “accurate representation stems from getting more representation behind the scenes: ‘The more that you can show the variety of the...
People Are So Lonely, And Theatres Are In So Much Financial Trouble
Can funding struggling theatre help solve our disconnect? Sarah Ruhl: "We are facing a public health emergency—and we need funding from the National Institutes...
Big, Golden Art In Las Vegas
Urs Fischer "became a more permanent presence in the desert entertainment mecca when the delay-plagued, 67-story Fontainebleau, a casino and 3,644-room hotel that cost...
Author Lorrie Moore On Her Mentally Ill Characters
“Understanding someone 100% is probably an illusion. And madness can be seen as a stand-in term for the parts you don’t comprehend. I think...
