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A Museum, Outside, In Utah’s Snowy Mountains
When you want to see the next land artwork, you just keep skiing (or hiking). The curator of Powder Mountain: "This is such a...
The Drag Queens Of France, Internationally Derided By Right-Wingers, Come Back Strong
France was late to American-style drag, but as at the Olympics, it’s now prominent. So: “Answering hatred with glitter is a time-honored drag tradition,...
Indie Publishing, But For The Super-Rich
“‘Don’t call us publishers; we are a luxury brand,’ said Alex Assouline. … A special edition on Versailles, presented in a velvet clamshell, and...
A Painful Gesture Toward Opera On New York’s Little Island
"The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to ... ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian libretto is being projected in internet-speak English subtitles...
Some Welsh Folks Called The Police On A Gallery’s Front Window
The complainers, and the police, said the painting of a naked woman could be pornographic. The artist: "I don’t know what kind of pornography...
Ellen Armstrong Was Segregated Black America’s Preeminent Magician And Performer
The act of the only Black woman magician touring during Jim Crow “was fun, full of 'marvelous, mystifying magic, music and mirth,’ as her...
As Portland’s Powerhouse Literary Arts Turns Forty, It Gets A Big, Freshly Refurbished Home
The 1906 building is now earthquake-retrofitted. Renovating “represents seismic change, pun intended, in the organization’s capacity to serve the community. Not only do you...
A Star Choreographer Issues A Major Apology
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, accused by many former dancers and staff members of body shaming and bullying, apologized and said, “I embrace the idea...
Can The San Francisco Symphony Get Its Chorus Back In Time For The Next...
The chorus struck for three days last week, canceling the season opener. “An earlier proposal would cut choristers’ compensation by 65% and reduced...
Jeff Bezos’ Fiancee Sued Over New Children’s Book
Lauren Sánchez’s new picture book came out last week, but her former yoga teacher says it’s an idea that she came up with and...
Canada’s Juno Awards Tried To Drop Gospel, Reggae, And Children’s Albums From The Lineup
That did not go over well with the musicians of Canada - and all three are back. - CBC
Why Attending A Film Festival Is Worth All The Fuss, Celebrity Sighting Brouhaha, And...
True, "film festivals have become a crucial part of the industry’s infrastructure, which may work against what makes them valuable in the first place,”...
Nelson DeMille, Blockbuster Author, Has Died At 81
DeMille’s thrillers featured fast-moving plots with everything from “terrorist hijackings, Russian spy schools, gruesome murders, Mafia kingpins, and wartime crimes military malfeasance” -...
The Movie Business Is Feeling – Perhaps Understandably – Apocalyptic These Days
"Apocalypse is not always world-historical. Our lives are full of personal apocalypses; our nations experience them repeatedly, often in times of great distress. We...
Amid Multiple Allegations Of Sexual Abuse, Screen Adaptations Of Neil Gaiman’s Work Paused Or...
The list is grim (not nearly as grim as the list of women who have accused the popular author, of course). Dead Boy Detectives:...
Tito Jackson, Original Member Of The Jackson 5, Has Died At 70
“Jackson played guitar, sang and, of course, danced his way into homes worldwide as the Jackson 5 became an international sensation in the late...
Famous Feminist Harvard Square Mural At Risk
Joyce Kozloff’s homage to New England arts “features hundreds of interlocking hand-painted tiles containing scenes from New England’s landscape and motifs referencing the region’s...
This Rip-Roarer Of A Farce Has Lasted For Ten Years On London’s West End
The Play That Goes Wrong “was first performed at The Old Red Lion, a 60-seat fringe theatre in Islington, London, with the writers not...
The Historian Who Understood Immediately That Putin’s Invasion Was A Threat To Ukraine’s Cultural...
“Marushchak has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has organised the evacuation of dozens of museums across Ukraine’s frontline – packing, recording, logging and counting...
The Memes That Could Start – Or Perhaps End – Wars
“Digital disinformation is a growing shadow industry. It thrives because of the weak enforcement of content-moderation policies, the increasing influence of social-media figures as...
Documentary Filmmakers Are Ready To Have The AI Discussion
Hm: “Rather than rejecting the use of generative AI outright, the group encourages consideration based in four overarching principles: the value of primary sources,...
AI Chatbots Aren’t Great For Much, But They Might Know This One Weird Trick
That trick is getting people who believe in conspiracy theories to find some exits out of their internet-driven rabbit holes. Importantly, recent “studies suggest...
Disney And DirecTV End Their Dispute
At least for now, customers of satellite TV won’t be deprived of college football, The Bear on Hulu, or another rewatch of Inside Out...
Was Last Night The Time For The Super Emmy To Make Its Return?
After all, who wouldn’t have enjoyed seeing The Bear face off against Shōgun, or The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki go up against True Detective’s Jodie...
Mia Farrow Tests Positive For COVID, So An Associate Director Goes On Broadway For...
The play - The Roommate - opened on Thursday with Farrow and Patti LuPone, but on Saturday, Farrow tested positive. Actor and associate director...
