Testimony of nearly two dozen survivors and examination of the now-destroyed theater's plans indicate that at least 600 of the people who had taken shelter in the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater during days of aerial bombing were killed — twice the number previously reported. - AP
The definition of Canadian content is at the heart of a bill before Parliament that would make streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ feature a certain amount of Canadian programs and invest in "Canadian stories," as traditional broadcasters must do. - CBC
Textile conservators and fashion curators are appalled that beauty mogul Kim Kardashian donned Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Jean Louis gown for the 2022 Met Gala. Monroe’s show-stopping garment became famous 60 years ago when the Hollywood legend wore it to sing a breathless “Happy Birthday." - Los Angeles Times
Whether or not you have a “future-oriented mindset” – in other words, how much money you save and how likely you are to invest in your education – can, he argues, be partly traced to what kinds of crops grew well in your ancestral homelands. - The Guardian
“Our team is largely made up of lots of actors, stage managers, company managers, all of whom work in the theater. Nobody has cared about bringing Broadway back like they have.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Meta Platforms is confirming it will stop offering podcast integration and close down its overall audio hub in the coming weeks. “We’re constantly evaluating the features we offer so we can focus on the most meaningful experiences." The report says June 3 is the targeted date. - Inside Radio
“Arts organizations have access to a wealth of data and they don’t know how to use it, beginning with the days of Ticketmaster, when you could print out lists of tickets sold and build mailing lists, to the highly sophisticated automated databases and analytic systems we have today." - San Francisco Classical Voice
The dispute provides a window into the complex, often fraught dynamics of City Ballet, a close-knit company in which relatives, spouses and romantic partners often share a workplace. - The New York Times
When The Lark's board announced the company's closure last October, they said there was no way to keep the company financially sustainable. Former staffers say the problem was really the departure of some unusually dynamic executives and a well-intentioned experiment in shared management that didn't work out. - American Theatre
Within that media ecosystem, narratives around liberal bias, anti-expertise narratives, and the idea that if something was coming out of an institution, you couldn’t trust it — that has been bread and butter within certain media networks for many people’s entire lives. - NiemanLab
John McWhorter: "The idea that for Black people standard English is something wholly apart is simply inaccurate. For most Black Americans, both Black and standard English are part of who we are; our English is, in this sense, larger than many white people's." - The New York Times
A preliminary estimate of the worth of the collection is $180 million, according to Christie’s, and the designated beneficiaries include leading California-based organizations with whom the Gettys have had a longstanding relationship. - San Francisco Classical Voice
Michael Auer joined RNZB when Patricia Barker, his wife, took the helm of the Wellington-based company in 2017. His contract was terminated in April following repeated complaints of abusive remarks to female dancers about weight and the quality of their work, both in studio and on tour. - 1News (New Zealand)
Statements about art from inside the silos are considered absolutely true, but not in a general, humanistic way. Thus balkanized, the art world increasingly evinces mutual suspicion, self-policing, and declamations of political conformity. It extends less and less permission to make art, or speak of it truly. - Arts Fuse
Arifa Akbar: "If a critic changes their mind, do they discredit themselves? No, because theatre reviewing is by its nature only ever an overnight response. ... It is a very different proposition to book reviewing, for instance, where critics are given days, if not weeks, to formulate their views." - The Guardian
