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Book Overdue By 98 Years Returned To Cincinnati Public Library

"I've been here a while, and I've seen books come back that were due in the '80s and the '90s and even the '70s, but this is the first time I've come across a book that was almost a century overdue." - WVXU

Can The Art Industry Achieve Gender Parity?

There is less female representation in leadership roles among larger firms. Around 40 percent of respondents working in outfits with fewer than 50 employees said there was gender parity in leadership roles, versus just 18.2 percent of respondents who worked at businesses with more than 250 employees. - Artnet

Secret Book Club In Occupied Ukraine Studies Texts That Russian Occupiers Have Banned

What texts are these? Books of Ukrainian history, literature, culture, and just about anything in the Ukrainian language that Ukrainian students would study — if the Russian occupiers weren’t trying to erase Ukrainian identity. - The Guardian

Dutch National Opera’s Crusade To Go Green

The Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam is setting an example with the great leaps it has made in recent years toward sustainability. The dream, distant for now, is carbon neutrality; the reality may still be a work in progress, yet changes have been adopted with remarkable speed. - The New York Times

Angelina Jolie’s Creative Atelier

Jolie, the Oscar-winning actress, humanitarian and object of global fascination, was not the red-hot center of attention. Which is just how she wants it. “I like to see what other people make,” she said. “That’s part of my creativity.” - The New York Times

Academic Publishing Is A Lucrative Business. It Isn’t Necessarily Good For Research

Mass resignations of journal editors are becoming more frequent. They highlight the tension between running a for-profit publishing business and upholding research integrity. - The Conversation

Recovering The Great American Musical Nobody Thought Could Be Recovered

Love Life, composer Kurt Weill’s only collaboration with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, seemed like a very promising project. But its debut didn’t go over well — Broadway wasn’t ready for a concept musical in 1948 — and circumstances led to almost no trace of the show surviving. Until now. - The New York Times

Oregon Arts Commission Does Something That Grant Applicants Dream Of

“The OAC has been funding arts organizations in Oregon for nearly sixty years, and operating support is one of its core programs. With these new changes, they’re exploring an approach that’s still altogether too rare: namely, trusting that the nonprofit itself is the best judge of where that money gets spent.” - Oregon ArtsWatch

Pilobolus Debuts Multigenerational Dance Curriculum

“The dance program — developed by Pilobolus in a multiyear partnership with Saratoga Performing Arts Center — builds upon Pilobolus’ current education programming, which includes balance and mobility workshops for seniors and in-school youth. The ultimate goal is to expand nationwide.” - Albany Times Union

Enormous Hoard Of Iron Age Artifacts Uncovered In North Of England

“More than 800 objects were unearthed in a field near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire. They date back to the first century, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain under Emperor Claudius, … potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago.” - The Guardian

Protesters Disrupt Israel Philharmonic Concert In San Francisco, Audience Members Fight Back

Activists scattered throughout Davies Symphony Hall interrupted the show one by one, displaying Palestinian flags and yelling denunciations of the war in Gaza. Some audience members shouted back; others pinned one protestor, pulled another’s hair and broke her glasses, and tried to pull others from their seats. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

45-Foot Nude Woman Finds Her Place In San Francisco After All

The statue’s much-discussed appearance in Union Square was called off when engineers determined that it was literally too heavy for the site to bear. Now the piece by sculptor Marco Cochrane, titled R-Evolution, will appear in Embarcadero Plaza starting on April 10. - The San Francisco Standard

Gérard Depardieu Sexual Assault Trial Begins In Paris

“Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director during filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts (‘The Green Shutters’). The actor faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($81,000) if convicted.” - AP

Who’s Getting The Highest Ticket Prices On Broadway (Not Just The A-List Movie Stars)

Earlier this week, we tracked down what the top ticket cost was to see each of these stars at the evening performance on Saturday, Mar. 22. Like any great piece of theater that warrants a second mortgage in order to afford to see, the results took us by surprise! - The Daily Beast

The Vast Scale Of Meta’s Use Of Pirated Books

 Internal communications show employees saying that Meta did indeed torrent LibGen, which means that Meta could have not only accessed pirated material but also distributed it to others—well established as illegal under copyright law, regardless of what the courts determine about the use of copyrighted material to train generative AI. - The Atlantic

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