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The Guerrilla Girls Are Back

Even though they never left - nor did the need for them, sadly, ever leave. - The New York Times

The Emmys Race To Take Down The ‘Big Four’ Comedies

Forgive us, but Hacks and The Bear are “veteran shows”? Apparently so. Add in Only Murders in the Building and Abbott Elementary, and you have the windmills at which newer shows - Shrinking, The Studio - will tilt. - Vulture

Changing Outlooks Make Museums Full Indoor-Outdoor Experiences

“A turning point was a project with the artist Cecile Abish, who uses a wheelchair: ‘To get to the garden we needed to take her through the museum’s basement and out through our loading dock. … It threw into sharp relief how urgent this work was.’” - The New York Times

When The Pandemic Shut Down The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Longtime Actors Turned To A Winery

The space near the OSF campus “featured a raised stage area, intimate seating in-the-round on folding chairs, and ample shade from the surrounding trees. It served as a natural, open-air theater that felt both rustic and inviting” - and COVID-19 safe. - Oregon ArtsWatch

Charlotte Bronte Knew When She Was A Young Teen That She’d Be A Writer

“The poems in Brontë’s Book of Rhymes were written in tiny script to fit on scraps of paper no larger than playing cards that were hand-stitched together with a carefully written contents page.” Now, everyone can read them. - The New York Times

The Folks Who Make Broadway Orchestras Work

"You can’t start orchestrating much before the rehearsals begin because things haven’t settled. Until you get into rehearsals, you may not know what key a number is in or how much intro you need. So we have a lot of time pressure, put it that way.” - American Theatre

Oscars Voters Are Now Supposed To Actually Watch The Movies They Vote On

Wild requirement, hunh? "It's not a sea change, but it's something.” - NPR

Andrea Nevins, Whose Documentaries Covered Everything From Punk Dads To Barbie, Has Died At 63

“Her most recent film, The Cowboy and the Queen (2023), examined the unlikely friendship that blossomed between a Texas cowboy and Queen Elizabeth II after she learned of his unconventional approach to rearing horses.” - The New York Times

A Century Ago, This Magazine Was Crushed By U.S. Government Censorship

Might it be time to reread The Masses? "2025 isn’t the first time our neighbors have delighted in violence against a minority, it’s not the first time censors have told us what we can and cannot read.” - LitHub

Should We Be Freaking Out So Much About Hollywood’s Potential Death Spiral?

Maybe! “What happens to a region when the thing you’re best known for four out of five times is done somewhere else?” - The Guardian (UK)

What Women Like About Acting In Almodovar’s Films

Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In): “Pedro speaks about the characters as if they were people he has already lived with for years, people he knows very closely, who he loves and defends regardless of the role they play in his stories.” - The New York Times

How ‘Free’ Is The Press In The United States?

Turns out, for those who live in the country, their opinion about this question depends almost fully on their political party identification. (But there are also, you know, some facts.) - Nieman Lab

Hollywood Asks For Government Help

“The lobbying effort has led to unusual alliances, particularly in the wake of the strikes, with both studios and Hollywood unions rallying on the same side.” Will California show the studios the money? - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

Minnesota’s Hmong Community Uses Textiles To Tell All Of The Backstory

But the tale is bigger than tapestries, or story cloths: "In the Twin Cities, Hmong culture isn’t just present in the tapestries. It’s everywhere, including the first Hmong judges and state elected officials, the culinary scene, farmers markets, and the arts.” - The New York Times

Amazon Claims It Unintentionally Set A Massive Sale On Indie Bookstore Day

Zero humans believe that claim, of course. One bookstore owner: “I just rolled my eyes and thought, Of course they did. We can’t even have one day where it’s just us — Amazon has to swoop in.” - Vulture

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