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What Beatrix Potter Did With All Of Her ‘Peter Rabbit’ Money

She bought land - and sheep. So many sheep. Honestly, #goals. - Washington Post

Artist Mary Miss Sues To Stop The Des Moines Art Center’s Planned Destruction Of Her Work

"Seeking a temporary restraining order to preserve , Miss alleges that the Center both failed to consult her before determining that the installation wasn’t salvageable and allowed the work to deteriorate by not providing adequate care throughout its existence." - Hyperallergic

It’s True: Writing Can Be, Well, Therapeutic

"Reader and writer, therapist and client, come together to conjure something in a mysterious symbiosis that will help make sense of the experience of being alive. We can uncover stories we have told about ourselves that we didn’t even know were there." - LitHub

The States Driving Hollywood Incentives Ever Higher

“As Oklahoma poured more and more funding into its rebate program, major productions came to collect. The incentives helped attract Killers of the Flower Moon, an Oscar nominee for best picture, and the popular television show Reservation Dogs." - The New York Times

A British Artist Completely Transformed His Rented Flat, And Now It’s Got Protected Status

"His artwork, inspired by ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, included fireplaces in the shape of a lion and a minotaur, Egyptian and Greek murals painted floor to ceiling, and a Roman altar in the kitchen." - BBC

Casey Benjamin, ‘Free-Spirited Saxophonist’ For The Robert Glasper Experiment, Has Died At 45

Benjamin "brought colorfully expansive saxophone flourishes to the Grammy-winning Robert Glasper Experiment and added rich layers of texture to recordings by Solange, A Tribe Called Quest and many others." - The New York Times

Michael Jackson’s Accusers Would Like To See Those Sealed Records, Please

Jackson's production company "believes Robson and Safechuck’s actual target is a series of nude photographs of Jackson included in the records,” or so they claim. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Visa Costs For International Artists In The U.S. Have Risen Astronomically, And With Devastating Effect

One musician says, "Every time I go over there, I'm losing money. … We’re never making money, it's not a possibility. I'm lucky enough that I'm signed now and I've made two albums so I have the money to lose in America.” - BBC

Astrid Roemer Is Making Sure You Know Darn Well Where Suriname Is

Newly translated, her books are winning attention. Says writer Raoul de Jong, "There was a whole system in place to keep voices like hers silent. … The recognition, to me, is not only for Astrid, but also for all these writers who are no longer here.” - The New York Times

Notes From The Guy Who Lifted A Rodin

"Chilean politicians have been plundering for years. So I thought: why not explore theft almost as if it were an artistic intervention, and see what happens next? My life at the time was quite punk. I was in a rock band and interested in radical artistic ideas.” - The Guardian (UK)

Rachel McAdams Is Ready For The Next Step: Broadway

"In Hollywood, taking a step back can mean audience amnesia and producer disinterest — but McAdams braved it before, at the height of her fame in 2005, when she thought things were moving too fast." - The New York Times

Why Are Canadian Festivals Struggling So Hard?

“Festival organizers say they are still recouping losses from COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns while they contend with inflation. ... 'The sponsors and the grants are not increasing at the same pace as the expenses. So there's a huge problem there. It's a basic mathematical problem.’” - CBC

An Oral History Of Playing Mrs. Lovett, One Of Theatre’s Bloodiest Roles

Lea Salonga, on the song “The Worst Pies in London": "There are a whole lot of built-in reversals and crazy shifts. And I don’t mean vocal, but rather where she goes emotionally. It’s like this woman is the multitasking queen.” - Washington Post

The Gang That Targeted The United States’ Small Museums

They stole Yogi Berra’s World Series rings. “‘These kinds of artifacts tell people the story of who we are, and they connect us to the past in a way that really nothing else can,’ said executive director of the Berra museum. ‘And now they’re gone.’” - The New York Times

The Many Reasons Not To Date A Reader

There are the bleedover emotions. There’s the tendency at a party to hide in a corner with an e-reader app open, looking like readers are scrolling Insta. And then … there’s the budget. - Book Riot

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