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PEN America Has A Whole Bunch Of Writers Quite Furious At It

More than 600 writers have signed a letter that "condemns PEN’s relative silence on the unfolding genocide in Gaza ... on the heels of two prominent novelists cutting ties with the organization over its decision to platform controversial actor and outspoken ceasefire opponent Mayim Bialik.” - LitHub

Was It The Strikes, Or Sexual Harassment Allegations, That Is Shutting This Talent Agency Down?

Or are the harassment allegations part of an ownership argument? In any case, the A3 Artists Agency is shutting down today. - Los Angeles Times

Why Won’t The ‘Toxic’ Ballet World Change?

“Who’s really motivated to change the system if it’s working for some people?” - MSN (The Telegraph UK)

Theatre Leaders In Kansas City Vow To Rebuild After Fire Guts Historic Building

This year was the Metropolitan Theater Ensemble’s fifth year in the Warwick Theatre building, which "originally opened on Sept. 26, 1914, and seated 1,200.” Though the theatre’s structure wasn’t damaged, "the costumes, electrical system and dressing rooms were destroyed." - Yahoo News (Kansas City Star)

After Bell Canada Announces Massive Layoffs, Justin Trudeau Calls The Company Out

The prime minister said the media company that runs CTV and many radio stations had made “a garbage decision.” He added “that media layoffs have been eroding Canada’s 'very democracy' at a time that people need reliable news sources more than ever.” - MSN (Financial Post)

The Art World Excludes Most Of Us

A journalist who got immersed as a security guard and gallery assistant says, "I became initiated into the way that the art world wields strategic snobbery to keep people out. And I think it's deliberate and I think it's unnecessary." - NPR

How To Create A Musical With A Deaf Main Character

Never forget Deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members; audio signals must be matched with visual cues. And “finding the right actor to enlist as Jones — a deaf character who tricks his fellow soldiers into thinking he’s hearing and carries much of the show’s vocals — also proved critical." - Washington Post

Ralph Fiennes Wants Theatre To Be More Affordable, And More Surprising

That he, he’s so very finished with content warnings for something like the Scottish play, which he and Indira Varma star in. He said theatre should “shock and disturb,” and added, “I don’t think you should be prepared for these things." - BBC

Director Wim Wenders Says All Of His Films Are About How To Live

Wenders, the German director whose latest film is nominated for an Oscar, but from Japan, says “For a long time I did not know , because I was searching for answers, too." - The Observer (UK)

The Lunar New Year’s Lion Dance Draws D.C.’s Chinese Residents Back To Chinatown

The dance unites a disparate group. "Unlike cities like New York and Toronto, D.C.’s Chinatown no longer feels particularly Chinese Chinese architectural motifs still decorate shops and an archway celebrating the relationship between D.C. and its sister city of Beijing looms over H Street.” - MSN (Washington Post)

What Is To Become Of Opera?

Can any opera company withstand the blows of the 21st century? “The ongoing crisis in opera parallels a current 'free fall' … in American theater — with low ticket sales, slumping philanthropy and rising costs putting experimental platforms and long-standing institutions alike on indefinite hiatus.” - Washington Post

Does The U.S.’s Recording Academy Care One Bit About The Issues Jay-Z Brought Up?

"This isn’t just about hip-hop. This is about Afrobeat, Latin music and the genres that the ‘mainstream' overlooks.” And evidence, based on many years of discussions, call-out speeches, statistics, and more, says that the Recording Academy does not really give a damn. - HuffPost

How Do Social Media People Create Those Art, But Make It Sports Posts?

"Oftentimes, you will see on social media people post a photo from a sports event and say, ‘Hang it in the Louvre,' as a indication that they can see something that's artistic about it. And then I come in and actually find the piece of art that sports image actually resembles.” - PBS

The Download Wars, Or, How iTunes Became Relevant Again

In the early 21st century, downloads were a thing, but now, downloading rather than streaming "is a purely performative gesture – it only ever happens as a result of some kind of factional culture war that somebody has the money and inclination to try to represent on the charts." - The Guardian (UK)

Climate Protestor Charged For Defacing African American Civil War Memorial At The National Gallery Of Art

The protestor painted on the wall next to Augustus Saint Gaudens’s Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, not the piece itself. However: Jackson Green "has been arrested and charged with defacing a memorial." - The Art Newspaper

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