The Books That Are Poisonous If You Touch Them
These toxic books, produced in the 19th century, are bound in vivid cloth colored with a notorious pigment known as emerald green that’s laced...
Senior Citizen Mistakenly Takes Picasso Jacket From Museum And Has It Tailored
When a certain 72-year-old woman explored the exhibition in March, she reportedly didn’t realize the jacket was anything other than someone’s actual jacket—and she...
Irving Rosenthal, Beat Scene Publisher, 91
He was fond of the Beat writers who had emerged on the West Coast and elsewhere and began publishing them. The spring 1958 issue...
Netflix’s Swoon Fuels Hollywood Anxiety
One pervasive concern: that the streaming-fueled content bubble has finally burst, with more consolidation on the way. - Variety
Ballet Performances Resume In Lviv
An abnormal announcement. "Dear guest, our event will be suspended in case of air raid alert. Dancers and spectators must go to the bomb...
A Tale Of Two Opera Companies: Houston V. Dallas
Houston Grand Opera’s history of 70 world premieres — “readier to take chances” — certainly puts the Dallas Opera’s handful of new works to...
Jacques Perrin, Star Of French And Italian Cinema Who Became Award-Winning Producer, Dead At...
Known early on for his "bright vanilla hair" and youthful mien in films by Jacques Demy, Vittorio De Seta, Claude Chabrol, and others, he...
Meet The “Architectural Terrorist”
Having been stamped with the label of postmodernism – out of favour since the 1990s, when his work was described as “architectural terrorism” –...
Former Paris Opera Ballet Star Who Fled Moscow Lands As Artistic Director In Munich
Laurent Hilaire, who was an étoile in Paris since Nureyev's days, became director of dance at the Stanislavsky Theatre in 2017; he left Russia...
I Was In A Broadway Show. I Found Out I Was Fired On Social...
My agent didn’t know anything about it either, until he checked his email and saw he’d received a message less than half an hour...
Charlotte Ballet’s New Artistic Director On How Newcomers Can Appreciate Dance
Alejandro Cerrudo: "One of the most common thoughts I've heard from audiences is, 'Sometimes I feel like I don't understand it.' You don't have...
What The Met’s Out-Of-Touch Gala Says About Where We Are
Even the Met’s own head of costume has said; “I think the power of fashion is that it can reflect the zeitgeist.” So what...
How Abortion Has Been Handled In US Movies And TV
"Culture is not linear cause and effect, ... (but) film and television portrayals of abortion ... do offer an imperfect mirror to a culture...
Questions About The Quality Of The Rebuilding Of The Glasgow School Of Art
The rebuilt of Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building "favours the cheapest over the most suitable bid" according to a Glasgow architect. - Glasgow Live
Could They Do Immersive Orchestra Concerts The Way They Do With Van Gogh? The...
"Dubbed Immersive Scheherazade, the experience emulates those immersive Van Gogh shows. Four large screens and several smaller ones showed video close-ups of (Curtis Orchestra)...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Could Change, And Maybe Galvanize, Cultural Scenes Across Eastern Europe
The dangers that war brings and the huge influx of refugees will surely alter the region's arts along with the rest of society. Yet...
Now High Schoolers All Over The US Are Forming Banned-Book Clubs
Not only are these teens gathering to obtain, and read together, the books that conservative school boards and politicians are trying to keep out...
Largest Set Of Ancient Cave Art In North America Discovered In Alabama
There are thousands of life-sized engravings of anthropomorphic figures on the low ceilings of the three-mile-long cave complex, whose ceilings are as low as...
For The First Time, TikTok Will Share Ad Revenue With Top Video Creators
"The company said that with the launch of (advertising program) TikTok Pulse, it will 'begin exploring' its first advertising-revenue share program with creators, public...
Colonial Jamestown, Oldest English Settlement In US, Is Getting Inundated By Climate Change
The site of Captain John Smith's 1607 settlement, still a rich archaeological source, is on a low-lying island in Tidewater Virginia, tucked between the...
More People Died In Mariupol Theater Bombed By Russians Than Previously Thought
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...
Canadians Debate What Canadian “Content” Is
The definition of Canadian content is at the heart of a bill before Parliament that would make streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime...
Conservators Appalled That Kim Kardashian Wore Marilyn Monroe’s Famous Dress
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....
Another Grand Sweeping Narrative Of History (and It’s Optimistic)
Whether or not you have a “future-oriented mindset” – in other words, how much money you save and how likely you are to invest...
The Workers Who Checked COVID Status For Broadway Theatres
“Our team is largely made up of lots of actors, stage managers, company managers, all of whom work in the theater. Nobody has cared...
