“I Think One Of The Funniest Things You Can Do Is Try To Dance...
"As a dancer and a comedian, Sarah McCreanor, known as Smac, likes to up the ante. Why mimic a dance or a person when...
A Person Has Been Arrested For Suspected Arson At The Jewish Museum Of Maryland
“A federal investigation was launched after scorch marks were discovered by a member of the museum’s renovation team outside the front entrance of the museum. The museum...
The Unnerving Experience Of One-To-One Shows At The Edinburgh Fringe
"Giving an audience member 'a hand in guiding the show' is key to the success of a one-person performance. 'You have to sort of...
A Disney Theme Park Is Apparently Closing One Of Its Most Beloved Attractions: Muppet*Vision...
At a major fan gathering last week, executives teased a soon-to-come Monsters, Inc. attraction. Sharp-eyed observers spotted that the location shown in the promotional...
Vienna Offered Free Museum Admission To Cancelled Taylor Swift Ticketholders — And They Came
Thousands of fans left at loose ends after Swift's Vienna show was called off (due to terrorist threats) flocked to the Austrian capital's museums....
Esa-Pekka Salonen Is Soon To Be, For The First Time In Many Years, A...
By now he can do anything he likes, and he got the first of many job offers five minutes after announcing his departure from...
The Boston Globe Hires A Podcasting Staff, Then Decides Not To Make Podcasts
"(The newspaper) hired three people this spring to launch a new weekly podcast, but the news organization scrapped that plan in July and is...
More Pre-Merger Carnage: Paramount Is Closing Its TV Studio
"Paramount Television Studios will cease operations at the end of the week, president Nicole Clemens and Paramount co-CEO George Cheeks told staff Tuesday morning....
French Customs Officers Thwart $1.4 Million Sale Of Counterfeit Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait
"Spanish police have arrested a man whose alleged plan to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting" — purportedly a portrait of Gian Giacomo...
A Ballet Festival Curated With Care
“What mattered most to him, Royal III said, was the idea of unity. ‘I kept coming back to that word,’ he said, ‘and...
Save The Brutalist Buildings, People, Because We’ll Need Them Someday
For one thing, they’re carbon sinks. “Preserving them would really be saving carbon … little nuggets of carbon that you would be saving and...
Creating Something Better From The Ashes Of A Beloved News Site
After some anger and grief, and years of frustration, this is what happens now when news sites die: “Former DCist reporter Colleen Grablick remembers fellow DCist...
Stans Of The Greatest Showman Movie, Rejoice
The surprise hit film is going to be a stage musical! But you knew that. The true news is that the Hugh Jackman passion...
Fire Up Your Libby And Overdrive
Former President Barack Obama’s annual summer reading list is here - and it’s good. - LitHub
Here Comes The Carnage At Paramount Ahead Of Its Merger With Skydance
Today’s layoffs were the beginning of “a move aimed at eliminating nearly 2,000 jobs by year’s end as the company prepares for a new...
Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson And How She Made Robert Louis Stevenson Possible
"Theirs was an unlikely Victorian love story: He was a university-educated writer from a prominent family in Scotland; she was a high school graduate...
Why Would Ancient Romans Have British Accents?
There are people - mostly “men who think far too much about the Roman Empire” - freaking out about Denzel Washington’s accent in the...
The Big Jobs Facing The New South African Government’s Minister of Culture
"A string of ministers have been tainted by claims of favouritism, corruption and elitist practices when it comes to funds. … We asked some...
Joaquin Phoenix Abandons Todd Haynes Project Five Days Before Filming Was To Begin
“Phoenix was set to star opposite the Top Gun: Maverick actor Danny Ramirez in a 30s-set love story with ‘explicit sexual content.’” Director Haynes...
“Population Stereotypes,” Or How To Convince A Crowd Of People That You’re Psychic
"When asked to make a mental note of the first number that comes into their heads, (people) … expect the frequencies of response to...
This Rural Wisconsin Company Knows How To Do Summer Theater Right
At the American Players Theater, about an hour west of Madison, they do around nine mostly classic plays (no musicals) each season, running in...
Saving Soviet-Era Masterpieces In Ukraine
It’s not an easy task. First, of course, there are Russian bombs. And then? People are … let’s say pretty angry … at Moscow....
News Publishers Increase Their Efforts On Reddit As Traffic Soars
"Some, such as Yahoo, Puck, and New York Times Opinion, have launched new Reddit accounts in the last several months. Others, such as Rolling...
We Broke The Law By Losing 2,000 Items, Finds British Museum’s Internal Audit
"The British Museum has finished investigating its own conduct and concluded … that it was not compliant with UK legislation dictating how national treasures...
Warner Bros. Discovery Has Stripped The Cartoon Network’s Website Of Its Content
Cartoonnetwork.com used to offer clips and even some full episodes of its shows such as We Bare Bears and Steven Universe. As of August...
