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Shock: Netflix Says It’s Bleeding Subscribers
"Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in Q1 and expects to lose another 2 million in the current second quarter, the streamer said in its first-quarter...
The Philadelphia Inquirer And The Museum Of The American Revolution Get Gifts Of $50...
The donations, the largest in each organization's history, come from the estate of H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, the board chair who oversaw the Museum's creation...
Putin’s Government Allocates Millions To Fund Russian Arts Projects Cut Off By Other Countries...
The Russian government will provide 1 billion rubles ($12.1 million) to cultural projects and institutions which have lost money due to "sanctions pressure" because...
Edinburgh Fringe Is Becoming Untenable Because Lodging Is Just Too Expensive, Warn Producers
Francesca Moody, who produced at the festival the original stage version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, is one of several frequent participants who said the...
What Makes The Difference Between A Dialect And A Language? Depends On Who’s Answering...
For governments, the quip that "a language is a dialect with an army and navy" is more-or-less true — so Czech and Slovak, Hindi...
A Critic’s Lament For The Humana Festival Of New American Plays
Jeremy Gerard: "There are so many reasons to mourn its passing, but I will dedicate my Kaddish to this: We critics tend to be...
The New York Times Names Its Next Top Editor
Joseph F. Kahn, currently managing editor (the number-two position in the newsroom), and previously Beijing bureau chief and then international editor, will succeed Dean...
Ballet Companies All Do “Swan Lake”. What Makes One Version Different From Another?
"The story is old, the steps are old, and that's all part of Swan Lake's endurance – it's a classical ballet. So how does...
“Spain Is Ugly”, Says An Editor At The Country’s Largest Newspaper
Andrés Rubio, travel editor at El País, has just published a book arguing that Spain's natural beauty and historic cities and towns have been...
At Most American Universities, The Struggle Over Ideas Is Not Free-Speech-Versus-Woke Censorship. Not At...
Lucas Mann, an English professor at a UMass branch campus: "For a professor at a school like mine, ... the trick isn't convincing students...
Hundreds Of Italy’s Historic Theatres Are Closed And Becoming Derelict
"428 in all are closed, half of which are publicly owned. ... The (Ministry of Culture) has financed €420 million for performances in 2022,...
Really Bad Look: San Antonio Symphony Fires Music Director Emeritus For Conducting His Orchestra
The orchestra's board made the surprise decision — the stated cause being breach of contract — after Lang-Lessing announced that he will conduct the...
Culture-War Censorship Bleeds From School Libraries Into Public Libraries
"Conservative activists in several states, including Texas, Montana and Louisiana have joined forces with like-minded officials to dissolve libraries' governing bodies, rewrite or delete...
The New York Times Appoints A Classical Music Editor
Rachel Saltz, who joined the newspaper in 2003 and became dance editor in 2015, will now supervise classical music coverage as well. Her predecessor,...
A Painting Languishing On A Rural Australian School’s Wall Turns Out To Be A...
The artwork spent 150 years at a school in the Blue Mountains that's now owned by the National Trust of Australia, which sent the...
The Murderous Bunny Rabbits Of Medieval European Manuscripts
"Far from being sweet and adorable, rabbits in the margins and illuminated letters of these texts ... are frequently shown wielding swords, axes, and...
Independent Media Under The Taliban: Things Aren’t As Grim As You Might Think
Saad Mohseni, founder and CEO of Afghanistan's first independent radio and TV networks: "On one side, we're dealing with a culture ministry that's constructive...
Brooklyn Public Library Fights Back Against The Wave Of School Book Bannings
Under a program called Books UnBanned, anyone in the US aged 13 to 21 may request a free eCard from the BPL, gaining access...
“We’re Going Back To The Cold War”: Russian Ballet Is Getting Cut Off From...
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine has upended ballet, as prominent artists shun Russia's storied dance companies; theaters in the West cancel performances by the Bolshoi...
What Alexei Navalny’s Investigation Into Valery Gergiev’s Finances Found
This week, the Russian dissident leader's Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project released an extensive report on the conductor's wealth and its sources. Here's...
100,000 Purple Martins Vs. The Nashville Symphony
Yes, it was that many of the migratory birds taking up residence at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center the past two summers, damaging the trees...
Marvin Chomsky, Who Directed Two Of The Most Important TV Miniseries In History, Dead...
His specialty was history-based television dramas such as Attica, Inside the Third Reich, Peter the Great, The Deliberate Stranger (about serial killer Ted Bundy),...
Archaeologists Have Been Making “Extraordinary” Finds Beneath Notre-Dame In Paris
"We uncovered all these riches just 10-15cm under the floor slabs," said the leader of the dig. "Suddenly we had several hundred pieces from...
Frank Langella Fired From Netflix Miniseries “The Fall Of The House Of Usher”
"(An) investigation was launched after the 84-year-old actor had been accused of sexual harassment, including making inappropriate comments to a female co-star on set...
Roundabout Theatre’s Jill Rafson To Lead Classic Stage Company
Rafson becomes Producing Artistic Director of the influential Off-Broadway troupe as of June 21, succeeding John Doyle, known for his stripped-down productions of Sondheim's...