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Ranan Lurie, Once The World’s Most Widely Syndicated Political Cartoonist, Dead At 90
"At his peak, Mr. Lurie's evocative caricatures appeared in about 1,000 publications with more than 100 million readers in 100 countries. ... He welded...
Minnesota Public Radio Gets $56 Million To Expand Classical Music Programming
The largest donation in MPR's history, the anonymous gift, to be placed in a separate endowment, will be divided between new media technology and...
Ben Stevenson To Retire As Artistic Director Of Texas Ballet Theater
Or, as the announcement puts it, he will become "artistic director laureate" in July after 19 years at the Fort Worth company's helm. Associate...
26-Year-Old Klaus Mäkelä Named Chief Conductor Of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The young Finn won't have the full job title until 2027, though he'll be "artistic partner" of the orchestra — widely considered one of...
How Evolutionary Psychology Got All Tied Up In The Culture Wars
"As its perspective has spread out into popular culture, pop EvoPsych has inflected highly charged debates about gender, race, violence, and social class. It...
A Wave Of State Legislation Is Trying To Forbid Teaching Critical Race Theory At...
"So far, 70 bills — which PEN America calls 'educational gag orders' — have been introduced in 28 states, with 56 more coming in...
NPR Fills Audie Cornish’s Host Chair At “All Things Considered”
"Juana Summers, a veteran political correspondent whose peripatetic career has taken her to news media start-ups including Mashable and traditional news organizations such as...
Werner Herzog Says He’s Found His True Medium, And It’s Prose
The director/author/entrepreneur, who turns 80 on Labor Day, "thinks of himself primarily as a writer — he has written poetry and kept journals throughout...
The How, When, And Why Of Eye Contact Among Musicians
Conductors Leonard Slatkin and Paul McCreesh, members of the Guarneri and Zehetmair Quartets, and two orchestra principals talk about when and at whom to...
Christian Publishing Is Having A Boom In Doomsday Literature
"Following the pandemic and amid escalating global tensions as well as environmental concerns, Christian publishers say they are acquiring more books now than in...
New York City Ballet’s Amar Ramasar Gives His First Interview Since The Nude-Photo-Sharing Scandal
And he gave it just as he has retired from the company, chastened by and repentant for the act that got him in trouble...
A Set Of First Nation Artifacts At The Smithsonian Are Coming Home To A...
Roughly 500 pieces of basketry, quillwork, regalia and other items from the Mi'kmaq people which have been at the Museum of the American Indian...
San Diego Repertory Theatre “Suspends Operations” And Lays Off All Staff
The announcement comes a week after the company abruptly cancelled this month's production. "Rep officials cited significant financial issues, the challenge of operating in...
La Scala Works To Get Younger People To The Opera — And Then Keep...
Alongside free performances in Milan neighborhoods and cheaper tickets for young adults and families with children, the house has started discounts for people in...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Is Getting An Overhaul
"Actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge" — honorary president of the Fringe Society — "has hailed a 'new dawn' for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as the biggest...
Why Do Critics Keep Describing Early Music Performances As “Crisp”?
English-language writers seem to use the word over and over (as praise), though critics in other languages don't use equivalents. (Croustillant or croquant? Non.)...
India’s First Prime Minister Himself Decided Whether “Lolita” Was Too Obscene To Be Allowed...
It was quite the literary drama: Customs in Bombay had impounded the first shipment of Nabokov's novel, the ministers of justice and finance were...
The Scene In “How I Learned To Drive” That Paula Vogel Herself Says Makes...
Declares the playwright, "It makes no sense in the structure of the play. It's a complete interruption of the narrative."Â But she won't cut...
Facing Protests, Britain’s Largest Cinema Chain Cancels A Film About The Prophet Muhammad’s Daughter
The Lady of Heaven, about Fatima and her husband Ali (the first Shia imam), was written by a Shia cleric and seems intended to...
Why This Half-Spanish-Half-Ukrainian Ballet Star Had To Leave Moscow
Laura Fernandez, who studied and then danced at the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg before becoming first soloist at Moscow's Stanislavsky Theatre, has family in...
After 44 Years, Carol Burnett Is Returning To Regular Series TV
While she has done repeating guest-star roles and specials (and the unforgettable miniseries Fresno), the 89-year-old actress has not had a regular role in...
How Things Fell Apart At Santa Fe Pro Musica
It all seemed promising two years ago, when pianist Anne-Marie McDermott was hired as artistic director to replace the orchestra/concert presenter's retiring co-founders. Now...
Florida’s New Budget Doubles Arts Funding
"The budget signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allocates slightly more than $59 million for three major grant categories, up from the $26.7 million last...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Next Director: Sasha Suda Of The National Gallery Of Canada
At 41, Alexandra Suda will be the youngest director in the PMA's history, and she comes to Philadelphia after three years at the helm...
France Suspends Indicted Former Louvre Director From His New Post
The Ministry of Culture has put Jean-Luc Martinez, who left Paris's flagship museum at the end of last year and was then appointed a...
