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Preserving The Cree And Ojibwe Languages — With TikTok
"Combining humor, everyday language use, and relatable situations, these videos" — from the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre in Winnipeg — "are contributing to...
The New Hotness In Theater Set Design? Glass Boxes
"Even before COVID-19, many ambitious productions had been taking place … in elaborately engineered glass cubes that evoke high Modernism. … There wouldn't seem...
Bob Moore, Bassist Who Helped Establish The “Nashville Sound”
"As a mainstay of the loose aggregation of Nashville session professionals known as the A-Team, (he) played on many of the landmark country hits...
“Fire Shut Up In My Bones” At The Met Isn’t Just A Landmark For...
Justin Davidson: "Librettist Kasi Lemmons and composer Terence Blanchard … haven't blown up the genre or bent it to new purpose or smuggled anything...
Kenya Bans Documentary About Young Gay Man’s Struggle For Acceptance
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) announced a prohibition on the exhibition, distribution, possession or broadcast of I Am Samuel on Thursday, … saying...
San Antonio Symphony Is On Strike
Two weeks ago, orchestra management made a "last, best and final" contract offer which would cut the number of full-time musicians by 40%; Sunday...
Another Dancer Accuses Former Boston Ballet Star And Her Husband Of Rape
"The dancer, identified only as Jane Doe 100, is one of five female dancers who say Mitchell Taylor Button and his wife, former Boston...
Fraud, Theft, And Breach Of Contract As Conceptual Art (This Is Not Theoretical)
"A Danish artist was given tens of thousands of dollars by a museum to reproduce an old sculpture. Instead, he pocketed the money and...
Four Billion Euros. That’s France’s 2022 Budget For Arts And Culture.
"This historic progression", said culture minister Roselyne Bachelot, "will bring to +15% the lasting increase in the means which have been allocated to culture...
Alums Of University Of Utah School Of Dance Recount Mistreatment, Seek Changes
"(Two recent almunae) gathered 13 written testimonials from students and faculty members about what they see as the harmful culture at the U's ballet...
Inmates Who Produced A Podcast In San Quentin Now Get Paid To Do It...
Ear Hustle is produced by the folks at San Quentin Radio, working with San Francisco public radio station KALW. Here, co-host and co-producer Rahsaan...
Wole Soyinka On Publishing His First Novel In 48 Years
"It is meant to indict us also, the governed, as a people who have jettisoned the humane values that that same society impressed on...
An Afghan Artist Recounts Her Desperate, Failed Attempt To Escape The Taliban
"The Taliban are being pressured on many issues like women's rights and journalists' safety, but there are no discussions about the rights and safety...
Even At Age 78, Mike Leigh Is As Exacting About Interviews As He Is...
"You just couldn't work the way he does – his scripts are improvised, not written, resting on collaboration, trust, instinct, bravery – without weighing...
Why Does Classical Music Humor Keep Getting More And More Lame?
Time was, Dudley Moore could dash off a witty parody of a Beethoven sonata or Britten folk song arrangement. These days, NPR Classical and...
16th-Century Documents Stolen From Mexico’s National Archives Have Been Recovered
The rescue of these manuscripts "comes amid a strong effort by the Mexican government to stop the international trafficking of national heritage objects, with...
This Year’s Tony Awards Show Was In A Difficult And Delicate Position
Helen Shaw: "Looking back while looking forward was the impossible job of this year's (ceremony). Instead of razzle-dazzling us, the host Audra McDonald (and,...
The Late-Period Pietà Michelangelo Intended For His Own Tomb Has Been Restored
What's more, conservators and scholars involved say that the restoration has put to rest the big myth surrounding the sculpture: that Michelangelo went at...
London’s Barbican Centre Is Hemorrhaging Staff: Report
Current and former employees are using terms like "mass exodus", "freefall", and "climate of fear" to describe the situation at the central London venue....
Pittsburgh Symphony Keeps Manfred Honeck For Six More Years
The 63-year-old Austrian conductor has extended his contract as the orchestra's music director through the 2027-28 season, which will be his 20th at the...
A Preview Guide To The Oddest Tony Awards Anyone Can Remember
"Originally scheduled for June 7, 2020, the awards have been delayed — and delayed again, after nominations were announced last October — in an...
“Where True Authority Resides” — Oprah Winfrey And The Power Of Confession
"What sets Oprah apart … is her understanding that we crave not only the thrill of seeing secrets exposed but also the pretense that...
Joint Acquisition: Some Museums Are Starting To Purchase Art Together
As museums struggle to regain financial stability after pandemic lockdowns, answer calls to diversify their collections, and watch art prices soar ever higher, the...
E.M. Forster’s Most Influential Novel Was The One He Couldn’t Publish
As it circulated in manuscript (it was only published posthumously) from the author to Christopher Isherwood and onward, Maurice "became first an open secret...
You Can Now 3D-Print Yourself A Whole Gallery’s Worth Of Miniature Historical Statuary
A user of the 3D-printing platform Sketchfab has assembled digital renderings, ready to download and print fabricate, of artworks ranging from an ancient Egyptian...
