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It Seems Philosopher John Locke Was Kind Of A Jerk
"John Locke is regarded today as one of England's greatest philosophers, an Enlightenment thinker known as the 'father of liberalism'. But a previously unknown...
Why Composer John Tavener Is Getting A Premiere Eight Years After He Died
Oboist Nicholas Daniel: "This week, singer Andrew Watts and I will make our fourth attempt to give the world premiere of Sir John Tavener's...
Construction Of Mexico’s Maya Train Is Turning Up All Sorts Of Antiquities. Are They...
The 932-mile railroad project, connecting cities, historical sites, and beach resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula, has turned up more than 13,000 Mayan artifacts so...
Saving Australia’s Literary Heritage Before It Goes Out Of Print And Gets Pulped
"This is the unfortunate fate of most books, even literary prize-winners. … something that Untapped: The Australian Literary Heritage Project is trying to...
NPR Cancels ‘Ask Me Another’
"More than 300 stations air the show, hosted by comedian and writer Ophira Eisenberg and featuring Jonathan Coulton as in-house musician. … However, 'despite...
Yes, There Will Be A Cultural Olympics In Tokyo This Summer — Sort Of
"The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage has unveiled plans for the inaugural Olympic Agora, an exhibition and series of art installations that celebrate...
West End’s Top Producers Sue UK Government To Get Results Of COVID Pilot Events
"Andrew Lloyd Webber and other impresarios said on Thursday they had started legal action to press Britain's government to publish research into the safety...
Egyptian Farmer Discovers 2,600-Year-Old Monument To Pharaoh
The carved sandstone stele, measuring roughly 8½ feet long by 3½ wide, holds 15 lines of hieroglyphs topped by a winged sun disc and...
A New Company To Get Retired Dancers Back Onstage
Alice Topp and Jon Buswell, resident choreographer and technical director at the Australian Ballet, have just launched a Melbourne-based troupe called Project Animo, whose...
Why We Should All Love Epigraphs
Thomas Swick: "The epigraph page is like a ceremonial gate ushering us into the realm of the author with his or her beloved quotation...
Judith Farr, Poet And Emily Dickinson Scholar, Dead At 85
"A longtime professor at Georgetown University, published two seminal academic books examining the place of art and nature in Dickinson's poetry, The Passion...
Taking Stock Of The Destruction At Dobson Pipe Organ Builders
The factory — where the organs of Verizon Hall at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York, Merton College Chapel in...
Fury Over Choice Of Bosses For Pompidou Center’s Brussels Branch
A jury made up of museum professionals selected Kasia Redzisz, a senior curator at Tate Liverpool, to be artistic director of Kanal-Centre Pompidou, the...
Restrictions On Movie Content In China And Hong Kong Put Hollywood In Difficult Position
"As Hollywood faces a deteriorating relationship with China, it appears committed to keeping the flame alive even if that means going to humiliating lengths....
More Details About Pretty Yende’s Detention At CDG Airport (She Was Not Strip-Searched)
"Yende took to social media to share her experience, saying she was 'stripped and searched like a criminal offender' during the ordeal, which lasted...
NEA Expands Access To Millions In Pandemic Relief Funding
"The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday that it will make $80 million in pandemic relief available to more arts and cultural organizations,...
Edinburgh Fringe Venues Get Lifeline From Scottish Government
"The Scottish Government and the city council have joined forces to offer £1.3 million worth of support to leading venue operators to help offset...
Chief Of London’s Barbican Centre To Depart (Is This About The Racism Controversy?)
"Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican's managing director for 14 years" — and, prior to that, controller of BBC Radio 3 and director of the BBC...
When ‘Rent’ Came To Cuba
Andy Señor, Jr., a Cuban-American actor and director who played the role of Angel on Broadway and helmed productions of the musical around the...
Robert Quackenbush, Who Wrote Stories Of Detectives With Feathers Or Fur, Dead At 91
"His stories about Miss Mallard, an inquisitive duck who solves crimes around the world in plots that resemble Agatha Christie capers, were adapted into...
How Did This Pair Of 17th-Century Paintings End Up In The Dumpster At A...
A 64-year-old man spotted the artworks — a 1665 self-portrait by Pietro Bellotti and a painting of a youth by the 17th-century Dutch artist...
Another Thing Brexit Could Be Messing Up: Hit British TV Series
"Last year, EU countries agreed that 30% of offerings on streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime should be European-made. The concern among...
Kazuo Ishiguro On Whether Literature Really Deserves To Have A Nobel Prize
"I want to say, of course literature is just as important , but this is something in the dead of night I kind of...
As Viewers Flock To Streaming Video, One Cable Channel Keeps A Devoted Audience: Turner...
"The Atlanta-based TCM has long been the sanctuary of classic film on TV, presenting mostly pre-1980 movies commercial-free with a deep respect for moviemaking...
Here’s What It Takes To Move A 60,000-Pound Fresco By Diego Rivera
"After a four-year, multimillion-dollar undertaking involving mechanical engineers, architects, art historians, fresco experts, art handlers and riggers from the United States and Mexico, the...
