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Hachette Will Pay $240 Million To Buy Leading Indie Publisher
No, they're not spending that kind of money for a literary press. Workman Publishing is the company behind the Page-a-Day calendars and the Brain...
New Zealand Goes Into Full Lockdown
After months with no restrictions and no locally transmitted cases of COVID, the appearance of one new patient has prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
Breakdancing In The Olympics: What Does It Mean, For Art And For Sport?
"In theory, ballet, or any performance art could be an Olympic event so long as it can be judged and scored. … But does...
Australian Ballet Cancels Rest Of Season In Melbourne
We'd hoped that stories like this were in the past, but, with the Delta variant spreading and vaccinations lagging in Australia, the company felt...
A Boom In Murals Brightens Buffalo
"In today's Buffalo, … many locals are now filled with a kind of confidence and optimism that defies population trends and poverty rates. That...
Exploring The Door-Closing Chimes Of The World’s Subway Systems
"Ted Green has been collecting … the telltale chimes — beeps, ding-dongs, jingles and arpeggios that warn riders around the world to stand clear."...
What Should Theatres Do When Actors Aren’t Vaccinated? And How Will They Know?
Last month in the Bay Area, rumors that the actors in a two-hander were performing unvaccinated in a 99-seat house led to the cancellation...
Trove Of Intact Late-19th-Century Opera Sets Discovered In Old Colorado Mining Town
The collection of flats and drops had been languishing in the attic of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville. The theater was built by...
All Over The World, More Governments Are Censoring More Books: Study
A "Freedom to Publish" report from the International Publishers Association covers hundreds of examples of censorship since the start of the COVID pandemic —...
The Old Flagship Barney’s Will Become A Department Store Of Art Galleries
The three guys who brought Maastricht's TEFAF to New York are turning the Madison Avenue building into Art House, which will host exhibitions and...
Tony Bennett, At 95, Retires From Performing
The two concerts he gave with Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall last week were his finale, says his son and manager, and...
Discovery Network To Sue Poland Over New Media-Ownership Law
This week the country's parliament passed a bill barring ownership of a broadcaster by any entity outside the EU. Discovery, which owns TVN, Poland's...
London’s Southbank Centre Names New Artistic Director
Mark Ball, currently Creative Director of the Manchester International Festival, will be directing the programming at the British capital's equivalent of Lincoln Center and...
Against Beach Reading
No, this isn't a polemic against the less-than-heavyweight material stereotypically enjoyed on a blanket on the sand. This is a polemic against reading at...
Establishing Serious Theatre In The French Countryside
The Federation of Local Festivals and Theaters, formally launched this month at the Avignon Festival, is made up of 17 rural companies started by...
Have The Coen Brothers Broken Up?
Well, there's no indication they've quit speaking to each other, but it seems Ethan has moved into live theater, leaving the movies to Joel....
Sarah Kaufman On How She’s Different From Other Dance Critics
"It's a small part of my job to cover performances inside a theater. … My goal (is) to reveal that dance is in us,...
Goodreads Has An Extortion Problem
The site has a bullying problem, too. Huge traffic and inadequate moderation have allowed "review bombers" to threaten authors: Pay us or we'll flood...
Frank Gehry Turned An Old Bank Building Into A Concert Hall For Less Than...
You'd expect a concert hall to cost 10 or 20 times that amount. What's more, after the bank moved out, the place was, among...
They’re Going To Auction Off $100 Million Worth Of Picassos In Vegas
MGM Resorts collected the 11 works for sale and, for a time, had had them on display at the Bellagio resort. The company says...
Longtime NPR Host Neal Conan Dead At 71
"(He) was a mainstay of NPR programming for most of (its) half-century, joining the outlet in 1977 as a producer and departing in 2013...
Lonnie Bunch Introduces Smithsonian’s New Initiative On Racial Reckoning
"Beginning with a national summit on August 26, a series of integrated events — from conferences to town halls to immersive pop-up experiences —...
Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti Dead At 75
A student of Sergiu Celibidache, Gelmetti served as principal conductor or music director of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony (1989-1998), the Rome Opera (2000-2009), Sydney...
Is Cancel Culture Stifling Comedy? In A Word, No.
"If the 'wokeism is killing comedy' crew are motivated by a genuine devotion to great comedy, then they can relax, because it is in...
Why Bollywood Is Cranking Out The War Movies This Year
Basically, it's because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing the country in a more militaristic direction, especially with regard to Pakistan. And "India's wars...
