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Standup Comedian Asks Mother With Fussy Baby To Leave Venue, Brouhaha Breaks Out
"Comedian Arj Barker’s interaction with a mother who brought a seven-month-old baby to his comedy show in Melbourne on Saturday night has sparked outrage,...
Bringing Professional Ballet To Green Bay, Wisconsin
Pacific Northwest Ballet principals Kyle Davis and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan had long wanted to bring fully professional dance to Davis's hometown. After several years of...
Washington National Opera Institutes New Award For Trans/Nonbinary Singers
"On May 1, the Washington National Opera will recognize transgender singer Katherine Goforth as the inaugural recipient of" the True Voice Award, to be...
How Dallas Turned Into A Literary Hot Spot
"Today Dallas is home to one of the most dynamic, international literary scenes in the country, inspired in many ways by the infectious, D.I.Y....
Venice’s Day-Tripper Entry Fee Starts Today — And Some Venetians Are Protesting
The €5 charge is meant to discourage overcrowding and pay for extra upkeep costs. Yet, says one activist, "You can’t impose an entrance fee...
Venice’s New Entry Fee For Day-Trippers — An Explainer
Why it was introduced, on what dates will it be charged, who does and doesn't have to pay, where does and doesn't the fee...
The New Law Requiring The Sale Of TikTok Is Going To Make A Great...
"Setting aside the possibility that the courts declare the law unconstitutional, here are (some) of the glaring logistical issues facing the legislation: First, recommendation...
Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Overturned By New York State’s Highest Court
“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying...
NPR Has Serious Problems. They’re Well Beyond Any Alleged Bias.
"Internal documents … and interviews with more than two dozen current and former public radio executives show how profoundly the nonprofit is struggling to...
There Is “No Evidence” That Our Egon Schiele Was Looted By Nazis, Says Art...
"The Art Institute of Chicago contends that decades of investigation and litigation have concluded that a watercolor it now holds was never stolen by...
The Pompidou Center’s Business Model Is “Unstable,” Find Auditors
"An audit report conducted by France’s Court of Auditors revealed that the Centre Pompidou‘s economic model is unsustainable. The museum faces financial strain from...
How A Star Of Ukraine’s National Ballet Washed Up In Miami Beach
Stanislav Olshanskyi fled Putin's invasion of Ukraine for the Netherlands, where he was discovered by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky; later that same year, he found...
Embattled Director Of Nashville’s Arts Agency Placed On Administrative Leave
Daniel Singh, executive director of Metro Arts Commission, has been on medical leave for two months, claiming that racism he faces has affected his...
In Praise Of Pro Wrestling, America’s Proletarian Theater
"It was just after 3 AM on a Saturday night in South Philadelphia, and I was watching an angry inflatable chicken fight a Japanese...
A Changing Of The Guard At Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Celia Fushille is stepping down after 17 years as artistic director (the first after founder Michael Smuin), passing the reins to Amy Seiwert. "Seeing...
Renzo Piano Reveals His Design For Boca Raton’s Planned Arts Center
"The building's programming will take place across three stories, with one section of the building dedicated to a large multi-purpose event and performance space...
Murder Of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema: Lawyers For Defendant Up And Quit
"Attorneys Greg Andrade and Edna de Castro were representing Alejandro Triana Prevez, the Cuban man who has testified that he stabbed Sikkema to death...
Joshua Kosman’s Farewell Essay As San Francisco Chronicle Classical Music Critic
"It’s a basic instinct, ... the urge to figure out what you thought of it and why. It’s an impulse I believe I share...
As Florida And Texas Ban Books From Schools And Libraries, Minnesota And Maryland Are...
"Minnesota is one of several Democratic-leaning states where lawmakers are now pursuing bans on book bans. The Washington and Maryland legislatures have passed them...
Denver Art Museum Is Refusing To Return Alaskan Native Artifacts To Alaskan Natives
"Delegates from the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska sought the return of five items, including a 170-year-old clan...
US Senate Passes House’s TikTok Sell-Or-Get-Banned Law
"The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban TikTok nationwide unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells its stake in the...
KQED, Bay Area Public TV And Radio Station, Offers Buyouts And Warns Of Layoffs
“We’ve operated with a board-approved budget deficit for two years and we’re now projecting a higher-than-expected budget deficit (for) this fiscal year,” the station's...
What’s The Logical Endpoint Of Pop Culture’s Insane-And-Dangerous-Ballerina Trope? A Ballerina Vampire, Of Course!
"Unlike Black Swan, the darkly funny Abigail — which follows a band of kidnappers as they discover that their prisoner, supposedly an adolescent ballet...
Florentines Begged Me To Run For Mayor, Says Former Uffizi Gallery Director
"(Eike Schmidt) said he felt compelled to throw his hat into the ring ... after being encouraged to run for mayor by Florentines, who...
Another Way AI May Completely Change (Or Even Ruin) The Web As We Know...
"The advent of AI threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences. To understand...