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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...
St. Louis Public Radio Claims Immunity From Lawsuits For Defamation. You May Not Believe...
Sovereign immunity. St. Louis Public Radio claims immunity from lawsuits as an arm of the state of Missouri. - Riverfront Times (St. Louis)
All The Ways A New Play Changes In Previews
"'The key learning moments for a playwright,' says writer David Eldridge, 'are when you first hear actors read the script, and when the play...
Italy’s Government Blacklists Minneapolis Institute Of Art For Loans
"The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) has become musea non grata to the Italian government after a yearslong dispute over a Pentelic marble copy...
A New Leader For The Musée D’Orsay In Paris
Variously titled president or chairman in different news reports, the new head of the Orsay and its sister institution, the Musée de l'Orangerie, is...
San Antonio’s Tobin Center Names A Resident Orchestra — And It’s Not The New...
The SA Phil is the fledgling orchestra founded by members of the San Antonio Symphony (which had been a Tobin resident) after that group's...
PEN America Gives Up, Cancels Its 2024 Literary Awards
"Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of...
U.S. House Passes TikTok Sell-Or-Be-Banned Rule — In Way That May Force Senate To...
"While lawmakers in the House advanced a similar bill last month, this effort is different for two reasons: It is attached to a sweeping...
Was Anne Of Cleves Really As Ugly As Henry VIII Said?
The famous Holbein portrait of the king's fourth wife portrays her as nice-looking enough. Yet Henry declared her a "Flanders Mare" and annulled the...
An Immersive Kit Kat Club — How Broadway’s Revival Of “Cabaret” Put Together A...
The lobby became the Vault Bar, with an elevated stage and a rotating disco-ball eye. Upstairs is the Red Bar, with dancers behind beaded...
Things Finally Stabilize At Cleveland Ballet With A Permanent CEO
Larry Goodman, a board member, stepped in as interim CEO after founding chief exec Michael Krasnyansky resigned and his wife, artistic director Gladisa Guadalupe,...
“I Love The Art So Much I Sometimes Weep” — A Former Writing Professor’s...
"We are not a museum, just a neighborhood frame shop in Evanston, Illinois. … The art is unrelenting. … When I get home at...
It’s Been Only Six Years, And TikTok Has Changed The United States
"Here are 19 ways of understanding how TikTok became part of American life. ... Even if you’ve never opened the app, you’ve lived in...
For Estonians, Culture Could Be The Only Thing Keeping Them From Being Swallowed By...
"Because as soon as Estonia doesn’t have its own culture, the country will become fair game for Russian propaganda and Russian aggression. … All...
Conserving Rare Books At (Yes) The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
"Not every workplace features a guillotine. … Fearsome machines are part of daily life at the lab, which serves as a hospital where ailing...
Here’s The Painting That The Fired Museum Employee Put On The Museum’s Wall —...
"'The motive behind (the caper) was to see if the directors of the museum were prepared to practise what they preach,' said one person...
Climate-Protesting Theatre Vandals Convicted In London
"Five Just Stop Oil protesters have been (convicted) of aggravated trespass after they stormed a performance of Les Misérables in London's West End. Two...
New York Philharmonic Launches Independent Investigation Into Revived Assault Allegations And Broader Work Culture
"The New York Philharmonic, which has been facing an uproar since a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct against two players it tried...
PEN America’s Major Events For This Spring Are Falling Apart Over Gaza
"Amid growing criticism over its response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, freedom of expression nonprofit PEN America is facing questions over whether its...
When Inigo Philbrick And I Tried To Cut A Banksy Out Of The Wall...
Orlando Whitfield (as recounted in his new book): “I mean, this is great, but it’s on a fucking wall. A door was one thing,...
An All-Male “Macbeth” Gets Pushback, And The Director Returns It
Alex Burns of Philadelphia's Quintessence Theatre Group has been criticized by a number of female and trans actors for, in effect, robbing them of...
The Pop Star Who’s Dancing A Martha Graham Solo With Graham’s Own Company
FKA twigs (née Tahliah Debrett Barnett), the British singer/songwriter/actor, studied ballet and contemporary dance, including Graham technique, throughout her childhood and teen years. This...
Silent Book Clubs Are (Ahem) Booming
"The rules are always the same: 30 minutes before the meeting’s official start time, people can come, share what they are reading and find...