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San Diego Does Its First-Ever Study Of What The Arts Contribute To Its Economy...
"San Diego County's arts and culture nonprofit sector generated $1.37 billion in economic activity in 2022. … A parallel study of the city of...
Radio Giant Audacy Lays Off One Quarter Of Its Podcast Division
"Audacy has laid off … a quarter of the staff at (Pineapple Street Studios,) the division that produces shows such as the recent hit...
The Brooklyn Museum Prepares To Celebrate Its 200th (Yes, 200th) Anniversary
"This year, the museum will sing a song of itself" (the reference is to noted Brooklynite Walt Whitman) "for its 200th anniversary, with a...
Washington State Legislature Advances Bill To Block School Book Bans
"The bill would make it so that school boards cannot implement policies that intentionally remove or restrict materials in the library or in classrooms...
Disabled Actors On Claiming The Role Of Richard III
As controversy continues over Michelle Terry, artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe (and able-bodied), casting herself as Shakespeare's only explicitly disabled character, actors with disabilities...
Is An Old Romantic Ballet Like “Giselle” Too Dated To Take Seriously Today?
Having seen audience members, viewing an admired staging considered as close as possible to the 19th-century original, laugh and applaud at inopportune times, Matthew...
Why “Dr. Strangelove,” At 60, Is Still The Greatest Of Movie Satires
"It hews so closely to the real-life absurdities of the Cold War, with two saber-rattling superpowers escalating an arms race that could only end...
Just Who Exactly Was The Real-Life Inspiration For Dr. Strangelove?
Edward Teller? John von Neumann? Herman Kahn? Wernher von Braun? "Despite all the speculation, Kubrick never clarified the character's origins. So did he base...
“Future Presence” — Inside The Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s Immersive Virtual Reality Installation
"The trumpet soloist materialized in different parts of the virtual room … Flutists appeared and vanished. … At one point, when I tried giving...
In Search Of England’s Biggest Pop Hits Of The 17th Century
"London-based ballad publishers commissioned, bought and distributed songs which were performed in ale houses, markets and town squares, hoping that people would buy the...
Saudi Arabia Plans To Build An Arts Destination From Scratch In The Desert. The...
"Amr al-Madani, the chief executive officer of the Royal Commission of AlUla, … is accused of personally benefiting from contracts (worth $55 million) given...
The Hallmark Channel’s March Toward Cultural Domination
"Hallmark rose from the sixth-most-watched cable network at the top of October to the third-most-watched the week of Nov. 20, when it won out...
Gordon Rogoff, 92, Theater Critic, Dramaturg, And Professor
"No critic since Kenneth Tynan was better able to capture in vivid, richly metaphoric language the unique brilliance of a stage performance." Charles McNulty...
Alabama’s Public Libraries Withdraw From American Library Association
"The Alabama Public Library Service has voted not to renew its American Library Association membership. This comes after some in the state have accused...
New Jersey Legislature Prepares Anti-Book-Banning “Freedom To Read” Law
"Following legislation introduced in states like Massachusetts, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico, legislators in New Jersey introduced a newly revised Freedom to Read Act...
New York’s Rubin Museum Will Sell Its Building And Become A “Museum Without Walls”
"(The museum dedicated to Himalayan Buddhist art) will close Oct. 6, when its last exhibition ends, before the institution transitions to a skeleton crew...
The Purposes Of Punctuation: A History
"In elementary school, we learn logical rules for using punctuation. Semicolons connect two related independent clauses, while colons follow an independent clause and introduce...
Trying To Stop Dance Injuries Before They Start
Australia's Dance Research Collaborative and a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and researcher in Queensland are working together to investigate injury reduction in dance, particularly in young...
Making An Elephant Disappear: Spectacular Stage Magic Is Back In Vogue
"Big-budget shows are increasingly using illusions to help tell stories full of wonder. … Ten years ago, a consultant magician would be brought on...
White House And NEA Are Trying To Use The Arts To Help Solve Non-Art...
"The Environmental Protection Agency will assign artists to treasured bodies of water in the United States under a new program announced Tuesday at a...
As Jaap Van Zweden Prepares To Leave New York And Hong Kong Philharmonics, He’s...
This month the 63-year-old Dutch conductor began his term as music director at the Seoul Philharmonic. That orchestra had been considered one of Asia's...
Design For Florence’s New Airport Has A Vineyard On The Roof
"Few details about the design (by Rafael Viñoly Architects) have been released, but the terminal's main feature will be a vast sloping roof, which...
Fed-Up Museum Director In Florence Compares The City To A Prostitute. Bad Idea.
"Mass tourism has turned the Italian city of Florence into a 'prostitute,' the director of Galleria dell’Accademia" — home to Michelangelo's David — has...
Suspect In Murder Of Gallerist Brent Sikkema Confesses
"Alejandro Triana Prevez, a 30-year-old Cuban national, was arrested just days after the 75-year-old New York gallerist was found dead in his apartment in...
Owner Of The Weather Channel Makes $30 Billion Offer To Buy Paramount
"The comic-turned media mogul (Byron Allen) has made a $14.3 billion offer to buy all outstanding shares of Paramount Global. … The deal would...