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A Ballet Festival Curated With Care
“What mattered most to him, Royal III said, was the idea of unity. ‘I kept coming back to that word,’ he said, ‘and...
Save The Brutalist Buildings, People, Because We’ll Need Them Someday
For one thing, they’re carbon sinks. “Preserving them would really be saving carbon … little nuggets of carbon that you would be saving and...
Creating Something Better From The Ashes Of A Beloved News Site
After some anger and grief, and years of frustration, this is what happens now when news sites die: “Former DCist reporter Colleen Grablick remembers fellow DCist...
Stans Of The Greatest Showman Movie, Rejoice
The surprise hit film is going to be a stage musical! But you knew that. The true news is that the Hugh Jackman passion...
Fire Up Your Libby And Overdrive
Former President Barack Obama’s annual summer reading list is here - and it’s good. - LitHub
Here Comes The Carnage At Paramount Ahead Of Its Merger With Skydance
Today’s layoffs were the beginning of “a move aimed at eliminating nearly 2,000 jobs by year’s end as the company prepares for a new...
Why Would Ancient Romans Have British Accents?
There are people - mostly “men who think far too much about the Roman Empire” - freaking out about Denzel Washington’s accent in the...
Joaquin Phoenix Abandons Todd Haynes Project Five Days Before Filming Was To Begin
“Phoenix was set to star opposite the Top Gun: Maverick actor Danny Ramirez in a 30s-set love story with ‘explicit sexual content.’” Director Haynes...
Saving Soviet-Era Masterpieces In Ukraine
It’s not an easy task. First, of course, there are Russian bombs. And then? People are … let’s say pretty angry … at Moscow....
No Mics, No Musicals, Just A Lot Of Wisconsin Theatre Fans
At American Players Theater, “banking on the glory of the human voice is primarily an artistic decision: Nothing comes between the actors, their words...
Banksy Tracker: Number Eight Is A Black Rhino
“His latest graffiti design, located on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, is situated on the side of a building and has been designed...
How Does Cultural Transmission Survive Without Written Explanations?
Redundancy and repetition can keep cultural traditions alive - or perhaps how an artistic practice feels in the body. - Aeon
This Conductor’s Group Gets Funding From A Russian State Bank, But Somehow It’s Still...
It’s more than two years into Russia’s war with Ukraine, and Teodor Currentzis’ “continued presence is frustrating to many, raising uncomfortable questions about...
What Design Is Right For A New Big-City Bridge?
This is a question Portland is asking as it prepares to scrap and remake the Burnside Bridge - "its most significant multi-modal downtown bridge...
Will Colleen Hoover’s Reign Over The Romance Lists Subside Now That Her Movie Is...
Well … no. “For all the tonal confusion of Hoover’s novels, readers continue to gravitate toward the repetitive writing and heavy emphasis on shocking...
Did Paris Benefit From The Olympics?
Well: "Already we know that the capital’s museums have seen massive attendance declines; now there is talk of a state fund for financial assistance...
Broadway Plays Borrow Shine From Their Hollywood Stars
“Broadway, still adapting to sharply higher production costs and audiences that have not fully rebounded since the coronavirus pandemic, is betting big on star...
No Taylor Swift? No Problem
Swifties gather in Vienna streets to sing her hits together - and to find community, despite the security-driven cancellations. - NPR
When Your Novel Accidentally Meets The Zeitgeist
The author has been checking out Goodreads to “see how the average enthusiastic reader has been responding to this book. It is in equal...
Re-Creating The Music Of Medieval Europe With One Instrument
The EP-1320 comes “pre-loaded with a selection of playable musical instruments from the Middle Ages, from frame drums, battle toms, and coconut horse hooves...
The Weird, Long Tail Of Seinfeld Echoes Through New York Summers
“It’s like a ‘Seinfeld’ convention with a baseball game in the background,” says the man who organized Seinfeld Night for the first time, a...
The Cinema Posters That Tell Us Who We Were
Before streaming, but especially before the internet, posters drew us in, some with era-defining visuals. - The Guardian (UK)
What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone For What Might Be Called A Brick
“We may yearn for the freedom from all the extraneous stuff embedded in our smartphones — the distractions from the world around us — but liberty...
After Last Year’s Absolute Disaster, This Year’s Hugo Awards Came With A Full Transparency...
The list of winners seems innocuous, but it comes with a link to a report that details everything possible, along with a link to...
Ireland’s Black Gay Population Finds A Voice
Zainab Boldale is a journalist and TV presenter, who “has already hit several impressive career milestones in her 27 years, her first young...