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These Are The Thirteen Books Totally Banned In Utah Classrooms
Good luck keeping A Court of Thorns and Roses out of the hands of teenagers, but also, this is horrifying - and includes Margaret...
As South Coast Rep’s Paula Tomei Leaves, She Reflects On Her Four Decades At...
“I basically grew up watching this theatre, in many different inner iterations, creating work along the way, especially the new plays, which is what...
A Second Animal-Themed Banksy Emerges In London
This one is "two elephants reaching towards each other from blocked-out windows” in Chelsea. - The Guardian (UK)
Marianna Martines, A Phenom In The 18th Century, Comes To Lincoln Center
“Martines began her remarkable career at just 16. At 38, she became the first female composer programmed by the Society of Musicians, whose elite concert...
Walter Arlen, Who Fled The Holocaust And Became A Composer, Has Died At 103
Arlen was “a Viennese musical prodigy who fled to the United States after Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938 and became a music critic...
The Artist Jailed By Putin For Five Tiny Pieces Of Paper
Sasha Skochilenko, released in the multi-country, multi-person prisoner swap, was serving seven years for substituting price tags in a grocery store with messages like,...
Banksy’s Newest In London Is A Black Goat
Why? It’s a mystery. “A Banksy fan who raced to the artwork’s location as soon as it was revealed on social media said she...
Women Of Color Are Losing Ground In Hollywood
The Annenberg report: Of the top 100 2023 films, the numbers are grim - from the 99 that had no Native or Pacific Islander...
If You Want Your Broadway Show To Do Well, You’ll Need To Capture The...
How did The Great Gatsby get excitement for its cast album flowing? TikTok, of course - and also YouTube, Instagram, and X/Twitter, not to...
They Asked AI To Write A Stand-Up Show
One program delivered lazy, sexist jokes and couldn’t be trained out of its ways. So that’s going great - but researchers keep saying it...
Ella Jenkins Revolutionized Music For Children, And At 100, She’s Not Finished Yet
“Jenkins captivated her listeners because she presented music not as lessons but as play. A charismatic performer whose accompaniment often consisted of only a...
Let’s Chat About That Abbott Elementary Dance
“To be dancing in the spotlight for that long, and also making sure it’s funny,” says actor Janelle James. But she was also considering...
Game Of Thrones Had Three Dragons, And The Sound Designer Could Hold Down Their...
But House of the Dragon? “There are more than a dozen dragons running around the Seven Kingdoms, and every one, Fairfield says, is...
The Puppet Makers And Puppeteers Reimagining “Spirited Away” For The Stage
Come for the hand-carved dragon scales; stay for the “evil flash mob” animating Kaonashi/No-Face. - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
In Liverpool, England, Far-Right Rioters Set Fire To A Community Library
“The Spellow Library and Community Hub library, a 'one stop shop for one of the most deprived', was set alight with flames visible inside...
After Blair Witch Project Came Out, Fans Swarmed A Town That Didn’t Want Them
Now, on the 25th anniversary of the iconic horror film, Burkittsville, Maryland, the new mayor “thinks the town deserves to see some benefit from...
A US Book Prize Judged By Incarcerated People Awards Its First Winner
And the winner of the Inside Prize is Imani Perry, who also won the National Book Award for her South to America. - LitHub
For Women And Girls In Gymnastics, Dance Is Required, But An Afterthought
What if the sport, and its judges, actually valued dance? “That would involve thinking of each floor routine as a miniature choreographic work: an...
Alexander Waugh, Grandson Of Evelyn, Opera Critic And Composer, Has Died At 60
“Beginning with Mr. Waugh’s great-grandfather Arthur, the family has produced nearly 200 books and thousands of pieces of journalism; all four of Auberon Waugh’s...
A Statue Of Johnny Cash Will Replace One Racist Politician’s Statue In The Capitol...
“His statue joins that of another Arkansas native, Daisy Bates, a civil rights leader who headed the state’s NAACP chapter and mentored the Black...
Peacock Cracked The Emmys’ Reality TV Code
"For starters, Peacock campaigned the heck out of” The Traitors. Then there’s just the fact of Alan Cumming. - Vulture
Why This Black And White Movie Hit Italy Much Harder Than Barbie
Movies that shift "feminist shifting “the struggle of feminism into the past strip it of its political essence and allow it to be viewed...
Colman Domingo Turned To Another San Francisco Theatre Veteran To Help Him With New...
Domingo wanted someone rooted in stagecraft to help as he made the film. Specifically, he “wanted his best friend, his San Francisco theatrical co-conspirator Sean...
Music-Loving Australians Who Live In Rural And Remote Areas Are Getting Some Attention
“People living in regional Australia recognise the positive impact of the arts on wellbeing, social cohesion and the economic opportunities created through tourism. However,...
Vince Vaughn’s Career Was Launched By R-Rated Comedies, But Those Are Mostly Gone Now
The actor who made his name in raunchy movies like Swingers and Wedding Crashers says that Hollywood execs are too concerned with IP now....