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When Book Props Flash Warnings Of What’s To Come
On the second season of the hit White Lotus, the secret's in the books, if you've only read them. - Slate
Putin Sets The Stage For Cultural Looting Of Ukraine
Martial law declaration "grants the country the power to 'evacuate' items of economic, social, and cultural significance. Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk are the...
Rebecca Godfrey, 54, Who Wrote With Generosity Toward Teenage Murderers
Mary Gaitskill called Godfrey's Under the Bridge "'a remarkable piece of investigative journalism,' adding that Ms. Godfrey 'allows us to almost see what is...
The LAPD Officer Who Covered For Les Moonves Highlights Issues For Victims
Hours after the victim went to the station "to report that Moonves had sexually assaulted her in the 1980s ... LAPD Capt. Cory Palka...
Northern Ireland Aims To Remain A Hot Filming Destination
It's not just Game of Thrones, but Line of Duty, The Fall, and more to come. Why? Says one production manager, "Thirty minutes from...
In Texas, The Most Competitive Season May Be Mariachi Competition Time
A first-place trophy at the Mariachi Vegas Extravaganza gives the bands rights to call themselves "national champions." But post-pandemic, whew. It's been a lot...
Rising Star Xochitl Gomez On Dealing With The Trolls
When she was on The Babysitter's Club, the Latina teen got a ton of online hate from people who expected a blonde, blue-eyed character....
Yes, You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover
After all, publishers spend a fair amount of time on it. "Whether the genre is romance, thriller or fantasy, artists, designers and authors who collaborate...
Douglas McGrath, Actor And Director Whose One-Person Show Just Opened Off Broadway, 64
His director, the actor John Lithgow, said, "He was a dream to direct. ... None of us had ever worked with someone who was...
Disney Drops Vaccination Requirements On Its TV Shows
The "Return to Work" protocol has been extended through January of 2023 with the unions on board, and "other protocols including masking and testing...
Please Stop Building Museums On The National Mall
"Both spots — the 'South Monument site' and the 'Tidal Basin site' — are extremely problematic, would lead to unnecessary expense, and would...
Seriously, What Is Up With The Murder Mystery Boom?
It's not just the second Knives Out movie. "Film producers are now prepared to risk huge sums on the sort of classic crime capers...
When A Museum Org Demanded Loyalty, These Scholars Resigned
When the American Alliance of Museums asked a volunteer committee to sign loyalty oaths and also something that meant they wouldn't criticize AAM in...
A Cellist’s Suite For Indigenous Resistance
Cellist and composer Mali Obomsawin, a citizen of the Odanak First Nation, found a recording of a first-language speaker and teacher in the archives...
A Novelist Who Doesn’t Believe Books Are Particularly Comforting
Sunjeev Sahota: "It may be true that novels keep you company, but really they spotlight your terrible isolation." - The Guardian (UK)
The Sound Design Of ‘Tar’ Makes It Extra Disturbing
For instance: "For a key scene captured in a single take between Tár and a student in a lecture hall, Winke miked the actors...
Pacific Northwest Ballet Has A Black Principal Dancer For The First Time In Its...
The 50-year-old company named Jonathan Batista, a dancer from Brazil who trained in England, as principal. He says, "It takes a lot of willingness...
Netflix Killed Video Stores
So why is a series trying to capitalize on our nostalgia for the stores? (By the way, the actual last Blockbuster in the world...
Doris Grumbach, Writer, Commentator, Literary Editor Of The New Republic, 104
Grumbach, "in novels, essays and literary criticism explored the social and psychic hardships of women trapped in repressive families or disintegrating marriages, and ......
Alexander The Great’s Library Was The First Step Toward The Internet
Or so says Spanish philologist Irene Vallejo. "This was something different in the democratisation of knowledge. They wanted to gather all the books from...
As Twitter Implodes, What Are Arts And Culture Writers Planning To Do?
Unless something goes viral (probably for the wrong reason), it's difficult for arts writing to get traction - and Twitter was, until two weeks...
The Picture Of David Zaslav’s Warner Bros Discovery Is Coming Into Focus
It's not pretty. "HBO Max subscribers are apparently watching a small selection of shows like Friends, The Big Bang Theory, and Two and a Half Men far more...
With Fewer Worshippers, Church Buildings In Australia Are On The Market
"While some are demolished to make way for developments or apartment blocks, others are transformed into childcare centres, yoga studios and libraries. Those rezoned...
Like Many In Times Of War, Ukrainians Turn To Diaries To Document The Crisis
"The women were telling me that they were writing by hand at night with no electricity, by candlelight, just to not go insane." -...
In The UK, A Parliamentary Report Calls To Fund Libraries
Is this the same Britain that ruthlessly cut libraries in underserved areas all across the country? The report "recommends that the government should 'support...
