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Here We Go Again — Is The Shroud Of Turin Real?

This week sees the release of a new film, Who Can He Be?, in which David Rolfe argues that, far from the shroud being a definite dud, new discoveries in the past few years have again opened the question of its authenticity. - The Guardian

We Praise Creativity. But We Shy Away From It

Research has found that we actually harbor an aversion to creators and creativity; subconsciously, we see creativity as noxious and disruptive, and as a recent study demonstrated, this bias can potentially discourage us from undertaking an innovative project or hiring a creative employee. - The New York Times

The Netflix Of Theatre? An NYC Theatre Gives It A Try

The pitch is to build something like Netflix or Spotify, where members pay an affordable monthly subscription fee in exchange for access to all the content they want. While there are a limited number of tickets per performance, members can sign up for any open spots and go to as many shows as they like. - Gothamist

Why Long Wharf Theatre Had To Change Its Business model

If Long Wharf remained, fundraising would be necessary for capital needs for a complex it did not own and that was not easily accessible to a disenfranchised community it wanted to engage. - New Haven Biz

Be Careful Of Pump-Up Jams

No, truly. Just look at Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy. No, we can't do anything and be anyone and go anywhere etc. Not even if our earbuds or headphones tell us so. - Slate

Ballerinas Are Athletes

And so experts are helping them, along with athletes from other arenas entirely, learn to avoid injury. Aside from the art, the biggest difference: "There's no other athlete who spends as many hours training." - ABC (Australia)

How A Movie Is Helping Heal Generational Trauma

The writers of Everything Everywhere All at Once wrote that the movie "was a dream about reconciling all of the contradictions, making sense of the largest questions, and imbuing meaning onto the dumbest, most profane parts of humanity." - The New York Times

A Thirty Year Old Dispute About A Centuries Old Fresco Shows No Signs Of Waning

An Italian court says the Piero della Francesca work must be returned to the hilltop church where it was painted in 1460. The mayor of the town says no way in hell is it going to live among 3,000 graves. - The Guardian (UK)

Vladimir Sorokin Says Russian Writers Must Fight Back Against Totalitarianism

Sorokin: "A Russian writer has two options: Either you are afraid, or you write. ... I write." - The New York Times

Comedians Like Bill Maher And Dave Chappelle Are Obsessed With Their Haters

And, quite frankly, it's ruining their comedy. "That isn’t just bad for public discourse—it’s bad for a mainstream comedy landscape that too rarely spotlights the many voices doing subtler, gentler, weirder, or more experimental work." - Time

The Weight Of Confederacy Statue Removal Rests On One Company’s Shoulders

Devon Henry "has emerged as the go-to statue remover not only for , but for all of Virginia and other parts of the South." And there's a high price to pay, on a personal level. - The New York Times

A Unifying Theory Of The Musical One-Hit Wonder

Here's the deal: "Being very different from the mainstream is really, really bad for your likelihood of initially making a hit when you’re not well known. But once you have a hit, novelty suddenly becomes a huge asset that is likely to sustain your success." - The Atlantic

After Francis Bacon’s Friend Has A Row With The Tate, He’s Sending The Priceless Art To France

Barry Joule "said he is so frustrated by the Tate’s failure to exhibit an earlier donation of the artist’s work that he has cancelled plans to donate hundreds more items to the gallery." - The Observer (UK)

Meet The Stressed Out Gig Workers Getting Paid Badly To Make A Ton Of NFTs

What a shock: NFT art is also made by low-paid young gig workers. That's so pandemic era. - Vice

A Story About The Banning Of The Book Persepolis Has Led To Another Graphic Novel About The Ban

Chicago Public Schools quietly banned and removed the famous graphic novel in 2013. In 2023, a graphic novel will be published that "follows a group of Chicago high school students who fight back against the attempts at censorship in their own school." - Book Riot

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