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A Ukranian Dance Troupe In The US Tries To Fight Disinformatio

The Voloshky Ukranian Dance Ensemble, "sees its role in combating Russian aggression as diplomacy through dance, teaching U.S. audiences about Ukrainian history and culture. ... ' trying to rewrite our history and it's our time to say 'no.' We're fighting back,' said dancer Maria Molyashcha." - NPR

An Author Wanted To Show LGBT Kids That Life Wasn’t All Doom And Gloom

And so, of course, a Catholic school in England canceled his school appearance. - The Guardian (UK)

A Cool Tool To Find The Books Set In Every Place In America

The tool also "spits out a bunch of fun facts, like: Bisbee, AZ, is home to the highest percentage of mystery novels. Bloomington, IN, is apparently where the romance happens." - LitHub

The Black Lesbian Playing The Queen Of England

"It’s a scenario that’s perfect for the gossip-fueled Bridgerton: Golda Rosheuvel, who plays Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series, was once told to keep her sexuality a secret. By a director who was also a lesbian." - Los Angeles Times

The Venice Biennale Was Surrounded By, And Part Of, This Meaning-Free Surreal Moment

Take the NFTs, for example: "banal, tasteless and pointlessly surreal ... The ambiance was somewhere between that of a particularly bad high school art exhibition and a video game expo." - Washington Post

Ady Fidelin Was Man Ray’s Muse, And The First Black Model In Harper’s Bazaar

During WWII, Fidelin also preserved Man Ray's entire studio. "Without her preservation, Strauss said, 'we’d be missing a whole chunk of Dada and Surrealist paintings, drawings and objects.'" - The New York Times

Neil Gaiman Also Experiences The Suck Fairy

The beloved children's (and adult) author on all kinds of books, and the challenges of rereading the Enid Blyton books he loved as a child. "Whatever I loved isn’t there when I go back as an adult." - The Guardian (UK)

Some Movie Sequels Feature Fantastic Characters

Some of them - Harley Quinn, my goodness - even get their own movies. But let's consider possibly the best sequel character ever: Yoda. - Vulture

Grace And Frankie’s Reign Of Terror Is Coming To An End

Happy International Workers Day to Grace and Frankie's service workers! "At restaurants, at the DMV, at big-box hardware stores, and inside delivery trucks, the end of Grace and Frankie surely means that service workers of La Jolla are breathing a sigh of relief." - Slate

A Very, Very Cleaned Up Constable Takes Center Stage

It only took 270 to get the yellowed varnish off. Looks like the 19th century wasn't as dark and dreary as one might previously have concluded, hey. - BBC

An Artist Takes Advantage Of The Bridgerton Moment To Remind Everyone Of The Black Aristocracy

Glory Samjolly, paints oil portraits of Black business owners, artists, writers, and intellectuals in the styles of the European old masters, but she also runs an Instagram account where she posts historical works of Afro Europeans. - The New York Times

Benin’s Rights-Teaching Girls Band

Like the US band The Linda Lindas, Star Feminine Band make music both for themselves and for a wider audience - an audience that is rapidly becoming international. - BBC

Fantasy Writers Should Be Friends With Historical Fiction Writers

And vice versa. Yet it's not so common. "The best science fiction and fantasy and the best historical fiction, it’s not just a period costume drama, it’s also something that resonates with the modern world—with our world—and comments on it somehow." - Wired

What Rome’s Cinecitta Means To Film History

The legendary studio are hosting, live, the Davids - Italy's Oscars. "There are symbolic elements of various types: the Italian film community is back together in person at Cinecittà ... when we’ve managed to fill up the studios." Now Italian movies just need their audience back.  - Variety

The Goal: Something Broadway’s Never Seen Before

After the play Strange Loop, "I told I’d purchased a refrigerator magnet from the merch table, so that every time I walk by it, I can remind myself to question the narratives that run through my mind." - The New York Times

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