How it's working onstage: "When the guy comes to the rehearsal room he sometimes has this suspicious look. Especially in the beginning, when people were moving their chairs a little bit, he was like, 'Don't do that'." - BBC
With a young independent press, two women in Minneapolis want to take portrayals of Muslims in children's literature to a new place - a place of normality. - Sahan Journal
And her worries about how neither profession seems to be doing much good in this world. "Wash your hands for 20 seconds as often as you like, but you’ll never get that damned spot out: your fingerprints are all over the Earth." - The Guardian (UK)
Todd Bolender and Janet Reed "were expert ballet comedians, a rare talent, and intelligent, witty, well-read human beings" - and responsible for the establishment and quality of many, many U.S. ballet companies. - The Oregonian
Rhoads studied painting, but his fame came from his audiokinetic sculptures, "which ranged from tabletop size to more than 40 feet high, resembled a combination of planetariums, construction girders, carnival rides and pinball machines." - Washington Post
Actor Camille Cottin, who spent a lot of time with her family during the pandemic, is bemused by her popularity. "Now you tell me during the pandemic everybody watched ‘Call My Agent!,’ I was miles away, imagining that I was buried alive," she added with a grim laugh." - The New York Times
On Thursday, flames engulfed Brazil's Cinemateca Brasileira, whose collection includes "more than a million archival documents and around 250,000 film reels," with the extent of the damage as yet unknown. - Hyperallergic
Artist Helen Cammock: "They’re trying to eradicate the subjects that encourage people to think, and the parts of culture that really loudly challenge the system that’s in place." - The Guardian (UK)
