“The aulos appears throughout Greek art, depicted in military and domestic scenes alike. To modern eyes it looks like two recorders that come together at a player’s mouth, blown at the same time.” - The New York Times
Abbey Theatre "is one of the State’s most important cultural institutions. It was founded by William Butler Yeats and Augusta Gregory in 1904; the 1966 structure has been described by the government as a ‘deficient’ building for audiences and performers.” - Irish Times
“She filmed the scenes she helped create. Her best known and only surviving film, shot intermittently between 1963 and 1965, began with an unprintable working title before she borrowed its name from a line in the poet Arthur Rimbaud’s 'A Season in Hell': Christmas on Earth.” - The New York Times
“There is nothing wrong with taking pride in one’s ancestors. … Honoring and celebrating the past achievements of those ancestors, however, is different from taking credit for them.” - The Atlantic
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that warn of “inaccurate” exhibits and direct people to “accurate information regarding America’s history.” - Washington Post
According to a court filing from Friday, the companies have agreed to pause the transaction until five days after the court issues a final decision on the merger, or until June 1, 2027. - Barron's (MSN)
This summer, both musicians and audience members have been wearing red-flower boutonnieres to protest the abrogation of Andris Nelsons’s contract. Now BSO management has instructed staffers to intercept anyone seen carrying multiple red flowers for distribution. - The Boston Globe
“The Government has announced a 20% reduction in business rates bills for pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England from April next year. … However, the decision to exclude theatres from this targeted relief has raised questions: many theatres and arts centres share (similar) operational models, overheads and community functions.” - WhatsOnStage (UK)
“We’re in this environment where I’m watching a lot of shows not quite find the audience that can sustain them at the level that they need to be sustained because the costs have gone up so much.” - The Hollywood Reporter
If you look closer, this has actually been one of the most innovative decades that cinema has ever seen. Whether down to technology or desperation, the film industry has spent these last few years figuring out new ways to make films that simply could not have existed even at the turn of the decade. - The Guardian
The ungainly white box proposed by Spain’s Studio Alberto Campo Baeza was greeted with online objections by over 20,000 Ecuadorians and was withdrawn earlier this month. The new design, by Tokyo-based studio SANAA, is described as “a system of interconnected vertical plazas” wrapped in rounded façades of terracotta brick. - Dezeen
Authors said that their comments criticising the festival for its lack of representation under a post on its Instagram page were deleted, with the original post later removed and comments limited on other posts. - The Guardian
This mapping of contemporary Western values onto the plot of a Greek epic poem is the true artistic project of Mr. Nolan’s film, and it makes for a better political debate than anything about colorblind casting or imagined D.E.I. - The New York Times
