Art and Culture

The regretful colonel in “Silent Ex-Wife” is played by Ben Whalen, a thirty-eight-year-old actor from New York. In the fall of 2023, after spending years struggling to land consistent work, Whalen began noticing jobs on the casting…
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Between the 10th and 13th centuries, the monks at the Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, sporadically broke down a 6th century manuscript and reused its pages as binding material…
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Seventy per cent of India’s films made before 1950 are gone forever. Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is trying to save the rest. Not long ago, a food-delivery worker turned up at Mumbai’s Regal Cinema on…
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“’Usually, when I walk in rooms, people are afraid of me,’ the choreographer Courtney Washington said recently.” – The New York Times The post When A Fierce Street-Dancing Competitor Starts Choreographing On Contemporary Dance…
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“From reimagined Greek and Roman classics to the exploration of identity and morality in the suburbs and landscapes of Australia, David Malouf successfully merged his passion for literature, language and imagination with his connection…
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“This most recent outing allowed Hwang, 68, to address some flaws in the original and even in his own (2001) remake. … He also added a scene that drives home the fact that coming to America as a poor immigrant isn’t all flower drums and…
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After a bankruptcy auction, a rejected sale and a year of legal wrangling, Tim Heidecker and Ben Collins are days away from a court hearing they hope will let The Onion finally take operational control of Infowars on a licensing basis…
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Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.After months of controversy…
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“The defunding of arts and humanities programming across the state has left leaders skeptical as to whether government funding can be a reliable source in the future.” – Crain’s Chicago Business The post How Chicago’s Arts…
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