Art and Culture

So far, archaeologists have recovered 40 artifacts from the discovery, an 18th-century shipwreck that likely will yield thousands…
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It was a literary festival, all right, but if your reference for such things is Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh, or Melbourne and Sydney, or New York and Washington DC, then at Kyiv Book Arsenal you might think you had slipped through a crack…
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Following widespread rumors that the chosen candidate was a politically-connected university professor with no experience in ballet, the company’s dancers issued a public statement stressing the importance of a qualified, experienced…
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Following a retrial for his “propaganda activity against the regime,” Tehran Revolutionary Court has upheld Jafar Panahi‘s one-year prison sentence. On Sunday, the It Was Just An Accident writer/director’s attorney…
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The state of Utah has been on a book banning blitz in 2026. On Friday, June 5, the state added its 35th book to the list of books that must be removed from every public school in the state: Lucky by Alice Sebold. The ban comes…
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“Set in lush gardens patrolled by peacocks and … dogs, the (Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico City) closed in 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak. It remained shuttered, with little explanation, long after the pandemic abated. Then…
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The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has appointed Tugan Sokhiev as its next Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor. The initial three-season appointment will begin with the 2026–27 season, marking the conductor’s first major…
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The wife of Larry Tisch, one of the brothers who made Loews into a conglomerate, she oversaw the donation of millions of dollars to Jewish and cultural organizations, notable among them the WNYC Foundation, the Tisch Children’s Zoo in…
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Local News Students entering their final semester will now be able to receive their degrees, as planned. People walk across campus at…
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“The facts may not totally line up, but the emotions are all present and accounted for.” – Washington Post (MSN) Source link
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