Art and Culture

Writing and photography by West Smith Furries are everywhere. That’s the biggest lesson I took away from attending my first furry convention earlier this year. Before that, I think I still carried some lazy stereotype…
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Who would listen other than “cows and chipmunks”? asked a skeptical official up from Washington to talk about grant money to help get a public radio network going in Vermont half a century ago. He was told he just didn’t…
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American dramatic tenor Limmie Pulliam has died unexpectedly on May 20, 2026, at the age of 51. The news shocked the classical music world, coming just days after he appeared in performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the…
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Daniel Weiss took over as director and CEO in December after the dismissal of former leader Sasha Suda. He has rolled back some of the decisions made during her tenure, including the brief renaming of the museum as the “Philadelphia Art…
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Good Morning, Homeland Security has circulated a “be on the lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide for a comedian whose satire of immigration enforcement went viral (The Guardian). File it next to the universities quietly…
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Some of the biggest West End shows could be forced to temporarily close during a “summer of turbulence” in London after union members voted to move towards strike action over a dispute about pay and conditions.An indicative ballot held…
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Yes, this is a thing. – The San Francisco Standard Source link
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In 2019, Howard Reich, longtime jazz critic of the Chicago Tribune, published The Art of Inventing Hope, based on conversations with Elie Wiesel and Reich’s mother’s experiences in WWII Poland. He has now adapted that book into an…
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“It’s a big shift,” says Creative New Zealand CEO Gretchen La Roche, “and I know that can be quite confronting for people. Quite unsettling, especially because we’re in the process. This will take time, it’s a transition, but people…
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