Art and Culture

“(A) grant (from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation) will go toward rebuilding Steppenwolf’s Scout program, which supports new works by emerging writers and was shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Steppenwolf has developed and launched…
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the…
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Though it has long been one of the country’s most successful technology hubs, Shenzhen has always been on the margins of the global cultural map. Now it is trying to shed its reputation as a “cultural desert” and claim a place in Asia’s…
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Theaters have experimented with “Black Out” nights intended to attract patrons of color. At issue in the lawsuit was whether a discount offered as part of the Playwrights event was discriminatory. – The New York Times Source…
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Puccini died without finishing the opera, and the standard completion by Franco Alfano is widely considered unsatisfactory. Not to mention, of course, that the opera is an Orientalist fantasy. So Washington National Opera commissioned a…
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Picking up my ballet shoes again after six years has been bittersweet. I have felt joy in returning to a childhood hobby yet discomfort, too, knowing that I originally stopped ballet because of my incredibly flat feet. There is no doubt…
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In a certain, strange way, generative AI peaked with OpenAI’s GPT-2 seven years ago. Little known to anyone outside of tech circles, GPT-2 excelled at producing unexpected answers. It was creative. “You could be like, ‘Continue this…
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Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, has already shaken up the public sector after his finance minister requested a 3% budget cut across all ministries. The measure was announced before Kast officially took office on 11 March.Of the…
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Dance competitions of every stripe, step and slide have grown across the UK. Illustration: Eduardo LuzzattiThe dance competition sector is thrilling, diverse and lucrative. Industry experts give Neil Norman a rare insight into the world…
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About the Opportunity Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), producer of the annual New York Film Festival and year-round hub for film lovers–viewers, creators, and learners alike–seeks a Vice President of Development to usher…
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