Art and Culture

One the one hand, you have the Buffalo Philharmonic’s JoAnn Falletta and the South Dakota Symphony’s Delta David Gier, both thoroughly embedded in their communities. On the other, you have Klaus Mäkelä with three orchestras and Andris…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey…
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HBO, Jean Smart and Zendaya could be headed toward Emmy history…together. With the drug addiction drama “Euphoria” and the biting comedy “Hacks” officially kicking off their third and fifth seasons on Sunday night, both stars find…
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“Museums are educating visitors to a more accurate telling of Western history by showcasing the role Black people played in everyday life across territories that would later become states.” – The New York Times Source link
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US writer Helen DeWitt has spoken out after being chosen as one of the original eight recipients of this year’s Windham-Campbell writing prizes, worth $175,000 (£130,000) each, but ultimately having to turn down the award because she was…
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His eyes filled with wonder and his voice imbued by humility, Victor Glover—poised with his Artemis II crewmates to complete a record-setting voyage around the moon—addressed the camera. He looked out the window, awestruck by his home…
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In 2026, its easy to see why generative AI is bad. The internet has nicknamed its excretions “slop”. The CEOs of AI companies prance about on stage like supervillains, bragging that their products will eliminate vast swathes of work.…
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Are straight male writers scared of writing about sex? If you read modern fiction it’s hard to conclude otherwise. Maybe we’re worried that the very presence of a sex scene in our book would feel somehow exploitative or gratuitous. Or…
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I am useless without background music. A writer by day and an avid concertgoer by night, I relied…
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When she was growing up in Australia, Carla de Jong remembers watching the iconic Canadian TV show Degrassi — which at the time was airing on Australia's public broadcaster."I love the example of Degrassi, which is a wonderful Canadian…
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