Art and Culture

Following the news that Smiljan Radić has won this year's delayed Pritzker Architecture Prize, we round up eight projects from the Chilean architect's experimental …
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The first movie to feature what might be called a robot, not seen in more than a century, has been found.A copy of "Gugusse and the Automaton," an 1897 short made by legendary film pioneer George Méliès, was discovered by a man in Grand…
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The venue, named after popular a public radio music show, has been in turmoil for a year, since a new management team led by CEO Joe Callahan took over from founder Hal Real. What’s now called World Stage still faces a pile of unpaid…
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Screenshot courtesy Let’s Play ScrabbleUNDER AN OAK-BEAMED CEILING on the top floor of one of Washington, D.C.’s coolest museums, Planet Word, more than 90 kids gathered last April to vie for $5,000 and youth Scrabble bragging rights.…
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There was a streak of European exoticism in the voice and acting of Jane Lapotaire, who has died aged 81. Her poise and the lustrous sheen of her acting led her to the top of the Royal Shakespeare Company tree, where she was an honorary…
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“The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan — and uncovered much more than a…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to be the first photographs taken of enslaved people say they are happy their family members are finally…
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Goldberg’s remarks come as GBH, WBUR, and many other public broadcasters across the country have so far weathered the $1.1 billion in federal cuts, thanks to a surge in donations and grants. But public media executives fear that the…
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“(A) source familiar with the matter suggested a ramp-up could occur within a matter of months, but that would mean a more nimble operation of around 500 journalists” — down from more than 1,000 — “and a potential consolidation of VOA…
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