Art and Culture

A Florida school board that was at the epicenter of national debates over covid mask mandates and book bans lost its conservative majority this week, a change that some say signals a priority shift among voters.Two Democratic-backed…
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch broadcaster announced Monday it is boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year, calling it a “platform for division” because of tensions over…
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On Thursday night, Gustavo Dudamel will stand in front of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first of his final four concerts as music and artistic director of that magnificent orchestra. Before he heads east to become artistic…
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The wait is over, and the Vision Theatre Performing Arts Center is preparing to reopen, ushering in a new era of performance, events and Black culture in Leimert Park.The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is scheduled to hold…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains…
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A prominent Latino group is raising fresh concerns about Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the blockbuster deal would crush Latino workers and small businesses that support Hollywood.In an open…
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The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), the trade group representing the country’s music industry, has banned wholly AI-generated songs from its weekly charts that showcase the most popular tracks in Australia. The…
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.– from Profiles of the Future (1973) by Arthur C Clarke Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature.– from ‘The Deepening Paradox’ (2011) by…
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One of the stranger things about this dizzying, headlong moment in time is that it doesn’t have much of a past. Everything is about the future of this, the future of that: the future of work, the future of humanity, the future of the…
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Michael-Christopher Koji Fox remembers spending roughly a week worrying over two words: Final Fantasy.Certainly, he's been worrying about Final Fantasy for 23 years. He has been an English translator for the celebrated games since the…
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