Art and Culture

“Frank’s and Charley’s very different definitions of what constitutes a friend offers an astringent alternative to our culture’s sometimes treacly, overly simplistic portrayal of the bond. Even more than Broadway,…
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Song, dance and deadly genitalia: It’s all on full, gory display in “Teeth,” Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs’s campy musical adaptation of the 2007 cult horror film. The story follows Dawn O’Keefe, a God-fearing good girl —…
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“I can’t believe I get to play the captain of the Enterprise.” Anson Mount is sitting across from me on one of the Toronto soundstages for the Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” which is set in the years when his…
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“The agreement, which (ended a three-week strike and) will be in effect for two years, will increase average pay for bargaining unit’s roughly 120 members by more than 12 percent by the second year.” – The Boston Globe…
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Online conspiracy theories and AI are tackled in two of the six books on the inaugural Women’s prize for non-fiction shortlist.Doppelganger by Guardian US columnist Naomi Klein, which explores conspiracies and far-right politics, and…
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A Senate committee on Tuesday killed a bill that would have drastically overhauled how a state arts agency receives funding from the percent-for-art law.Hawaiʻi was the first state in the U.S. to…
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As management looks to cut 10% of the budget, it “hopes the plan will help reduce some expenses, but … the station expects to still cut more jobs or freeze hiring. Anyone hired at least three months ago can take the buyout.”…
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The Smithsonian’s internal Office of the Inspector General last month released a report saying that the institution misused a portion of the $7.5 million it received in Covid relief funds from the 2020 CARES Act.  The…
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Ballet dancer Misty Copeland, left, DDP Board Chair Erica Edwards, who is Executive Director of Giordano Dance Chicago, and Liza Yntema in March 2017. (Editor’s Note:  In January 2019 we profiled Liza Yntema when she launched the Dance…
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Officials in Algeria are chiding television stations over the content choices they’ve made since the start of Ramadan last week, injecting religion into broader discussions…
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