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Accents Can Be Contagious
That foreign accent students sometimes come home with after studying abroad isn’t (or isn’t only) an affectation. – The Atlantic (MSN)
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Kyle Chayka, journalist: ‘In cultural industries it doesn’t matter what you do, but how many…
Kyle Chayka, 35, is a journalist for the New Yorker Magazine, where he has a column about technology and culture on the internet. He is concerned about the dissemination of art online and has just published a second book, Filterworld:…
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Why the stink of that bad, bad iPad ad won’t go away
Terrible, soul-sucking commercials get written, made and, by the public, rejected all the time. This one is different.
Apple’s “Crush” commercial, unveiled last week and no longer scheduled to air on TV in America because people just…
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The Dancer As Athlete
A 2016 retrospective study that tracked injuries in a professional ballet dance company over a 10-year period found that most dancers experience a new injury every year. Researchers are paying increasing attention to the injury rate at…
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The ultimate guide to the Cultural Olympiad and what to expect for Paris 2024
The Cultural Olympiad has a history spanning over a century. But what exactly is it, where did it originate, and how has it evolved?
ADVERTISEMENTBaron Pierre de Coubertin may have stood at a modest 5'3", but his impact on…
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Does a Smash Hit Like ‘Lion King’ Deserve a $3 Million Tax Break?
There is no greater success story on Broadway than “The Lion King.” It is reliably among the top-grossing stage shows in New York, where it has brought in nearly $2 billion over its 26-year run; its global total is five times that…
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After A Yearlong Standoff, Philadelphia Museum Of Art And Its Staffers Resolve Their Pay Dispute
These raises were part of the museum’s first union labor agreement, which was negotiated in 2022. Even so, the issue isn’t settled: there’s a binding arbitration case about it that’s now on hold until a new…
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American Museum of Natural History Curator Cleared of Smuggling Claims
A Turkish judge cleared the American Museum of Natural History curator who was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle spider and scorpion samples from Istanbul. He was released from custody after spending a night in jail.…
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Why We’re All Living in Matthew Barney’s Sticky, Slimy World
In May and June, Matthew Barney, the visionary artist behind the epic “Cremaster Cycle” film series (1994-2002) and “River of Fundament” (2014), will be showing his newest body of work, “Secondary,” at four galleries: Gladstone Gallery…
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Australian Ballet blasts newspaper review for describing dancers as ‘unusually thin’ | Ballet
The Australian Ballet has come out swinging against a scathing review of its latest show that described the company’s dancers as “unusually thin”, with its artistic director saying that remarks on dancers’ physiques are “not acceptable”…
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