Art and Culture

While women played key roles in the development of crosswords in the US, by the late 20th-century, puzzle-constructing was dominated by college-educated white guys, and clues reflected that. Today the puzzling world, gradually becoming…
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When the artist Françoise Gilot walked out on Pablo Picasso after a long and turbulent relationship, he told her she would be nothing without him and set out to destroy her career.Gilot later recalled how her former lover told her: “You…
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“Everyone in Philly is always walking by these incredible buildings, including gorgeous houses of worship, but going inside is something we don’t usually get an opportunity to do,” said John Walthausen, artistic director of…
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill that bans advertisers from working with “foreign agents,” a move widely expected to make it next to impossible for independent media outlets hit with the designation to…
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A horde of jewelry and gold statues estimated to be worth €1.2 million ($1.3 million) was stolen last week from the Museo d’Annunzio Segreto at the Vittoriale degli Italiani, an historic…
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A trial date has been set in a civil case alleging that Roman Polanski raped a child in the 1970s, years before he was arrested for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in a separate case.The trial is scheduled to take place on Aug. 4,…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit now…
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An investigation into the clawback of Metro Arts grant funds intended for underserved artists concluded Monday, finding probable cause of discrimination.A handful of large arts organizations have received nearly 70% of the approximately…
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will…
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“Each week’s new cases require new clients, new patients, new victims and killers and crooks, some at least mildly famous and each of them plausible. … (Delivering) such shows involves a hectic, grueling, often maddening…
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