Art and Culture

Nicola Benedetti, the Edinburgh festival director, has slashed ticket prices, increased youth participation and added more “beanbag concerts” in a renewed effort to broaden the art festival’s appeal.Benedetti, a Grammy-award winning…
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Little over three years ago, after nearly a full year of COVID-19 in the United States, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) published a research report on “the arts and culture sector’s contributions to economic…
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The head of WBUR is warning that Boston’s NPR station might have to resort to layoffs, as the media outlet grapples with a major drop in sponsorship income. WBUR is the latest station that’s dealing with financial woes — which has been…
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Many, many readers are also angry. A few things marinate on and on: Brokeback Mountain’s lack of wins, Shakespeare in Love’s wins, and some seemingly personal blows to filmlovers’ egos. – The New York Times Source link
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My first memory is running in a corridor with my diaper on, looking for my parents, when I was two. I was alone in the apartment in the suburbs of Paris. My mother had taken my sister to see a movie. I don’t know where my father was.My…
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An Internet-enabled computer runs at the Brooklyn Public Library June 24, 2003, in New York City.…
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As far as celebrity court battles go, the six-week legal row in 2022 between Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, was a pop culture juggernaut reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the 1990s. …
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The Oscars are no longer just a celebration of movies. They’ve also become a fashion show, with fans, designers and the media celebrating and critiquing Hollywood celebrities as they stroll, pause and pose on the red carpet of the…
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In a performance arts space, why not have three women with an equal vote making major decisions – and figuring out how to fund performance art in a challenging time? – The New York Times Source link
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The 96th Academy Awards are being presented right now at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, though they were delayed by protests calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.“American Fiction” and “Anatomy of a Fall” are early winners,…
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