Art and Culture

(Photograph by James Bellorini) The Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) will cut 64 roles as the Covent Garden institution moves to…
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“A landscaped median under construction for months in front of the Kimmel Center has reached completion — the down payment on a promised major redo of the Avenue of the Arts streetscape. The leafy ribbon down the middle of Broad Street…
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StoReel, a Chinese AI-native microdrama platform, on Tuesday unveiled a new tool called Canvas that lets anyone create their own show. TheWrap got early access to the tool and decided to make a microseries, authored by an entertainment…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of the most intricately decorated parts of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, a passageway walked by popes and presidents and attributed to Renaissance master Raphael, is…
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 The Observer says Colin Asher’s The Midnight Special will “transform” the way you see art. Booklist calls it “mesmerizing.” Publisher’s Weekly likes it, and so does The Houston Press; also Alex Gershman dives deep into the book on his…
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T-8. Ruby Bridges integrating New Orleans schoolsSix-year-old Ruby just wanted to go to school, but in 1960, she needed federal marshals to get past screaming white protesters. She made an indelible impression photographically, and then…
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Tuesday, June 23: LOS ANGELES, CA — Classical California’s Los Angeles station (formerly known as KUSC), has become the most-listened-to public radio station in the United States, according to Nielsen’s May 2026 ratings. The…
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Sony Pictures Entertainment has invested $100 million in Cosm, the entertainment and tech company focused on creating shared-reality experiences through immersive dome-like venues throughout the U.S. Sony led Cosm’s Series C…
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Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or…
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Misan Harriman will not seek another term as chair of the Southbank Centre and is to step down in autumn after a month of intense pressure caused by accusations he shared a conspiracy theory about the Golders Green attack.Harriman, who…
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