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Virginia and the District of Columbia sued to stop construction of Trump’s 250-foot arch, which would stand between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial at twice the memorial’s height. Work could start this week, and the suit calls the approval process “hurried and preordained” (NPR).
A Bogotá judge ordered Colombia’s National Museum to restore 63 objects the new right-wing government removed on Oct. 15 as “political indoctrination,” including a pride flag and the pen, made from a bullet, that signed the 2016 peace agreement (The Art Newspaper).
The Phoenix Symphony ended its season on Nov. 1 and laid off all 66 musicians after years of deficits. Players, board and staff now say they may resume performing this month, though a $6.5 million gift is on hold (KJZZ).
La Bola Negra, a drama inspired by Federico García Lorca, is now the third-highest-grossing Spanish film ever at €36.7 million (Variety). For decades Lorca’s family and scholars kept his homosexuality out of print; his brother’s 1980 biography never uses the word (The Guardian).
After years of searching, the archaeological dig at Troy yielded its first musical instrument in more than 150 years of digging: a bone flute from about when Homer composed the Iliad (Smithsonian).
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