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• Indigenous Theatre Blooming Across Canada

  22-03-2024 23:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The Indigenous theatre community has grown to sold out shows being produced across the country. This spring alone, stages in Montreal, Whitehorse, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto are all hosting plays written by Indigenous artists. – CBC
  
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• What We’re Starting To Understand About Aging

  22-03-2024 22:31 via nytimes.com
  
  While we think of our genes as being set from birth, DNA does accumulate changes over the years. Sometimes errors are introduced when a cell divides, a spontaneous typo emerging when the DNA is copied and pasted from one cell into another. Mutations can also occur as a result of environmental exposures. – The New York Times
  
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• People Hate The Idea Of Car-Free Cities Unti They Live In One

  22-03-2024 22:01 via wired.com
  
  Going car-free is a lot harder than it seems. Not only has it led to politicians and urban planners facing death threats and being doxxed, it has forced them to rethink the entire basis of city life. – Wired
  
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• Report: Americans Are Spending $61/Month On Streaming. Up 27 Percent In A Year

  22-03-2024 21:31 via gizmodo.com
  
  Americans are spending 27% more on streaming than they did last year, up from $48. That $13 increase could have something to do with Netflix and Max raising prices in 2023, or a slew of streaming services cracking down on password sharing. – Gizmodo
  
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• A First: Man Convicted Of Streaming Music Fraud

  22-03-2024 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  A Danish man has been sentenced to prison in a “historic” case after being found guilty of fraudulently profiting from royalties on hundreds of tracks on music streaming sites. – The Guardian
  
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• Cambridge University Axes Its Co-Ed Choir. What’s At Stake:

  22-03-2024 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  “We are devastated by this decision, which we believe is a fundamentally regressive move for the college, the choral community in Cambridge, and the wider arts provision for women in the UK.” – The Guardian
  
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• Museum Of American Jewish History May Become Part Of The Smithsonian

  22-03-2024 20:03 via msn.com
  “O Wednesday, several members of the U.S. House and Senate proposed a new commission that would study the possibility of transferring ownership of Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution.” Under this plan, the museum would remain in Philadelphia. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Is UK Arts Funder’s Analysis Of Opera’s Challenges Right?

  22-03-2024 19:32 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The report points out – with some perspicacity – that there is a view throughout the industry that whilst opera is an expensive art form, there are ways of producing first-class work that do not indulge in the expensive elements in quite the same way. – The Telegraph (UK)
  
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• Despite Economic Turmoil And Slow-To-Return Audiences, Some Dance Organizations Are Spending Serious Money On New Buildings

  22-03-2024 19:02 via marketplace.org
  
  For instance, the Joyce Theater in New York has purchased a six-story, 58,000-square-foot building in Manhattan’s East Village. San Francisco’s ODC bought its third building, one which is next door to its theater. The big risk, of course, is whether the organizations will always be able to afford upkeep. – Marketplace
  
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• Australian Report Questions Payments To Academic Publishers

  22-03-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  The Australia Institute report, released on Wednesday, questioned if more public money should be used for research and education instead of being directed to international academic publishers. Academic publishes are among the most profitable businesses in the world – raking in massive profit margins approaching 40% – in line with Google and Apple. – The Guardian
  
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• Norman Foster’s Firm Designs A Billion-Dollar Office Tower For Sunset Boulevard

  22-03-2024 18:04 via cnn.com
  
  “The eye-catching proposal, which was formally submitted to (Los Angeles) city planning authorities this week, will transform a two-acre site on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into a 22-story entertainment industry workplace dubbed The Star … (with) greenery spilling out from a series of terraces spiraling up its façade.” – CNN
  
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• The San Diego Museum Is Selling Buildings. What About The Art?

  22-03-2024 17:31 via latimes.com
  
  The sale of the downtown facility will dramatically alter perceptions of the museum’s long-standing binational mandate, aimed at artists and audiences in the border area of San Diego and Tijuana. Closure also raises difficult questions about the fate of several works of art in the permanent collection. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Off-Broadway Is Prospering — And There’s A Lesson In That

  22-03-2024 17:06 via nypost.com
  
  “A group of commercial off-Broadway shows have bucked the trend and are packing in ticket-buyers. … Taken together, though, these off-Broadway gems offer an optimistic lesson to theaters everywhere: Clever, appealing, fresh ideas brilliantly executed are what put butts in seats.” – New York Post
  
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• COVID Was Supposed To Spark A City Doom Loop. Instead, They’ve Bounced Back

  22-03-2024 16:32 via theatlantic.com
  
  Twenty-five of America’s 26 largest downtowns have more residents today than they did on the eve of the pandemic. Meanwhile, both violent and property crime plummeted in cities across the country in 2022 and 2023. – The Atlantic
  
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• Harlem’s Apollo Theater And Opera Philadelphia Renew Their Producing Partnership

  22-03-2024 16:03 via msn.com
  “Few details were available on the initiative, which picks up on the joint venture that brought Charlie Parker’s Yardbird and We Shall Not Be Moved to the stages of both companies. No commissioned composers have yet been announced for this round of the partnership.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Georgia Lawmakers Were Going To Cap Hollywood Tax Subsidies At $1 Billion A Year. They Changed Their Minds.

  22-03-2024 15:31 via variety.com
  
  “In February, the state House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit the tax credits that could be sold annually to 2.5% of the state budget — or about $900 million next year. The Senate Finance Committee effectively torpedoed that provision at a meeting on Wednesday night.” – Variety
  
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• Fired Colorado Public Radio Host Alleges Discrimination On Basis Of Disability

  22-03-2024 15:05 via coloradosun.com
  
  “Former host and reporter Vic Vela, who rose to prominence in recent years through his podcast about addiction, recovery and mental health, filed complaints Tuesday with state and federal disability authorities alleging he was fired in January because he asked for accommodations to help maintain his sobriety.” – The Colorado Sun
  
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• Tennessee Is First State To Pass Law Protecting Songwriters And Performers From AI Infringement

  22-03-2024 14:32 via apnews.com
  
  “Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. … Supporters say the goal is to ensure that AI tools cannot replicate an artist’s voice without their consent.” – AP
  
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• Ex-Husband Of Murdered Gallerist Brent Sikkema Arrested

  22-03-2024 14:04 via hyperallergic.com
  
  “Daniel Sikkema, the ex-husband of the New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, who is embroiled in allegations that he orchestrated his former partner’s murder in Brazil earlier this year, was arrested in New York on Wednesday, March 20 for alleged passport fraud.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• One Of America’s Leading Public Art Programs, Mural Arts Philadelphia, May Lose $1 Million A Year In City Funding

  22-03-2024 13:36 via msn.com
  “The long-running arts organization, which specializes in project-based community programming, currently has more than $3.68 million in funding for the year. However, (Mayor Cherelle Parker’s) new financial plan could reduce the total to $2.68 million per year for the next five years.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
  
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• Intense photographic visions, a journey to Rome and a dealer-turned-painter – the week in art

  22-03-2024 13:31
  
  A wealth of northern Renaissance drawings; photographers Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman, and recognition for gallerist Betty Parsons– all in your weekly dispatchBruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings
  Absorbing trip from Flanders to Rome and back with northern Renaissance artists whose drawings have a buttery richness.
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 23 March until 23 June. Continue reading...
  
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• Damien Hirst shark that sold for about $8m is fourth 2017 work dated to 1990s

  22-03-2024 13:00
  
  Exclusive: Sculpture bought by US billionaires was made almost 20 years after date that appears in its nameA Damien Hirst shark preserved in formaldehyde that was purchased by American billionaires was dated to the 1990s even though it was not made until 2017.The 4-metre (13ft) tiger shark, dissected into three parts, is the centrepiece of a luxury bar in the Palms casino resort in Las Vegas. It first appeared in the casino six years ago, with the title: The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Explode
  
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• 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners: Lorrie Moore, Judy Blume, ALA

  22-03-2024 13:00 via apnews.com
  
  “Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home. … Blume was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award … (and) the American Library Association was given the Toni Morrison Achievement Award, established to honor institutions.” – AP
  
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• High court rules Van Dyck painting belongs to bankrupt socialite James Stunt

  22-03-2024 12:33
  
  Judge dismisses claim by Stunt and his father that 17th-century work was bought by the latter in 2013A bankrupt British socialite is the owner of a centuries-old portrait at the centre of a high court legal dispute, a judge has ruled.James Stunt and his father, Geoffrey Stunt, had been in a legal row with the trustees of James’s bankruptcy over the Anthony Van Dyck painting The Cheeke Sisters. Continue reading...
  
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