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• The Poem That Gave Late-‘80s Britain A National Conniption Fit

  07-03-2025 20:50 via bbc.com
  
  “If it’s unusual for a poem to escape the world of literature, it’s virtually unheard of for one to provoke angry newspaper headlines, prompt politicians to demand action and members of the public to furiously call TV channels.” That’s what happened with the 1987 TV broadcast of Tony Harrison’s poem “V.” – BBC
  
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• How Man-Of-Many-Voices Hank Azaria Lost, And Then Found, Himself

  07-03-2025 20:03 via msn.com
  He was always a natural mimic, and he used that ability to make a remarkable career as a voice actor, most famously on The Simpsons. Yet, from his teenage years well into adulthood, he used his talent for becoming other people to avoid the question, “Who is Hank Azaria?” – The Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• America’s Oldest Performing Arts Organization Is Losing Its Longtime Director

  07-03-2025 19:31 via symphony.org
  
  Under David Snead’s leadership, the 210-year-old period instrument orchestra’s annual revenue grew by 45 percent. Its endowment has expanded from $13 million to more than $34 million, and its ongoing comprehensive fund-raising campaign recently surpassed $50 million. – Symphony
  
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• Brick Is Making A Comeback In Urban Architecture

  07-03-2025 19:15 via msn.com
   Brick, stone, and terra-cotta, products that have the solidity and hue of earth, have timidly but perceptibly snuck back into New York’s repertoire of architectural ambitions. – New York Magazine
  
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• How The Acoustics Of Notre-Dame In Paris Have Changed From Before The Fire

  07-03-2025 19:06 via bbc.com
  
  Brian Katz, an acoustics expert at the Sorbonne, took an extensive acoustical survey of the cathedral in 2015, four years before the fire, and another shortly afterward. He says the sound in the burned church was like at Napoleon’s coronation, and he has ideas about how the post-restoration acoustics are different. – BBC
  
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• An AI Researcher Rails Against Big Tech’s Cultural Theft

  07-03-2025 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Perhaps the most beautiful part of this digital heist is that all of this knowledge is being stolen in broad daylight. Napster was a rather minor and petty crime in comparison. – The Guardian
  
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• Why YouTube Got Out Of Making Premium Content

  07-03-2025 18:31 via variety.com
  
  Big creators on YouTube “are the new Hollywood in that sense because they are producing the content that people want to watch. And so that eliminated the need for us to do anything in that regard because our creators were doing it on their own.” – Variety
  
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• How Do You Protect Cultural Sovereignty In This Digital Age?

  07-03-2025 18:15 via linkedin.com
  
  Right now, the global landscape is shifting in ways that could have profound consequences for Canada’s creative industries. The rise of AI, the dominance of U.S. based platforms, and the economic uncertainty fueled by shifting trade policies are all forcing us to rethink how we sustain and protect cultural knowledge in a digital world. – Linked.In
  
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• That Time “Rocky Horror” Flopped On Broadway (An Oral History)

  07-03-2025 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The stage version of the now-cult classic movie had very successful runs in London and Los Angeles before it came to Broadway — and somehow nosedived, just a year before midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show made the film the phenomenon it has been for fifty years now. – The New York Times
  
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• SF Symphony Puts Emerging Black Composers Project On Hold After US Government Letter

  07-03-2025 17:44 via kron4.com
   A memo from the United States Department of Education forced the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to pause their Emerging Black Composers project. – KRON4
  
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• US Department Of Defense Bans Images Of Enola Gay Plane In “Gay” Crackdown

  07-03-2025 17:15 via thedailybeast.com
  
  In total, 26,000 images have been flagged, according to the AP, though one official told the outlet that that number could reach 100,000 when considering social media posts and other websites. – The Daily Beast
  
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• Five YouTube Videos That Helped Change How We See Ourselves And Each Other

  07-03-2025 17:05 via bbc.com
  
  “As much as YouTube changed how we use the internet, it’s had an equally significant impact on our offline lives. … Human nature itself has shifted in the last 20 years, and as seen in these five videos, YouTube would become a nexus point for the way we see ourselves and each other.” – BBC
  
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• The Trump Kennedy Center, Soft Power, And The Decline of America’s Global Influence

  07-03-2025 16:32 via msn.com
  A nation’s “soft power” is “the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments” — foreign aid, public perception, and especially cultural exports such as movies and music. American soft power has been enormous, and Lily Janiak considers how it’s being frittered away. – San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
  
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• National Ballet Of Canada Nominated For Two Of London’s Olivier Awards

  07-03-2025 16:04 via ludwig-van.com
  
  The nominations, for Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance, are for the Toronto-based company’s appearance last October at Sadler’s Wells with the production “Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada,” which featured Angels’ Atlas by Crystal Pite, Passion by James Kudelka and islands by Emma Portner. – Ludwig Van
  
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• San Francisco Museums Are Caught In City’s Budget Crisis

  07-03-2025 15:30 via msn.com
  With the city government facing an $876 million budget deficit, the mayor has asked all city departments to expect 15% funding reductions. The de Young Museum and Legion of Honor may eliminate a quarter of their city-funded staff positions; other San Francisco museums are looking at similarly painful cuts. – San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
  
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• U.S. Arts Groups And ACLU Sue NEA Over Trump’s “No Gender Ideology” Rule

  07-03-2025 15:03 via theguardian.com
  The lawsuit argues that the new requirement — that grant applicants must affirm that their projects will not “promote gender ideology” — violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. – The Guardian
  
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• Cache Of Ancient Egyptian Gold Jewelry Discovered At Temple Of Karnak

  07-03-2025 14:36 via news.artnet.com
  
  “Researchers were surveying the northwest sector of the site (at Luxor) when they unearthed a partially broken ceramic vessel that held the artifacts. The well-preserved objects have been dated to the 26th Dynasty (664–525 B.C.E.).” – Artnet
  
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• Ricardo Scofidio, Part Of A Starchitect Trio, Has Died At 89

  07-03-2025 14:01 via cnn.com
  
  As partner in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he had a hand in designing numerous landmarks of contemporary public architecture, in New York — the High Line, the Shed, and major redesigns of Lincoln Center and MoMA — and elsewhere — the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Broad Museum in Los Angeles. – CNN
  
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• Darkness from Serra, delights from Siena, and a polar bear sound asleep – the week in art

  07-03-2025 13:37
  Richard Serra’s final works, phenomenal medieval art, Egypt for kids, Polish movie poster magic and nature photography at its finest – all in your weekly dispatchRichard Serra: The Final Works
  Glimpses of night and nothingness in the last works by this formidable abstract artist.• Cristea Roberts Gallery, London from 13 March to 26 April Continue reading...
  
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• Durham Arts Council seeks Executive Director

  07-03-2025 06:17 via artsjournal.com
  The Executive Director (ED) will guide the strategic vision and direction of the Durham Arts Council. The ED will be responsible for all aspects of strategic planning, fundraising, public visibility, and operational and financial oversight. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ED will lead and mentor a professional staff, navigating change, building relationships, and fostering an environment of excellence in the arts. The ED will cultivate DAC’s commitment to diversity, equity, and in
  
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• Sole portrait of England’s ‘nine-day queen’ thought to have been identified by researchers

  07-03-2025 01:01
  
  ‘Compelling evidence’ suggests figure is Lady Jane Grey, making it only known depiction made before 1554 executionShe was known as the “nine-day queen” and was used as a pawn in the ruthless ambition that defined the Tudor court. But for centuries, historians have struggled to find a single portrait of Lady Jane Grey that was painted during her lifetime.Now, research by English Heritage suggests a mysterious portrait depicts the royal who reigned over England for just ove
  
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