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• Barre Teacher / Dance City / North East

  10-10-2019 21:04
  Dance City is looking for a Barre Teacher to deliver adult Barre class at Dance City Newcastle every Thursday at 5.30pm-6.30pm during term time, starting as soon as possible.
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• Philadelphia’s Jewish Museum Could Become Part Of The Smithsonian

  15-10-2026 14:36 via artnews.com
  
  “The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia is being considered as a potential new member of the Smithsonian museum network, with members of a new congressional commission sworn in on Tuesday set to study the matter.” It would be the only Smithsonian museum outside metro DC or New York. – ARTnews
  
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• Soprano Martina Arroyo Is Dead At 90

  15-10-2026 14:00 via nytimes.com
  Along with Leontyne Price, Shirley Verrett, and Grace Bumbry, Arroyo was part of the first generation of Black singers to become opera stars on both sides of the Atlantic. A frequent guest on television talk shows, she was arguably the most personally beloved of the four. – The New York Times
  
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• A $125,000 Offer Saved The Muppet Show

  15-10-2026 03:36 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,The Muppet Show, which turned 50 last month, was made in England because Lew Grade, a British producer with an empty studio outside London, offered Jim Henson $125,000 for one episode, on condition he shoot there. Henson had two failed ABC pilots and a stalled CBS deal behind him (Variety).
  Daniel Weiss, 69, became director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art a month after the board fired Sasha Suda; vice chair Osagie Imasogie says a search would have been “performative” (
  
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• “The Muppet Show” Is Now 50. It Almost Didn’t Happen At All.

  14-10-2026 21:02 via variety.com
  
  After the success of Sesame Street, Jim Henson badly wanted to make a his own show. But there were two failed pilots for ABC and development plans at CBS stalled. Things looked hopeless — until producer Lew Grade came along. (One perhaps-surprising fact: all five seasons of the show were shot in England.) – Variety
  
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• Meghan O’Gieblyn On The Limits And Opportunities Of Knowing Ourselves

  14-10-2026 20:31 via thepointmag.com
  
  When we read her work, we come to understand her in part through her acts of self-discovery, how, not unlike Montaigne, she comes to know herself by reckoning with the ways in which she may have remained unknown to herself. – The Point
  
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• Daniel Weiss Is A Mr. Fix-It. Can He Fix The Philadelphia Museum Of Art?

  14-10-2026 20:04 via artnews.com
  
  He has been fixing institutions for his entire career, from his very first job, at the Kennedy Center’s gift shop, to the Metropolitan Museum, which, when he became CEO, had issues not dissimilar to those at the PMA when he became director last year. So far, the staff appears to be happier. – ARTnews
  
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• The Art Trafficker Who Flooded LA Museums

  14-10-2026 19:44 via hyperallergic.com
  
  The Stendahl Art Galleries were a key driver in the illegal looting, smuggling, and sale of these objects to its Los Angeles clientele. The Galleries’ archive is now housed at the Getty Research Institute (which published this book), allowing for a deep investigation into the shady dealings of an art dealer. – Hyperallergic
  
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• LA Opera’s New Music Director: Making LA Opera Distinctly LA. But How?

  14-10-2026 19:34 via sfcv.org
  “LA Opera should be an identity, unmistakably, just be L.A. Never imitate any other opera capital in the world. We are not New York, Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, Vienna. So, what is L.A.? It’s creativity. It’s cinema, theater, visual art, technology, and all these together, that makes the LA Opera.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
  
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• We’re Losing Our Skills As We Lean Into Technology

  14-10-2026 19:15 via aeon.co
  We have fallen into habits that are steadily deskilling the human body, eroding capacities honed by evolution to support our wellbeing as we move through the world. Some of these capacities are weakening through disuse: we have come to rely on our phones, for example, and now, increasingly, on AI. – Aeon
  
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• Untangling The Myths Around Cormac McCarthy

  14-10-2026 19:03 via nytimes.com
  Many of those myths — that he was an outsider to the publishing world, a loner, reluctant to do press — come from a 1992 feature article published in The New York Times Magazine which was, it turns out, quite misleading. (However, McCarthy really was a lousy boyfriend and husband.) – The New York Times Magazine
  
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• Complicating The Morality Of Colonialism?

  14-10-2026 18:44 via 3quarksdaily.com
  
  “My pessimism is reinforced by the zero-sum view of economics that typically accompanies the zero-sum view of moral agency around colonialism. A major piece of evidence for the ‘colonisation explains everything’ thesis is economic.” – 3 Quarks Daily
  
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• Getty Images Is A Giant. It Was Worth $4.8B A Few Years Ago. Now It’s In Bankruptcy. What Happened?

  14-10-2026 18:31 via fastcompany.com
  Getty Images is preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after years of financial struggles, a failed merger, and growing competition from technology that can create images in seconds. – Fast Company
  
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• The Awards Show That Defines Troubled: Golden Globes V Golden Globe

  14-10-2026 18:15 via deadline.com
  
  Two months after the remnants of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association sued Penske Media Corporation for its part in Dick Clark Productions‘ purchase of the Golden Globes in 2023 with allegations of monopolization and fraudulent misrepresentation, the Penske-controlled Golden Globes is going after the Golden Globe Foundation for trademark infringement and unfair competition. – Deadline
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Has Spectators Flocking To Battle Of Hastings Re-Enactment

  14-10-2026 18:01 via nytimes.com
  “Each fall, about 1,000 history enthusiasts gather in Battle, a town in southern England, to recreate the Battle of Hastings (the main event depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry) … on the very landscape where the conflict unfolded on Oct. 14, 1066. This year … the crowds have been more teeming than usual.” – The New York Times
  
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• Indivisible: Lee Krasner And Jackson Pollock

  14-10-2026 17:46 via newyorker.com
  
  The blockbuster that just opened at the Met, “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,” is probably, canvas for canvas, the best painting show in America this year. It does something I thought impossible, which is make Abstract Expressionism—the most fossilized of American art movements—seem new again.  – The New Yorker
  
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• The Essential Anne Carson: Fragments Across Time

  14-10-2026 17:31 via theconversation.com
  
  Fragmentation is frequently associated with the crisis of representation in 20th-century literature. Carson reveals that the ancient textual tradition already contains discontinuities that resist the modern desire for completeness. – The Conversation
  
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• Netflix Is Cutting 1000 Jobs As Stock Price, Customer Growth Stumble

  14-10-2026 17:14 via wsj.com
  Netflix is cutting 6% of its staff, or roughly 1,000 positions globally, its biggest round of layoffs since 2022, as it struggles with slowing growth and customer engagement. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• Workers At La Scala Vote To Authorize One-Day Strike

  14-10-2026 17:02 via moto-perpetuo.com
  
  That day, October 20, is opening night for a new production of Gounod’s Faust, directed by Johannes Erath and conducted by Daniele Rustioni. House employees are demanding that their next contract include a 15% increase in gross pay. – Moto Perpetuo
  
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• A Company For Lapsed Ballet Dancers To Return To Training And Performing

  14-10-2026 16:34 via nytimes.com
  “There have long been ballet classes for children, and classes for adult beginners have grown in popularity. But there are relatively few designated spaces for serious former students to practice and perform at a high level, with no dreams of going pro.” Enter the Ballet Salon. – The New York Times
  
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• 80 Books Were Banned In Minnesota Last Year. They Were All At One School.

  14-10-2026 16:06 via startribune.com
  Among the titles involved were The Handmaid’s Tale, The Kite Runner, and a cookbook. Outraged students protested. And, mind you, this was after Minnesota passed a law forbidding book bans in public schools. – The Minnesota Star Tribune
  
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• Author Of France’s Hit Novel Of The Fall Denies Using AI But Admits To Past Plagiarism

  14-10-2026 15:30 via thecanadianpressnews.ca
  
  “The novel by Thélyson Orélien, C’était ça ou mourir, which translates to ‘It was either that or dying,’ came under scrutiny last month over allegations of AI use. This was followed by other news reports that raised questions about passages in the author’s previous work.” – The Canadian Press
  
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• Sculptors’ Favorite Plaster Is Being Discontinued, And They’re Freaking Out

  14-10-2026 15:05 via nytimes.com
  “The specialty plaster is a type of gypsum product known as Hydrocal, which … is durable enough for metal casting but soft enough for direct sculpting. In addition to artworks, it is used in architectural restoration projects, dental molds, orthopedic molds and the customization of prosthetic limbs.” – The New York Times
  
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• New York Public Radio’s CEO Steps Down After Only Eight Months

  14-10-2026 14:33 via gothamist.com
  
  The press release said only, “The Board of Trustees thanks Christy (Tanner) for her contributions to NYPR and wishes her well.” Her predecessor, LaFontaine Oliver, is stepping in as interim Acting President and CEO. – Gothamist
  
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• The Oregon Guy Behind Goofy And Bozo The Clown

  12-10-2026 16:30 via opb.org
  
  Pinto Colvig, who got his first job as a clown when he was 12 and visiting the Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo in Portland, also voiced Grumpy and Sleepy, and a whole host of other characters. – OPB
  
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• Previewing The Met’s Lincoln In The Bardo

  12-10-2026 16:00 via nytimes.com
  “‘Wild scene,’ the writer George Saunders said, a little wide-eyed, after witnessing a portion of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lincoln in the Bardo unfold.” – The New York Times
  
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• If Bookshops Make Ninety Percent Of People Happier, What’s Going On For The Ten Percent?

  12-10-2026 15:45 via irishtimes.com
  
  “One crime bookshops have been getting away with for years is their blatant role in incentivising the creation of ‘TBR’ (to-be-read) piles.” – Irish Times
  
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• Choral Evensong, A Long Tradition In Britain, Is Threatened By Many Different Pressures

  12-10-2026 15:30 via theguardian.com
  “There is something profoundly human about sitting quietly in a great building, hearing young and old voices combine in astonishingly beautiful music.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Indie Publisher New Directions Keeps Finding Nobel Prize Winners

  12-10-2026 15:15 via nytimes.com
  “In an era when corporate publishers dominate a rapidly consolidating industry, New Directions has remained independent and continued its long tradition of seeking out and nurturing some of the world’s most seminal authors.” – The New York Times
  
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• Since The Time Traveller’s Wife Was Published, Its Author Has Become Famous – And, She Says, Radicalized

  12-10-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  “In early scene in the new book involves a group of neo-Nazis at a house party. When she was writing it, few people believed the US would witness a resurgence of neo-nazism.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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