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• Climate-Protesting Grave Vandals Deface Charles Darwin’s Resting Place

  14-01-2025 14:02 via ArtsJournal
  
  Two activists from the group Just Stop Oil used orange chalk to scrawl “1.5 is dead” (referring, in degrees Celsius, to the rise in global temperature beyond which scientists believe climate damage can’t be reversed) on the naturalist’s grave marker on the floor of Westminster Abbey. – BBC
  
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• Managing Director & Co-Leader, Fountain Theatre

  13-11-2026 03:37 via ArtsJournal
  The Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) is excited to hire a full-time Managing Director who will co-lead the organization alongside the Artistic Director and report directly to the Board of Directors.The Managing Director (MD) is accountable to ensure the overall operational structures, procedures, and policies to help the organization advance its mission. This is achieved most directly by managing the majority of the year-round staff members who support the various functional needs of the orga
  
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• Russia Is Recruiting War Veterans as Ballet Dancers

  13-11-2026 01:39 via ArtsJournal
  Good Morning,At least 50 Russian regions now require employers to reserve jobs, usually 1 percent, for veterans of the war in Ukraine. Meduza, the exiled Russian news site, found a state theater seeking ballet dancers and a regional philharmonic seeking choir soloists under the quotas. Employers may not ask about PTSD (Meduza).In 1976 David Bowie told Playboy that “Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars.” A new book by British musician Daniel Rachel shows how much company he had, from
  
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• Tenor Antonello Palombi, 58, Found Dead In Hotel Room

  12-11-2026 21:02 via ArtsJournal
  
  Though he had an active career spanning four continents, he’s best known for stepping in mid-performance as Radames in Aida at La Scala after Roberto Alagna stormed off the stage because he was booed. Palombi’s body was found during a wellness check after he failed to show up for rehearsal in Mainz, Germany. – OperaWire
  
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• Postcards Were Social Media Before Social Media

  12-11-2026 20:31 via ArtsJournal
  
  People themselves made the choices. They selected the postcards they bought, the people they wrote to, and the images they collected. More than a century before platforms started automating this process, political communities were already creating selective environments of their own. – Eurozine
  
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• Alden Ehrenreich’s Huron Station Playhouse Is The “Coolest New Theater Venue” In L.A.

  12-11-2026 20:03 via ArtsJournal
  “Artistic director Alden Ehrenreich turned a historic 1906 Pacific Electric Railway power station into an artistic playground with hipster vibes, alluring music, a younger-than-usual audience and high-end soap in the bathroom.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
  
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• The Connections Between Rock Music And Fascism

  12-11-2026 19:44 via ArtsJournal
  
  Such a superhuman magnification of the individual is unsettling to behold at close range. I witnessed the internal mechanics when I followed Radiohead on tour in 2000. Members of the band were variously thrilled, unnerved, and scared by what they were unleashing—a healthily complex reaction. – The New Yorker
  
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• In Medieval Times, Curiosity Was A Negative

  12-11-2026 19:31 via ArtsJournal
  Curiosity was seen as a largely vacuous interest in novel or forbidden information. The curious person was thought to reach for what was hidden and secret, beyond their proper purview, and thereby isolate themselves from spiritual and social community. – MIT Reader
  
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• On Poets And Reputations

  12-11-2026 19:15 via ArtsJournal
  The maker of an anthology can’t help being aware of the contemporary reputation of poets. But he knows, too, that this enterprise, this book, will be a chance to amend that reputation. – Hudson Review
  
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• San Francisco Ballet Is Releasing A Virtual-Reality “Nutcracker”

  12-11-2026 19:04 via ArtsJournal
  In a partnership with Google, immersive media company YB and augmented reality company XREAL, SFB is presenting Nutcracker: The Immersive Experience, a specially recorded performance of the company’s production (choreography by Helgi Tomasson) for home viewing on VR platforms. – San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
  
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• Why Do Things Exist?

  12-11-2026 18:44 via ArtsJournal
  This very obvious fact about the world – that things exist – can shift from seeming mundane and trivial to very surprising, even downright weird.  – Aeon
  
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• How America Developed A Culture Of The Telephone

  12-11-2026 18:31 via ArtsJournal
  
  Advertising could turn people into customers, but helping phone owners form what Bell called a “telephone habit” required a different tool.  – JStor
  
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• New Play Festival Says It Will Now Program Year-Round

  12-11-2026 18:15 via ArtsJournal
  The South Carolina New Play Festival (SCNPF) announced that it will move from a summer-only festival to a year-round festival with a summer and winter season. – Greenville Business Magazine
  
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• Phoenix Symphony Is Back Onstage For Now, But Its Problems Aren’t Over

  12-11-2026 18:01 via ArtsJournal
  
  The $2 million raised in an emergency campaign after the orchestra was abruptly furloughed last month is only enough, according to the musicians, to keep the Symphony running through the end of 2026. An 11-member commission of musicians, management, and civic leaders is trying to develop a “sustainable” plan to keep the PSO operating. – Phoenix New Times
  
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• Broadway Box Office Rebounds

  12-11-2026 17:44 via ArtsJournal
  
  Overall the industry gross rose 24 percent and attendance 15 percent thanks to the addition of the two new shows, as well as the rebound from Halloween and marathon weekend. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Can These Economists Build A Better Case For Public Arts Support?

  12-11-2026 17:35 via ArtsJournal
  These discussions, championed by at least one economics research and advisory firm in partnership with a major Australian arts festival, are instead thinking about the arts activities as powerful economic ‘enablers’ and strategic assets which help facilitate wider cultural, economic and social objectives. – ArtsHub
  
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• The Case For Humanities

  12-11-2026 17:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  Encompassing history, literature, philosophy, art, and more, the humanities provide a lens through which one can view one’s personal experiences—making the universal personal and the personal universal. – Jstor
  
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• Russia Is Requiring Theaters To Hire Ukraine War Veterans As Ballet Dancers And Choir Singers

  12-11-2026 17:03 via ArtsJournal
  
  Laws passed in various regions of the country are requiring state-funded employers such as schools, universities, and performing arts institutions to hire veterans of the “special military operation” as instructors ranging from kindergarten to college-level, ballet dancers, choristers, and piano accompanists. (And they’re forbidden to ask about PTSD.) – Meduza
  
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• Losing Candidate For U.S. Senate Seat Sues Two Leading Radio Hosts

  12-11-2026 16:34 via ArtsJournal
  Yoshi D. Matthews, who came 9th of 10 candidates in the Tennessee race won by GOP incumbent Bill Hagerty, is suing nationally syndicated hosts Steve Harvey and D.L. Hughley, alleging that comments on their shows damaged her business career and political ambitions. But she’s got a big problem in proving her case. – Inside Radio
  
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• The Onion Is Looking To Sponsor A College Football Bowl Game (Yes, Really)

  12-11-2026 16:02 via ArtsJournal
  The satirical publication is looking to break the 100,000-subscriber mark, which would make it, by circulation, the fourth-largest print newspaper in the U.S. As a marketing effort, it’s looking to buy naming rights to one of the numerous bowl games that happen around New Year’s. Wouldn’t you watch The Onion Bowl? – Nieman Lab
  
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• Influential CEO Of Poetry Foundation To Step Down At End Of Next Year

  12-11-2026 15:35 via ArtsJournal
  
  Michelle T. Boone, at one time the city of Chicago’s cultural commissioner, became head of the nonprofit in 2021. Under her leadership, the Foundation (which also publishes Poetry magazine) extended its grantmaking portfolio by millions of dollars. – WBEZ (Chicago)
  
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• Art Basel Paris To Partially Refund Gallerists For Early Closure

  12-11-2026 15:01 via ArtsJournal
  
  “All exhibitors who participated in the most recent edition of Art Basel Paris, which closed two days early because of planned protests, will get a 20 percent reduction on their final invoices. … Additionally, tickets purchased for that weekend have already been refunded.” – ARTnews
  
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• After Sentencing For Rape, Russell Brand Is Accused Of Domestic Violence

  12-11-2026 14:36 via ArtsJournal
  
  “Jemima Goldsmith, executive producer of movies including The Voice of Hind Rajab and The Bibi Files, has alleged that Russell Brand was abusive during their relationship. … Goldsmith (who also goes by Jemima Khan) accused Brand of ‘violence, coercive control and abuse’ during their relationship in 2013-14.” – Deadline
  
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• Duncan Sheik’s Final Musical To Close Early

  12-11-2026 14:00 via ArtsJournal
  
  Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, the last project by the late songwriter of Spring Awakening, began previews Off-Broadway in late September in the converted former venue of Sleep No More and had been scheduled to run through New Year’s weekend. – Playbill
  
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• Bill T. Jones Will Close His Dance Company

  11-11-2026 22:41 via ArtsJournal
  Good Morning,The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will stop performing at the end of 2027, after 45 years and creating more than 140 works. Jones, nearly 75, says he wants to ask “new questions about how I want to create” (BroadwayWorld).The Vatican Museums hold about 80,000 objects that missionaries sent to Rome for a 1925 exhibition, and this month is the museum’s centenary. A Vatican source says the plan is to lie low; a McGill art historian says missionaries looted Canadian graves to f
  
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• NY Phil’s First European Tour With Dudamel Hit Some Bumps In The Road, But It Was A Hit

  11-11-2026 21:04 via ArtsJournal
  “The tour … was striking in its ambitions: 17 days, four countries, 10 performances and an army of 147 musicians, backup conductors, sound technicians, librarians, stagehands, donors, executives and a tour doctor. They traveled on trains, bus caravans, and chartered and commercial airplanes.” – The New York Times
  
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• Art Basel To Discount Gallery Fees After Paris Show Closed Early

  11-11-2026 20:31 via ArtsJournal
  
  “We will exceptionally be extending a 20 percent reduction on booth fees to all galleries that participated in the Paris fair, in recognition of the closure,” on October 24–25, Art Basel chief executive Noah Horowitz told ARTnews in an interview. – ARTnews
  
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• AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz

  11-11-2026 20:30 via ArtsJournal
  
  While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?

  11-11-2026 20:02 via ArtsJournal
  “The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?

  11-11-2026 19:46 via ArtsJournal
  Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
  
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