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• Music Is Taking A Bigger Role At The Olympics

  03-08-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The games are moving beyond the John Williams fanfares and national anthems, writes Michael Andor Brodeur. “And not just as background, but as a means of making the ultimate athletic test of human achievement more human.” – The Washington Post on MSN
  
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• Middle Schoolers, Blocked From Most Social Media, Turn Comments On An NPR Podcast Into A Hangout Spot

  28-09-2026 20:30 via theverge.com
  
  “When Glass asked one of the kids why they picked this particular podcast, they said, ‘We just, like, looked for podcasts that didn’t have many comments.’” Ouch. But also, creative as heck. – The Verge
  
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• An Ohio School District Cancels A Popular Play, And The Fallout Is Ongoing

  28-09-2026 20:00 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “Copley Superintendent Aimee Kirsch said the play was canceled not because of its gay themes but because the proper vetting procedure wasn’t followed.” Unh-hunh. The students cast in the canceled She Kills Monsters were offered parts in the newly approved Alice in Wonderland. – Akron Beacon Journal (Yahoo)
  
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• Former Disney CEO Bob Iger On Creativity

  28-09-2026 19:45 via hbr.org
  A culture of creativity is also a culture accepting of failure. Creativity is not a science. You can’t possibly bat 1,000. There are inevitable failures, and it’s really important to know as a culture how to process failure so that when you do, it doesn’t destroy people’s ability to continue to create. – Harvard Business Review
  
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• Paramount Boss David Ellison’s Big Challenge: Winning Over Hollywood

  28-09-2026 19:31 via latimes.com
  
  The Paramount Skydance chief executive will have to work hard to repair badly frayed relations with Hollywood talent who fiercely opposed the consolidation of two historic studios as a bad deal for workers. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Why America Looks The Way It Does

  28-09-2026 19:02 via newyorker.com
  
  It would be hard to overstate how ignorant the Founders of the United States were about their own country. The main map they’d used to negotiate the postwar peace with Britain was woefully inaccurate. – The New Yorker
  
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• The Glenn Gould Of Imagination

  28-09-2026 18:44 via hedgehogreview.com
  The first thing anyone notices about Gould’s playing is the precision of his articulation, and that articulation is so precise that you might—not that you should, but you might—think of him as mechanical, if you didn’t also see him. – Hedgehog Review
  
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• Why Viewers Love To See What People Will Suffer For Money

  28-09-2026 18:31 via theconversation.com
  
  Beast Games does not provoke debates about who can or should win and how. Rather, it stages a demonstration of what money can make people agree to. – The Conversation
  
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• AI And The Flattening Of Creative Aesthetic

  28-09-2026 18:14 via noemamag.com
  
  Like the coffee shops of 2016, widespread AI adoption is generating a massive amount of content and products that share an eerie sameness. – Noema
  
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• Congress Considers New Tax Breaks To Save Hollywood

  28-09-2026 18:02 via nytimes.com
  The bill provides a tax credit of at least 20 percent on the wages of the vast array of workers who create movies and TV shows. That includes actors and directors as well as camera operators and makeup artists. – The New York Times
  
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• Theatre As A Public Good

  28-09-2026 17:51 via linkedin.com
  
  To me, Theatre as Public Good argues that the convening power of theatre, and the belonging and connection it creates, is essential, and should therefore be classified as a public good. – Karthik Subramanian
  
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• Untamed Pledge for the 2026 Elections

  28-09-2026 17:41 via artsjournal.com
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• The Checks And Balances That Could Have Saved The Kennedy Center Failed

  28-09-2026 17:31 via theconversation.com
  
  Even as these and other construction-related lawsuits are pending, the Trump administration has proven its willingness and ability to build, renovate or destroy federal landmarks without clear authority to do so. – The Conversation
  
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• The NAZA Filmmakers Defend Themselves And The Film At Its NY Premiere

  28-09-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  “’These crimes that you saw are ongoing,’ Abraham said. ‘They’re ongoing because it’s what our country is doing, and because of what your country is supporting and funding.’” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• What Will Westminster Do With Banksy’s Flag Statue?

  28-09-2026 16:30 via bbc.com
  
  “The council said it had spent almost £60,000 on safety barriers, administration and for a security guard to keep watch over it.” – BBC
  
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• Booksellers Are Sounding The Alarm About A Presidential Memorandum

  28-09-2026 16:00 via lithub.com
  
  “The presidential security memo issued last year specifically targets what the regime sees as leftist ideas in books, zines, and other publications, which is a major concern for all of us that care about books and freedom of expression.” – LitHub
  
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• When Hallmark Movies Have Something In Common With Concrete

  28-09-2026 15:45 via msn.com
  It’s all about attention to mundane detail. The new The History of Concrete fits Hallmark “because that’s the kind of living proof that this rhythmic cyclical way of storytelling is actually soothing and attractive to people over long periods of time.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
  
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• If You’re A Northern Irish Actor, You’ve Probably Been In A Show About The Troubles

  28-09-2026 15:30 via nytimes.com
  Lola Petticrew wasn’t just in one show about the Troubles before she left Northern Ireland; she starred in – and was acclaimed for – two. “A lot of the questions that were raised were questions that I, as a young adult, have about how we heal and move on,” she said. – The New York Times
  
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• What Happens To Your Art When You Become The Set Designer For Everything, Including The Olympics?

  28-09-2026 15:15 via theguardian.com
  “In the 30 years since she won the Linbury prize for stage design in 1995, Es Devlin has established herself as a go-to set designer for highbrow theatre, international opera, global pop …, official celebrations …, fashion runways and public sculpture.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• When Collecting Becomes Nearly A Blood Sport

  28-09-2026 15:00 via theverge.com
  
  Well, a bot sport, anyway. Bots are doing so much online work that regular collectors just can’t keep up – and are getting excluded from the things they love as a result. – The Verge
  
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• The Mighty Sparrow, One Of The Last Great Calypso Singers, Has Died At 91

  28-09-2026 14:45 via nytimes.com
  “A singer, songwriter and guitarist, Sparrow — his given name was Slinger Francisco — was renowned for his sonorous voice, unremitting energy and extraordinary command of the verbal prestidigitation and sly double-entendre that are among the hallmarks of calypso lyrics.” – The New York Times
  
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• Survivor’s Host And Producer May Work At Paramount, But He’s Not Abandoning Diversity

  28-09-2026 14:30 via variety.com
  
  Jeff Probst doesn’t care about the Trump-loving network owners. Instead, he says, he cares about story. “Our stories are so much more interesting now because we have people from completely different walks of life.” – Variety
  
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• Dolly Parton’s Estate Is In Shambles Over Accusations, Lawsuits, And Restraining Orders

  28-09-2026 14:15 via vulture.com
  
  “While the family appeared to be putting on a united front, behind the scenes, things were far from harmonious. Employees were afraid to come to work and some were allegedly quitting.” Then there was the security guy’s threats. – Vulture
  
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• Meta’s New Surveillance Mascot Looks Like A Toy

  28-09-2026 14:00 via wired.com
  
  It’s supposed to be for adults only, but it looks like a Tamagotchi. Will the cuddliness cause us all to forget the deep, deep creep factor? – Wired
  
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• Creative Markets are being Swamped

  25-09-2026 06:50 via artsjournal.com
  A flood of books, music and images is overwhelming creative markets. Some of it is democratization of tools. Some of it is pure AI. Is this a crisis or an opportunity?
  
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• 4,200 Library Books, Three Months, No Phones

  25-09-2026 00:32 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Students at Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville have checked out 4,200 library books in the first three months of this school year, twice last year’s total, since the school district locked phones away “bell to bell.” Noah Berry, a senior, says he had never borrowed a book there before (Aging Untold).Davi Ramos, now the Australian Ballet’s first Black principal, started ballet at 12 in Rio’s Vidigal favela. His school waived the fees, friends&
  
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• Australian Ballet Gets Its First Black Principal

  24-09-2026 21:02 via danceaustralia.com.au
  
  Davi Ramos grew up in a Rio favela and didn’t start ballet lessons until he was 12. Only two years later, he competed in Youth America Grand Prix and, subsequently, the Prix de Lausanne; he studied in London and apprenticed in Amsterdam before coming to Melbourne, drawn by AD David Hallberg. – Dance Australia
  
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• Schools Report Surge In Library Book Checkouts After Cellphone Bans

  24-09-2026 20:44 via aginguntold.com
  
  Students at Pleasure Ridge Park High School are checking out books at a rate librarians say hasn’t been seen before, coinciding with a districtwide cell phone ban that took effect at the start of the 2025 school year. – Aging Untold
  
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• Lucas Museum Architects And The Building Of Fantasies

  24-09-2026 20:31 via nytimes.com
  MAD Architects is a team that has completed major cultural and residential projects in 16 countries and counting. Their signature is hard-to-believe designs that do all of the shouting — etched towers churning like hula-hooping women; a museum honed like an ancient stone; an opera house resembling a mountain, bursting from the ground. – The New York Times
  
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• BBC Is Preparing To Shut Down Some Radio And TV Channels: Report

  24-09-2026 20:04 via deadline.com
  
  “Deadline hears that the BBC is expected to unveil what one source described as ‘audience-facing’ closures next week, as the UK broadcaster ramps up efforts to save £500 million ($660M) over the coming years. … Speculation (is) rife that youth network BBC Three is at risk of being unplugged for a second time.” – Deadline
  
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