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• Seattle Children’s Museum In Turmoil Over Black Lives Matter Post

  05-08-2020 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Staff posted to social media but the museum’s director later deleted “Black Lives Matter” from the posts. Some museum staff went on strike, and then were laid off.– The New York Times
  
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• Schools Stopped Teaching Cursive. These Kids Learn It For Fun

  05-01-2026 18:21 via washingtonpost.com
  If boomers and Gen X are puzzled by the fact that many youngsters are not required to endure the same painstaking labor of mastering cursive that they were, they might be even more surprised — perhaps, even delighted — to hear that some are learning the craft entirely for fun. – Washington Post
  
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• Hollywood Jobs Are Just… Disappearing

  05-01-2026 18:02 via wsj.com
  It’s not like the frog boiling in the water. It’s a dramatic drop-off. It happened very suddenly. Broadly speaking, in LA, if you’re involved in the entertainment industry, this has been a very rough two years. Very, very rough. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• The Gene Kelly School Of Life

  05-01-2026 17:41 via theatlantic.com
  Somehow, these sensations felt deeper, like something dormant awakened: Why the hell was Gene Kelly making me feel so much? – The Atlantic
  
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• Life Has Become Very Difficult For Artists In Hungary

  05-01-2026 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Since Fidesz came to power, governmental actors have gained control of universities, galleries and popular media outlets. The national cultural fund, chaired by the culture and innovation minister, has redirected money from independent unions and periodicals to pro-government journalists and writers. – The Guardian
  
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• After A Very Hard Year, Is Los Angeles Losing Its People – And, Worse, Its Vibe?

  05-01-2026 17:00 via vulture.com
  “Beyond the loss of tangibles (job, income), I think what we’re collectively grieving most is a sense of hope. Los Angeles runs on hope the way Boston runs on Dunkin.” – Vulture
  
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• Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Has Been Preserved, And The Owners Hope To Make It An Arts Hub

  05-01-2026 16:30 via theguardian.com
  “The restoration of Simone’s childhood home could serve as an example of how privately funded projects can preserve Black history during a time when federally funded programs are under threat.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Is This The Future Of Entertainment?

  05-01-2026 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Domed screens, with comfortable seats and bar food, are actually the present for some (sports) fans. But the test run was “when the domed screen transformed into a high-resolution recreation of Michelangelo’s fresco paintings in the Sistine Chapel.” – The New York Times
  
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• A Famous French Philosopher Says Philosophy Can’t Help You Live Better

  05-01-2026 15:45 via english.elpais.com
  “Philosophy allows us to understand the world we live in. But I don’t think that it’s therapeutic, that it’s better to read Socrates than take Prozac. If you want to live better, fall in love, take Prozac or do whatever you want, but don’t turn to philosophy.” – El País English
  
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• Francis Patrelle, Champion Of The Story Ballet And Founder Of A New York Dance Company, Has Died At 78

  05-01-2026 15:30 via nytimes.com
  In 1987, the choreographer and ballet teacher “founded Dances Patrelle, for which he created over 50 works, blending dancers from his ensemble with guest performers from prominent companies like the American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet and Dance Theater of Harlem.” – The New York Times
  
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• January Is Getting Some Humdingers Of Literature Translated Into English

  05-01-2026 15:15 via archive.ph
  The round-up includes books translated from French, Danish, Bulgarian, and Japanese, but the critic says, “for my money, contemporary Chinese writing is the most interesting literature being produced today.” – Irish Times (Archive Today)
  
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• Critics Choice Winners Make It Seem Like It’s The Year For One Battle After Another

  05-01-2026 15:00 via artsjournal.com
  So, did everyone in Hollywood simply forget Sinners? (No: Ryan Coogler won for Best Original Screenplay.) – The New York Times
  
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• A Year Of Not Listening To AI-Generated Music

  05-01-2026 14:45 via msn.com
  “Resistance was easy. Uncomplicated, too. Like so many who have grown skeptical of AI, I value my life. I don’t want AI-generated music taking a moment of it away from me.” – Washington Post (MSN)
  
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• It’s Still Really, Really Hard For A Woman To Get A Directing Job

  05-01-2026 14:30 via yahoo.com
  The current political climate isn’t helping. “Women in the film industry now find themselves in uncharted territory. … Hollywood has never needed permission to exclude or diminish women, but the industry now has it.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
  
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• How To Be A Busy Opera Singer

  05-01-2026 14:15 via nytimes.com
  Singers can specialize, or they could be like mezzo Marina Viotti, who was a heavy metal singer and who sang at the opening of the Paris Olympics, and is now “a rising opera world star with a versatile range that includes Baroque, bel canto and operetta.” – The New York Times
  
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• At The Palm Springs Film Festival, The Message Is Simple

  05-01-2026 14:00 via seattletimes.com
  Leonardo DiCaprio (not present for the most global military of reasons) said via a prerecorded speech, “Movies still matter, not content, but cinema. Stories made by people meant to be shared in a dark room in a communal experience.” – Seattle Times (AP)
  
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• How Espresso Fueled The Rise Of Modernity

  05-01-2026 13:45 via openculture.com
  “Milanese café owner Achille Gaggia cracked the code after WWII, with a small, steamless lever-driven machine that upped the pressure to produce the concentrated brew that is what we now think of as espresso.” – Open Culture
  
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• What Music Superfans Will Do For Memorablia

  05-01-2026 13:30 via nytimes.com
  Don’t worry, Beethoven fans did it first. – The New York Times
  
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• You’ve Watched The Oscar Bait, And Now It’s Time For Something Else

  05-01-2026 13:15 via archive.ph
  Drum roll … for the worst movies of 2025. – Washington Post (Archive Today)
  
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• Want A Great Year? Dance – In Public

  05-01-2026 13:00 via nytimes.com
  “The strength required by dance admits vulnerability, and proves that fluidity, not rigidity — movement, progress, exchange — is beauty. It is a courtship of athleticism and physicality from which one emerges revitalized, lofted, ecstatic.” – The New York Times
  
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• Quoting William S. Burroughs A Book Designer’s Take on Political Conditions

  05-01-2026 03:18 via artsjournal.com
  <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/01/quoting-william-s-burroughs-a-book-designers-take-on-current-political-conditions.html" title='Quoting William S. BurroughsA Book Designer’s Take on Political Conditions’ rel=”nofollow”>Have a look.
  
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• Violinist Sues Performer Will Smith For Sexual Harassment And Wrongful Termination

  04-01-2026 21:30 via yahoo.com
  Brian King Joseph wrote on social media, “Getting fired or getting blamed or shamed or threatened or anything like that, simply for reporting sexual misconduct or safety threats at work, is not OK.”– Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
  
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• The Upside Down Experience Of Seeing Stranger Things At An Otherwise Dead Mall

  04-01-2026 21:00 via theverge.com
   “I saw entire families, many in pajamas. Friends young and old. Lots of couples. There were Hellfire Club T-shirts, Demogorgon crowns and popcorn buckets (purchased in advance, from Target). Everyone was taking group selfies, posting photos or Instagram Reels of how crowded the concession area was.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• ‘Ten more years’: Helen Wilding, the artist sketching the whole of Melbourne’s Brunswick Street

  03-01-2026 20:00
  Wilding has been drawing the same street for seven years, taking in cafes, pubs, homes, churches, markets, shops and a branch of the legendary A1 Lebanese bakery• More summer essentialsOnce a week, you can find Helen Wilding and friends sitting on the side of the road, pens in hand. This time she’s perched on a tiny folding stool between a couple of pot plants, focusing intently on a plant nursery. It appears to be shut.Wilding has been sketching this same street in inner Melbourne fo
  
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• ‘The children were delighted to see themselves in such bright colours’: Moe Wai’s best phone picture

  03-01-2026 11:00
  The photographer’s painted bottles and hoops enhanced a carefree afternoon on a Burmese beachAs a tuk-tuk driver, Moe Wai feels that he has honed both his observational and people skills. Wai lives and works in Myin Ka Par, a village in Myanmar, and became interested in mobile photography several years ago. In this instance, he used his phone to capture this gaggle of local children as they were returning home from school.“They were playing on a sandbank with their own plastic b
  
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• Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you | Rowan Williams

  03-01-2026 11:00
  From Britain’s medieval buildings to western pop and contemporary art, these creations showcase our interwoven storiesWe are repeatedly sold a painfully two-dimensional picture of the motivations of those seeking shelter in Britain. According to this picture, migrants are eager to experience the benefits of our society, but they are also out to undermine it, because they come from cultures whose values are dramatically different from our own. Think of the ongoing “grooming gangs&rdqu
  
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• From Song Sung Blue to Theatre Picasso: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

  03-01-2026 07:00
  Let a musical based on a documentary about a Neil Diamond tribute band warm your cockles – or take a new look at the work of the Spanish masterSong Sung Blue
  Out nowIn 2008, an inspirational documentary about Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder warmed hearts with its unconventional love story about Mike and Claire Sardina. Now it’s been adapted into this drama, with all Neil Diamond songs present and correct, and Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in the lead roles. Continue
  
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• Elaine Short obituary

  01-01-2026 18:13
  My friend Elaine Short, who has died aged 89, was an artist, potter, teacher and Francophile. She was also a skilled and talented weaver. When I met her in the 1990s she showed me some of her beautiful tapestries, many of them inspired by the Sussex countryside. Her work was exhibited in galleries including Hastings Art Forum, where she was an active member, and her tapestry techniques were much admired.Born in Nice, France, to Alice (nee Bousseaux) and John Braithwaite, a British army officer,
  
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• Hull’s maritime history thrusts city into world’s top places to visit in 2026

  01-01-2026 17:00
  Historic trawler and floating lighthouse among East Yorkshire city’s attractions as it gears up for tourism boostA combination of a world record-breaking trawler, a floating lighthouse and a dizzying array of maritime objects that include a stuffed polar bear called Erik are all helping to make Hull one of the top 25 places in the world to visit in 2026.The East Yorkshire city is on the verge of completing an ambitious £70m transformation, which, supporters believe, will propel it in
  
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• Last letters from Denmark: Danes write to Devonian artist as postal service ends

  01-01-2026 14:51
  Closure of country’s 400-year-old service made headlines and prompted Gillian Taylor to appeal for final missivesSome describe the joy of receiving dispatches from far afield, others speak of the discipline of sitting down to carefully order their thoughts in a letter.One writer tells of finding a poignant cache of letters after a parent’s death, while another has shared a map of where the post boxes used to be in her town. Continue reading...
  
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