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• ‘wintry winds / inter these refugees’

  27-10-2022 13:26 via artsjournal.com
  <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2022/10/wintry-winds-inter-these-refugees.html" title="‘wintry winds / inter these refugees’” rel=”nofollow”>As
  
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• Could AI Help Decipher The Indus Valley Civilization’s Writing?

  20-03-2026 19:50 via livescience.com
  There’s nothing like a Rosetta Stone for the Harappan script (as it’s sometimes called), which developed in and around the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in present-day Pakistan. Scholars have wide differences about whether the script might ever be deciphered, with or without artificial intelligence. – Live Science
  
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• David Ellison Claims Unique Creative Opportunities In Warner/Paramount Deal

  20-03-2026 19:44 via hollywoodreporter.com
  “I firmly believe that uniting Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery presents a unique opportunity to build a true champion for the creative community, one that can and will bring more stories to life, support filmmakers and talent with real scale, and compete effectively on the global stage as an independent media leader,” Ellison said. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The Space Between Criticism And Literary Evaluation

  20-03-2026 19:31 via 3quarksdaily.com
  That’s the thing about bad works: they demand talking back to, and unlike the moments of profound inward reflection good works often inspire, we feel better off shouting out loud at the bad ones.  – 3 Quarks Daily
  
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• Revisiting Fank Gehry’s Plans For A Grand Avenue Of Culture In LA

  20-03-2026 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Gehry’s vision included completing the original plans cost-cut out of Disney a quarter-century ago, along with new modifications and much more throughout the area. Some are more costly than others. Enough could be done on Grand Avenue in time for the Olympics to make a difference if we begin this minute. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
  
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• Behold Brisbane’s Shimmering New Performance Venue

  20-03-2026 19:04 via dezeen.com
  The Glasshouse Theatre, a new extension of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia’s third-largest city, has a flexible 1,500-seat auditorium designed to accommodate dance performances, opera, orchestral concerts, and musical theatre. The design is by the firms Blight Rayner Architecture and Snøhetta. – Dezeen
  
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• Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Says Plans For New White House Entry “Not Beautiful Enough”

  20-03-2026 18:44 via nytimes.com
  The federal Commission of Fine Arts has taken issue with plans for a new 33,000-square-foot security screening center for White House visitors, saying the proposed facility is too big and not beautiful enough. – The New York Times
  
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• Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves 250th Birthday Gold Coin — With Trump’s Image

  20-03-2026 18:31 via nytimes.com
  The coin, which is supposed to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, shows Mr. Trump with his fists pressed against a desk and a glowering expression on his face. The back of the coin features an eagle. – The New York Times
  
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• Report: Adding Up The Financial Worth Of Public Libraries

  20-03-2026 18:15 via abc.net.au
  A new report has put a figure on the value of public libraries to the community, estimating that they are worth $86.60 in community value per adult per year. – ABC Australia
  
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• Nova Scotia Gets Its First Professional Ballet Company

  20-03-2026 18:01 via ctvnews.ca
  Port City Ballet Company in Halifax is currently in its first season, offering a full school program as well as professional performances (in the capital and throughout the province) and a living wage for Nova Scotia dancers at home. Founding artistic director Nova Johnstone talks about getting the company launched. (video) – CTV (Canada)
  
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• New Obama Presidential Library Makes Big Bets On Art

  20-03-2026 17:44 via wbez.org
  Obama and his wife, Michelle, envisioned art as being a fundamental part of the $800 million Obama Presidential Center when it opens on Juneteenth after 10 years of planning and construction. – WBEZ
  
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• The Donut-Hole Of Theatre Attention

  20-03-2026 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Three and a half hours is the danger zone: the length of many an unabridged classic. The artists, too often, haven’t thought of the way time sits on our bodies and our minds. This is the play you’re most likely to feel restless in, like it has taken up too much of your day, like it has outstayed its welcome. – The Guardian
  
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• Publishers Are Unprepared For Books That Have Been Written With AI

  20-03-2026 17:15 via nytimes.com
  In response to questions from The New York Times about the A.I. allegations against “Shy Girl,” Hachette told The Times that its imprint Orbit has canceled plans to release the novel in the United States and that Hachette will discontinue its U.K. edition. – The New York Times
  
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• Venice Mayor Will Close Russia’s Biennale Pavilion If It Is Used For ‘Propaganda”

  20-03-2026 17:03 via theartnewspaper.com
  “Russia … is a problem, but the Russian people are not. I’m pro-Ukrainian, everyone knows that, I’ve twinned Venice with Odessa. (But) we must work to ensure that culture isn’t censorship,” said Luigi Brugnaro. “If the Russian government were to carry out propaganda, we would be the first to close the pavilion.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Metropolitan Opera Debt Downgraded To “Junk” Status

  20-03-2026 16:44 via operawire.com
  A Caa1 is a credit rating that indicates very high credit risk and poor standing, often referred to as “junk” or “speculative” grade. It indicates that an organization is in danger of defaulting, though it is not yet in default. – OperaWire
  
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• Chuck Norris, Action-Movie Icon, Is Dead At 86

  20-03-2026 16:02 via apnews.com
  The martial-arts grandmaster starred in more than 20 films, including Return of the Dragon, Missing in Action, and The Delta Force, as well as the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger. – AP
  
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• CBS News To Lay Off 6% Of Staff

  20-03-2026 15:34 via hollywoodreporter.com
  “It’s the second round of layoffs in six months at CBS News (a round in October canceled some streaming shows and overhauled the Saturday morning show), but these are the first in pursuit of (editor-in-chief Bari) Weiss’s new strategy, which she outlined to staff earlier this year.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Leader Who Received Death Threats At Oregon Shakespeare Festival Has A New, Safer Job

  20-03-2026 15:06 via yahoo.com
  “Since January, (Nataki Garrett), whose era-defining OSF term lasted just four years, has been at another helm as interim artistic director of San Francisco’s African-American Shakespeare Company, and she’s optimistic that this new appointment will be less troubled. For one thing, she no longer retains a security detail.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
  
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• Unmasked It’s Banksy’s World . . . But Not Officially

  20-03-2026 14:55 via artsjournal.com
  <a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2026/03/unmasked-its-banksys-world-but-not-officially.html" title='UnmaskedIt’s Banksy’s World . . . But Not Officially‘ rel=”nofollow”>The museum in Lisbon, Portugal, showcases 100 reproductions of Banksy’s artwork through video, installations, graffiti, canvases, projections, and murals.
  
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• What Happened After Huntsville, AL’s Public Radio Station Dropped NPR Programming? Disaster.

  20-03-2026 14:31 via michaelkrall.com
  Since WRLH ended its affiliation with NPR last October 1, the station has lost 75% of its listenership. This is notwithstanding the fact that the station continues to air programming from PRX, American Public Media and the BBC. – Michael Krall
  
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• Brooklyn’s BAM Names New President And Aims For Stability

  20-03-2026 14:03 via nytimes.com
  “The Brooklyn Academy of Music (has) appointed Tamara McCaw, … who has served as interim president since last June, … as the center emerges from a period of shrinking audiences, declining revenue and turnover in its upper ranks.” – The New York Times
  
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• Pittsburgh’s Two Largest Theater Companies Merge

  20-03-2026 13:37 via wesa.fm
  “Pittsburgh Public Theater, founded in 1975, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, founded in 1946, will cease to exist under the plan approved by their boards. … The new, as-yet-unnamed troupe plans to announce its inaugural programming this fall and debut in January. For now, the two groups will continue their planned seasons.” – WESA (Pittsburgh)
  
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• British Museum Is No Longer UK’s Most Visited Attraction

  20-03-2026 13:07 via standard.co.uk
  With a record 7.1 million visitors in 2025, London’s Natural History Museum surged past the British Museum to take the top spot. – The Standard (London)
  
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• Development Director – Eugene O’Neill Theater Center via TOC Arts Partners

  20-03-2026 02:04 via artsjournal.com
  Development DirectorThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, one of the American theater’s most celebrated homes for artistic creation, seeks a new Director of Development.
  This is a significant opportunity for a dynamic fundraising leader, with a deep passion for new work development, to join a committed team and bring the organization’s contributed income generation to the next level. Based in Waterford, Connecticut, the organization seeks a candidate who will become an active memb
  
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• What Ireland’s Basic Artist Income Experiment tells us about a new Arts Economy

  19-03-2026 20:23 via artsjournal.com
  Ireland demonstrated something: economic insecurity doesn’t just force workers out, it diminishes the overall creative economy. That matters enormously right now, because we are entering a period when a lot of people across a lot of industries are about to lose their job security.
  
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• When Daniel Radcliffe Married A New York Theater Critic Onstage

  19-03-2026 20:03 via msn.com
  Sara Holdren of New York magazine recounts how she went to review Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway and wound up as the star’s love interest. – New York Magazine (MSN)
  
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• An AI Version Of Val Kilmer Is Cast In A New Movie

  19-03-2026 19:27 via cbc.ca
  First Line Films announced Wednesday that Kilmer has posthumously joined the cast of a film titled As Deep as the Grave. The producers said that, before his death, Kilmer had signed on to perform in the movie but was unable to because of his health. – CBC
  
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• On The Popularity Of “Heated Rivalry” In Russia

  19-03-2026 19:02 via lareviewofbooks.org
  “On Kinopoisk, Russia’s largest film-and-TV database and ratings site, it sits at 8.3/10 with more than 60,000 ratings. … As a scholar of Russian culture and someone who grew up there, I keep wondering why Heated Rivalry hits with such force in Russia.” – Los Angeles Review of Books
  
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• A History Of Famous Typos

  19-03-2026 18:44 via smithsonianmag.com
  James Joyce’s editors compiled a massive list of the book’s errors to be fixed in new editions. Joyce rejected some of the corrections, saying, “These are not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of.” – Smithsonian
  
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• Finally: We Know Who Spent $70M On Beeple’s NFT

  19-03-2026 18:31 via artnews.com
  If anyone was still wondering who owns Everydays, there you have it: Sundaresan. – ARTnews
  
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