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???You escape the slaughter. But there???s a long tail of sadness???: musician Bedouine on the strangeness of Arab life outside the Middle East. With roots in Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia, the singer-songwriter now lives in the US. But despite her Carole King-style sound, her homelands are never far from her mind
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theguardian.com 0 views · 5d ago
???The Epstein files are about more than men and money???: All the Rage, the ???guerrilla??? play fuelled by 80 furious women. Enraged at how the victims of Jeffrey Epstein are being forgotten, more than 80 female and non-binary writers united ??? to create an epic drama fusing art, activism and anger. How will it work?
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theguardian.com 0 views · 5d ago
Broadway revivals and 'Liberation' win big at the Tony Awards, hosted by Pink. Pink opened with an energetic rendition of ???Lady Marmalade.??? "Ragtime," "Death of a Salesman" and "Liberation" were also big winners.
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apnews.com 1 view · 6d ago
Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show. Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd said on Friday that a D.C. Superior Court judge had dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump???s influence over the venue.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
The electric guitar spawned garage bands, rock-god dreams ??? and generations of popular music. The electric guitar has transformed music and inspired countless dreams. Is there anything more American?
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
Steven Spielberg on his faith in alien life, the future of the movies and the power of empathy. Steven Spielberg's ???Disclosure Day??? returns Hollywood???s preeminent big-screen craftsman to one of his most abiding questions: Are we alone?
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apnews.com 1 view · 1w ago
Artist suing FIFA over destruction of Dallas whale mural before World Cup. An artist has filed a federal lawsuit against soccer's international governing body over the destruction of his giant mural of swimming whales on a building in Dallas as it prepares to host World Cup matches.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
Feeling a little bleak about the world? There???s a film festival for that. Bleak Week is a film festival celebrating ???cinema of despair.??? Ut started as a counter to the demand for feel-good movies after the pandemic.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
This Manchester mansion has the world???s largest private collection of 20th-century Vermont art. Lyman Orton arrived at a local auction six decades ago in hopes of furnishing his first house, only to spy a seemingly simple yet thought-provoking framed landscape.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
???I wasn???t expecting that!???: Joel Meyerowitz and the art of surprise ??? in pictures. It could be the puff of steam from a manhole or a horse wandering into view ??? whatever the ???moment???, the iconic US photographer has always had a camera in hand to capture it
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theguardian.com 0 views · 1w ago
???Like a Klingon prison???: inside Barack Obama???s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library. Towering over a low-income area of Chicago, and wrapped in a speech that???s hard to decipher, this controversial monolith feels like a menacing sci-fi HQ. Is it a monument ??? or a mausoleum?
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theguardian.com 0 views · 1w ago
Taylor Swift announces new single for Toy Story 5 soundtrack. I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swift???s country roots
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theguardian.com 0 views · 1w ago
Fans of '00s Death Cab for Cutie take note: Their new album is about grief ??? and it's for you. Death Cab for Cutie are gearing up to release a new album titled ???I Built You a Tower.??? It arrives Friday.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
How do you make vampires fly effortlessly on Broadway? Strong wires, harnesses and lots of practice. Choreographers Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher ???Cree??? Grant have earned a Tony Award nomination for their work on "The Lost Boys."
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors. Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011 when physical bookstores seemed endangered. Now, author-owned bookstores are thriving across the U.S.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
From her bookstore in Nashville, Ann Patchett drives the literary conversation. Ann Patchett often finds ways to help others, whether it's promoting a fellow author's book or supporting emerging writers.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
The Guide #244: From Chinese microdramas to an Arctic comedy ??? what the world is watching. Our global writers share the shows captivating local audiences, from C??te d???Ivoire???s hottest soap to the next best thing out of Canada since Heated Rivalry
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theguardian.com 0 views · 1w ago
Mexican designer blends soccer and pre-Hispanic culture ahead of the World Cup. It???s no coincidence that Hugo Rosas??? jersey designs ahead of the World Cup resemble some of Mexico???s most iconic decorations.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1w ago
Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica???s outlawed obeah belief system. Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s
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theguardian.com 0 views · 2w ago
Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump's name on building and blocks closure. A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump???s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.
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apnews.com 0 views · 2w ago
Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week???s best new tracks. There???s nostalgia to the New York/London duo???s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory
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theguardian.com 0 views · 2w ago
Daniel Harding, British conductor and pilot, to follow Dudamel as LA Philharmonic music director. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has hired British conductor Daniel Harding as its next music director. Harding, who is also an Air France pilot, will begin a six-year contract starting with the 2027-28 season.
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apnews.com 1 view · 2w ago
Nipper, stay! The future of a beloved dog statue on a New York warehouse is up in the air. Albany residents love Nipper, a giant dog statue perched atop a warehouse for nearly seven decades. This 28-foot statue depicting the famous RCA dog listening to a phonograph has become a local icon.
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apnews.com 0 views · 1mo ago
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