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Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding

Sasha Suda was three years into her five-year contract when the museum’s board announced that she was being terminated for cause.

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Director of Philadelphia Art Museum Is Dismissed After Unpopular Rebranding

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How the Cop Show ‘Barney Miller’ Made Gay TV History, 50 Years Ago

A 1975 episode introduced audiences to one of the first openly gay couples in mainstream American television not depicted as deviants or criminals.

9 hours ago

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How the Cop Show ‘Barney Miller’ Made Gay TV History, 50 Years Ago

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Meet the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Listen to songs from Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and more ahead of the ceremony on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

9 hours ago

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Meet the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

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The Joyce Theater to Receive $15 Million Gift

The money, from the late Anupam Puri and Rajika Puri, will help the dance-dedicated theater in a time of uncertainty for organizations in the field.

11 hours ago

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The Joyce Theater to Receive $15 Million Gift

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After stabbing attack, Salman Rushdie's new stories grapple with mortality and magical realism

Salman Rushdie's new story collection, 'The Eleventh Hour,' explores mortality through five inventive stories blending realism and magic. It's a moving work from a writer embracing his 'second-chance life.'

19 hours ago

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After stabbing attack, Salman Rushdie's new stories grapple with mortality and magical realism

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Sam Shepard made stardom look easy — his demons got in the way

A new biography of Sam Shepard, an EGOT-level talent as a playwright and performer, traces the career he forged after leaving the San Gabriel Valley without fully establishing the power of his work.

19 hours ago

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Sam Shepard made stardom look easy — his demons got in the way

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What Is the Right Way to Say Godot?

The latest starry revival of Samuel Beckett’s play is on Broadway, and one thing is certain: Whatever you call its elusive character, he doesn’t come.

20 hours ago

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What Is the Right Way to Say Godot?

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Has Theater Become Everybody’s Church?

New shows by Jen Tullock, Jordan E. Cooper and others have a common theme: You can walk away from the church, but the songs stay with you.

1 day ago

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Has Theater Become Everybody’s Church?

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At 65, she got her first tattoo. Now she has 17 and feels 'seen again'

In less than five months, Sandee Althouse has covered her arms in micro-realist art. She considers it a creative way to focus on herself.

1 day ago

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At 65, she got her first tattoo. Now she has 17 and feels 'seen again'

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This instrument from the early cinema is disappearing. But not on Joe's watch

Joe Rinaudo is doing everything to ensure his passion for photoplayers, the self-playing pianos that scored silent movies, outlives him even as interest in the instrument has waned for a long time, with just a few passionate restorers left.

1 day ago

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This instrument from the early cinema is disappearing. But not on Joe's watch