Magda Saleh, Influential Egyptian Ballerina, Is Dead at 79
Magda Saleh, a Bolshoi-trained Egyptian ballerina who was a star of the Cairo Ballet and played a major role in introducing ballet to wider audiences in her country, and who …
ART & CULTURE
Just Like a Woman: Female Artists Cover Bob Dylan
Listen along on Spotify as you read. 1. Cher: “All I Really Want to Do” (1965) Cher’s debut single, produced by her then husband Sonny Bono, was this jangly cover …
The 16 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
In 2017, Hulu made television history by becoming the first streaming network to win the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, thanks to the phenomenon that is The Handmaid’s Tale. While that painfully prescient …
HistoryMiami planning much larger new museum
Written by Abraham Galvan on February 21, 2023 Advertisement As part of the county’s MetroCenter project plan, HistoryMiami Museum is currently engaged in the planning stages to create a world-class …
Doug Argue’s famous chickens paintings return to Weisman with new exhibit
In 1994, artist Doug Argue painted an epic, Upton Sinclair-esque painting of chickens in a farm factory. The chickens roost in small cages on each side, with the perspective constructed …
On View Now: Marcel Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Wynnie Mynerva and More
The art scene in New York City is as vibrant as ever. But if you’re looking for an excuse to seek out art abroad, the season to do so starts …
“Peaky Blinders” team slams Ron DeSantis over homophobic campaign video with Cillian Murphy footage
The producers behind British mob drama “Peaky Blinders” are not thrilled that Ron DeSantis used footage from their show to denounce the LGBTQ community in a bizarre presidential campaign video, …
46 best podcasts of 2023 – podcast reviews
The Week Unwrapped Have you missed the biggest news of the week? Or at least the stories which will shape our lives in years to come, when the passing hype …
School Plays Are the Latest Cultural Battleground
Stevie Ray Dallimore, an actor and teacher, had been running the theater program for a private boys’ school in Chattanooga for a decade, but he never faced a school year …
Nancy Yao Withdraws as Director of Women’s History Museum
The Smithsonian’s choice for the founding director of its developing American Women’s History Museum has withdrawn from the role, the institution said Wednesday. A Smithsonian spokeswoman, Linda St. Thomas, said …