Today: September 15, 2024
Today: September 15, 2024

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Ballerina Michaela DePrince, whose career inspired many after she was born into war, dies at 29

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died

Ballerina Michaela DePrince, whose career inspired many after she was born into war, dies at 29
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29

Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29

Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29
Arts|Entertainment|Europe|Lifestyle

Germany's first hobby horsing championship gallops through Frankfurt

Germany’s first hobby horsing championship has got underway in Frankfurt this weekend with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses

Germany's first hobby horsing championship gallops through Frankfurt
Arts|Entertainment

Suki Waterhouse pens a 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin' on her wide-ranging sophomore album

Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin spider during a late night scroll

Suki Waterhouse pens a 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin' on her wide-ranging sophomore album
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Why these Chesterfield parents are giving out 'Mom and Dad hugs' at Virginia Pridefest

Why these Chesterfield parents are giving out 'Mom and Dad hugs' at Virginia Pridefest

Why these Chesterfield parents are giving out 'Mom and Dad hugs' at Virginia Pridefest
Arts|Education|Environment

Jane Goodall inspires next generation of conservationists in Tampa Bay

Jane Goodall inspires next generation of conservationists in Tampa Bay

Jane Goodall inspires next generation of conservationists in Tampa Bay
Arts

El Salvador muralists paint over traces of violence in San Salvador neighborhood

From the window of her tin-sided shop outside El Salvador's capital San Salvador, Esmeralda Quintanilla watches artists get to work in her

El Salvador muralists paint over traces of violence in San Salvador neighborhood
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards

Percival Everett’s “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards

Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards
Arts|News

China wants academic exchange but historians say increased censorship makes research hard

At Beijing's largest antiques market, Panjiayuan, among the Mao statues, posters and second-hand books are prominent signs warning against the sale of publications

China wants academic exchange but historians say increased censorship makes research hard
Arts|Education

Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border

Even though Bernal is known as the father of Chicano photography, his work has long been overlooked. Now he’s the subject of a new exhibition at the University of Arizona.

Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border
Arts|Crime

2 men are charged with stealing a famous Banksy artwork from a London gallery

Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy that was taken in a smash-and-grab raid on a London gallery

2 men are charged with stealing a famous Banksy artwork from a London gallery
Arts|Crime|Europe|News

Stolen Banksy 'Girl with Balloon' painting found

One of British street artist Banksy's best-known paintings, "Girl with Balloon", has been found after its theft from a London gallery last week with two men charged, police said on

Stolen Banksy 'Girl with Balloon' painting found
Arts|Lifestyle|Travel|World

Brazil Indigenous group hails a sacred cloak's homecoming after centuries in Europe

Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the homecoming of a sacred cloak absent for some 380 years

Brazil Indigenous group hails a sacred cloak's homecoming after centuries in Europe
Arts|News|World

'The Roaring Lion' portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Canadian hotel is found in Italy

Canadian police say a renowned portrait of Winston Churchill that was reported stolen from an Ottawa hotel has been tracked down in Italy

'The Roaring Lion' portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Canadian hotel is found in Italy
Arts|News

Salman Rushdie's memoir about his stabbing, 'Knife,' is a National Book Award nominee

Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” his explicit and surprisingly resilient memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, is a nominee for the National Book Awards

Salman Rushdie's memoir about his stabbing, 'Knife,' is a National Book Award nominee
Arts|Business|Entertainment

The Sundance Film Festival may get a new home. Here are the 3 finalists

The Sundance Film Festival has narrowed its search for a new home down to three finalists

The Sundance Film Festival may get a new home. Here are the 3 finalists
Arts|News

$10,000 literary award named for the late author Gabe Hudson goes to Ayana Mathis' 'The Unsettled'

A $10,000 literary award named for the late author and editor Gabe Hudson has been established by the publisher McSweeney’s, where Hudson once worked

$10,000 literary award named for the late author Gabe Hudson goes to Ayana Mathis' 'The Unsettled'
Americas|Arts|Food|Lifestyle|Opinion

From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit

It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they eat and drink

From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit
Arts|Entertainment

Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family

August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson" deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair

Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family
Arts|News|World

The ancient jar smashed by a 4-year-old is back on display at an Israeli museum after repair

An Israeli museum has put back on display a rare Bronze-Era jar that a 4-year-old accidentally smashed

The ancient jar smashed by a 4-year-old is back on display at an Israeli museum after repair
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Frankie Beverly, lead singer and founder of Maze, dead at 77

Frankie Beverly, lead singer and founder of Maze, dead at 77

Frankie Beverly, lead singer and founder of Maze, dead at 77
Arts|Entertainment

Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, to step down after 30 years

Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, to step down after 30 years

Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, to step down after 30 years
Arts

Hear why New York's MoMA director worries about the weather

CNN's Richard Quest takes a look at the past, present and future of New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Hear why New York's MoMA director worries about the weather
Arts|Entertainment|Fashion and Beauty

Bold looks among boulders at Michael Kors' New York Fashion Week show

Michael Kors created a unique runway in a cavernous raw space in a midtown for his spring/summer 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week, that included stark metal benches and gigantic faux black rocks scattered about

Bold looks among boulders at Michael Kors' New York Fashion Week show
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift has won the biggest award at the MTV Video Music Awards — the trophy for video of the year for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone

Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce

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