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Three big-head caricatures of famed Italian composers (left to right) Puccini, Rossini and Verdi danced as part of the ode to the arts in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2026 Winter Olympics. (DeFodi Images / Getty Images)

The Olympics went big — literally

CK Smith
Troubles continue for the "Trump-Kennedy Center" as the venue has now parted ways with the Washington National Opera after 70 years. (Maxine Wallace / Getty Images)

Opera departs amid Kennedy Center woes

CK Smith
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was recently renamed The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump’s cultural coup is doomed to fail

Heather Digby Parton
Playing Ned is Rex Fuller Right playing Felix is Phil Luna This is the play "The Normal Heart" at D.U. (Denver Post via Getty Images)

The arts can destigmatize addiction

Sean Daniels
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River City Drumbeat (Owsley Brown Presents)

How one drum corps uplifts Black lives

Gary M. Kramer
Photo of punks in the UK (Virginia Turbett/Redferns/Getty Images)

How the punks beat Spotify

Liliana Harrington
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of profit?

David Masciotra
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Saudi Arabia lifts ban on movie theaters

Jarrett Lyons
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Trump arts council resigns

Gabriel Bell
"Wet Woman in the Wind" (Genro Kitajima)

from old obscenity to new art

Gary M. Kramer
People walk in front of the entrance of the refugee camp in Burbach, Germany, Sunday Sept.28,2014. Police are investigating accusations that guards at an asylum center in Burbach in western Germany repeatedly abused refugees physically and mentally. A police spokesman from Hagen near Burbach said Sunday that police raided the center and questioned both security guards and refugees after a local journalist received a DVD showing the abuse of an asylum seeker by guards. (AP Photo/dpa/Federico Gambarini) (AP)

crisis on the german stage

Emily Goodling - The Conversation
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Bruce Vail - In These Times
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We've helped them kill the NEA

Matt Burriesci
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No deal for the arts

Noah Charney
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Obama's cultural policy

Scott Timberg
Philip Roth (AP/Douglas Healey)

Roth: Wrong about old-age sex

Lynne Segal
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Bob Dylan (AP)

Alexander Besant - GlobalPost
Carrie Mae Weems, 2013 MacArthur Fellow

Don Babwin
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Louise Watt
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Prachi Gupta
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Janet Steen - The Weeklings
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Sarah Amandolare
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