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Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The first model of the USS Enterprise – used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series – has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing. The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Adams’ Nativity oratorio ‘El Nino’ gets colorful staging at the Met
By Mike Silverman, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968. This is “El Nino,” a retelling of the birth and early life of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Musician T Bone Burnett is trading his dystopian sensibilities for some warm-hearted acoustic music
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – At an age when many contemporaries contemplate retirement, musician T Bone Burnett has made big changes in his life and art. Burnett, most celebrated for his production acumen, uprooted from Los Angeles to move to Nashville and recorded a warm-hearted disc of his own songs for the first time in nearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize
By The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers. Joudah is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, given to an American writer of “exceptional talent. He was chosen by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Acclaimed Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize
By The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Fady Joudah, an acclaimed Palestinian-American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers. Joudah is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, given to an American writer of “exceptional talent. He was chosen by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
By Steven Wine And Russ Bynum, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been battling cancer for more than a year and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arts festivals get tens of millions in federal budget, Hot Docs left out
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2024
Tens of millions of dollars are allocated to arts festivals in this year’s federal budget, which recipients say is a welcome infusion of cash for the beleaguered sector. The budget sets aside $23 million over three years for the Toronto International Film Festival and $15 million this year for the Shaw Festival Theatre, which is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Long-lost first USS Enterprise model is returned to ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry’s son
By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – The first model of the USS Enterprise – used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series – has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing. The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nancy Pelosi book, ‘The Art of Power,’ will reflect on her career in public life
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol and the assault at her San Francisco home that left her husband with a fractured skull. Simon & ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson is first Native American to represent the US solo at Venice Biennale
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
VENICE. Italy (AP) – Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground dominated by a riot of gigantic red podiums. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nancy Pelosi memoir, ‘The Art of Power,’ will reflect on her career in public life
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 18th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol and the assault at her San Francisco home that left her husband with a fractured skull. Simon & ... Read More »
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