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- Writers’ Trust announces fiction short list, increases prize pot
TORONTO — The Writers’ Trust of Canada is deepening the purse for its fiction prize, increasing it to $100,000. The organization says the winner of the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize would receive $70,000, up from $60,000, while the runners-up will receive $7,500 instead of $5,000. The Writers’ Trust announced the change on Wednesday [...] Read More »
6 hours ago - Yves Jarvis wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘All Cylinders,’ Mustafa also nabs a prize
TORONTO — Yves Jarvis has won the Polaris Music Prize for his album “All Cylinders.” The fifth full-length record from the Montreal rock musician was selected for the $30,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury, which named it the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit. He took the stage at Toronto’s [...] Read More »
6 hours ago - Robert Redford remembered for his deep legacy in environmental activism and Native American advocacy
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorie Lee Sekayumptewa, a former administrator with the Navajo Nation Film Office, remembers seeing Robert Redford at traditional cultural dances at the Hopi village of Hotevilla in New Mexico. It was more than 30 years ago and he was serving as executive producer of the 1991 release “The Dark Wind,” a [...] Read More »
8 hours ago - Yves Jarvis wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘All Cylinders’
TORONTO — Yves Jarvis has won the Polaris Music Prize for his album “All Cylinders.” The fifth full-length album from the Montreal-based musician was selected for the $30,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury, which named it the best Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit. The Polaris is considered one of [...] Read More »
9 hours ago - Theater Review: Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris revel in the power of ‘Art’
For evidence of how high inflation has gotten, look no further than Broadway. The fancy painting at the heart of the play “Art” cost the equivalent of $40,000 in 1998. In a crackling new revival, it’s a hefty $300,000. The painting in question is a 4-by-5-foot white-on-white work with white lines. Playwright Yasmina Reza puts [...] Read More »
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