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Michigan Legislature Approves ‘Grand Bargain’ That Will Save Detroit Institute Of Arts Collection

The nine-bill package, passed with large bipartisan majorities, “makes pensioners as whole as possible and protects the Detroit Institute of Arts from having its artwork seized and sold off,” said one state senator during debate.

Simon Russell Beale And Sam Mendes On ‘King Lear’

“Here the actor and the director discuss their roles in putting on the National Theatre’s acclaimed production … They are joined by the three actresses playing Lear’s daughters.” (video)

Ebooks Will Be Outselling Print Books In Four Years, Predicts British Trade Group

“The ebook will overtake the paperback and hardback as Britons’ preferred format for reading their favourite novels by 2018, according to a report. The UK consumer ebook market – which excludes professional and educational books – is forecast to almost triple from £380m to £1bn over the next four years.”

Two Chinese Artists Detained Over Tiananmen-Themed Works

“Guo Jian, who lives in Bejiing, was taken into custody earlier this week by Chinese authorities after giving interviews with the Financial Times and other foreign media outlets in which he discussed a Tiananmen-themed sculpture that he was creating. Separately, artist Chen Guang was reportedly detained by authorities after presenting a performance-art piece about the 1989 Tiananmen protests.”

L.A.’s Broad Museum, Still Under Construction, Sues Over Delays

“The flagship museum of the billionaire financier and art collector Eli Broad, still under construction, has filed a $19.8 million lawsuit against a German company for what it describes as delays in fabricating the building blocks for its unusual latticed façade.”

The Teen Whisperer: How Novelist John Green Attracted Legions Of Devoted Young Fans

“His protagonists were sweetly intellectual teen-age boys smitten with complicated, charismatic girls. Although the books were funny, their story lines propelled by spontaneous road trips and outrageous pranks, they displayed a youthfully insatiable appetite for big questions: What is an honorable life? How do we wrest meaning from the unexpected death of someone close to us? What do we do when we realize that we’re not as special as we thought we were?”

Neuropunked: Five Ways Our Brains Mess With Our Memories

Our brains change a memory a bit each time we call it up. Implanted false memories are a real thing. We may inherit memories from our parents. Outside stimuli can muck up memories more than any of us want to admit. And then there’s caffeine.

I Was Kim Jong Il’s Poet Laureate (Until I Wasn’t And Had To Escape)

“As a state-appointed poet laureate, Jang Jin Sung reached the pinnacle of elite life in North Korea. He spent his days writing epic poems for dictator Kim Jong Il – and overseeing inter-Korean espionage. … In 2004, having committed a minor transgression deemed treasonous by the state, he fled, becoming one of North Korea’s highest-ranking defectors.”

Convincing Seniors To Go Onstage And Talk About Their Sex Lives

That’s what Darren O’Donnell and his theatre company, Mammalian Diving Reflex, have managed to do in half a dozen cities from Glasgow to Singapore and Prague to Philadelphia – with Toronto coming up – for a show called All The Sex I’ve Ever Had. (audio interview plus video clips)

Author: Matthew Westphal

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