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Producing Radio Has Dramatically Changed These Imprisoned Women’s Lives

“Palabra Libre — translated it means ‘free word’ — began as a way to humanize those in the nation’s penal system and nurture inmates’ life skills. The program is a collaboration between Ecuador’s Ministry of Justice and provincial government of Pichincha to help ‘personas privadas de libertad’ — people deprived of physical liberty — to reintegrate into society by participating in the arts.”

The SF Chronicle Hires A Young, Local Theatre Writer To Be Its New Full-Time Critic

“All of us theatre people start just enthralled to this art form and wanting to participate in any way we can. The most visible way to do that is acting, and most of us try that first and are terrible at it. Not a few of us drop out and just become lifelong audience members, but others keep trying to hang on and do something around the theatre. I’ve always been a writer, and at first I thought playwriting would be it. But I guess I’m only good at writing in my own voice.”

Big Data Shows Us The Gap Between Foodie America And Everyone Else In The Country

“In an era of celebrity chefs and recipe-kit delivery services developed by experts, a pasta dish by a Dallas dad who describes his heritage as ‘entirely Anglo-Saxon’ is quite possibly America’s most-cooked meal.”

What Ballet Does For Dancers In Lagos

“The troupe at Span may have started out as a group of fun loving impromptu dancers in the boroughs of Lagos but they have grown to become award-winning internationally recognized artists.”

Paying Too Much For Hamilton Tickets

“I missed Soho Repertory Theatre’s Blasted because stuff got in the way. I missed the original production of Ruined, and Meryl Streep in Mother Courage. I meant to go. I wanted to go. They were seminal events in the history of Western theatre. But life kept me busy. I can’t recall what kept me away. Just ordinary things. I didn’t make time for the ecstatic experience of being there. There are always a million reasons not to go and to save the money for something more important.”

All Of The Colors Of The World

“The collection’s crown jewel is a rich ball of mustard-y Indian Yellow. This pigment comes not from maize, nor earth, but from the dehydrated urine of a cow subsisting exclusively on mango leaves.”

Well, Turns Out Prince Had A Secret Music Vault That His Estate Has Now Drilled Into

Yes, with a literal drill. There’s so much music in the shelf-lined, formerly secret vault that “his estate could put out an album a year for the next century.”

Britain’s National Theatre Needs To Learn Flexibility From The Temporary Space It’s About To Close

“What I hope – and all the omens are very good – is that the closure of the Temporary Space will not mark the end of something, but the start of new era at the National. … It’s a mindset which understands that the theatre must be far more progressive, diverse and porous in every way if it is to become truly national. That means in the stories it tells, the way it tells them, the audiences who come and the artists making work.”

Universities And Conservative Professors: A Challenging Mix?

“Green: Is it true that any professor who walks into a classroom wearing a bowtie is, in fact, a conservative?

“Shields: Absolutely. No question. They just scream conservative. You can’t find liberals who wear ties anymore, much less bowties.”

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