Tokyo, Japan CNN — When art collective teamLab opened its flagship Tokyo venue, teamLab Borderless, in 2018, the group wanted it to fundamentally change the way we perceive and think about modern art. Whether it achieved this ambition is subjective, but it’s hard to argue with Borderless’ commercial success before it closed in 2022 to […]
NEW YORK — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Thursday. Walt Disney Co. (DIS), up $12.28 to $111.42. The entertainment giant gave investors an encouraging financial update and announced a stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games. PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL), down $7.07 to $56.17. The technology platform and digital payments
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The cast of Starlight Express at the purpose-built Starlighthalle in Bochum, Germany. Photo: Detlef Overmann Hallo and welcome to Jaques, your weekly guide to the global theater industry. New to Jaques? Learn more here, and if you’re looking for the most recent edition of ABROAD/WAY BULLETPOINTS, my roundup of international theater headlines, it’s thisaway: When
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Jacob Queißner Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Among the many Ukrainians who have fled the horrors of the Russian invasion is the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra. Now temporary residents of the east German city of Gera, the orchestra is fighting on the war’s pivotal cultural front
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people, speakers at a public hearing said Thursday. Dozens of speakers condemned the “Women’s Bill of Rights” while a handful spoke in favor of it during the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Republican-led campaign to restore abortion rights in Missouri ended Thursday, clearing the path for a competing, more sweeping constitutional amendment to get on the state’s November ballot. “We started this group to restore access to women’s health care,” Missouri Women and Family Research Fund Executive Director Jamie Corley said in
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General Motors has hired a former Tesla executive, Kurt Kelty, to serve in the newly created role of vice president of Batteries as the automaker continues to work on its electric vehicle strategy. GM is still seeing strong demand for the EV products it has on sale now. The company expects EV losses to ease
An adapted excerpt from the book Dance and Ethics: Moving Towards a More Humane Dance Culture, which considers ethical issues within the field and history of Western dance. At its most profound, ethics asks how we should live. Where is the line between right and wrong? What does it mean to be a good human
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off Thursday for a visit to Washington, declaring it was time to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a “very clear signal” that the West won’t let up on supporting Kyiv. Scholz is to meet members of the
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RICHMOND, Va. — Lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates — controlled by Democrats who flipped the chamber in November after campaigning on abortion rights — decisively voted down a bill that would have instituted a near-total abortion ban. On a bipartisan 8-0 vote Wednesday night, a House subcommittee rejected the measure that would have
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