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Editor’s Note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR’s weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. The creative process can feel mystifying. Listening to a song or reading a beautiful poem can make you wonder how these makers sit down and develop…

Apinan Poshyananda, chief executive and artistic director of the Bangkok Art Biennale and advisor of Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, has been conferred the honor of the Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy) by the President of the Italian Republic. First established in 1947 and renamed in…

It might sound strange to describe a Wes Anderson film as the summer’s most delightful action-comedy, but “The Phoenician Scheme” is a cockamamie lark full of silly stunts, international intrigue and a daredevil anti-hero cheating death at every turn. When it comes to narrowly escaping mid-air mishaps, Tom Cruise has got nothing on Anatole “Zsa-zsa”…

Arts & Entertainment From Esoteric VHS Screenings to Must-See Plays, Here Are This Week’s Arts and Culture Picks Amy Morton and Namir Smallwood in “You Will Get Sick” (Credit: Sandro Miller / Steppenwolf) If your daily life gets hazy, as if plumes of dust and wildfire smoke are clouding your vision, the best way to get…

13 local young artists received $100 in funding from the Chico Arts and Culture Foundation. The teens must apply for the funds and demonstrate how the money was used for their projects when they are finished with them. Tags Localnow

Dive into film history like never before: From Screen to Page, the first Cahiers du cinéma online exhibition is now available on Google Arts & Culture. Discover the story of what is recognized as the most prestigious French specialized publication about the film industry. Since its founding in 1951, Cahiers du cinéma has been an…

In his more than 30-year career with the News Hour, Brown has served as co-anchor, studio moderator, and field reporter on a wide range of national and international issues, with work taking him around the country and to many parts of the globe. As arts correspondent he has profiled many of the world’s leading writers,…