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Erika Church has been writing about local news for over a decade. She graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in journalism and a minor in English literature. She loves writing about everything from politics to local businesses, and she's never met a story she didn't want to tell.

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Trump’s Lie Is Another Test for Christian America

If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet. A Haitian father attempts to pick up his child outside Fulton Elementary School in Springfield, Ohio, after a bomb threat prompted an evacuation on September 12, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty) […]

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Chinese Manufacturer AVATR Collaborates With Dior’s Kim Jones to Unveil AVATR 012

Founded in Chongqing, China in 2018 and backed by Changan Automobile and giant Chinese battery maker, CATL, AVATR Technology was built on the ethos of exploring future-oriented humanised mobility and creating an intelligent user experience. AVATR — inspired by “avatar” — aims to enable every user to create another self in an intelligent parallel world,

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With “Oscar,” Christopher Wheeldon Brings Explicit Same-Sex Love Into Classical Story Ballet

When David Hallberg commissioned a new show based on the life and loves of Oscar Wilde, he realised that in his own stellar dancing career, despite being a gay man, he had never danced a gay character. Such roles simply weren’t in the classical repertoire, says Hallberg, artistic director of Australian Ballet, “even though there

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Today’s Great Contemporary Literature Is About The Past

Books & the Arts / September 11, 2024 In contemporary publishing, novels fixated on the past rather than the present have garnered the most attention and prestige. Ad Policy The 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, 2017. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) On Friday, the judges of the National Book Awards will announce

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Cultural Tourism Barely Existed In Australia 40 Years Ago. Now It’s A Billion-Dollar Industry.

ArtsHub was recently on the ground at Uluṟu (NT) for the launch of a new cultural tourism offering Sunrise Journeys. The launch coincided with 40th anniversary of the Ayres Rock Resort (today operated by Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia*), the company that is behind many of the cultural offerings at Yulara and Uluṟu. The trip was

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Surprise: Alan Cumming To Become Scottish Festival Director

The Hollywood star and queer icon Alan Cumming is returning to his roots – both geographical and theatrical – as the new artistic director of Scotland’s only major rurally based arts organisation. Pitlochry Festival theatre announced the appointment on Friday afternoon after a recruitment call resulted in an “absolute surprise” approach from Cumming, who went

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