Free Your Mind: A Dazzling but Empty Dance Experience Revives The Matrix – A Refreshed Review

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s another Danny Boyle-directed opening ceremony, almost as epic as his London Olympics one in 2012. Factory International invited him to co-create a show that would announce the new £242mn Aviva Studios in Manchester as …

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I Know Where I’m Going! Movie Review – Experience the Pure Joy of Powell and Pressburger’s Classic | Film

I Know Where I’m Going! – A Purely Lovable British Classic | BFI Film Release I Know Where I’m Going! – A Purely Lovable British Classic Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1945 classic, I Know Where I’m Going!, has been rereleased as part of the BFI’s nationally touring Powell/Pressburger season. This iconic film is considered …

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Seth Sikes and Nicolas King Present Exciting ‘New Belters’ Concert Performance – Don’t Miss Out!

Singers Nicolas King and Seth Sikes are celebrating their one-year creative collaboration with a highly anticipated return to the New York stage. Known as the “New Belters,” King and Sikes will perform at the popular Manhattan nightspot, Green Room 42, on Friday. HuffPost got an exclusive preview of their concert through a video clip featuring …

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Unveiling the British Museum’s Digital Archive: Safeguarding Heritage Post Theft of Priceless Treasures

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British Museum plans to digitize its records within five years as part of an effort to protect its collection after the theft of approximately 2,000 artifacts. George Osborne, former Conservative chancellor and chair of …

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Discover the Vibrant 24-Hour Party Scene of Manchester’s Aviva Studios – Where Every Corner is a Stage | Architecture Guide

Aviva Studios, the new £240m arts venue in Manchester, launched with a Matrix-themed extravaganza called Free Your Mind. The show featured dancers wrapped in cocoons, convulsing on stage to symbolise humans breaking free from amniotic pods. The venue, described as the “most important cultural development in Europe” by Manchester city council’s leader, was originally intended …

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Japanese Art Icon Yayoi Kusama Issues Apology for Past Controversial Remarks with a Strong Message Against Racism

Yayoi Kusama, the highly regarded Japanese artist known for her iconic polka dots, has issued a heartfelt apology for racist comments she made about Black individuals in her 2003 autobiography. Kusama, who is 94 years old, shared her apology with The San Francisco Chronicle in an article published last Friday ahead of her exhibition opening …

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