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The plan – after extensive renovations of the now unprepossessing building – is for ExoArts to “offer six six-week blocks a year at subsidized sliding-scale rates that can be rented by outside theater companies to perform full-scale production” and to have its own programming as well. –

After moving over from the book critic desk, “Shalit proved to be a spirited counterbalance to the heavier news of the day, entertaining audiences with celebrity interviews and insights into moviegoing choices during his ‘Critic’s Corner’ segment.” –

After blowing the deadline and begging for more time – and being denied – workers took Donald J. Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center on Friday night. But “a spokeswoman for the center, said the institution was … evaluating ‘legal options.’” –

That is, if you like taking the advice of Zadie Smith, Mark Haddon, Anne Enright, Sarah Waters, Bernadine Evaristo and more. – The Guardian (UK)

This Week’s Highlights:

Many stories this week about what creativity actually is and what it’s worth. Fast Company declared that we’ve entered “the imagination era,” where creativity is the currency (Fast Company); employers say they can’t f...