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A Christian church in the German city of Heidelberg is offering worship services featuring the music of Taylor Swift, drawing strong interest. The Protestant Heiliggeistkirche in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in south-west Germany, saw its 423 seats quickly booked up for the initial service on May 12. That led church leaders to organize a second afternoon service as well. Admission is free, but seats must be reserved in advance. Both will feature live performances of Swift's music by Tine Wiechmann, who teaches religious pop music at the Heidelberg University of Chur...
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The Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale art and cultural exhibition will not open as planned until a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, according to the exhibiting artist. The artist and curators of the pavilion will open their exhibition when an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of the hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been reached, artist Ruth Patir announced on her website on Tuesday. The Venice Biennale is due to open on Saturday. On Tuesday, representatives of the press were to be given a preview of the countries' pavilions. The Bienna...
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The Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale art and cultural exhibition will not open as planned until a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, according to the exhibiting artist. The artist and curators of the pavilion will open their exhibition when an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of the hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been reached, artist Ruth Patir announced on her website on Tuesday. The US newspaper the New York Times reported that the decision had also been announced on a sign outside the closed pavilion. The Venice Biennale is due to...
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The secret diary of Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz from his imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp has been published in the form of a graphic novel, YouTube film and online text. Kupfer-Koberwitz was a political prisoner in the Nazi camp from November 1940 until liberation on April 29, 1945. The German-language project, titled "Ein Überleben lang", tells the story of his experiences with harrowing texts and haunting images, without pathos and based on facts. Original quotes from the Wroclaw-born author, who died in Stuttgart in 1991, are embedded in a fictional plot: In May 1945, he describes ...
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Spotify released figures on Tuesday on how artists generate money on its music streaming service. Between 4 million and 5 million listeners per month, or between 20 million and 25 million monthly streams, will generate around $1 million for musicians, the music streaming market leader said. Last year, more than 1,250 artists managed to break the $1 million mark, well up on the 1,060 who did so in 2022. A remarkable fact was that more than 1,000 of the 1,250 did not have a Top 50 hit on the services global rankings. "Many of the artists who generated at least $1 million on Spotify in 2023 aren'...
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