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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is facing potential elimination and is already terminating grants, sparking concerns about the future of arts funding.

• The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants — New York Times Music - 16:33
• Trump Seeks to Eliminate the NEA — New York Times Music - 14:38

This category includes interviews with artists and cultural figures across various disciplines, like Ocean Vuong, David Harbour, Melissa Gorga and AriAtHome, and profiles of emerging talents like Roman Mejia.

• An Ojibwe Writer Refuses to Let Her Mother’s Trauma Be in Vain — New York Times Books - 22:14
• ‘The Interview’: Ocean Vuong was Ready to Kill. A Moment of Grace Changed His Life. — New York Times Books - 09:15
• Melissa Gorga Talks Sprinkle Cookies and ‘Real Housewives’ Ending — New York Times Arts - 09:02

• David Harbour Is Conflicted About Becoming a Morning Person — New York Times Movies - 09:01
• AriAtHome Walks the Streets, Making Beats (and New Friends) — New York Times Music - 09:01
• The Young Virtuoso Roman Mejia Now Has the X Factor: Nobility — New York Times Arts - 09:01

This encompasses reviews of books, television and examination of cultural trends, including fix-it fiction and Meta's chatbot encouraging phone use in theaters.

• Sad About ‘Severance’? Let Down by ‘The Last of Us’? Fix-It Fiction Offers Justice — New York Times Arts - 19:54
• Meta and Blumhouse Create Chatbot That Encourages Phone Use During Movies — New York Times Arts - 15:44
• 2 Books to Read Instead of Meditating — New York Times Books - 11:50

• Book Review: ‘The Deserters,’ by Mathias Énard — New York Times Books - 09:00

This section highlights art exhibitions, preservation efforts of historical artistic spaces, and obituaries of notable figures in the arts.

• Mike Peters, Frontman of the Alarm, Is Dead at 66 — New York Times Music - 00:30
• Tiffany Lamps Shine Bright Across New York City — New York Times Arts - 09:00
• The Uncertain Future of South Carolina’s “Porgy and Bess” House — New York Times Music - 09:00

• Extinct Species Are Honored in a New York Art Show — New York Times Arts - 09:01