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The First Great American Symphony? George F. Bristow’s “Niagara”
Doug Shadle: “As I listened to the symphony — a strange yet monumental work with a choral finale eclipsing Beethoven’s Ninth in scope —...
How Noah Webster Pushed (And Pushed Some More) To Americanize The English Language
“Though it was much maligned during its initial years, The American Spelling Book had a profound pedagogical effect throughout the young nation. ... ‘There iz no...
Anna Deavere Smith’s Latest Theater Piece Is About Her Own Great-Great-Grandfather
“’Basil Biggs’ premieres this month in Philadelphia, written for the nation's 250th anniversary. The title character is her great-great-grandfather, a free Black man who...
Atlanta’s Second Ballet Company Celebrates Ten Years
“Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre has been making movement magic in Atlanta for a decade. Artistic Director John Welker spoke to ArtsATL about its accomplishments so far...
To This We’ve Come: An AI Fake News Article Complaining About AI Fake News...
“The headline was a grabber: ‘The Ghost Paper That Ate Alabama: How a Media Startup Killed 47 Weekly Newspapers and No One Noticed.’ It...
“Avenue Q” Director On Reviving The Show For A New Generation
Jason Moore, who has restaged and updated the show for London: “Once I revisited, I was like, ‘Oh, right, we made this in our...
The Man Who Invented American Popular Song: Stephen Foster At 200
Born on July 4, 1826, Foster’s legacy is as influential, and as mixed, as that of his nation. Some of his songs were written...
Paris Opera’s Historic Theater Has Lead Poisoning
“Planned restoration work (at the Palais Garnier) that was supposed to take two years is now projected for five, with evaluation for the best...
New York City’s New Budget Has Record-High Arts Funding
“The city government will give $323.8 million to (the Department of Cultural Affairs), which administers public funding to arts institutions throughout the city. The...
Robert Kimball, Broadway Treasure Hunter, Has Died At 86
“(He) often acted as a kind of Indiana Jones of song, as when he helped excavate a treasure trove of manuscripts by George Gershwin,...
Actor Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
The four-time Emmy nominee, who received an honorary Oscar in 2022, says he was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. His 80th birthday...
In Bali, Sacred Dance Lives On
A photo journal of more than 30 teenage girls performing the Rejang dance for the Kuningan holiday, the close of a ten-day Balinese Hindu...
Video On Social Media Platforms Is Now The Leading Way People Worldwide Consume News:...
“Worldwide” is the key word here: demand for news video on third-party platforms, while certainly growing, is lowest in Europe and North America, with...
Paris Has Become Europe’s Nexus For Black Culture
“Paris draws together communities from west, central and north Africa, as well as the Caribbean, and its density creates the conditions for encounters that aren’t...
Sydney’s Second-Largest Nonprofit Theatre Loses Its Set-Building Workshop To Fire
The blaze broke out at the Belvoir St Theatre’s scenery shop on Monday, June 22 and burned well into the next day; at one...
Mezzo Mignon Dunn, For Decades A Met Opera Stalwart, Has Died At 98
“Dunn appeared in more than 650 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, where she became one of the company’s leading dramatic mezzos. Although she portrayed...
Short Story Critics Thought Was Written By AI Wins Overall Commonwealth Prize
“Jamir Nazir’s story ‘The Serpent in the Grove’ went viral after being named as a regional winner in mid-May, with critics on X and Bluesky claiming it showed...
International Booker Prize Doubles Its Award Money And Changes Its Name
“The prize, which honors translated fiction and this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, will be renamed the Bukhman International Booker Prize,” with the top...
Paris Opera’s Musicians Form Self-Governing Concert Orchestra
The independent ensemble, called Philopéra, will be a collective run by the members, along the lines of the Vienna Philharmonic (all members of the...
Nine-Hour Online Queues For Bayeux Tapestry Tickets At British Museum
“When tickets went on sale for the first time on Wednesday morning, … there were reports of 40,000 people queueing by mid-morning, with that...
Former Facebook Exec Sues Meta For Trying To Suppress Her Memoir
Sarah Wynn-Williams, who was director of global public policy at Facebook from 2011 until her firing in 2017, argues in her suit that the...
Philadelphia Orchestra Appoints New Assistant Conductor: Sara Aldana
A native of Colombia and a student of Marin Alsop, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal guest conductor, Aldana was most recently cover conductor at the...
David Sedaris Confesses His Duolingo Addiction
“My problem arose when I discovered Duolingo’s competitive aspect, when I learned that it is essentially a game. ... This means forgoing any real...
Ballet Costumes Are Shockingly Labor-Intensive
“Beading and sequins, silk bodices and boning, plus 10 layers of pleated net, all painstakingly cut and dyed by hand before being sewn together....
Zelenskyy Suggests A Replacement For The Long-Toppled Lenin Monument In Kyiv
The statue of the father of the USSR was pulled down by demonstrators during the Euromaidan demonstrations in 2013; the pedestal has stood empty...
