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Congressional Spending Bill Funds Voice Of America Despite Trump’s Shutdown Order
“A bipartisan spending bill … would allocate $643 million for broadcasting from the U.S. Agency for Global Media. … Trump signed an executive order in March calling for...
SXSW Quietly Closes Down Its Edition In Sydney
A press release stated, “The decision reflects a changing global environment that is impacting major events, festivals and cultural programs worldwide. … SXSW Sydney...
What Harper Lee Really Thought, As Found In A Newly-Released Trove Of Letters
“The letters cover more than two decades and in them (she) discusses growing old, her aversion to public attention … her opinions of fellow...
The Louvre Has Raised Ticket Prices By Half For Non-Europeans. Here’s What To Know.
“The museum said the 45% price hike to 32 euros ($37) from 22 euros is part of a national ‘differentiated pricing’ policy announced early...
Why Film Star Michael Sheen Has Put His Own Money Into The New Welsh...
When the old National Theatre of Wales closed in late 2024, Sheen came up with a plan. "Ultimately, I found myself arguing for something that...
How All The Changes In U.S. Immigration Policy Are Affecting The Country’s Dance Sector
“For artists entering or exiting the country for professional purposes, some of these challenges stem from clearly stated updates to fees, forms, and policies....
Spain’s Official Language Authority Is Criticized For Not Being Purist Enough
“Novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte (accused) the Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) – of which he is a member – of failing (its mission) of ‘cleaning, fixing and giving...
So You Want An Oscar Nomination. How Many Academy Voters Do You Need?
That depends on the category. For Best Picture, on which the entire Academy membership votes for nominees, you’ll need 922 first-place nods this year....
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum To Open Sculpture Garden
The site, just across a canal from the museum, will be designed by landscape architect Piet Blanckaert, with Foster + Partners overseeing the renovation...
Can This Man Save America’s Last High-Level Oboe-Maker?
Just playing the instrument is difficult enough; making top-quality oboes is fiendishly complicated, and breaking even while doing it is challenging enough that Laubin...
California College Of The Arts Sold To Vanderbilt University To Use As San Francisco...
“The deal, being announced Tuesday by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, marks the latest development for the Nashville, Tenn., institution, sometimes called the Harvard...
Cartoonist Scott Adams, Creator Of “Dilbert”, Is Dead At 68
“(His) popular comic strip captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped...
U.S. House Votes To Fully Fund NEA, NEH, Smithsonian Despite Trump Cuts And Threats
“The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of several funding measures, including … the bill that determines the annual allocations for the NEA,...
Park Ave. Armory In New York Names Deborah Warner Artistic Director
“Off-Broadway's Park Avenue Armory has named Deborah Warner its new artistic director, with the tenure to begin immediately. The theatre and opera director succeeds...
Smithsonian Submits Materials To White House For “Ideology Review” After Funding Threat
“The Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday submitted documents to the Trump administration including digital photographs of labels, placards and other texts on display in its...
How Germans Are Repurposing Churches Where Almost Nobody Worships Anymore
The number of regular churchgoers in Germany has plunged over the past quarter-century, during which time roughly a thousand churches have been deconsecrated. Yes,...
“Mixed Reality” Theater: How You Put Together A New Play That You’re Casting With...
“You are seated, waiting for the show to begin. Through your special glasses, you can see … four actors (entering). They come close to...
How It Came To This: Inside Sasha Suda’s Firing From The Philadelphia Art Museum
Nobody currently with the museum who was interviewed for this article would agree to be named, but some former members went on the record,...
Lucinda Childs Named Resident Choreographer Of Gibney Company
The 85-year-old contemporary dance pioneer has accepted a five-year appointment with the company. She will begin with restaging her 2015 work Canto Ostinato and...
Composer John Luther Adams Writes About Why He Has Emigrated To Australia
“The real reason I’ve left (the U.S.) is deeper than politics: it’s the culture. The culture creates the politics. … The relentless commercialisation, rising...
The Guardian’s Chief Classical Music Critic, Andrew Clements, Has Died At 75
“Clements joined the Guardian arts team in August 1993, succeeding Edward Greenfield as the paper’s chief music critic. His appointment was clinched by a personal recommendation...
Erich von Däniken, Whose Books Spread The Idea That Aliens Established Earth’s Early Civilizations,...
“(He) rose to prominence in 1968 with the publication of … Chariots of the Gods, … (which) was followed by more than two dozen...
Savannah’s Telfair Museums Lay Off 15% Of Staff
“While the museums offered severance, the layoffs were announced without warning on a (Friday) afternoon Zoom call, according to former employees. Museum representatives (said) that the...
PBS Cancels Its Saturday And Sunday Newscasts
“PBS News Weekend signed off Sunday, ‘at least for the foreseeable future,’ anchor John Yang said. ... Starting Saturday, PBS will air the weekly...
Adelaide Festival’s Writers’ Week Cancelled After Writers Withdraw And Board Resigns
In response to the festival board’s earlier intervention to disinvite Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, more than 180 writers and speakers cancelled their appearances at...
