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A New Arts-And-Culture Magazine Focused On “The Creative Process”
“Former Pitchfork and Spin editor-in-chief Puja Patel is launching Totei, a publication dedicated to ‘craft and craftsmanship.’ The online magazine will publish content weekly, including...
French Actor/Singer Patrick Bruel Faces Rape Allegations In Two Countries
Bruel, 67, has had a string of top-selling albums and appeared in more than 40 films, is under investigation by the Paris prosecutor’s office for...
New Artistic Director For Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
“After 18 years as artistic director and two years in dual roles as chief executive and artistic director, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, daughter of DCDC founder...
Dubai Says It’s Building A Big New Museum For Digital Art
“The planned Museum of Digital Art (MODA) … is part of Dubai’s monumental $27 billion transformation of its financial center into a tech hub, announced earlier...
Pittsburgh’s Theater Scene Faces Loss Of Its Resident Talent
With the merger of the city’s two largest stage companies and the programming of inexpensive-to-produce small-cast shows, Pittsburgh's gig market for theater artists is...
“Death Becomes Her” Sets Broadway Closing Date, North American Tour
The musical, which garnered good reviews and 10 Tony nominations but only one actual Tony, will close June 28 after a 20-month run which...
World Premiere Of Wynton Marsalis’s Symphony No. 5 Postponed
Subtitled “Liberty,” the work was due to premiere the last weekend of May, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra...
The Antonio Stradivari of Brooklyn?
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center actually programmed a gala in honor of luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz — because so many of its members,...
The Guy Who’s Taking Over Stephen Colbert’s Time Slot Just Bought BuzzFeed
Byron Allen, a former stand-up comedian whose Allen Media Group owns 13 local TV stations, The Weather Channel and other outlets, announced a $120...
Texas Public Radio To Merge Operations With News Site San Antonio Report
“The move, unanimously approved by both organizations’ boards of directors, is expected to launch July 1. Leaders say the initiative will allow the two...
International Booker Prize, For First Time, Goes To Novel Written In Mandarin Chinese
Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yáng Shuāng-zi and translated by Lin King, takes the form of a travel memoir by a (fictional) Japanese novelist on...
Artistic Director Of Utah’s Ballet West To Step Down After 20-Year Tenure
Adam Sklute, who came to Salt Lake City in 2007, will depart at the end of next season. His tenure, the longest in Ballet...
Ex-San Antonio Phil Conductor Launches New Orchestra For City
As the troubled San Antonio Philharmonic, which has canceled more concerts than it has played this year, appears to edge toward collapse, Jeffrey Kahane,...
New York Magazine Investigates Contributor For Alleged Plagiarism
“Ross Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, … has been accused of plagiarism after publishing at least three stories with striking similarities...
Chicago Arts Groups Are Asking Patrons To Turn Over Their Phones At The Door
“If you want a deep dive into Chicago arts and culture, check your phone at the door: The ‘unplugged’ trend is growing locally among...
The (Current, As Of Last Night) 16 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold At Auction
Yes, the maybe-it’s-really-a-Leonardo Salvator Mundi is still number one, more than $200 million ahead of the runner-up, which made the list just last year....
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Returned To Iran After The Oscars. Predictably, He’s Going On Trial...
Following the months-long awards campaign for It Was Just an Accident, which won the Golden Palm at Cannes last year and was nominated for...
Twin Cities’ Midsize Theater Companies Are Genuinely Worried About Surviving
“Here, midsize theater companies help anchor the scene and bridge the gap between big playhouses such as the Guthrie and Children’s theaters and smaller...
Louvre Announces Architects For Its Coming Renovation
"The Paris office of STUDIOS Architecture will lead the project, which includes the creation of new galleries and a new lobby. … (The firm’s)...
For The Second Time, A Mistrial In Harvey Weinstein’s New York Rape Case
This was the third time the disgraced producer was prosecuted in Manhattan for his alleged assault of Jessica Mann in 2013. (The initial verdict,...
Conductor Herbert Blomstedt, Aged 98, Falls Ill During San Francisco Concert
Although he had gotten through the dress rehearsal well enough, the San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director Laureate had to be wheeled onstage for Friday’s...
Soprano Felicity Lott Dead At 79
The much-loved singer, admired equally for opera and concerts, passed away two days after she publicly revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis. - The Guardian
How Langston Hughes’s “The Black Clown” Became An Opera
“The magic of creator, lead actor, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines’s operatic adaption of Langston Hughes’s 1931 dramatic monologue The Black Clown lies in its everythingness....
One Of Cuba’s Most Unusual Choreographers Tries To Stay Afloat Amid The Island’s Economic...
“For nearly three decades Cuba’s Danza Voluminosa regularly filled prestigious venues like the 2,000-seat National Theater. Directed by Juan Miguel Mas, the troupe pioneered...
Trial Begins For Murder Of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema, Allegedly By Order Of His...
“The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer said he wished his spouse was dead before the co-owner of a contemporary...
